Good morning! I hope everyone is doing okay and staying healthy during this time away from school! I know this is a big change for everyone, but we will get through it! I appreciate the students that have been keeping up with their Freckle and taking their time on their work. These scores are part of your report card grade so it is crucial you are taking your time on them. The expectations are the same from homework. If you are rushing and not getting a good score, you are expected to do extra practice. I am continuously checking this throughout the day and will be contacting home if need be.
As of now Freckle will be your daily assigned work from me. Although that is the only work that is assigned, there is a lot out there that you can do to keep up with your learning! Reading everyday is an expectation! You may read books from your book bag, from the library, from the classroom or books you have at home. I am attaching a list of comprehension questions that you could ask yourself, write down in a notebook, or have a parent or sibling ask you to check your comprehension. You could also type them on Google Docs and share them with me, I would love to see them 🙂
There are also many great resources online that are offering free services with everything going on. I am attaching a list below of many free resources out there for students to go on that will help them continue their education throughout this month away from the classroom.
As always I will continue to post any updates on Remind over the next month. Remind is a very easy way for you to get ahold of me if need be. Please reach out at any time with any questions or concerns that you have! Students also have an email from the district (their 2010 number followed by @dearbornschools.org). You can email me with any questions or concerns on there as well.
Thank you for your continued support!
Ms. Hankard
Free Resources available:
Reading:
–Scholastic: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5.html
What It Is: Scholastic created the Scholastic Learn at Home website to provide students with approximately 20 days worth of learning journeys that span various content areas. Students get approximately three hours of learning opportunities per day, including projects based on articles and stories, virtual field trips, reading and geography challenges, and more.
-Epic: www.getepic.com/students
What it is: Students can access thousands of books on this website. Some books even have online quizzes to check for comprehension. I have signed up a class so students just need to enter in this code and it will add them to my class. Class Code: mqt0756
-Starfall: https://www.starfall.com/h/
What it is: This website has all sorts of games and activities that focus on ELA skills. This is targeted at K-3 for teaching basic English reading and writing skills.
-Readworks: https://www.readworks.org/student-authentication
What it is: This website has fiction and nonfiction passages with comprehension questions that go with them. Many students in my classroom use this website daily in class. They can log in through their district email. Any issues with this let me know.
Math:
-Cool Math: https://www.coolmath4kids.com/
What it is: Coolmath4kids is for kids from kindergarten to sixth grade. Kids can work on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions through online math games, quizzes, manipulatives and more.
–Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
What it is: Students can access this through their clever account. Khan Academy is a free resource for students, parents and teachers. From exercises, quizzes, tests and instructional videos, students can practice and master educational skills.
Science:
-Mystery Science: https://mysteryscience.com/
What It Is: Mystery Science offers digital video mini-lessons for science subjects K-5.
All Subjects:
–Brain Pop Jr: https://jr.brainpop.com/
What It Is: BrainPop offers in-depth learning on topics across the curriculum for upper elementary and middle school students. Each topic includes videos, quizzes, related reading, and even coding activities.
***Students also have access to a few other sites that are linked to their clever accounts. Any of these sites are also awesome choices! There are also other ones out there but these are a few great ones that I recommend. If any websites give you challenges, please let me know and I can try and help from my end. Keep learning students! 🙂