Miss Knaus' Classroom

If you go to Google Classroom, look under Reading. You will find Miss Knaus reading Mrs. Frisby! I had to make 3 videos because my cat kept interrupting! This is the order of the videos:

1. Video 152750

2. Video 154053

3. Video 155205

I am looking at a Reading Resource from iReady. I do not know if it will work with Google Classroom, so I would like for you to try it out! Go to Google Classroom and look under READING. Please click on the April 13 selection. Send me an email or a note and let me know if you can read through the whole story LUNCHING WITH LEECHES. Also, let me know if you get questions that pop up and you can answer them.

Thank you students! Miss Knaus

I would like to begin today by “taking attendance” so I can see who is getting on the blog on a daily basis and going to Google Classroom. I will be putting a short questionnaire to be filled out – either by students or parents. I will put it under the topic: ATTENDANCE QUESTIONS. When you are finished with that, please press TURN IN. I would like to hear from everyone in the class by Wednesday please. (This will be available at 9:45 a.m.)

**Math today – Today we can begin Math again, since that will not be changing. Eureka Math has provided us with new and better videos done by teachers doing the exact lesson that I would be doing in class. Please watch the new video. You can download the Problem Set right from that link, or I have included the Problem Set, Exit Ticket, and Homework in the assignment. Both grades will either need to print the work off and then send me a picture of completed work or copy the work onto paper and complete. Both grades are done with their “math books” at this time, so all assignments will have to be sent on line.

The lessons below will be available on Google Classroom at 10:00 a.m.

3rd Grade – We will start Module 5 today. We are skipping the rest of Module 4. We only had a few lessons left. The new Eureka videos begin with Module 5.

4th Grade – We will start Module 5 today.

Hello! I hope all of you were able to have a nice week during Spring Break. I hope you and your families are all healthy. At least we had a few days of some nicer weather that we could enjoy. Doing yardwork is not my idea of an exciting Spring Break, but it felt nice to get outside and get some fresh air!

Currently, Dearborn is working on a plan for On-Line Learning. I have a webinar on Wednesday that will define how grading will work during for this last card marking. There will be required work and grading will happen. I will be dating everything – blog posts and assignments on Google Classroom will all begin with the date I posted. Then, there will be a DUE DATE given that will be followed. If assignments are not completed, families will be called by either myself or Ms. Tiba.

**I ask that you please read this blog FIRST each morning. I will tell you what subjects I will be posting assignments for – on Google Classroom.

Then, go into Google Classroom and find those assignments by their subject and date. Complete and either TURN IN or send me a picture of completed work.

***If there is a reason that an assignment cannot be done – illness, interruption in the internet or computer issue, PLEASE send me an email so that I am aware. Assignments can be postponed or excused if there is an issue, so long as I am aware. Thank you.

Scholastic Online Book Fair

The PTA is hosting an online book fair which runs April 8 through April 21. There’s a wide selection of materials for all ages—pre-K through high school—including books, educational workbooks, puzzles, arts and crafts, building sets, and more. Check out the “shop by grade level or age” feature.

Lindbergh earns 25% with every purchase when you click “Shop Now” from our webpage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/lindberghflyers(The shopping will not be activated until April 8.)
In order for our school to receive credit for your purchases, you must start from that specific book fair homepage (not a Scholastic Book Club or related site) and sign in. You do not have to be a Lindbergh parent to shop… so share with your friends!

All purchases ship directly to customers, with FREE standard shipping when you spend $25 or more (on books only – not the junky stuff).

Thank you for supporting our school and we hope that this opportunity to find new books provides some joy during this uncertain time. Keep reading, Flyers!

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Our District Spring Break officially begins today! I will not be answering emails or checking Google Classroom until Monday, April 13. We are unsure if Dearborn will have a Learning Plan in place completely at that time, but I will post any information that I have.

I hope you all are able to enjoy time with your families. Stay safe and healthy, and I will be back in touch April 13 – 14.

Miss Knaus

We have a guitar-playing Alligator! I think a lot of us are working in our pajamas – including me! Great artwork Huissen!

Hello everyone – parents and students. I just watched as Governor Whitmer has shut down schools for the rest of this school year. With that, Dearborn will now have to provide us with some type of on- line instruction with guidelines. I do not know what this will involve yet. I’m sure over the next week, as we are in “Spring Break” this will become more clear to all of us.

Our main source of communication will continue to be this blog. As I find out what we will be required to do or what will be “suggested” I ask that you always look here first as we move forward. This is going to be challenging – to say the least. We will not have math “books” and reading “books” and some of you don’t have printers for me to send things, so I will wait for what announcements come before I post any more assignments.

As some of you have commented, Google Classroom looks very overwhelming – with the list of assignments growing. I have left everything on there since March 13 – as I do not know what I have to “show” to Ms. Tiba or the District. Ms. Tiba is on our Google Classroom – and can see what we are doing. Again, I need to wait for further instructions before I remove any older assignments.

I thank many parents for your support and encouraging emails (and some great photos of your kids – working or playing!) I know this is a very difficult time for all of us. I am especially saddened, as many of you know this is my last year teaching, and I felt like I didn’t get to say a proper good-bye. I miss everyone – my students and my fellow teachers.

Feel free to have students do any of the assignments that are already on GC and I will check and return everything. If I hear anything new before this weekend, I will post. If not, I hope everyone enjoys a week off April 6 – 13! Get outside, get some fresh air.

Please check back here April 14 – as was our designated day to return.

Thank you. Stay safe and healthy,

Miss Knaus

This week, one of our assignments for reading is an article from Readworks. A School Trip to the Aquarium. Please read the story and answer the questions. Please use evidence and words directly from the text. Some of you are still “making up” your own answers. I had to send a few back to be redone – you must get 80%.

Parents – on the report card, a large part of Informational Reading comes from this site. Each week in class, I put a “menu” of assignments to do. Each day, I post the readworks articles that go along with our Science or Social Studies’ topics. I choose articles at their level (sometimes separate for 3rd graders and 4th graders) and topics that we are studying. It might be a topic like “Government” or it might be a skill like compare/contrast. Students are to work on these during our Daily 5 time. I let them know if I had to send it back to redo. For this cardmarking, we had 12 assignments from Readworks. I took the top 5 scores to use for the report card. For some students, their grade was still low because they did not resubmit the story or even do it in the first place – even though it was posted every day in class. You will find comments on the report card if this was the situation. When we were in class, this was not a “choice,” these were assignments to be turned in.

That being said, these students passed this assignment on A School Trip to the Aquarium: Sedra, Kash, Ava, Huissen, Julia, Kareem, Nadine, Aya, Zachary, and Jack. Good job! If you turned it in and do not see your name, please go back to readworks and redo. Thank you!