Mrs.Grahl's 1st grade Blog

Hello everyone!

1 – The state has come up with new guidelines for computer usage with young children. Your child’s screen time should be limited to 1 up to 1 ½ hours per day.  

2- The programs we expect students to work in every weekday are the following: 

READING	SPELLING	PHONICS	MATH
Raz-Kids    www.raz-kids.com	Spelling City SpellingCity.com	Lalilo Lalilo | Online Phonics program for Distance Learning	Zearn Zearn Math: Top-rated math program created for teachers, by teachers

Enrichment Websites:

READING	MATH	PHONICS
ReadWorks	Happy Numbers	Freckle
Vooks	XtraMath	Starfall
Storyline online	Freckle
Epic!

3- Log-in information and passwords can be found in Google Classroom.  How to log-into Google Classroom:  

a.Go to Dearborn Schools Student Portal  

b. Login to Clever (Username: Student number@ dearbornschools.org/ Password: Birthdate (01012011)  

c.Click on Google Classroom and join class  

d.Enter class code jvwcyfl for Ms. Sims’ class and fg66L7c  for Mrs.Grahl’s class. 

Please register for Google Classroom.  We will be starting our “virtual visits” on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Get on google classroom (see blog from Friday, April 17th for instructions) and click on google meet link under teacher’s name. Mrs.Grahl’s class will meet at 9:30am and Ms. Sims’ class at 2pm.

4- Mrs. Grahl and Ms. Sims have set office hours from 10-12 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Our office hours on Thursday will be from 11-1. We ask that you help us keep a weekday/weekend schedule by only contacting us Monday through Friday.  Thank you!

5- Remember, following a routine will be VERY helpful especially to children.  They need the consistency of a schedule. 

6- The district, following state guidelines, will implement grading this marking period using this criteria:

Spring 2020 Marking Period 4 Marks

Students receive feedback on weekly assignments in the form of narrative comments. Meeting:  regularly submitted work and attended check-insAccuracy of work assessed on standards/graded/recorded in MiStarHigh participationProgressing:  Submitted most assignments and attended some of the check-insLimited Participation:  with one of the following explanationsRarely or did not submit work (may be required to attend summer school)Rarely attended check-in sessions (may be required to attend summer school)Family hardship during the time of instruction (summer support offered)

April 20-24

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Spelling words/activity	Write the words 3 times each. What is the spelling pattern we are learning this week?ever, her, under,mother, brother,sister, father, over, other, worker	Go to Spelling City and play some games with your words.	Pick 5 words and then write a sentence and put a spelling word in each sentence.	Go to Spelling City and play some games with your words.	Friday Take your spelling test on SpellingCity or have a parent or sibling read the test and take a picture and send it!
Reading	Do an assignment on Lalilo. Read a book from Raz-Kids.	Do an assignment on Lalilo. Read a book from Raz-Kids.	Do an assignment on Lalilo. Read a book from Raz-Kids.	Do an assignment on Lalilo. Read a book from Raz-Kids.	Do an assignment on Lalilo. Read a book from Raz-Kids.
Math	Please continue working on your Module 4 homework book at your own pace, we recommend one lesson a day to be done offline. Spend 1 hour of the WHOLE WEEK of math practice on Zearn.  Students can also go to Happy Numbers, Xtra Math, and Freckle for more math practice	Please continue working on your Module 4 homework book at your own pace, we recommend one lesson a day to be done offline. Spend 1 hour of the WHOLE WEEK of math practice on Zearn. Students can also go to Happy Numbers, Xtra Math, and Freckle for more math practice	Please continue working on your Module 4 homework book at your own pace, we recommend one lesson a day to be done offline. Spend 1 hour of the WHOLE WEEK of math practice on Zearn. Students can also go to Happy Numbers, Xtra Math, and Freckle for more math practice	Please continue working on your Module 4 homework book at your own pace, we recommend one lesson a day to be done offline. Spend 1 hour of the WHOLE WEEK of math practice on Zearn. Students can also go to Happy Numbers, Xtra Math, and Freckle for more math practice	Please continue working on your Module 4 homework book at your own pace, we recommend one lesson a day to be done offline. Spend 1 hour of the WHOLE WEEK of math practice on Zearn. Students can also go to Happy Numbers, Xtra Math, and Freckle for more math practice

	Work to do during the week:
Writing	Pick a prompt to write about offline.
Science	You can also follow links through google classroom for Mystery Science Science lesson with an experiment.  “Why do baby ducks follow their mother?”https://mysteryscience.com/powers/mystery-2/animal-behavior-offspring-survival/139?code=NDc3MjA0Nw&t=student Mini-lesson for Earth Day – How old is the Earth? https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/old-earth?code=609fcc00401ab1b5781cb57a087795ebMini-lesson Why are butterflies so colorful? https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/butterflies?code=3db211b53a0dfeae1e849f0f83205dc4 Also, there are 3 articles about butterflies on ReadWorks.
Social Studies	Scholastic News – log in and complete an April article Classroom Magazines Password: grahl1234 or follow link on google classroom Michigan Openbook project online http://textbooks.wmisd.org/Downloads/1st/Chapter2.pdf or follow link on google classroomThis will be a review for them. You can read through the slides with them and there’s a few videos. Chapter 2 – What Stories are part of our Past, Present, and Future1. A calendar is a tool for measuring time in days, weeks, and months of the year. 2. A month is one of twelve parts of the year shown on a calendar. Please watch the following video about calendars: Let’s Make a Calendar Go to Epic and choose a past/present book to read. Student Log In

BRAIN BREAK IDEAS:

– Mr. Tapp’s blog, go outside if it’s a nice day (practice social distancing), or do “GoNoodle.” It’s free and families can sign up: GoNoodle: Home  

-Check Mrs. Meyer’s blog for music ideas

-Mr. Goecke’s blogs for art ideas

– Mr. Neff and Mrs. Poisson’s blogs with have some literacy and technology ideas

– Other resources:

If you have a membership, check out Dearborn Public Libraries. The children can “borrow” new books and they also have movies (including the latest ones that aren’t streaming/on cable yet).

Go on a virtual field trips 

1. Virtual Field Trips  – Discovery Education
2. https://www.waterford.org/resources/3-great-virtual-field-trips-for-early-learners
3. Virtual Field Trips – Website that shows 30 different field trips
4. Museum Field trips: https://hellogiggles.com/news/museums-with-virtual-tours/?utm_term=A36AA812-655E-11EA-97D8-7D87C28169F1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=hellogiggles_hellogiggles&fbclid=IwAR1LlAh9Y0Mjmk2evmEiDMJw4hj808RBsLBTWDO8ZnL1pickxcXBSOvLbh0

Not all of the suggestions will work for every family, but some of these ideas would be fun to do:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sunnychanel/boredom-busters-for-kids-eko

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/activities-for-kids-while-inside-because-of-the-coronavirus