Only a few more weeks to go! I can’t believe it is already the middle of May! I am proud to report that my crew has been working hard and doing a great job, especially on their writing!

Thank you to all my students and parents who shared such kind words and thoughts during teacher appreciation week. You truly warmed my heart and I appreciate all of you and all your hard work!

Many of you picked up the baggies of Math workbooks and supplies last week. These workbooks can be used as supplemental materials or used over the summer to sharpen math skills. No assignments will be given out of these books from me at this time. If you were not able to pick up the books, there will be another day set up soon to pick up all the items that were left behind in the student desks and any projects that were displayed in the classroom. There will also be a book return box set up during the pick up day for you to drop off any library books, book bags or books that you find at your house that belong to Snow School. I will post this date on my blog as soon as I find out when it will happen.

This week there will be 5 items that need to be done to get a Meeting Grade for the week. All of the items must be completed to get the Meeting Grade. This is the highest grade. The deadline for the completion of the below items is Saturday, May 16.

1. I Ready (15 minutes a day) . I will monitor the time online.
2. Zearn math (2-3 lessons a week). I will monitor the lessons online.
3. Epic reading ( 15 minutes a day) This time includes any books that I assign. The assigned books or videos can be found in the mailbox at the top of the Epic home page. I will monitor the books read and time spent reading online.
4. Writing This week will be Informational writing. Students will inform their readers about the life cycle of a butterfly. You can send me a photo of your final writing.
5. Spelling Test Lesson 31. Final test score only. You can send me your score.

Spelling Lesson 31– Pattern Long e, spelled -ea. Students may choose the list that they would like to study this week. Complete the activities on the assignment chart. Spelling test score can be sent to me by Saturday, May 16. There are 10 words and 5 bonus words. All of the words follow the pattern. We have completed the sight word list! Bonus words: bean, neat, meat, real, meal

List 1: eat heat seat leaf east clean speak please treat read

List 2: creature steam anteater reason teacher clean speak please treat read

I hope everyone has another wonderful week of learning! Keep doing your best! Stay safe and well. Please communicate with me if you are having difficulties completing the assigned work or if I can do anything to help you in anyway!

Mrs. Slater

SNOW MATH WORKBOOK AND  OPTIONAL SUPPLY PICKUP SCHEDULE

Dear Snow Families,

We will have a math workbook and optional supply (pencils/paper/notebook) pickup on Wednesday, May 6, 2020.  This will be a drive up process in the Snow parking lot off of Culver St.  In order to keep social distancing measures, we will have tables set up outside by class. Each table will have directions posted.  We recommend all parents wear masks and gloves and keep at least 6ft distance from other parents.

 We are also asking all parents to return your child’s Book Bag(s).  We will have a box at the drop off table outside.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Mothers, Grandmothers, Foster Mothers, Aunts and to all the ladies in my student’s lives. Your hard work, patience and perseverance during these trying times is commendable!

Last week I received the best work ever from most of my students! Keep up the wonderful work!

This week there will be 5 items that need to be done to get a Meeting Grade for the week. This is the highest grade. The deadline for the completion of the below items is Saturday, May 9.

1. I Ready (15 minutes a day) . I will monitor the time online.
2. Zearn math (2-3 lessons a week). I will monitor the lessons online.
3. Epic reading ( 15 minutes a day) This time includes any books that I assign. The assigned books or videos can be found in the mailbox at the top of the Epic home page. I will monitor the books read and time spent reading online.
4. Writing This week will be Personal Narrative writing. Tell about a special time that you have had with your Mother. You can send me a photo of your final writing.
5. Spelling Test Lesson 30 Final test score only. You can send me your score.

Spelling Lesson 30– Pattern Long e, spelled -ee. Students may choose the list that they would like to study this week. Complete the activities on the assignment chart. Spelling test score can be sent to me by Saturday, May 9. There are 10 words and 5 bonus words. All of the words follow the pattern. We have completed the sight word list! Bonus words: bee, speed, sleep, meet, need

List 1: jeep seed peel feel deep greet green steep sheet free

List 2: succeed thirteen parakeet chimpanzee cheetah greet green steep sheet free

Reading Achievements: Our class has read a total of 663 books on Epic. My students have read for over 74 hours since we began using this site on March 25th. (This does not include the 102 educational videos watched). Our top reader is Adam, with a total of 108 books read. In second place is Gretchen with 64 books read. Third place is Violet with 62 books read and Fourth place is Faisal with 61 books read. Keep on reading!

Additional Information

A message from Mrs. Moslemani:

Dear snow Family, The last time I had the honor of celebrating Mother’s Day was 9 years ago! At the time, I enjoyed hugging my mom, giving her a kiss on her cheek, and whispering in her ear, ” Mom, you mean the world to me!”. For that my friends, I would like for you to take a moment this week and tell your mother, your grandmother, and/or your caregiver how much you love her, how much you appreciate the time you’re spending with her, and how grateful you are for her!
Happy Mother’s Day to all!  
Our weekly activities are here! please let me know if you have any questions! https://padlet.com/moslemh/i4i34iiomazcpml0 My phone number: 313-706-4888
My email: moslemh@dearbornschools.org

Readworks  https://www.readworks.org/   Readworks Class Code U76N5X Password:1234

Epic Books: https://www.getepic.com/students  Epic Class Code: qyz4789                Zearn www.zearn.org Students know their passwords

iReady https://dearbornschools.org/student-portal/ ( Clever) username student #, password student birthday                          

Mrs. Slater’s phone # is 313-460-3769  Office hours are 8:30-3:30

Mrs. Slater’s email is: slaterc@dearbornschools.org

Mrs. Slater’s blog is https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/slater/

If you need additional resources, questions or just want to say “Hello”  please email Mrs. Bush at: bushm@dearbornschools.org

Physical Education: Mr. Moyer’s Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NzA0MTMxMjM5NzRa: ffmvcrd is the code    Mr. Moyer’s blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/mrmoyer/

Art :Ms. S’s Blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/styczynski/

Music: Mr. Stinson’s blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/stinsog/  First Grade 5gme2su

Ms. Alsaad  | https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/alsaadz/ | Enrichment/Teacher 

As our new week begins once again, I would like to thank all of my families for working so very hard to adjust to the new requirements of last week! We begin each week fresh with new assignments. Remember to look at the assignment chart each Monday, and the 5 items that I will be monitoring to get a Meeting grade for the week. I have reduced the time on I-Ready this week from 25 minutes a day to 15 minutes a day. If there are problems getting the weekly assignments done, do as much as you can or contact me so I can adjust the work for your child or assist you in any way. We will continue to work together to keep learning alive in your child.

This week there will be 5 items that need to be done to get a Meeting Grade for the week. The deadline for the completion of the below items is Saturday, May 2.

1. I Ready (75 minutes a week) . I will monitor the time online.
2. Zearn math (2-3 lessons a week). I will monitor the lessons online.
3. Epic reading ( 15 minutes a day) This time includes any books that I assign. The assigned books or videos can be found in the mailbox at the top of the Epic home page. I will monitor the books read and time spent reading online.
4. Writing This week will be Opinion writing What is the best season of the year? You can send me a photo of your final writing.
5. Spelling Test 29 Final test score only. You can send me your score.

Spelling List 29: Pattern of the week is -ow family. Students can choose which list they would like to study this week. Complete the activities on the assignment chart. Spelling test score can be sent to me by Saturday, May 2. There are 10 words and 5 bonus words. All of the words follow the pattern. We have completed the sight word list!

Bonus words : now, town, gown, howl, clown

List 1: owl, how, down, brow, clown, brown, crown, tower, power, frown

List 2: chowder, powder, shower, flower, growl, frown, brown, crown, tower, power

Epic Reading: www.getepic.com is the reading site I am using to assure that all of my students have access to a variety of good fit books to read and I can assign books that go along with the Science or Social Studies curriculum. It is important that they spend 15 minutes a day reading on this site. If you haven’t logged into this site yet, use the Class code qyz4789. I have noticed that many students begin to read a book, but do not read to the end of it to complete the book, especially the books that I have assigned! At the end of each book you must click on finish book to receive a red stamp of completion for that book. Flipping through the book is not reading the book! You may read other books at your house, this is always encouraged, however, all children must log into Epic and read 15 minutes a day. This is the only way, at this time, that I can be assured that my students are reading.

Readworks: www.Readworks.com is new this week. Slater’s class code is: U76N5X and our password is 1234. We will use this site for short articles to help the students gather ideas for their writing.

Social Studies: The Michigan Open Book Project is a site we can use to present Social Studies lessons in a book form. This week we will be doing some basic map studies. I have also assigned some books about maps in your child’s Epic mailbox found on the home page at the top. There are no assignments to turn in this week for Social Studies.

Reading Achievements: Our class has read a total of 445 books on Epic. My students have read for 49.2 hours since we began using this site on March 25th! (This does not include the 50 educational videos watched and the many books flipped through but not completed!). Our top reader is Adam, with a total of 81 books completed! There is still a tie this week for second, Max and Faisal have both read a total of 48 books. Violet is in third place with 47 books read. Gretchen is fourth with 42 books read! Congratulations to everyone and keep on reading!

A message from Mrs. Moslemani

Dear snow Families,I would like to thank all the parents who sent me their child’s work or called for some help. Mrs. Moslemani’s weekly activities are ready! Click on the link below to get started and if you have any questions and/or concerns please reach out to me.phone number: 313/706-4888Email: moslemh@dearbornschools.org
https://padlet.com/moslemh/f8lt2a1aawsarewn

Thank you for working so hard this week!

Mrs. Slater

Due to the new requirements of the past week in our learning, I am reaching to my families to let me know if anyone needs a chrome book. Please contact me as soon as possible so that I can add your name to the list.

Ahoy! This is Captain Slater reporting to you with some new adventures with new requirements. We are now entering into the 4th semester of our first grade learning at home classroom! We have spent the last 5 weeks getting used to the at home learning tools and exploring interesting sites. We have set goals and you all have been trying so hard, with the help of your family, to keep our ship sailing! I hope you are all enjoying the learning so far! Great job sailors!

This week we are given new requirements from our administrators, but you will notice that you have all been doing most of these things already! The new assignments will be graded each week and you will be given a grade for the 4th card marking period using these grades. The grades will be recorded as: Meeting, doing all of the assigned work, Progressing, doing most of the assignments, and Limited Participation, rarely or not doing any of the assignments.

The assignments will be very specific, so you need to do everything on the list. If you want to use any of the other sites from previous weeks, they are all still there, but you will receive grades based only on what is assigned to you each week.

You still will be doing 2 hours ( 25 minutes a day) on I-Ready, Zearn math has been reduced to only 3 lessons per week, and Reading Epic books online for 15 minutes a day. Science or Social Studies will be covered in books or videos that I assign to each student on Epic and the time spent on them will be counted in the 15 minutes of reading each day. The assigned books and videos will be found in the mailbox at the top of the Epic home page once you log into Epic. Sometimes, the books will come with a short quiz after reading, so remember to take the quiz and press finished to receive credit. It will say Book Completed, so don’t just flip pages! I still have a few students who have not yet tried EPIC. You can access it using the class code below if necessary.

Spelling words Week 28: Pattern: Long o, spelled -oa, -ow Students may choose the list that they would like to study this week. Bonus words are: road, goat, show, row, slow

List 1: float, snow, grow, boat, toad

List 2: window, toast, charcoal, railroad, tomorrow

Dolch sight words: own, yellow, shall, carry, together

Please do the 2 activities on the assignment chart. Send me only the score. There are 15 total words. (5 from the list, 5 sight words, 5 bonus words)

Writing: A new writing assignment will be given every week and students can send me a copy of their writing or send it in the same email with their spelling test score.

Please look at the chart below for this week’s lessons. All of the lessons that I give to you will be monitored throughout the week online by Mrs. Slater.

By the end of the week, you should have completed the following assignments to receive a meeting grade for the week. Any other written notes taken during the week do not need to be turned in.

1. 2 hours (120 min) of I-Ready ( I will monitor the time online)
2. 3 Zearn lessons (I will monitor the lessons online)
3. Reading 15 minutes a day on Epic, which includes the any videos or books assigned by Mrs. Slater located on Epic site. They are found in the students mailbox at the top of the home page on Epic. (I will monitor the books and time on line)
4. A spelling test score (send score via email or text)
5. An informational writing paper about Earth Day. The spelling score and a photo of the final writing can be sent to me via email or text by Saturday, April 25th.

Additional Information

Readworks  https://www.readworks.org/   Readworks Class Code U76N5X Password:1234

Epic Books: https://www.getepic.com/students  Epic Class Code: qyz4789                Zearn www.zearn.org Students know their passwords

iReady https://dearbornschools.org/student-portal/ ( Clever) username student #, password student birthday                          

Mrs. Slater’s phone # is 313-460-3769  Office hours are 8:30-3:30

Mrs. Slater’s email is: slaterc@dearbornschools.org

Mrs. Slater’s blog is https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/slater/

Hello Snow Families

I hope everyone is doing well! I’m planning on sending weekly activities for our first-grade friends to practice at home. Please press the link below for some fun activities!

Feel free to reach out to me for any concerns or questions. Wishing you and your family a safe quarantine and remember we are all in this together!

Sincerely: Mrs. Moslemani

Phone number: 313-706-4888

E-mail: moslemh@dearbornschools.org

https://padlet.com/moslemh/f8lt2a1aawsarewn

If you need additional resources, questions or just want to say “Hello”  please email Mrs. Bush at: bushm@dearbornschools.org

Physical Education: Mr. Moyer’s Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NzA0MTMxMjM5NzRa: ffmvcrd is the code    Mr. Moyer’s blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/mrmoyer/

Art :Ms. S’s Blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/styczynski/

Music: Mr. Stinson’s blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/stinsog/  First Grade 5gme2su

Ms. Alsaad  | https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/alsaadz/ | Enrichment/Teacher 

I know that these are challenging times for us all! We will all do our best, including myself, to keep learning alive in our children. Please communicate with me if you are having difficulties completing the assigned work or if I can do anything to help you in any way!

Love, Your Captain, Mrs. Slater

P.S. Our class has read 198 books on Epic totaling over 26 hours since we began using it on March 25th! (This does not include the many videos watched). Top reader is Adam, with a total of 59 books read! There is a tie for second , Faisal and Max with a total of 33 books read each! Violet is in third with a total of 15 books read! Congratulations, and keep on reading! I love watching the number of books that are being read grow each day!

Welcome back to week 5. I hope you all had a fun filled “Spring Break” and now you are ready for another week filled with learning fun! I will be monitoring your work again every day this week, so work hard and meet your goals! Habit 3 tells us to Put First Things First. This means we work first, then we play! Try to keep some routines each day. Work hard and then be sure to take some breaks to play and relax!

SNOW SCHOOL LEARNING GOALS:

We still want our students to continue learning at home and we are asking our families to do the following:
1. – I-Ready for a minimum of 2 hours per week.
2. –Read “good fit ” books (K-2) 20 minutes daily. If you are running out of books in your book bag visit the scholastic site for 10 new books per week! This week they have added play activities for you to try out. Be sure to log them into your logs! Scholastic books: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
3. -At least 1 lesson per day on Zearn (math)

Don’t forget about Epic reading. There are so many great books there to read, and it logs them in for you! But remember to read each page, don’t just flip pages! When you get to the end of the book you need to read to the last page and press Finish Book and sometimes you need to complete a short comprehension quiz if one is given. Many of you are flipping pages but not completing the books. So far our class has read and completed 102 books on this site! I still have 6 families that have not accepted my invitation to join this reading club site. Please give it a try!

New This Week:

Here is something new to explore this week. It is called Brain Pop (grades 3-8), or Brain Pop Jr. (grades K-3) Just use the link below and have your parents fill out the free home access form. You can explore Science, Social Studies, Math and even Reading and Health activities!

https://go.brainpop.com/family/home

Week 27 Spelling Words:

This week the pattern is words ending in -ck. Children may choose which list they want to study this week. Let them study any way they wish. Let them be creative! Use markers, colored pencils, drawings, make their own word search puzzles, flash cards and even use chalk to practice on the sidewalk! Give them the test on Friday. Record and keep everything in a folder. The Bonus words are: black, duck, sock, neck, block

List 1: truck peck clock back sick

List 2: struck track knock check thick

Dolch sight words: pick kind full warm done

I hope you will continue learning on –Mystery Science: https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning

Please keep on doing the following:

Writing in your journal with the ideas given to you a few weeks ago.

GoNoodle for movement and exercise and a little fun!

Please don’t forget Moby Max. Only 4 students have tried it. Moby Max can be accessed through the Dearborn Public Schools student portal, just like I-Ready. Click on CLEVER and look for the bright green box with a whale. This site contains both language arts and math activities. This is only a suggestion for students who complete their I-ready and Zearn requirements for the week and want to take an adventure and try some new learning. I will also receive each child’s time spent on these activities and I will record it in their learning plan progress report.

I hope your are all staying healthy and safe. Remember all our happy times together in First Grade! I am hopeful that we will see each other soon!

Love,

Mrs. Slater

This is officially our “Spring Break” week! There will not be any assignments this week. I hope you all enjoy your time together as a family. You all have been working hard and you deserve a week off! If you would like to continue learning, all of the sites will be available, but teachers will not be expected to monitor the learning this week. I am so proud to announce that the Epic site is a hit with my students. Last week 88 books and many videos were read and watched, totaling more than 13 hours of time spent reading. I still have 7 students who did not log into Epic with the invitation that I sent. If you didn’t use the email that I sent the invitation to when you set up your account, I cannot see student progress and they do not receive credit on their reading logs. You can redo the account reusing the invitation link or I can send you another one. Once again, 100% of my students met or came close to meeting their goals on I-Ready and Zearn. There were 4 students who spent time learning on Moby Max. I am posting some of the photos that were sent to me last week during the Virtual Spirit Week. I hope you enjoy them!

Have a wonderful week full of excitement! Be careful, you could see some of these wild creatures on your adventures! I will be back on Monday, April 13th with our new spelling list 27, and some more learning fun!

Take care, be safe and stay healthy!

I miss you all!

Love, Mrs. Slater

This is a Snow School activity that I was asked to post on my blog. This activity is optional. Have fun!

March 30 – April 3

Please have students e-mail me their pictures and then I can post them to my blog for our class to see.

‘Marvel’ous Monday: Who is your Superhero? Dress up as yours or draw a picture and show us!

Talent Tuesday: Everyone has something that makes them special. Show us your special talent!

Wellness Wednesday: It’s always good to stay active and healthy. Post a picture or video of you eating or doing something healthy!

Thankful Thursday: Who are you thankful for? Bring some positivity and let someone know that you are thankful for them. Write a letter or draw a picture!

Family Fun Friday: There’s nothing more important than family! Do something fun together and show us your beautiful families doing something fun together.