Dear Mothers, I am wishing you a very HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!

Students, please try to decorate a nice card for your mother this week, and write a special note or poem inside.

Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXIme3wbRww

Math:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myt6qNHd3oY

Dear Parents: I am hoping all of you are well. Thank you for your continued support in the Remote Learning process. Remember, the school district has given a guideline for students at the Second Grade Level to participate in approximately 20 minutes of learning per subject each day. I will continue to contact you through text, phone, or email, as I have before. You may also contact me by call, text, or email if you have any questions, or even to update me on any work your child has finished. I am available Monday-Friday from 8:30AM-3:30PM, and Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00AM-2:00PM. I will also be keeping a log of student participation that Mr. Short will review weekly. Thus far, all students have been actively participating in their assignments, and I am very thankful for your help with their at home learning. You may also send pictures to me through text or email of any work your child has completed.

READING: continue to use the Common Core Ready book that I gave you. Students can read and highlight the passages, and answer all questions, fill in charts, etc. This week I will send a recording of the lesson “Who Works in a Hospital?” (Pages 168-173) Please follow along with me for that lesson.

MATH: Moving forward, please do about 2 lessons a week in the Math book. Many of you are in different places in the book, so just continue from where you left off. Also, more great skills for at home are: helping them to identify and count coins, and learning how to tell time. Students always need extra practice with these concepts. Review of basic addition/subtraction Math Facts is always helpful too. Please also continue to do double digit addition/subtraction with regrouping (borrowing/carrying). This week I will send a recorded lesson of Module 7, Lesson 1 (Pages 125-131).

SPELLING: I am continuing to have sight words on the list for Spelling. The idea for this is to have students practice correct spelling of words they use in their writing. The words for this week are: medicine, nurse, operation, patients, questions, right, sure . These words are all from the reading selection “Who Works in a Hospital?” mentioned above. You can have students practice these by writing them in sentences and/or stories. When students did Tic Tac Toe activities for Spelling in school, they did such activities as “Hide the words in a picture,” “Do jumping jacks while you spell the word,” “Write the words outside with chalk.” You may also give them a test.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: students were given online access to Readworks articles. These articles are all related to Science and Social Studies. As a reminder, students can go to www.readworks.org/student. The code is GTE2CJ. The password is 1234. They can read the articles, and answer the questions. Brainpop and Brainpop Junior are also excellent resources for all subject areas. I will discuss more about Brainpop in the next few paragraphs. Brainpop has excellent material on plants that students can watch and then write about. I added 3 new Social Studies selections to the Readworks articles this week. Please have students watch the 3 Brainpop videos under the area of Social Studies, Economics. Watching these videos and doing the new Readworks articles I added will help them to do the writing piece this week about saving money.

WRITING: students may keep a journal that they can write in daily, and illustrate their writing. This week I would like students to complete a writing piece telling about a time when they saved money to buy something. They should include details about what they wanted to buy, how they earned the money, what they learned about saving money, etc.

Thank you for your continued help and support. As I have mentioned before, I am available for contact through my cellphone, or email. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT. I am more than happy to help .You may also feel free to send me pictures of any completed work if you would like to share it with me.

TECHNOLOGY: students are already familiar with using I-Ready, RazKids, and Zearn. These can be used daily, as before. Again, Brainpop is excellent for every subject: Reading, Grammar, Math, Science, and Social Studies. The username is: haighelem and the password is: bpop. I am now able to track student participation, and progress on these websites. Brainpop also has a feature that allows you to print student work, or send it to my email.

General information:  313-827-3006 or communications@dearbornschools.org Social emotional hotline – 313-827-8500 or dss@dearbornschools.orgTech support – 313-827-8400Student Services – 313-827-3068Special Education – 313-827-7050

Here are the links to this week’s content for our DSHINES program:

This is the link for the Elementary School Lessons in English: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESESLessonsEnglish

This is the link for the Elementary School Lessons in Arabic: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESESLessonsArabicPosted in Blogs | Leave a reply

Dearborn Public Schools 

Parent Information for Chromebooks

DISTRICT HELP DESKS-CLICK HERE

Helpful Chromebook hints-click here

Chromebook – Signing in

The Chromebook must be signed into by a Dearborn Public Schools account. No other log-ins will work.

• All students should know their usernames and password. 
• A personal Gmail account can NOT sign into a Dearborn Public School’s Chromebook. 
• Parents should monitor technology use for children of all ages.
• The Chromebook will need to be connected to Wi-Fi using the family personal password.

Internet Access

Chromebooks require internet access and have Wi-Fi built-in. Dearborn Public Schools cannot provide internet home access. Comcast has an Internet Essentials package for families that qualify. This program is currently free for 60 days. After the 60 days, Internet Essentials will cost $9.95 per month. (You can apply online: https://apply.internetessentials.com/) Dearborn Public Schools does NOT have an affiliation with Comcast. Individual families are responsible for any costs of the service. 

Qualifications for Internet Essentials:

• You are eligible for public assistance programs such as the National School Lunch Program, Housing Assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, and others
• You do not have an outstanding debt to Comcast that is less than a year old. 
• You live in an area where Comcast is available but have not subscribed to it within the last 90 days. 

Xfinity Wi-Fi Free

Xfinity WiFi Free For Everyone: Xfinity WiFi hotspots across the country will be available to anyone who needs them for free – including non-Xfinity Internet subscribers. For a map of Xfinity WiFi hotspots, visit www.xfinity.com/wifi. Once at a hotspot, consumers should select the “xfinitywifi” network name in the list of available hotspots and then launch a browser.

Instructions for Chromebook Cleaning

Step 1: Power off the device. You will be applying liquid solutions to your Chromebook, so powering it off is a must.

Step 2: Remove any accessories or plug-ins such as cases, USBs, and headphones. These should be wiped down as well (especially headphones – which should NOT be foam).

Step 3: Clean the screen with an LCD-safe solution applied to a microfiber cloth. Strong alcohols can eat away the coating on LCD screens. *NOTE: A damp microfiber cloth does well with cleaning screens.
(**Given current concerns, wiping the screen with a “Clorox” wipe is acceptable. This will reduce the lifespan of the display, however, preventing disease spreading is more important). 

Step 4: Clean the Keyboard and other non-screen parts. Clorox wipes (mild bleach wipes) can be used on the keyboard and all the other non-screen parts. The wipe should be “squeezed” so that it does NOT over-saturate the keyboard (make sure to let the keyboards dry…before you close the lids…)

*NEVER Spray anything on a computer. Remember to “wring out” any saturated wipes prior to using on a Chromebook. 

** Although microfiber is not technically a disinfectant, it is effective in removing germs and bacteria. However, it does need to be washed regularly.

التاريخ

مدارس ديربورن الرسمية

معلومات للأهل حول جهاز الكروم بوك

 تسجيل الدخول على الجهاز

يجب تسجيل الدخول إلى الجهاز عن طريق حساب مدارس ديربورن الرسمية. لن تعمل أي تسجيلات دخول أخرى.

●      يجب أن يعرف جميع الطلاب اسم المستخدم وكلمة المرور الخاصة بهم.

●      لا يمكن تسجيل الدخول إلى الجهاز عن طريق حساب جوجل شخصي.  

●      يجب على الأهالي مراقبة استخدام الأطفال من جميع الأعمار للأجهزة التكنولوجية.

●      يجب أن يكون الجهاز متصلاً بشبكة الإنترنت الواي فاي باستخدام كلمة المرور الشخصية للعائلة.

الاتصال بالإنترنت

 تتطلب أجهزة كروم بوك الوصول إلى الإنترنت وتحتوي على شبكة واي فاي مدمجة. لا تستطيع مدارس ديربورن الرسمية توفير خدمة الاتصال بالإنترنت المنزلية. لدى شركة كوم كاست عرض الانترنت الأساسي للعائلات المؤهلة. هذا البرنامج مجاني حاليًا لمدة ستين يومًا. بعد الستين يومًا ، تصبح تكلفة خدمة الانترنت الأساسي  9.95 دولارات شهرياُ. (يمكنكم الاشتراك عبر الإنترنت بزياة الموقع التالي: https://apply.internetessentials.com/) الرجاء الانتباه إلى أنه  ليس لمدارس ديربورن الرسمية أي علاقة بكومسات. تقع مسؤولية تأمين ودفع قيمة الاشتراك على عاتق الأسرة.  

الأهلية لعرض الإنترنت الأساسي:

●  أن تكون مؤهلاً للحصول على برامج المساعدة العامة مثل برنامج الغداء المدرسي الوطني ، ومساعدة الإسكان ، وميد يكيد ، وسناب ، والضمان الاجتماعي ، وغيرها

●  ليس لديك دين مُستحق لشركة كومكاست يقل عمره عن عام.

●  أن تعيش في منطقة تتوفر فيها تغطية كومكاست ولم تكن من المشتركين في خدماتها خلال الـتسعين يومًا الماضية.

واي فاي اكس فينيتي المجاني

سوف يتوفر واي فاي اكس فينيتي مجانًا للجميع: ستكون نقاط الاتصال متاحة في جميع أنحاء البلاد لأي شخص يحتاج إليها مجانًا – بما في ذلك المشتركين من خارج شبكة اكس فينيتي. للحصول على خريطة نقاط اكس فينيتي ، قم بزيارة الموقع التالي www.xfinity.com/wifi.بمجرد الوصول إلى نقطة اتصال ، يجب على المستهلكين تحديد اسم شبكة “xfinitywifi” واي فاي اكس فينيتي في قائمة النقاط الساخنة المتاحة ثم تشغيل متصفح.

تعليمات تنظيف الجهاز

الخطوة الأولى: فصل الجهاز عن القابس الكهربائي.  من الضروري جداً فصل الجهاز عن الكهرباء لأنه سوف ينظف بمادة سائلة.

الخطوة الثانية: إزالة أي ملحقات أو مكونات إضافية مثل الحافظات وسماعات الرأس يجب مسح هذه الأجهزة أيضًا (خاصة سماعات الرأس – التي لا ينبغي أن تكون رغوية)

الخطوة الثالثة: قم بتنظيف الشاشة باستخدام محلول آمن لشاشة LCD يوضع على قطعة قماش من الألياف الدقيقة. يمكن للكحوليات القوية أن تزيل الطبقة العازلة التي تحمي الشاشة ملاحظة: قطعة قماش رطبة من الألياف الدقيقة تنظف الشاشات بشكل جيد .

(** نظرًا للمخاوف الحالية ، يُعد مسح الشاشة بمناديل “Clorox” مقبولاً. سيؤدي ذلك إلى تقليل عمر الشاشة ، ولكن منع انتشار المرض أكثر أهمية).

الخطوة الرابعة: تنظيف لوحة المفاتيح وغيرها من الأشياء( ما عدا الشاشة) يمكن استخدام مناديل كلوركس (مناديل التبييض المعتدلة) على لوحة المفاتيح وجميع الأجزاء الأخرى غير الشاشة.  يجب عصر منديل التنظيف جيداً حتى لا يتغلغل السائل في لوحة المفاتيح. تأكد من ترك لوحات المفاتيح تجف قبل إغلاق الجهاز)

* لا تقم أبدًا برش أي شيء على الكمبيوتر. تذكر “عصر أي مناديل مشبعة بالسوائل قبل استخدامها على الجهاز

 ** على الرغم من أن الألياف الدقيقة ليست مطهرًا تقنيًا ، إلا أنها فعالة في إزالة الجراثيم والبكتيريا. ومع ذلك ، يجب غسله بانتظام.

CHROMEBOOK HELPSHEET

Dear Parents: I hope you all continue to be well. There have been some additional changes to our Remote Learning Schedule. The school district has given a guideline for students at the Second Grade Level to participate in approximately 20 minutes of learning per subject each day. I know many of you have far exceeded those minutes so far. I just wanted to relieve your concerns that 20 minutes per subject each day is completely adequate. Therefore, 2 lessons of Math a week, rather than 1 lesson a day is now acceptable. The district understands now with many parents also working at home, and families with several students in school, that the workload had to be adjusted. I will continue to contact you through text, phone, or email, as I have before. You may also contact me by call, text, or email if you have any questions, or even to update me on any work your child has finished. I am available Monday-Friday from 8:30AM-3:30PM, and Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00AM-2:00PM. I will also be keeping a log of student participation that Mr. Short will review weekly. Thus far, all students have been actively participating in their assignments, and I am very thankful for your help with their at home learning. You may also send pictures to me through text or email of any work your child has completed.

READING: continue to use the Common Core Ready book that I gave you. Students can read and highlight the passages, and answer all questions, fill in charts, etc. You can use these passages in the book in any order. Many reading passages are related to animals and plants, so you may want to focus on those first, since that is what we are studying in Science. Reading any books is great, and students can write short summaries of what they have read. Please continue in this book. It is an excellent resource. This week, I would like students to complete “Making an Indoor Garden” from this book that can be found on pages 80-88. If you are able to actually create the terrarium with them, that would be excellent, and lots of fun. However, just reading, highlighting, and answering the questions is is all I am requiring.

MATH: Moving forward, please do about 2 lessons a week in the Math book. Many of you are in different places in the book, so just continue from where you left off. Also, more great skills for at home are: helping them to identify and count coins, and learning how to tell time. Students always need extra practice with these concepts. Review of basic addition/subtraction Math Facts is always helpful too. Please also continue to do double digit addition/subtraction with regrouping (borrowing/carrying).

SPELLING: I am continuing to have sight words on the list for Spelling. The idea for this is to have students practice correct spelling of words they use in their writing. The words for this week are: earth, few, garden, holes, it’s, jug, kitchen. These words are all from the reading selection “Making an Indoor Garden.”You can have students practice these by writing them in sentences and/or stories. When students did Tic Tac Toe activities for Spelling in school, they did such activities as “Hide the words in a picture,” “Do jumping jacks while you spell the word,” “Write the words outside with chalk.” You may also give them a test.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: students were given online access to Readworks articles. These articles are all related to Science and Social Studies. Many students have not started to work on these yet. As a reminder, students can go to www.readworks.org/student. The code is GTE2CJ. The password is 1234. They can read the articles, and answer the questions. Brainpop and Brainpop Junior are also excellent resources for all subject areas. I will discuss more about Brainpop in the next few paragraphs. Brainpop has excellent material on plants that students can watch and then write about. I added 3 new selections to the Readworks articles last week. Please have students watch the Brainpop video on Plant Parts, so that they can complete a diagram and writing piece about plants. I will have those 2 recorded lessons linked in this blog. Even if your child has already watched this video, or has already done the diagram, I would like them to watch it again to help them with their informational writing sample.

WRITING: students may keep a journal that they can write in daily, and illustrate their writing. Other writing may include Informational writing, such as facts about animals/plants, or “How To” type of writing, such as “How to Make…”,etc. You may also refer to my March 13 blog for Writing ideas and templates. In 1 of my recorded lessons, I will model an Informational Writing Piece about Plant Parts.

Thank you for your continued help and support. As I have mentioned before, I am available for contact through my cellphone, or email. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT. I am more than happy to help .You may also feel free to send me pictures of any completed work if you would like to share it with me.

TECHNOLOGY: students are already familiar with using I-Ready, RazKids, and Zearn. These can be used daily, as before. Again, Brainpop is excellent for every subject: Reading, Grammar, Math, Science, and Social Studies. The username is: haighelem and the password is: bpop. I am now able to track student participation, and progress on these websites. Brainpop also has a feature that allows you to print student work, or send it to my email.

General information:  313-827-3006 or communications@dearbornschools.org Social emotional hotline – 313-827-8500 or dss@dearbornschools.orgTech support – 313-827-8400Student Services – 313-827-3068Special Education – 313-827-7050

Here are the links to this week’s content for our DSHINES program:

This is the link for the Elementary School Lessons in English: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESESLessonsEnglish

This is the link for the Elementary School Lessons in Arabic: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESESLessonsArabicPosted in Blogs | Leave a reply

Plant Parts Diagram: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJYn0GmtIw

Plant Parts Writing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMNLjPij3g

Dear Parents: To find activities and assignments for all Special Area Teachers (Art, Music, Gym, Media, Technology), you must go to that teacher’s blog through the Haigh School homepage. All teachers have their email and blog contact information there. Thank you!

Dear Parents: I hope you all are well. There have been changes made to the Dearborn Public Schools Remote Learning Plan. I will be contacting you through text, phone, or email, as I did before. You may also contact me by call, text, or email if you have any questions, or even to update me on any work your child has finished. I am available Monday-Friday from 8:30AM-3:30PM, and Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00AM-2:00PM. I will also be keeping a log of student participation that Mr. Short will review weekly. Thus far, all students have been actively participating in their assignments, and I am very thankful for your help with their at home learning.

READING: continue to use the Common Core Ready book that I gave you. Students can read and highlight the passages, and answer all questions, fill in charts, etc. You can use these passages in the book in any order. Many reading passages are related to animals and plants, so you may want to focus on those first, since that is what we are studying in Science. Reading any books is great, and students can write short summaries of what they have read. Please continue in this book. It is an excellent resource. Today I am posting in this blog a recording of me reading a passage from this book, and highlighting important details. The students will then answer the questions following the reading. If your child has already done this passage, they can follow along with me, and practice their reading. I will post the answers. This passage begins on page 60 of the Reading book I gave you. (SEEDS GET AROUND)

MATH: continue to do 1 lesson a day in the Module 6 Math Book. Also, more great skills for at home are: helping them to identify and count coins, and learning how to tell time. Students always need extra practice with these concepts. Review of basic addition/subtraction Math Facts is always helpful too. Please also continue to do double digit addition/subtraction with regrouping (borrowing/carrying). Today I am posting in this blog a recorded lesson of Module 6, Lesson 6, and they should then complete the Exit Ticket independently. If your child has already done this lesson, They may follow along with me, and check their work.

SPELLING: I am continuing to have sight words on the list for Spelling. The idea for this is to have students practice correct spelling of words they use in their writing. The words for this week are: very, went, young, around, bury, catch, different. You can have students practice these by writing them in sentences and/or stories. When students did Tic Tac Toe activities for Spelling in school, they did such activities as “Hide the words in a picture,” “Do jumping jacks while you spell the word,” “Write the words outside with chalk.” You may also give them a test.

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: students were given online access to Readworks articles. These articles are all related to Science and Social Studies. Many students have not started to work on these yet. As a reminder, students can go to www.readworks.org/student. The code is GTE2CJ. The password is 1234. They can read the articles, and answer the questions. Brainpop and Brainpop Junior are also excellent resources for all subject areas. I will discuss more about Brainpop in the next few paragraphs. Brainpop has excellent material on plants that students can watch and then write about. I have added 3 new selections this week to the Readworks articles.

WRITING: students may keep a journal that they can write in daily, and illustrate their writing. Other writing may include Informational writing, such as facts about animals/plants, or “How To” type of writing, such as “How to Make…”,etc. You may also refer to my March 13 blog for Writing ideas and templates. Please have students write an informational piece about 3 types of seeds that they learned about, describing the seeds, and how they travel. Use information from today’s Reading lesson SEEDS GET AROUND, page 60 in the Reading Book.

Thank you for your continued help and support. As I have mentioned before, I am available for contact through my cellphone, or email. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT. I am more than happy to help .You may also feel free to send me pictures of any completed work if you would like to share it with me.

TECHNOLOGY: students are already familiar with using I-Ready, RazKids, and Zearn. These can be used daily, as before. Again, Brainpop is excellent for every subject: Reading, Grammar, Math, Science, and Social Studies. The username is: haighelem and the password is: bpop. I am now able to track student participation, and progress on these websites. Brainpop also has a feature that allows you to print student work, or send it to my email.

General information:  313-827-3006 or communications@dearbornschools.org Social emotional hotline – 313-827-8500 or dss@dearbornschools.orgTech support – 313-827-8400Student Services – 313-827-3068Special Education – 313-827-7050

Here are the links to this week’s content for our DSHINES program:

This is the link for the Elementary School Lessons in English: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESESLessonsEnglish

This is the link for the Elementary School Lessons in Arabic: https://dl.orangedox.com/DSHINESESLessonsArabicPosted in Blogs | Leave a reply

Math Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA_pvdBhZ1Q

Reading Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcR7P_bqYU

Dear Parents: One of the many websites that we are able to use is RazKids. We have many websites that are fantastic. RazKids is excellent, because the students can listen to a book, read it themselves, then take a quiz on what they have read. I have just gone into my class account to reset each child’s level. Please have your child revisit this website. It is excellent! The username is mkowalski5, click on the spoon icon. Brainpop or Brainpop Jr. is excellent because it covers all subject areas. That username is haighelem, password is bpop. I-Ready and Zearn are the other websites we use. The students know their own account information for these. Thank you for your patience and your support. You are all working so hard. I appreciate you greatly!