Haigh Community, 

In an effort to continue to help with online learning our school district and Haigh are collecting additional information about technology at home. These results help us plan for our instruction and will also allow for an additional chromebook pick-up day in the future.  These results are confidential to the school and will be shared with the necessary classroom and resource teachers and administrators only. Please complete this survey as early as possible. Thank you.

Mr. Short

CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY SURVEY

Happy Monday parents and students! I hope you were all able to enjoy family time, the outdoors, and relax over Spring Break. I know a lot of us were unable to keep our plans that we had for vacation or what not, but I’m thankful we had sunshine and warm weather a few of the days here. I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe at home.

Now that we have heard that school is cancelled for the year, which makes me beyond sad and upset, we are waiting to hear the plan for remote learning for the remaining school year. Things may change or look different in the next couple of weeks, just waiting on word from the district. For now, we are sticking to our usual plan and weekly schedule. Please know that I will do my very best to provide you with the resources and looking for ways to reach and teach your child while we are not in the classroom.

For this week, Week 27 Spelling Words are linked on the schedule and there is a Seesaw activity to do, along with the daily tic-tac-toe board. For Writing, I have created 2 Narrative writing activities on Seesaw for the first 2 days, then your child will use an Opinion blueprint to write about “What 3 Things they miss the most about the classroom?” For Math, we are moving on to Module 6- multiplication and division. I have linked videos and the link to Module 6 workbook. I’m hoping that if things calm down, there will be a day to pick up your students’ workbooks and other supplies, it will make our lives much easier once we have these resources. For now, if you’re able to print or just use loose-leaf paper to solve the problems on is fine. For Reading, going on i-Ready daily is a great way for your child to review and learn the 2nd grade standards. Also, reading every day for at least 20 min is highly encouraged. For Readworks, I have added Science and Social Studies passages that pertain to the 2nd grade standards. There are comprehension questions that I check daily.

Don’t forget to have your child take time to visit the Music, Art, Media, and Gym blogs and do some of those fun activities. Please remember this is a suggested schedule 🙂 If you have any questions, never hesitate. I will set up another Zoom meeting for later in the week.

Here is the schedule for this week:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bcHNyGaBOATDtXeeY8i7kXzBJ6HIBz70_WYAeyIkdGo/edit?usp=sharing

The Elementary Report Cards for Marking Period 3 are currently being processed and will be available to parents in ParentConnect, Monday April 6, 2020. Following is some information on how parents can access report cards data in MIStar ParentConnect. Please note that if you have more than one child, you should be able to see data for all your children and you do not need separate logins for the different schools (if your children attend more than one school).

How do parents login to ParentConnect? To login to ParentConnect, parents need their PIN and password; this is how it is obtained: Parents go to the Dearborn Schools’ website (dearbornschools.org) and then the ParentConnect link. If they don’t know the login info, they click (Need Your Login Information) link and it will prompt them to enter their email address (as provided to the school and entered in MIStar), and then click Submit. This process emails them their PIN and Password. After logging in, click on “report card marks” module.

If you need further assistance, please feel free to reach out.

Hope you are staying safe and healthy,

PARENT CONNECT-PARENT DIRECTIONS

Hi 2nd graders, it was so nice to see all your faces this week, so I want to schedule another chat before we have the week off for Spring Break. Since we never have time for Show & Tell, I would love for you to bring a favorite item toe the chat to tell us all about!

Erika Izbicki is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 2nd Grade Chat #2- Show & Tell
Time: Apr 3, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/699933739?pwd=aFVEMHdTWTIxbDBla01xQlowWjNUUT09

Meeting ID: 699 933 739
Password: 191515

Hi Parents,

We are on to week 3 of remote learning and I’m really missing all of my students. I would give anything to have our normal back and be heading to the classroom today to see all my students 🙁 I hope everyone is continuing to stay healthy and stay home!

For this week, I have posted the Spelling Words along with a Spelling Word choice board, something your child can choose to help them learn the words. There is one Seesaw Spelling assignment I would like your child to complete, it’s an alphabetical word assignment.

For Writing, I have given different writing prompts for each day and attached the blueprints and instructions for publishing. Monday- your child will focus on Opinion writing, making sure to state their opinion (claim) and back it up with reasons. The rest of the week they will write Narratives, ending the week with a fun Fantasy writing that they can draw, write, and record themselves on Seesaw.

For Math, we are reviewing this week until I put a plan in place to move on to the next Module. I have attached a daily spiral review that you can either print or have your child write the answers and problems on a separate sheet of paper. They should go on Zearn each day as well, if they are ready to move on to module 6, that’s great. If they have not finished the problem sets and videos from Module 5, they can go back to Week 2.

For Reading, I would like your child to spend time on Read Works, reading the various articles that are a focus in Science and Social Studies and answering the question set that follows. I have been checking the short answers daily and returning your child’s score. There are various activities I have added to Seesaw, a fluent reading activity, where your child can pick any book they are reading and practice their fluency by recording themselves and taking a picture of the page. There’s also a storytelling activity where they will draw a picture and tell a story to match. There is a fun Outdoor Scavenger Hunt to get them out on the sunny, warmer days ahead. I love hearing, seeing, and reading their Seesaw posts. It lightens up my day to be able to respond to them. I would like them to log onto I-Ready a few times a week, as this is a great resource to learn and practice our 2nd grade Common Core Reading Standards.

Please remember that this is a suggested schedule, I understand it may not be possible or easy to follow, but please know I’ve been so proud of the learning that I’ve witnessed taking place at home. Thank you again, parents, for your dedication to your child’s education and learning at home.

Reminder- our first Zoom class video chat is this Tuesday at 11am. I cannot wait to see your child!! I am going to try my hardest to stay strong for them, although it will be so emotional for me to see their smiling faces 🙂

Have a great week and as always, I’m here to answer any questions and help you through these tough times.

Stay healthy,

Mrs. Izbicki

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C82L4E229SNn7KFYUS4WYX6tRd-eU-mI3D3jorGGa0U/edit?usp=sharing

Hi Parents! I have heard back from most everyone in regard to being able to join our first video chat, on Tuesday, March 31st at 11am. I am new to Zoom, so I will try to troubleshoot and answer as many questions as possible. There is a Zoom app you can get on your phone, or if you have a Chromebook or laptop, you can go to the URL listed below. Maybe give it a try before the meeting on Tuesday. I am sooo looking forward to seeing all my students’ faces and hearing their voices, and letting them get the chance to share out and talk with their peers. Here are the details:

Erika Izbicki is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Izbicki 2nd Grade Chat
Time: Mar 31, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/459973692

Meeting ID: 459 973 692

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Starting Monday, March 23, the Administrative Service Center will no longer be open but, just like our schools, the work will continue.  Our staff will transition to working at home and to make sure we continue to deliver services to the public, I would like to share the following contact numbers and emails: 

• General Information-  313 827-3006 communicatons@dearbornschools.org
• Social Emotional Hotline- 313 827-8500 dss@dearbornschools.org
• Tech Support- 313 827-8400 parenthelp@dearbornschools.org
• Student Services- 313 827-3068
• Special Education-  313 827-7050

Hi Parents!

I have created a suggested template of lessons and activities for work and play for this coming week (March 23-27). Please understand that this is just a suggestion of activities to keep your student learning and active during this time. The time frames suggested are to keep your students on a schedule similar to our school day. Obviously, with your own individual family commitments, this is just to help try to keep our students consistent with their regular school day! Thank you so very much for your help and for all of your patience during this time!!

I recorded a video I will share on Class Dojo in the morning 🙂 Click on the link to view the schedule, all the links are embedded and all the information you’ll need is right here on this document. Please contact me via Dojo if you have any questions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N1E-aerGWINCEHlOP5LRcTCifANRexLaOvMbes9iNP0/edit

Parents,

Here is the Spelling List that would have been assigned for this week. I am going to assign some activities to do through Seesaw, and you can have them do activities like rainbow write, alphabetical order, write in sentences, etc. I messaged the QR code on Dojo to use for logging into Seesaw, there is a Spelling Activity and a directed drawing for St. Patty’s Day.

2nd Grade Spelling 

Week 23 

knee            

gnaw            

write           

lamb            

doubt          

off

or

pull