Mrs. Halimi

Good afternoon Haigh families! I am glad the weather decided to get warmer this weekend. The sunshine makes everything better. This week you may notice a bit of a format change on the way lessons are presented. This is just to keep in the Dearborn guidelines that were presented to us from the district. Everything will still be submitted using Google Classroom, just the formatting is different. 

I just want to give a BIG, GIANT thank you to all of you PARENTS for helping not only your child but me as well. I know that being at home all day with multiple children at multiple grade levels with different teachers and expectations can be super overwhelming! My two boys give me a hard time every now and again but they are doing pretty well! YOU GUYS are doing a GREAT job and I really appreciate your support as we continue on with learning from home. I miss your children so much and look forward to the weekly virtual meetings that we have. As you use the link below please take note of the suggested amount of minutes each day per subject. The document is 2 pages, with the second page being the lesson plan page. There are some links and even a recorded lesson of me.

LINK TO LESSON PLAN CLICK ME

Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great Sunday!

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Good afternoon Haigh families.I hope this post finds you and your family safe and healthy. With the past 4 weeks being very different and stressful, I hope you all enjoyed some down time with your family without the worry of school work. The weather on Wednesday was definitely a taste of spring and the boys and I played in the sprinkler! Happy Easter to those who celebrate! My boys were up early looking for eggs and eating tons of candy 🙂 

This week we will focus on reading, math, and a FUN project based learning activity that will be self paced and is due on April 24th. Stay tuned this week for a virtual class meeting. I miss you all!

Remote Learning Week 4 suggested list of assignments for the week of April 13, 2020

Reading:

• Read for 30 minutes each day this week.
• Read and complete the 3 assigned Readworks articles for the week. This week’s titles are:
  • Mrs. Johnson’s Plant Experiment
  • Magic Tomatoes
  • Every Hour Counts

Project Based Learning

• We’re going on a virtual road trip to 3 National Parks! This is a self-paced activity.  You will find all the information on this project in Google Classroom!  It is due on April 24. This is a FUN project and will get you thinking of vacation 🙂 
• There are three parts to this project
  • Research: You will need to research information on the three parks you would like to visit. The list is there for you; just click the links
  • Report: You will need to summarize the information in the google slide show. You will be typing directly into the slides. Please be careful not to delete (Remember to use the “Undo” button if you make a mistake!)
  • Present: You will be making a travel brochure that documents the national parks you visited virtually!

Math: This week we will complete module 5_ fractions

Please be sure you are “caught up” on ALL Zearn lessons through 30 by the end of the week.

• Watch video for lessons 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Unit 5 Video Tutorials. One lesson video per day.
• After watching each day’s lesson video on the link above, complete the matching lesson on Zearn. One lesson per day.
• Once finished with Zearn lesson, complete the matching lesson homework in the Succeed Math Book.
• Remember you are at home, so take some time out and play some FUN math games to ensure your stay on top of your multiplication fluency. 

Looking forward to SEEING you this week. Stay tuned for the date and time.

Good Evening Haigh families! I hope you enjoyed the beautiful day today! My family and I enjoyed the sunshine a lot. We took a long walk, a long bike ride, and even cleaned all the windows! When this virus is all said and done, I will have a very clean house!

I hope you are all staying healthy and safe. The news we got last week about having no more “in class” school really hit me hard! This whole thing has made me very emotional lately. I pray that all of YOU stay well, stay positive, and enjoy each other.

This week my family and I, like many of you, were supposed to spend some quality time away on vacation. With everything going on we had to cancel. While this was a major disappointment to all of us, we are grateful to be healthy and happy at home. This week is a break from “schoolwork” and a break from the mental load that all of us were all of a sudden hit with. Please take this week to enjoy the little things and be grateful for all that we have.

Below is a list of FUN optional things for you to do with your child. Feel free to browse the list and pick something to enjoy as a family.

SPRING BREAK FUN!

Have a great week and stay positive, healthy, and strong. We will return with online instruction on the 13th of April 🙂

Hello Haigh families! I am going to be trying a ZOOM meeting today at 11:30. Please join me. You can download the app on our phone or computer (ZOOM MEETING) . At 11:30 I will post code and password on REMIND and on GOOGLE CLASSROOM. I will NOT post on here due to safety concerns. Please give it a try with me. I can’t wait to “SEE” my students LIVE!!

SEE YOU SOON!

Good afternoon Haigh families. I hope this post finds you and your family well. I loved hearing from many of my students last week. This week I plan to reach out and see their faces via Google Hangouts or Zoom. I will keep you posted on this….I have missed their faces and voices! Thank you for supporting your child last week with assignments. I have had great feedback on the Scholastic articles. My own boys are loving them! There is always something interesting that they find to share with me and their dad. I hope everyone is doing okay with the fractions on a number line concept. Zearn lessons do a great job to help students understand concepts. The you tube lessons are very helpful as well. A good idea may be to write out a quiz for your child pertaining to the concepts from last week (Like math quiz Monday). I found this quick, online quiz to do a check in with your child. I hope this is helpful! Enjoy the weather this week and get outside and enjoy the fresh air of spring 🙂 

Remote Learning Week 3 suggested list of assignments for the week of March 30, 2020

Reading —

• Scholastic News Learn at home lessons for 20 days. Read the non-fiction articles for days 11-15 . Each day there are 3 articles, pick the most interesting article (1) to WRITE A SUMMARY of what you have read and learned. 
  • Be sure to type your responses into the sheet labeled Scholastic News Work Week 3 
• Readworks articles will be shared through Google Classroom. Remember you can use the tools to highlight, take notes, and zoom in. If you are scoring poorly, I will send it back to you to revise or redo. Please remember to split the screen so you can use your good reading skills to GO BACK in the text to find your answer. Here are the titles of the articles;
  • Knocked Down
  • To The Moon
  • Germs go to School
  •  this week you will have 3 of these. Be sure to SUBMIT to me!
• Michigan Studies Book– You will read 1 section this week, p. 89-93 and learn to answer the essential question of Why do People Need Governments? Be sure to click on the interactive pictures to participate in the learning that the book covers. After reading you will answer the 4 questions and write a short paragraph explaining why or why not you think Freedomia should have a government. Give two reasons for your answer.

• 1. Why do people need governments?
• 2. Why do we need local governments and state governments?
• 3. How is our state government organized?
• 4. What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens?
•  and write a short paragraph explaining why or why not you think Freedomia should have a government. Give two reasons for your answer.
• Please submit this on your Google Classroom document that is titled Michigan Studies.
• Read from a novel for 30 minutes each day to keep your stamina UP!

Writing

This is your writing prompt this week:

• The world can be a little scary right now, so I want to take this week to focus a little bit on what we are feeling.  It’s important to talk about what we are feeling. What makes you feel worried? What makes you feel hopeful? What are you thankful for right now?
• You don’t need to use a blueprint, but try to have each question be one paragraph, as well as an introduction paragraph and a conclusion paragraph (so 5 paragraphs total)
• Complete this writing on Google Classroom under the heading Week 3 Writing Assignment and submit to me by Sunday, April 4th.

Math

• Watch video for lessons 21, 22, 23, 24, 25  Unit 5 Video Tutorials. One lesson video per day.
• After watching each day’s lesson video on the link above, complete the matching lesson on Zearn. One lesson per day.
• Once finished with Zearn lesson, complete the matching lesson homework in the Succeed Math Book.
• Remember you are at home, so take some time out and play some FUN math games to ensure your stay on top of your multiplication fluency. 

Science

• Mystery Science– Watch the video- How is Money Made? 

For fun!

• Sing your favorite song Fifty Nifty United States! 
• Virtual FIELD TRIP to the GREAT WALL OF CHINA! Check out the virtual tour.
• Skip counting FUN songs! Count by 7, count by 8 , count by 9

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Social work support

Starting Monday, March 23, the Administrative Service Center will no longer be open but, just like our schools, the work will continue.  Our staff will transition to working at home and to make sure we continue to deliver services to the public, I would like to share the following contact numbers and emails: 

• General Information-  313 827-3006 communicatons@dearbornschools.org
• Social Emotional Hotline- 313 827-8500 dss@dearbornschools.org
• Tech Support- 313 827-8400 parenthelp@dearbornschools.org
• Student Services- 313 827-3068
• Special Education- 313 827-7050

Good afternoon Haigh families. I hope you are all doing well and feeling healthy. This experience is difficult and trying but I am confident that we will beat this pandemic and reconnect again soon. I think that this whole thing is teaching us many things: love your family, enjoy the small moments, don’t take things for granted, and to keep a positive attitude. My family has been keeping our distance from family and friends and passing the time with board games (CLUE is their new favorite), playing roller hockey, house chores (planning to paint Austen’s room this week), crafts, lot’s of movies (Thank you Disney-Plus), cooking, baking, reading, writing, and the laundry that STILL never stops 🙂 I hope you guys are staying positive and helping your children pass the time with some fun family time.

Thank you for working hard last week to help your child access our virtual platform of Google Classroom. I know first hand how hard it can be to get your own children to stay on task each day. This is a break from their normal routine, a new way of learning, and some of you may be unsure of how to support your child during this time. So many of my friends have reached out and expressed how difficult it is with juggling their own jobs and  teaching multiple children in the home. Just know that every little bit that they do will help them from experiencing that “Summer Slide” or should we say “Spring slide”.   

Like always, I thank you for your support and the encouragement you give your child each day. If you need help or have a question please reach out by e-mail or through the remind app. 

Keep reading for this weeks suggested list of assignments:

Remote Learning Week 2 suggested list of assignments for the week of March 23, 2020

Reading —

• Scholastic News Learn at home lessons for 20 days. Read the non-fiction articles for days 6-10 . Each day there are 3 articles, pick the most interesting article (1) to WRITE A SUMMARY of what you have read and learned. I am changing this from last week since it seemed like a lot to get through. PARENTS, feel free to have your child complete the questions to articles if you would like them to do more.
  • Be sure to type your responses into the sheet labeled Scholastic News Work Week 2 
• Readworks articles will be shared through Google Classroom. Remember you can use the tools to highlight, take notes, and zoom in. If you are scoring poorly, I will send it back to you to revise or redo. Please remember to split the screen so you can use your good reading skills to GO BACK in the text to find your answer. This week you will have 3 of these. Be sure to SUBMIT to me!Here are the titles of the articles;
  • Computers Vs. Books
  • A New Friend
  • Bringing Books to Life
• Storyline Online– Read and listen to as many stories as you wish! Choose 1 story to listen to online and write a summary using the words: In the beginning, next, then, after that, in the end.. 
  • Be sure to type your responses into the sheet in Google Classroom labeled Storyline online summary. 

Writing

• I miss YOU! Type me a letter in a friendly letter format and tell me ALL of the things you have been doing to keep busy! Tell me something fun you learned or something fun you did. Make me smile with a joke or a silly story. I can’t wait to hear from you, I will write you back 🙂 
• halimia@dearbornschools.org 
• Remember to use the friendly letter writing format Letter Writing Format sample
• Keep an online slide journal to document your feelings of this historical moment. Please keep this journal on our Google Classroom titled: My Experience Living in a Historical Moment Slides

Math

• Watch video for lessons 16, 17,18,19,20  Unit 5 Video Tutorials. One lesson video per day.
• After watching each day’s lesson video on the link above, complete the matching lesson on Zearn. One lesson per day.
• Once finished with Zearn lesson, complete the matching lesson homework in the Succeed Math Book.
• Remember you are at home, so take some time out and play some FUN math games to ensure your stay on top of your multiplication fluency. 

• Science
  • Mystery Science– Watch the videos- How does hand sanitizer kill germs? and How many people are in the world?

Sing your favorite song Fifty Nifty United States! 

Have a great week, work hard, play outside and don’t forget to write me a letter 🙂

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