Mrs. Morrison's Class

Hi families! Hope you are staying in and staying safe. This past week was new for us all and I want to make things more simple going forward. Most of you have been doing great but I haven’t heard from all of you. Please email me if you need anything, I get back to parents and students as soon as I see the email!

Math: ZEARN for 20 min a day. 3rd grade, I have updated your lessons! In addition to ZEARN, 2nd grade families, practice adding and subtracting problems. 3rd grade families practice multiplication problems. Make up word problems for each other.

Reading: Comprehension. Click on link for directions to get into Google Classroom

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E9p2DDrB3eZOLu_l57mmX46o21tI6Iv8/view

GO through your student login in! Must go through Student log in from Dearborn public schools home page and then access Cleaver. and find Google Classroom. Readwork assignments are listed. Read the articles and answer the questions. In addition, Read 20min. a day. Take a picture of yourself reading and send it to me! I will upload them to our blog on a new page:) I want to know what your are reading.

Writing: Informational Writing. Again, please go through CLEVER and find Google Classroom. Your writing assignment for last week and this week is the same. Chose a famous person to write about: Introduce them, where they were born, what made them famous, do they still influence the world today? Include a picture. Send it to me through Google Classroom. IT is due Friday. Those of you who have already turned them in, you can write me a letter. I will write you back.

Social Studies: Public Issue. Make a card or poster, thanking someone for what they are doing to help the community during this time. (police officers, first responders, doctors, nurses, truck drivers, workers at stores, pharmacists). Have your parents take a picture of it and post it on Facebook. If your parents are not on Fb then put it in the window of your house. You can also take sidewalk chalk and write a positive message on your driveway.

Spelling: Choose 10 words you want to learn. Use them in a sentence, put in abc order, write them in bubble letters, rainbow words and practice them in cursive. Have an adult help you with this! Make it fun.

Science: Mysteryscience.com

Don’t forget to visit the resources I posted last week. THey are filled with different activities, especially in science. Just scroll back a few days and click on the different tabs to access all codes for our room. Please don’t hesitate to contact me and best wishes for your week! Enjoy your families and again, wash your hands:)

Mrs. Morrison

Greetings from Mrs. Morrison

Please fill out this form if you would like to reserve a Chromebook on loan for my child. To take the DuVall Chromebook survey, please click here. Please complete this survey by 10:00 AM on Thursday, March 19th as this will provide our staff with enough time to prepare the necessary number of Chromebooks based on the anticipated number of requests. The survey above must be filled out in order to make a reservation for a Chromebook on loan – we will not be able to distribute additional on-the spot requests as it takes time to prepare each of the Chromebooks.

There is a limit of one Chromebook per family. Chromebooks must be returned to the school on the first day Dearborn Public Schools reopen after this mandatory shutdown. Students must follow Dearborn Public Schools Acceptable Use policy and guidelines. The family borrowing the Chromebook agrees to understand that they are responsible for any damage to the Chromebook. The Chromebooks on loan are for current DuVall students only.

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.

Plan for Distribution on Friday, March 20th:

Parents will drive up to the bus lane on Francis Street near the preschool door (door 4) on Friday, March 20th.  Parent/ Guardians must have a Driver’s ID.  A DuVall staff member will bring the parent our Chromebook Loan agreement to the car along with the Chromebook, have the parent sign it, and then collect the signed agreements as a record of our Chromebooks that have been distributed.  Please follow the schedule of distribution for classes below so that we can have an orderly distribution of the Chromebooks on loan – there is a limit of one Chromebook on loan per family.

9:00 – 9:15 Ms. Shapas

9:20 – 9:35 Mrs. Ross

9:40 – 9:55 Mrs. Grahl

10:00 – 10:15 Ms. Sims

10:20 – 10:35 Mrs. Burke

10:40 – 10:55 Mrs. Morrison

11:00 – 11:15 Ms. Cibasek

11:20 – 11:35 Mrs. Alabakoff

11:40 – 11:55 Mrs. Moon

12:00 – 12:15 Mrs. Ranka

12:20 – 12:35 Mrs. Courtright

Thank you for following the above guidelines and schedule for distribution to make this process possible as well as for the DuVall staff who will be assisting during processing and distribution days.  

Robert Attee
Principal,
DuVall Elementary School
(313)-827-2754https://duvall.dearbornschools.org/

Please check Google Classroom and the below links to do assignments from home. I miss you all so much and hope that you are well. If there are mistakes, please let me know(I am sure there are mistakes). Thank you for your patience. Remember, class codes and links are on the previous post. Thanks again!

Mrs, Morrison

Third Grade Link

Third grade suggested week:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i2zU-08-SzzaBa-8j09wNepJdGZIZ2FrT6In6zL06T0/edit?ts=5e6ef134

Second Grade Link

2nd grade suggested week

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19oW6GhQV9Wj8oHOcvDBbx1hMtVxVjl2k7KaqOPp6Rbk/edit

Clever (at home) log in: student number @ dearbornschools.org

password is: birthday (mm/dd/year)

ex: login 12345678@dearbornschools.org

password: 03161978

Tomorrow is a half day, dismissal is at 11:45.

Spirit Day: Wear silly socks or socks with words on them.

Thank you! Have a great night:)

Science: STEAM Project

We are building a trap to trap a leprechaun. The kids are drafting their ideas in class and then making a materials list. Talk with your child about their design and see if you have anything around the house to send in to school next week Wednesday.

Writing: Narratives

We are drafting narratives about silly leprechauns, mischief and stories about catching leprechauns. Hoping to be published in a few weeks.

In 2nd math

we finished Module 5 assessment, coming home next week. We are starting Module 6 Monday:)

Finally, If you would like to be a guest reader in our room, please let me know the day and time you are available!

Thank you,

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. M

I hope to see you tonight at school between 5 and 6:00 for our annual literacy night.

To Our Colleagues at our Feeder Schools:
As many of you know, the Edsel Ford High School Performing Arts Department will be presenting our production of Disney’s “Freaky Friday – A New Musical” in May 8-9 and 15-16.
I will be opening up our ensemble to students from grades 5-8 who attend one of our Feeder Schools or have siblings at EFHS. I would like to ask for your assistance by announcing this opportunity to your 5-8 classes. There is also one principal role for the younger brother, Fletcher.  (Actor to play 7-10 yr old)  He must be able to sing and use two different hand puppets. 
Auditions will be held on Thursday 5 March from 4-6 pm.  Interested students who can not attend during that time need to contact me directly. Audition materials will be taught at the audition. Students should be prepared to read from the script, sing, and dance.Students do NOT need to have previous experience, only a willingness to commit to working on the show and learn.   
We very much need your help in spreading the word, especially in our Middle Schools that do not have a vocal music or theatre teacher on staff. Your assistance is greatly appreciated! 
Mark your calendars!!  See you soon…and THANK YOU!
Robert

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I hope you are enjoying the bonus snow days! Please remember that tomorrow is our bowling field trip in the afternoon. Dress appropriately.

Spelling test is tomorrow.

Next week will begin March is reading month. Monday is Dr. Seuss’ birthday. You may dress like your favorite Dr. Seuss character, or wear red and black like the Cat in the Hat. More information on our sports theme will come home next week:)

Join us for Literacy night on March 5th, flyer is coming home today

Thank you!

MRs. M

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