School Closing Information for Mr. Kerr’s Class

Dear Bryant Family:                                                               March 13^th, 2020

As you already know Dearborn Public Schools will be closed until April 16^th.  This situation is very fluid and is uncharted waters for not only the district, but the country.  Please be patient and allow somewhat of a learning curve.  I understand you may have anxiety.  I am also very aware your family and loved ones come first.  Therefore, I will do my very best to accommodate you and be flexible.   I believe in our leadership in DPS so please trust that we as District will do our very best to put students first and meet their needs.  Mr. Denison headed a staff meeting today with all Bryant teachers and then directed us to come up with a plan with our individual core subject teams.  We are currently working on that and may look different in each class and this is a process so it will take time.  What I do know you will need to check My Blog often for more information on how I will be doing online learning and assessments for this time off.  I believe that during this time off students and parents should be productive and have a schedule.  Here is so far what I need you to be aware of.

Science:

01. The Science retake for “7.3 Pretest & Post Test A” was scheduled today before and after school, since that didn’t happen, log on to iLearn and take that by Monday March 16^th if you are not happy with your grade or didn’t finish it.

02. Also, I am reopening up the last quiz “7.3 Lessons 2-3 Quiz” as well and that will be opened till March 16^th as well.

03. You will have to produce these components typed for your Lab Report for the Science Fair (more information to follow and this will be summative)

• Question
• Research
• Hypothesis
• List of Materials
• Variables
• Procedure

Social Studies:

01. I will collect the Foldable on Chapter 22 in Social Studies when we get back.

02. As mentioned last week we will still be having an iLearn Quiz on Tuesday on Chapter 22 and be opened for only a short time frame.

03. We will be finishing Chapter 22, do Chapters 21 & 24.

Misc.

• I will post assignments and criteria every Monday.

• I will be using iLearn, NEWSLEA, TCI, BrainPOP and IXL for assignments.

• I will NOT assign anything over Spring Break.

• I will use My Blog, e-mail and the Remind App to communicate with you.

• Any questions please e-mail me at kerrd@dearbornschools.org

• Please be safe and abide by the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services recommended strategies.

-Mr. Kerr