Mrs. Johnson's Fourth Grade

Hello Team Johnson,

It is with great sadness that I tell you we are unable to meet on Google Meet until further notice. I am including the link to a letter from Dr. Maleyko. Please take a minute to read it. The safety of our students is so very important. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XRPvpmUYfCR_sRq14PSTYoyatM8n2SiccuMqG2ZwzC0/edit

The virtual meetings this week have been wonderful. I was able to see the students learning to navigate through new situations and it was priceless. So, until the district makes a decision about the best way to meet safely with the students, we will wait patiently and see each other soon! 

Keep learning! I am going to extend the due dates for this week’s lessons through the weekend to allow students to catch up if they have not finished. 

Remember, I am available to help, just send me a message. I’m only a click away!

https://superintendent.dearbornschools.org/2020/04/22/students1stdbnschs-meal-distribution-times-change-for-ramadan/

Directions for your child to join me in a virtual meeting

This is new, so it may take awhile to establish the routine. 

1. Go to Dearbornschools.org
2. Students need to log in to their student email using student number@dearbornschools.org
3. The link for email is in the center of the screen.
4. At their scheduled time, click the plus sign at the top of the window, to open a new tab.
5. Click on the nine dots that are the google apps and find the Meet icon that is a camera in a green circle.
6. Click join or start a meeting, type the nickname Team Johnson
7. Students will not be able to join until I have started the meeting. I will begin the meeting 5 minutes before the first appointment. 
8. If you don’t see your child’s name on the list, please click the Signup genius link that I sent to schedule an appointment. 

Tuesday Meetings in this order

Jayden @ 10:00

Jaylen @ 10:20

Mohammed @ 10:40

Ghazal @ 11:05

Zayd @ 12:30

Zoya @ 12:50

Kumail @ 1:10

Ali Hamdan @ 1:30

Wednesday Meetings

Ali Sabah @ 11:05

Jana @ 12:30

Lina @ 12:50

Thursday Meetings

Kassem @ 12:30

Fatmah @ 12:50

Yara @ 1:10 

Ali Saleh @ 1:30

THIS WEEK, ALL ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCESSED THROUGH MOBY MAX ON CLEVER!!

Directions on how to access Moby Max:

Go to www.dearbornschools.org , at the very top is the Home link, click on that and scroll down to student portal and click on it.
You will see a big blue box on the page that says Clever, click on that. You will need your student ID and password to login. It will be your 200… or 201… number. For example, if your number is 20011234, you will need to type it in with the @dearbornschools.org. If you forget your password, send us a message on class dojo or our email.
You will need to scroll down until you find the green box that says MOBY MAX.
Find the Announcements and Tasks icon on the top to read the announcement of what you need to be working on for the week.
After you have read what you need to work on, you can find the assignment tab and see the assignments that are assigned for you to do. Remember, not all the assignments will be listed on the assignment tab, but it will all be on the announcement and tasks page. If you get confused, please ask us for help.

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MATH – You will have 3 math lessons to do for the week. There will be a video that shows you exactly what you need to do for the lesson. We will be asking you to send us a picture of the problem set, either on class dojo or by email, after you complete the problem set. If you have a printer and want to print the problem set, you can also do that, if you do not, you can just use paper and pencil. If you have any questions please let us know. This is due by FRIDAY, APRIL 24th

BELOW ARE THE LINKS FOR LESSONS 7, 8, AND 9. PLEASE WORK ON THEM IN ORDER.

https://gm.greatminds.org/en-us/knowledge-for-grade-4-em-m5l7

https://gm.greatminds.org/en-us/knowledge-for-grade-4-em-m5l8

https://gm.greatminds.org/en-us/knowledge-for-grade-4-em-m5l9

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ELA –
TASK 1 – You will need to go to the lessons assigned to you on MobyMax and complete the main idea lessons that are assigned to you. These need to be done by Thursday, April 23rd.

TASK 2 – As an end of the week assessment, we will post a google document for you to fill out after reading a scholastic news article. You will read the article and then answer questions regarding the main idea on the document. We will post this on Moby Max on THURSDAY and it will be due by 3:00 on FRIDAY, APRIL 24th

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SCIENCE –
Watch the Mystery Science lesson in the link below then answer the questions on the google document. After it is completed, there is a purple send button on the top right side of the document, you will send it to your teacher’s email. This is due by FRIDAY, APRIL 24th. The Links are available in MobyMax.

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SOCIAL STUDIES –

Task 1 – Go to the assignments tab on Moby Max and complete the Government lesson – DUE by THURSDAY, APRIL 23rd

Task 2 – Find the Social Studies government worksheet on Moby Max announcements and complete it by FRIDAY, APRIL 24th

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WRITING –

Complete the assignment titled “identify and understand the features and structure of opinion texts” in the assignments tab on Moby Max by FRIDAY, APRIL 24th

This has been a busy week! In order to prepare for the changes that will begin next week, I have scheduled two virtual parent meetings for Monday. One is scheduled at 2:00 and the other is at 7:00. I’ve scheduled two different times so that you can choose which meeting time is best for your family schedule. On Monday morning I will post the link to each meeting. You will be able to join using a computer, other device or your phone. This will be an opportunity for me to share the changes and for you to ask questions.

I will be asking to schedule times to virtually meet or speak with your child. I realize that schedules may be crowded, especially if you have more than one student in your family. I will be extremely flexible so that I can help the students learn new content and be ready for fifth grade.

If your child has not completed the Scholastic News opinion writing assignment, it needs to be completed before Wednesday. I will schedule virtual writing circle meetings with all of the students on Wednesday. The invitation will be in their school email. I’m deleting the whole class meeting and scheduling four small group sessions. Ms. Kuja will join our meeting too.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

As you know the plan for continued learning has been developed and the expectations for teachers and students have changed. The district is working on the information for students and parents at this time. As soon as I have access to that information, I will share it with you. 

There are two major changes that will take place beginning the week of Monday, April 20. First, I will need to meet, virtually or by telephone, with each student at least twice a week to discuss their progress and check for understanding of new content. Report cards and grades are still required so I will need to have data that supports evidence of student learning. Second, students will need to participate in specific virtual lessons for new content. The biggest change in remote learning is that content is no longer just a review of previously taught information but is based on fourth grade learning objectives that have not been taught. 

So, today I will begin phone conferences with all families in order to schedule meeting times that work for your family schedule. During the phone conferences I can also answer questions about accessing content information. Students will need to be able to login to their Dearborn Schools accounts and our Google Classroom and MobyMax via the Clever link. 

If there is a time you would prefer to talk to me, please send me a message through Classdojo or an email at johnsov@dearbornschools.org

Talk to you soon!

I’ve been monitoring the ixl practice and can see that students are still practicing many random math skills. Although all practice is good, the focus this week for math is topics D30 and D31. On Friday, I will assign quiz problems and if the students aren’t practicing the skills they will be less successful.
I believe that the remaining 8 weeks of school will look very different. I will have to monitor and see evidence of learning new content. So, the practice and lessons will be focused. Look for more updates to come by the end of the week.

We hope that everyone had a relaxing spring break and that you and your family are healthy and safe at home. For our fourth week of remote learning we have made some changes based on what we have learned so far. We do know that the district will have a plan to submit to the state very soon and that our remote learning will change in some ways. Because we have a better understanding about the time students should spend on school work, we are including a new sample schedule. Use this suggested time to plan your child’s day of learning at home. The assignments the students will have are smaller and focused on one objective for each content area. This does not mean they are easier.

As a reminder for students, we are including some of the expectations for fourth grade here. Please discuss these with your child. It will not be new information but a review of what we have taught from the first day of school. 

Sample Schedule: it is recommended that fourth grade students work remotely for three hours. Please remember that students do not need to sit and work for three hours without stopping. Brain breaks and physical activity are important. Work may be completed in any order. 

Math: 60 minutes total

Assignment 1: 25 minutes 

5 – 7 minutes for brain break/physical activity

Assignment 2: 25 minutes 

5 – 7 minutes for fact practice

ELA: 90 minutes total

Kidsa-z: 30 minutes focused reading and answering questions

5 – 7 minutes brain break/physical activity

IXL Reading skills practice: 15 minutes

Spelling: 10 minutes practice daily

Writing: IXL skills practice for 10 minutes; 20 minutes for writing assignment

Science/Social Studies: 30 minutes 

Spend 15 minutes for each science and social studies every day. 

4th Grade Assignments and Expectations

Math: IXL Topic D, only lessons 30 and 31 are to be completed with a score of 85% or better by Friday, April 17. 

Students need to show all their work. The two lessons for this week will require students to use paper and pencil to solve multi-digit multiplication problems and to solve word problems. This is not new content but review. 

Reading Assignment 1: continue to read leveled books on kidsa-z. 

Students should pass the quiz the first or second time at the very most. Reading carefully for understanding is really important. 

The constructed response questions are not optional but required. Answers here should be written in complete sentences, use correct capitalization and punctuation and have evidence from the text to support the response. One sentence answers are not acceptable for 4th grade. 

Reading Assignment 2: IXL only Main Idea A1 and A2 are to be completed with a score of 85% or better by Friday, April 17.

Writing Assignment 1:  IXL only Topic U1 (sentence variety) is to be completed with a score of 85% or better by Friday April 17. 

Writing Assignment 2: Scholastic News article and opinion response. Read through this scholastic news and then complete an opinion letter to an elected official (think president, governor, or mayor) about the debate article “Is it OK to Swim With Manatees?”. The model for the letter is below. You can either type in a google document and then share it with me or write it on a paper and send me a picture. This is due by Friday, April 17th. 

Link to scholastic news: https://sn4.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/041320.html 

Link to opinion letter outline (you should use this format to write your letter): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T65Fj7nOXYbf3-fBpp7m3VEzk0XNtdQZ/view?usp=sharing 

Vocabulary: IXL only FF1 Context Clues is to be completed with a score of 85% or better by Friday, April 17.

Spelling:

Monday – write words in ABC order

Tuesday – write words as pyramid words

Wednesday – write words as rainbow words

Thursday – write sentences using the words

Friday – have a parent or older sibling test you

Endings: /y/ to /ier/ 

1. happier
2. earlier 
3. greedier 
4. emptier 
5. funnier
6. prettier
7. friendlier
8. cloudier
9. bouncier 
10. fancier
11. natural resource
12. capital resource
13. human resource
14. consumer
15. Producer

Science and Social Studies: many students have not completed any of the assignments from the first three weeks of remote learning. Please refer to the assignment pages from the first three weeks and focus on completing those assignments this week.

We hope that all of you are well and safe. Next week is our scheduled spring break, so our routine will change slightly. The fourth grade team would like to encourage all students to continue to read at least 30 minutes every day over the break. You will not receive messages from us during the week of April 4 – April 13.  We hope that you will stay healthy and be able to spend time doing fun activities with your children while still adhering to social distancing. We really miss teaching all of our students and look forward to virtual meetings and eventually getting back to our classrooms.

Happy Spring!