Mrs.Grahl's 1st grade Blog

I’m looking forward to our next google meet tomorrow morning! I’ll post the link on google classroom right before our meetings. Here are some rules that I’ll review with students tomorrow. See you then!

https://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/earth/index.html

April 23rd was scheduled to be our District’s Care to the Core Day.  On April 23rd, our district celebrates the way our school communities come together to show that we care about our students and community.  Despite the shutdown, we want to continue this tradition because it is so important to help show that we care for members of our school community during this unprecedented time!  On April 23rd, we are asking students and their families to show our thanks for our first responders, doctors, and nurses who are helping members of our community as we are trying to stop the spread of COVID 19.  Here is what you can do:

1. Make a sign that thanks our first responders, doctors, and nurses (be creative).
2. You may take a picture of your child with the sign and send it to your teacher’s email or atteer@dearbornschools.org to have the picture on the DuVall blog.  You may also e-mail the picture to members of our staff/school families who work in local hospitals and will print your picture or message to share with doctors and nurses  in the hospital including Ms. Cibasek’s sister Jamie jamieac07@hotmail.com, Mrs. Moon’s friend Sara sarah.gilbert@stjoeshealth.org  Mrs. Ross’s husband Jeff jeffmross@hotmail.com.  Ms. Sims’ niece, Cate, is an EMT in Ann Arbor. You may forward emails to Cate at hayycate@gmail.com  Ms. Sims’ friend: Renata.rossi@asension.org is a nurse at Providence and Dearborn EMT Wael Gharbie: wgharbie@ci.dearborn.mi.us 
3. Proudly display the sign in a window in your house for first responders, doctors, and nurses in the community to see!

I am very proud of our students and community because we care!  Please stay healthy and safe DuVall families!

DuVall Continuity of Learning Plan

DuVall Community,

The staff and I miss you all and hope that you and your families are doing well, staying healthy, and staying safe.  As our journey with remote learning continues, our district has created a continuity of learning plan that enhances the remote learning curriculum that is being delivered at DuVall Elementary.  Starting April 20th, some updates will be taking place. Classroom teachers will continue checking in with their classes using Google Hangouts or Class Dojo and there will be at least 2 live or recorded lessons that will be scheduled during the week.  Classroom teachers and Extended Core teachers will be posting office hours on their blog to support families with questions or who need support with the curriculum. Also, a new grading system will be implemented for the 4th marking period in order to provide feedback for the learning that is taking place.  In the updated grading system, the following marks will be used:  

Meeting (M):  A student has high participation levels in remote learning, is routinely submitting assignments and completing learning tasks, and is regularly attending check in/ remote learning sessions.

Progressing (P):  A student is submitting most of his or her assignments and attending some of the check ins.  

Limited Participation (LP):  A student is rarely or not submitting work, rarely or not attending check-in/ remote learning sessions, or has experienced hardship during the time of instruction.  Support to assist students who are showing limited participation in remote learning will be offered.

Click Here to see a video clip that  helps to explain some of the changes in the 4th marking period.  

Extended core classes (Art, Music, Physical Education, and Technology) will now be using the updated grading system for the 4th marking period report cards.  Please check the extended core class blogs for more information regarding learning activities:

Mr. Tapp (Physical Education)  E-Mail:  tappb@dearbornschools.org

Mr. Goecke (Art)    E-Mail: goeckea@dearbornschools.org

Mrs. Meyer (Music)   E-Mail: meyerl@dearbornschools.org

Mr. Keramaris (Music 4th and 5th)   E-Mail: keramae@dearbornschools.org 

Mrs. Poisson (Technology)   E-Mail: poissom@dearbornschools.org

During this continuation of remote learning, the DuVall staff and I hope to see you all soon.  We hope that you and your family continue to stay healthy, safe, and Penguin Strong!

Sincerely, 

Mr. Attee

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

How to get into Google Classroom

Hello Parents! 

Some of you have had a hard time getting into our Google Classroom.  Ms. Cibasek, DuVall’s technology expert, made a video for Mrs. Ross’s class. Here is how you can login, just remember to change the code to our class codes: jvwcyfl for Ms. Sims’ class and fg66L7c  for Mrs.Grahl’s class. 

The video instructions:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E9p2DDrB3eZOLu_l57mmX46o21tI6Iv8/view

Hope this helps! Have a great weekend!

Ms. Sims & Mrs. Grahl

How to get on Google Classroom:

1.Go to the Dearborn Public Schools Website and open up Student Portal 

2. Login to Clever (Username: Student number@dearbornschools.org/ Password: Birthdate (ex 01012011) Let me know if they can’t remember their number and I’ll send it to you.

3.Click on Google Classroom and join class

4.Enter class code fg66L7c for our class.

You will see the login information for all websites that are being monitored and the enrichment websites. You will have to scroll down to get complete login information for all websites.

Please students, only login as you, not your classmate’s “for fun.” Thank you!

I hope this works better now! Please keep informing me of errors. We will get this running smoothly soon (I hope!).

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 will be monitoring will be:

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

3- Log-in information and passwords can be found in Google Classroom.  How to log-into Google Classroom: 1.Go to Dearborn Schools Student Portal  2. Login to Clever (Username: Student number@ dearbornschools.org/ Password: Birthdate (01012011)  3.Click on Google Classroom and join class 4.Enter class code jvwcyfl for Ms. Sims’ class and fg66l7c  for Mrs.Grahl’s class. 

4-Find a “study spot,” some place where you will go to do your daily work.  A spot for school work only, no where near the TV or video games, if possible.

5- Create a schedule to follow every week day. Still get up at a set time, do your regular routine as if you were going to school. Then go into your school work.  Following a routine will be VERY helpful especially to children. They need the consistency of a schedule. 

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: https://www.gonoodle.com/  

-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

April 13-17

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Spelling words/activity	Write the words 3 times each. What is the spelling pattern we are learning this week?took, foot, hook, book, look, wood,stood, shook, cookie, football	Go to Spelling City and play some games with your words.	Put your spelling words in ABC order.	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	Science lesson with an experiment.  “Why do birds have beaks?” https://mysteryscience.com/powers/mystery-1/animal-structures-survival/117?code=NDc3MjA0Nw&t=student
Social Studies	Scholastic News – log in and complete an April article https://digital.scholastic.com/resources/classpasscode/?app=sn1&state=%2F&role=classroom The Social Studies Curriculum: Unit 4: How Do We Learn About the Past?  Big Ideas of the Lesson 1, Unit 4 1. History is the study of the past. 2, Past is something that has already happened. 3. Present is something that is happening right now. 4. Future is something that has not happened yet. Draw a picture and write a sentence about what you were like in the past, what you are like in the present, and what you think you will be like in the future. Past Present Future

How to access Eureka math lessons from YouTube. 

Mrs Grahl and Ms Sims realize during this time people are working at a different pace so we will provide the link for the next lesson in Math if you have been following at the pace we had set. If not you can adjust the videos to meet your needs. 

VIDEOS ON EMBARC (the previously used method)

1. Click on the link below. 
2. Choose the lesson you are on
3. Watch video and complete lesson in the workbook. 

https://embarc.online/course/index.php?categoryid=3#google_vignette

VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE 

1. Click on the link below. 
2. Watch video for Module 4 Lesson 16 ( or whatever lesson you’re on)
3. Complete the lesson in the workbook
4. Every day change the lesson number to reflect which lesson your child is on. 

We hope this helps!

So happy to see everyone enjoying the beautiful weather!