Thursday 4/23
Did everyone see the crazy snow outside yesterday? For today, I am reading Harold and the Purple Crayon and I found a story by the same author so you will get to watch two videos before working today. Listen to the two stories by Author/Illustrator. The second story can be accessed from Epic! books through our classroom account. The link is https://www.getepic.com/ for books I will be linking for the children to listen to at home. Sign your child up to see the stories I am linking for them to listen too. They will also be able to listen to many other books and stories of their choosing. The class code is mhe8655. https://www.getepic.com/app/read/14235 is a story without the pictures and below is my video read aloud of a story.
Today the students will be having fun making a drawing just like Reynolds and Johnson. When finished, please write down what your child said about their picture, take a pic of their picture and send it to me at Liepeb@dearbornschools.org Then I will share it below the next day unless you don’t want it shared.
We are adding a new online learning piece for the students to work on numbers. Our class code is 911 561 to access it. There is also a link in our Google Classroom to the site. Every child has an account that I setup for them and I sent their password with the student login information yesterday. https://happynumbers.com/ This site is awesome because it adjusts to the child’s knowledge of numbers. They will all start with a quick assessment to guide the lessons that are individualized for them. We already have one student that completed the initial assessment and is on their personalized learning path.
We will be meeting at 11am every Wednesday the link can be found in the students google classroom that you can access with this code: okvm3dw. From the students account using their student id#@dearbornschools.org and birthdate as the password (MMDDYYYY).
Steps for Google on a laptop, desktop or chromebook:
- Student Username: IDNumber@dearbornschools.org
- Password: Date of Birth MMDDYYYY
- For example: a Jan 1, 2015 birthday password will be 01012015
- 1. Go to gmail.com and when prompted, Create an Account.
- Use the student username and password which is provided above to create the account. If you are logged in with another account you will need to log out of that account, click on Manage Accounts, then click on Add Account. You can then create the account using the student username and password provided above.
- 2. After you have logged in as the student go to classroom.google.com or meet.google.com
- 3. Enter classroom or meeting code.
- 4. Then click join and you should see your teacher.
Thank you for continuing to help your kids while schools are closed. The new district remote learning plan is out and every student is required to work on assigned schoolwork for 2-3 hours daily and have 2 contacts with the teacher every week so we will begin having a google hangout on Wednesday every week were the students will be able to say hi and listen to an activity. For the second contact I am required to hear from every student also, this can be as simple as sending me a picture of one of the assignment from the day or commenting below in the comments. https://dearbornschools.org/services/dearborn-public-schools-continuity-of-learning-plan/
The children’s daily routine will be just like at school and have all the pieces that I did with them at school. So they will have a reading/listening activity, a writing activity, a mathematics activity, imaginative play (Plan, Do, Review), creative arts and gross motor. The fine motor activities are built into some of the other activities but may also be the activity.
The imaginative play and Plan, Do, Review are as easy as a couple times a day when the children are going to play start by asking them what their plan is, some examples are; What they will play with? What they are going to do with it? Who they might play with? How hey are going to use it? Then when they are done ask them to recall. Have them tell you details of the play activity they did.
The daily writing, reading and gross motor is always addressed in these 3 simple daily homework assignments since the beginning of the year. 1.Practice Writing. 2.Practice Reading. 3.Playing outside (social distanced) (ABC fit kids using 2 family members names or Cosmic Kids Yoga, CosmicKids.com ).
If you need to get a hold of me I can still be reached by email Liepeb@dearbornschools.org or you can call my classroom number (-827-7238) and leave a message, they go to my email. If I call back it will come from an unknown or unavailable number. I will only call Monday-Friday between 9am-3pm during office hours. Be on the lookout for a call this week.
I have set our Google hangout/Meet for 11am on Wednesdays, I had to make this time because starting at noon there are one to two other meeting going on at my home. I understand that this new learning environment is not ideal but we will do our best. I will also send the link weekly because that is where I will send the link to the meeting for privacy reasons. (this is a public page)
This is important information that I need to see what information and materials you may need and the district needs for their state education plan. Please take a minute to fill it out. Thank you to the 8 families that already completed it. We are halfway there and if any of your needs have changed please complete it again and I will update my results.
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