Monday
May 18, 2020

Good morning! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! The weather is warming up, which means new things are coming our way:) I hope as new life begins to grow, so does extra happiness and peace in your life:))
I continue to miss you, think about you, and wish we were in school to finish out the year with lots of fun learning and growing together. Instead, we will do the best we can practicing together online. Life as we know it is so different, but we must learn to deal with surprises in life. We don’t always like surprises, but they will come, and anyone can handle surprises with the correct mindset.
We must “Go with the Flow” as you remember Mrs. Parana always saying to you. Life is full of surprises. If we are going to be happy, we must learn to adjust and appreciate even the negative things that happen in our lives. It is in those negative times that we learn and grow, just like the new life you see happening with nature. A beautiful butterfly doesn’t become that beautiful butterfly without going through changes. The changes aren’t always beautiful during the process. But, the end result is beautiful. It is the same thing with all of us. Dark or hard times lead us to beautiful times. We must learn to appreciate the hard times as a journey to something great. I believe the same will be true for you. Something great is going to happen to you in your future:) Reach for your dreams and believe you will get there. You can do it!

The past 5 weeks have been weeks of learning and growing even for me! I’ve been learning so much technology that hasn’t always been easy for me. But, just as you do your homework, I complete mine too each day. Soon, I hope to set up another classroom hangout either with the What’s App or with a new platform called The Big Blue Button. I will keep you posted on when we can have another classroom meeting remotely:)))
I’ll have more news about this as I learn more:))) I know everyone wants to see their friends, so I will try and set something up soon))) For now, here is a nice schedule for the week:)

View, refer to, or print the weekly calendar so that you can keep up with this week’s activities:)))))

Remote Learning for the Week of May 18, 2020

Overview for the week:)))

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Word Work will replace Spelling this week.

Extra Websites:

2nd Grade

Math

• Zearn -Online lessons aligned to Eureka Math 
  • Creating an Account
• Moby Max – (Clever) – Wide variety of material available.
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.
• Math-A-Thon (math facts practice)- iLearn

Language Arts

• Storyline Online– The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.  
• Readworks–  Provides K-12 teachers with a large, high-quality library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, along with reading comprehension and vocabulary supports, formative assessments, teacher guidance, and more.  Must have an account, but they are free.
• MobyMax- Access through Clever
• ReadWriteThink.org– reading and writing resources across grade levels.
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.
• Pobble 365 (writing prompts useful across grade levels)- iLearn
• MAISA Reading and Writing Units- See DEC
• NewsELA- need a free account- standards-aligned reading activities
• Kate Messner’s Collection of Stories – Collection of stories read-aloud by authors

Science

• Mystery Science – Mystery Science features multimedia science units for K-5. Each lesson consists of a series of short videos and prompts guide student discussion. This is followed by an experiment that can be done at home. Teachers can send students specific lessons via a link. Students do not have to be logged on to Mystery Science! Click this link to MyPD to watch a video about how to find these student links and the different ways you can share the link with your class.
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.

Social Studies

• MI Open Book – Community Studies (Teacher Correlation Guide available in MyPD Remote Learning course)
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.
• NEWSELA Social Studies (K-12) – High quality social studies content – Take the pain out of finding, differentiating, and matching content to social studies standards with engaging and vetted texts, sourced from world-class content providers.