Mrs. Schuit's Early Childhood Special Education

The State of Michigan announced additional cases of the COVID-19 virus in our state. These new numbers include the staff member from Whitmore-Bolles. The Wayne County Public Health Division has determined that the staff member was NOT contagious while in the building therefore, your child was not exposed to the COVID-19 virus. 

Local health departments in Michigan work directly with those who have been identified with the virus to investigate the possibility of any further spread of the COVID-19 virus. 

The Communicable Disease Unit at Wayne County determines who might have had exposure to those individuals with a positive test and contacts those whom they feel may have had contact.  Wayne County does not test any individuals who do not exhibit symptoms.

Part of their guidelines in determining risk factors include: did the person display symptoms while in contact with others.  Also, proximity and duration with other individuals.   

“We appreciate the support and expert guidance we have received from Wayne County in handling this situation,” commented Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko.  

Crews are completing the cleaning of Whitmore-Bolles on Friday, and since the building will be closed until April 13, 2020 there is no reason to believe that the school will not be ready for staff and students when they return. 

For anyone who may have further questions or concerns they can reach out to the Wayne County Public Health Department COVID19 information line at (734) 287-7870.

By now everyone has probably heard that the Governor has closed all Michigan school until April 6th. Since Dearborn starts their spring break on April 6 we will not be returning to school until April 13.

Each teacher is asked to set up some type of remote learning. I will be using my blog to send you links and work to do with your child. In order to do this I first have to make sure everyone is receiving this notice. I need you to write a response back in the comment section that you are reading this blog.

After I get everyone on the same page we will work together to reinforce the skills they have already learned. The students have worked so hard I don’t want anyone to go backwards. I have such caring parents I know that we can work together and make this time off successful. Please text me if you have any questions and I will try and answer them.

FIRST STEP SEND ME A MESSAGE IN THE COMMENT SECTION BELOW SO I KNOW YOU ARE READING THE BLOG.

DATES TO REMEMBER

• FRI. MARCH 13TH – NO SCHOOL FOR THE P.M. CLASS
• WED. MARCH 18TH – LATE START A.M. CLASS
• MON. APRIL 6 – FRI. APRIL 10, 2020 SPRING BREAK – NO SCHOOL
• MON. APRIL 13TH – SCHOOL RE-OPENS

THEME: CATERPILLARS AND BUTTERFLIES TO GO ALONG WITH THE BOOK THIS WEEK: THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR BY ERIC CARLE

THIS BOOK IS ALSO THE BOOK WE CHOOSE TO USE TO DECORATE OUR CLASSROOM DOOR. I PROMISE TO SEND A PICTURE OF THE CLASSROOM DOOR ONCE WE ARE FINISHED DECORATING IT. EACH CLASSROOM IN THE BUILDING IS DECORATING THEIR CLASSROOM DOORS FOR MARCH IS READING MONTH.

• LETTER: T – TW0, THREE, TREE, TURTLE
• MATH – LONG AND SHORT, NUMBER ID, COUNTING 1-100
• TRACING/PRINTING LETTERS OR WORDS
• DRAWING PICTURES LIKE CATERPILLARS AND BUTTERFLIES

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Today was a beautiful day! I hope everyone was able to enjoy it!

Only one date to remember in March:

• Wed. March 18th is a late start for the A.M. class.

Theme: Farm Animals

• Story: Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
• Songs: Old MacDonald and BINGO
• Zoo phonics for letter sounds
• Letter S – Snow, shoe, sock and snack
• Colors and shapes will continue to be review
• Math: Counting, one to one correspondence, number ID, counting to 100
• We will have new sight words: I, see, a, look and we will be spelling farm animals this week. Pig, cow, sheep, horse, duck, chicken, cat, dog, rabbit, goat, rooster, farm and barn. We will trace the words and spell them out with magnetic letters and laminated letters.
• We will also draw farm animals.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SPECIAL VALENTINE GIFTS! I HAVE THE MOST THOUGHTFUL PARENTS 🙂

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• FRI. FEB. 14TH – VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY (REMEMBER NO NUTS!)
• MON. FEB. 17 -FRI. FEB. 21 – NO SCHOOL MID-WINTER BREAK
• FRI. MAR. 13 – NO P.M. CLASS
• WED. MAR. 18 – LATE START FOR A.M. CLASS

THEME THIS WEEK: HEARTS, HEARTS AND MORE HEARTS

• LETTER R – ROBBY RABBIT (ZOO-Phonics) WE ARE STARTING WITH ZOO PHONICS THIS WEEK. THE THOUGHT BEHIND ZOO-PHONICS IS THAT TEACHING THE STUDENTS A SIGNAL ASSOCIATED WITH A LETTER HELPS TO LOCK LETTER-SHAPES AND SOUNDS INTO MEMORY. EACH LETTER HAS AN ANIMAL NAME. AS WE SAY THE LETTER SOUND WE MAKE A BODY SIGNAL. I WILL SEND HOME THE ANIMAL NAMES AND THE SIGNALS FOR EACH LETTER. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT ON YOU TUBE ALSO
• SHAPE: HEART
• COLORS: WHITE, PINK AND RED
• MATH: COUNTING, NUMBER ID AND PRINTING NUMBERS IN ORDER
• SONGS: VALENTINE’S DAY SONG HEART AND 5 LITTLE HEARTS VALENTINE DAY BOTH BY KIBOOMER

FOR THE PARTY ON FRIDAY DON’T FORGET TO WEAR SOMETHING RED, PINK OR WHITE.

On Friday Feb. 14 we will celebrate Valentine’s Day!

Students may bring in cards for their friends and treats if they want.

Remember no NUTS!

A.M. Class – 12 Students

P.M. Class – 9 Students

LATE START TOMORROW WED. FEB. 5 FOR THE A.M. CLASS ONLY. THE BUS WILL PICK UP ONE HOUR LATER BUT RETURN HOME AT THE SAME TIME.

NO SCHOOL THE WEEK OF FEB. 17-21 – MID-WINTER BREAK

SCHOOL WIL RE-OPEN ON MON. FEB. 24TH

WE HAVE TWO FOOD ALLERGIES IN THE CLASSROOM AS OF NOW. NO NUTS AND EGGS WILL BE ALOUD IN THE CLASSROOM. (HARD BOILED EGGS, EGG SANDWICHES ETC.)

THEME FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS HEARTS. WE WILL HAVE HEART ART PROJECTS AND MATH GAMES ALL WITH HEARTS.

WE ARE WORKING ON SCISSOR SKILLS AND PRINTING NUMBERS, LETTERS AND WORDS.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: STARTING MONDAY OUR CLASSROOM IS NUT FREE. STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF SNACKS WITH NUTS (PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICHES, CRACKERS WITH PEANUT BUTTER, CANDY WITH NUTS, GRANOLA BARS WITH NUTS ETC.) WE HAVE A NEW STUDENT WHO HAS A NUT ALLERGY. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING.

I HAVE TWO NEW THERAPIST TO INTRODUCE:

• MS. MARGARET MEDLEN IS OUR NEW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST REPLACING MS. PEGGY
• MS. SARAH MCCRACKEN IS FILLING IN FOR MS. COURTNEY OUR SPEECH THERAPIST UNTIL SHE RETURNS IN A FEW WEEKS.

NO DATES TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK: FINALLY A FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL!

• THEME: PENGUINS
• LETTER P: PINK, PURPLE, PIG
• COLORS: PINK AND PURPLE
• NUMBERS: COUNTING OBJECTS AND MATCHING NUMBERS TO OBJECTS
• SITE WORDS: A, HAVE, I, IS MY, NOT

PLEASE TURN IN READING LOGS AT THE END OF THE MONTH

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Tomorrow Tues. Jan. 21 – No school for the P.M. class

The A.M. class will be in school until 11:45 so they will be returning home late like they did on Friday.

Since it is a short week we are continue with the Snowmen and Winter Clothing theme. We will not be learning any new poems or songs.

Letters will be a review

Colors and Shapes will be a review

Math – Counting and Number ID along with sizes

Hope everyone enjoyed the snow this past weekend along with the extra day off!