Good Morning!
4/15/2020

Daily Schedule: Please turn these in by the end of today:))) Students can either take pictures and send them to me or go to google classroom (access through Clever) and respond that way! I miss all of you!

Morning Announcements:

https://youtu.be/s4hdNA7Z1bQ

15 minutes:
Read to Self

15 minutes:
Write about how the main character overcame their problem in the chapter or story.

10 minutes:
Brain break: Visit Mrs. Southers blog for a brain break:))))

1 hour:
Writer’s Workshop/Math/Family Connection
Make cookies with a parent. Pay attention as you use the cups: pay attention to 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1 whole cup:)))

Measure the diameter of the cookie when it comes out of the oven and cools.

Write a “How to” of the steps you took to make the cookies.

Send a picture to me or type it in google classroom.
Remember the code for google classroom is

fdkhvk3

Word Work:
Write your spelling words 3x each with a different color crayon/marker each time or type them on a google doc in the google classroom:)



Extras:

All of these can be accessed through the Dearborn Public Schools site:

Study Island
Zearn

I hope you have a great day! I can’t wait to see your work!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Parana

Feel free to contact me today between 11 and 1. Then 3:30-5:30.

Thank you!

Monday, April 13, 2020

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well! Mrs. Parana misses all of you and thinks about you all of the time. I enjoyed watching the video that many of you made! It brought a smile to my face seeing all of your smiling faces!
Welcome back to remote learning! I hope you had a nice week off from school.

Let’s ease back in to school by beginning this afternoon! I can’t wait to see your progress!

Writer’s Workshop:
Write 6-8 sentences about your week off from school this past week. What was the best thing about your week? Include any significant events, important details, beginning, middle and end. Sometimes there is a problem. If there was not a problem, what was the important event or lesson to be learned in the story.

Reading:
Read for 30 minutes to yourself. Find 5 vocabulary words that sounded interesting to you. Write the words down.
Pick one word and write how the sentences around the vocabulary word helped you to figure out what the word meant.
Take a picture and sent it to Mrs. Parana:)))

Math:
Do a Sprint in your Practice book. Do Sprint A and time yourself. Set your timer for 2 minutes. Circle the number where you stopped.

Stand up and do jumping jacks for 1 minutes.

Do Sprint B for 2 minutes. Circle the number that you stopped on.

Take a picture and send it to me:)))

Take a break. Run around the block or do any other exercise that your parents will permit:)))

Now I will go and update STudy Island so you can begin on Part 2 of Reading and Math:)))

See you in a few minutes!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Parana

Here is Part 2 of Language Arts and Math:)))

New Spelling Words:
At this point in the year, students will be expected to write their spelling words in sentences for Friday’s test. We will choose the first 5 words to write in a sentence for Friday’s test.

Monday’s assignment: Write the 1st 5 words in sentences.
Tuesday: Write the next 5 words in sentences.
Wednesday: Write the last 5 words in sentences.
Thursday: Write the words in bubble letters and then color them in.
Friday: Take the test. Send me a picture of the results:)))

Spelling and Word Work Focus: Compound Words:

1. football
2. sunshine
3. became
4. forget
5. Sunday
6. backpack
7. bookcase
8. doorstep
9. bedtime
10. anything
11. always
12. also
13. better
14. cannot
15. bedroom

Language Arts: Work for about 30 minutes. Take a break. Work for about 30 minutes. Take a break.
Study Island:
New assignment for Language Arts.

Math:
Zearn.org found in Clever:)

Have a great rest of the day!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Parana

3/31/2020

Today’s schedule:

Morning work:
Write 6-8 sentences about your favorite time of the day is at home these days. Be sure to use punctuation at the end of sentences and capital letters at the beginnings of sentences:)

Math: Study Island. If you have completed all of those, please work on zearn for 20 minutes.

Science: I will send a mystery science link for you.

Read to Self: Read for 20 minutes.

Respond to reading: write about a challenge that the character faced and how they overcame that problem.

Word Work: practice spelling these words:
Add
Addition
Subtract
Subtraction
Fiction
Always
Also
Mansion

Practice those words today doing bubble letters and then coloring inside the letters.

Social Studies: Reflect on a challenge in your community:

Make a poster to hang in your window for those community workers working hard to help others, such as police officers, doctors, nurses:). They are so brave to go in to work each day to help others in need at this time. I’ll send you a picture of what I saw on my walk last week:)

Math Part 2
Work in your old Learn book for 20 minutes. If you don’t have it, do 20 more minutes of zearn:)

Talk to you soon!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Parana

Good morning friends! I hope you are doing well today! I hurt my shoulder somehow! I can’t even turn my neck all the way without it hurting! I’m going to try and stretch and just give it time to heal.

Today’s assignments are:

Math: 20 minutes of zearn.

Brain break: Go outside with your brothers and sisters and play for 20 minutes.

Reading assignment on Study Island: 20 minutes.

Brain break: 20 minutes of exercise and a snack.

Read to Someone: 20 minutes of reading to a parent or someone else in the family.

Respond to reading: Write a summary of what your chapter or book was about. Take a picture of it and send it to me on the dojo.
Use these words:
Title:
First,

Next,

Then,

After that,

Finally,

Math Part 2: 20 minutes of Study Island fraction practice.

Take a break.

Writer’s Workshop: Write a short paragraph including 6-8 sentences about what is going on in your life right now.

Good Evening Parents,

This message comes to you with great sadness from my home as I think of all of my students and how much I will miss them, pray for their safety, academic progression, and hope the best for you and your families.  We will get through this difficult time together!  

I will post lessons each day via Class Dojo and Google Classroom.  Below is a schedule for what a day at home could look like as far as doing school work.  

Here is a recommended schedule:

Daily Schedule: 2 hours per day (We recommend a regular schedule, same time each day)Reading: 20 minutes (Online daily assignments/books)Brain Break: 5 minutes (stretch, deep breaths)Writing: 15 minutes (Respond to the prompt on the google classroom)Brain Break: 5 minutes (take a walk)Spelling: 10 minutes (Online MobyMax ) Brain Break: 5 minutes (dance to your favorite song)Math: 20 minutes (Online one lesson on Zearn)Brain Break 5 minutes (Exercise! jumping jacks, running in place, etc.)Science/Social Studies: 20 minutes (Online Brainpop/ Mobymax Assignment)Brain Break: 5 minutes (make a healthy snack, send a picture!)Share your picture, writing, something you learned: 10 minutesRead to someone for 30 minutes.  Write about it and submit it to me through ClassDojo via a picture of your writing or video tape what you have written. *Express that online game time should be limited to Saturday/Sunday so that students are not exposed to screen time over the recommended usage.

Second Grade:

Math

• Zearn -Online lessons aligned to Eureka Math 
  • Creating an Account
  • Study Island (Clever)
  • Edmentum (Clever)
• 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
• Study Island
• Edmentum
• Reading Eggs

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.
  • Seed Dispersal 
  • Roots, Water, and Minerals 
  • Lights, Leaves, and Competition 
  • Adaptations and Habitat: Should you water a cactus? 
  • Adaptations and Habitat: Where do plants grow best? 
• 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.

• 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

Schedule for home

Reading with ALL students:

 Read at home with your child at least 20 minutes every day with books they enjoy.   

Before reading:

• You may read to your child a text before he or she reads it.  
• Have your child make predictions about what might happen next.  
• Have your child use picture clues from the cover to predict what the book is about.   

During reading:

• Read out loud to your child.
• Listen to your child read.
• Echo read (you read a line and then have your child repeat the line).
• Read together at the same time (choral reading).
• Reread or retell favorite stories.
• Talk to your son or daughter about what they are reading.
• Talk about how the pictures in the book connect to the words on the page.

After reading, you may:

• Ask “What do you remember from the text?”
•  Ask questions about the reading (who, what, when, where, why).
• Have your child talk about his or her favorite parts of the story and why.
• Ask “What have you learned from the text?”
• Ask “Who was in the book and what did this character do in the story?”
• Connect the story to your child’s life or to other books you and your child have read together.

Example for a daily schedule

Math problem (addition and subtraction up to 1000, multiplication and division for 3rd graders)

Read for 20 minutes – talk to someone at home about what you read

Look at the topic for daily writing on google classroom.  Write about it on paper then record it online and send it to me on Class Dojo or take a picture and send it to me.

Read to someone for 30 minutes.  Write about it and submit it to me through ClassDojo via a picture of your writing or video tape what you have written.

Hi Students,

I can’t believe this is happening! I will miss you during these 3 weeks! I will post assignments here so you can still learn and become all that you want to be! 

Assignments for the half day Friday, March 13, 2020: 

Bellwork: 30 minutes of zearn, Geometric Shapes. (Zearn can be found by going to Clever through the Dearborn Public Schools site.)

Spelling: Have an older sister, brother, mom, dad, grandparent give you the spelling test on the dge, ge, lge, nge words and send a picture to me via dojo so that I can grade it. 

Writer’s Workshop: Draft a story about the time that you were happy. Be sure to include characters, setting, important details, and a solution in your story. Type your story on the google classroom for credit. 

Reading: Read the assignment on Study Island about recounting key details. It will be due by the end of today. For the assignment, visit dearbornschools.org, go to Clever, click on Study Island. 

Sincerely,
Mrs. Parana

March 6, 2020

Hello everyone!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Just a couple of updates:

March is Reading Month

      March is Reading Month is in full swing!  I hope you enjoyed the pictures I sent of Justin Abdelmader reading to our school!  The kids were very excited!  

A reading log came home for students to record their minutes each day.  The forms are due each Friday to earn special recognition!  

Send me a dojo if you would like to be a guest reader in our class:)

Spelling

This week we will study the lge sound and the ge sounds.  The words are:

Cage

Indulge

Range

Pledge

Large

Rage

Bulge

Hinge

Bridge

Charge

Cold

Goes

Gave

Those

Use

Collecting funds for the disasters in Puerto Rico

Thank you for sending in donations for the people in Puerto Rico due to their natural disaster there.  We so appreciate your monetary donations!  

Homework

We will be working on a math assessment next Monday and Tuesday.  Just in case homework is not sent for math on those days, your child may do Edmentum through Clever or Study Island for Math.  These are great resources to help your child improve their NWEA test scores in both reading and math. I check to see who has been doing their work and their grade is reflected as such:))  Thank you! I know everyone is doing their best!  

Half Day

This Friday, March 13th, is a half day.  Dismissal time is 11:45 a.m.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs.  Parana

Valentine’s Day:

Our class will celebrate Valentine’s Day next Thursday, February 13th from 1-2. We were hoping to have these donations:

Pizza : 1 cheese

Pizza : 1 cheese

Pizza: 1 cheese

Pizza: 1 cheese

Pizza: 1 cheese

Fruit

Chips

Cookies

Below are a list your child can bring in to share with friends to put in their Valentine envelope:

We have 20 students, so 20 Valentines.

Here are a list of the students’ names:

Abdulrahman, Mustafa, Jenna, Zainb, Ali, Baneen, Aminah, Yousif Baha , Hussein B, Hussein E, Yousef Harb, Sara, Adam, Reehib, Nizar, Mohammad, Ryan, Zeinab Rizk, and Layan.

Please let me know what you can donate, if you can:)

Sincerely,

Mrs. Parana

Friday, January 17, 2020

Good Afternoon! I hope you are ready for the snowstorm coming tonight after midnight!

Next Week:

Monday, January 20: No School.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday: January 21: 1/2 Day: Teacher Duty Day

Spelling Words:

1. hope
2. shape
3. apple
4. little
5. table
6. purple
7. baseball
8. mistake
9. inside
10. useful
11. another
12. boy
13. could
14. every
15. far

Math: We finished Module 3 and the tests were sent home. Keep up the good practicing at home!

NWEA: We are almost done with the reading NWEA. No stress though, kids are working hard and we need to encourage them that they can do anything if they believe in themselves. Next week, we will work on Math NWEA so continue to please eat healthy and get a good night’s sleep each night.

Homework: Students can begin working on Study Island at home to improve their reading ability. This can be counted toward the 20 minutes of reading each night. Of course, books in the book bags should also be read:)

Items we are in need of: Kleenex, wet wipes to wipe hands before snacks, pencils, and dry erase markers. We so appreciate all of the donations sent in so far!

A special thanks to Mrs. Harb who heads out to the store once a week to buy nutritious snacks to those who do not have any. Thank you so much!

Also, a special thanks to Mrs. Boussi who sends in snacks for the children who don’t bring a snack! We so appreciate it!

Have a wonderful weekend and as always, please contact me with any questions or concerns!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Parana

For the Week of January 13, 2020

Spelling Words:

all

away

better

by

change

bird

hurt

her

nurse

girl

shirt

burn

third

never

winter

Looking Ahead:

NWEA Testing: Monday: January 13 and Tuesday, January 14th. Please get a good night’s sleep and have a good, healthy breakfast.

No School: Monday, January 20, 2020 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 1/2 day : Professional Development: Dismissal will be at 11:45.

Friday, January 24, 2020 1/2 day: Teacher Duty Day

Have a wonderful week and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Parana