​DCP Snow Day Activities K-4 
Task: Choose an activity to complete using books and resources you have at home. 
You will earn one PRIDE ticket per activity you turn into your teacher & director by Monday February 4th, 2019. 

1. Write your own Snow Day story. 
Write a real or make believe story to be shared with your class. The best story could be selected to be read in front of the entire class! 

2. Write a letter to your favorite book character. 
Choose one book and write a letter to your favorite character. What do you want to ask them? 

3. Create a presentation that summarizes the book using text and illustrations/images (minimum 15 slides). 
Introduce all important characters with a brief character sketch/image. Cover all significant events. Conclude with a personal rating of the book; suggest what kind of readers might find the book interesting. The final product can be done using Google Slides, PowerPoint, Prezi or other presentation software.

4. Create a commercial for your book. 
Show the cover of the book and start with a good lead. Sometimes a question gets the audience interested. Tell the author, title, genre, series, etc. Explain why you chose to share the book. Then give a good summary of the book without giving away the ending. If possible, mention other books by the same author or other books in the same series. Bring the book and script to share with your class! 

5. Create a Scrapbook of words you can read in the newspaper or a magazine. 
Make a scrapbook, either using digital software or using paper to show all the words you can read. Be sure to include captions, illustrations/images and

6. I can count to 100 !  100th Day of School! 
It’s almost the 100th day of school! Count out an object that you have 100 of and take a photo to show your teacher or draw it. 
Ideas: cotton balls, coins, buttons, noodles, cereal 

7. Write a snow Acrostic poem
Use an adjective for each letter of a snow word to write a poem and share with your class 
Snowman = S - sparkly, N - new, O - opaque 

8. Create a Go Noodle dance with music to share with your class 
Pick your favorite song
Come up with motions and dance moves for the song 
Share it with your class 

9. Write Valentine’s for your classmates
Write two nice things
Draw picture
Cut and fold paper 
Share with them on February 14th! 
Email your teacher if you need a list of first names 

10. Create your own project.
Be creative - use any tool to create a project of your choice. Must bring in to show your teacher for a PRIDE ticket! 

11. Login to Lexia Core5 or ST Math or Wonderopolis 
Email your teacher if your child needs their User ID number. They should know it! 
Complete minutes and unit goal for the week
Make a study guide of all the new skills you have learned by writing down words and ideas to show your teacher

12. Build it! 
Use  recycled materials or things in the house 
Create a sled, invention or musical instrument 
Write about what it can do 
Bring it in to share with the class 

13. Build a fort out of snow or blankets! 
Take a photograph or draw a picture with labels to show your picture

14. Make your own slime 
Ingredients: ½ tbsp of baking soda, 5 oz Elmer’s Color Glue & 1 tbsp of contact lens solution
1. Pour out entire contents of the 5 fl oz Elmer's Color Glue into a bowl.
2. Add ½ tbsp of baking soda and mix thoroughly. 
3. Add 1 tbsp of contact lens solution. Mix until mixture gets harder to mix and slime begins to form.
4. Take the slime out and begin kneading with both of your hands.
5. If it's too sticky, add ¼ tbsp contact lens solution and knead. Keep adding ¼ tbsp contact lens solution until desired consistency. 

15. Make your own Playdoh 
Ingredients: 2.5 cups water, 1 1/4 c. salt, 1 1/2 tbsp. cream of tartar, 5 tbsp. vegetable oil, & 2.5 cups flour
Mix everything but the food coloring together in a large pot until somewhat smooth. It will be lumpy. Not to worry, the dough will get smoother as it cooks.
Cook the dough over a low heat. Mix frequently. The water will slowly cook out of the mixture and you’ll notice it starts to take on a sticky dough appearance. Keep mixing until the edges of the dough along the side and bottom of the pan appear dry. Pinch a piece of dough. If it’s not gooey, the dough is ready. 

Use Clever to get on your child’s school account

1. 1. Access your child’s Clever account by going to the Clever login page.
   2. Click where it says to search for your school name. A box will appear.
   3. Start typing Distinctive College Prep in the box. Both Harper Woods and Redford will show on the page. Click on your school.
   4. Enter your school ID number (your child knows how to do this)
   5. You will see your dashboard
   6. Spend some time on ST Math!! (You must have a device with a 10 inch screen or larger
2. Go to Zearn
   1. Go to the your grade level
   2. Click on what you are learning in math
      1. Play some games
      2. Watch some videos. Be sure to answer the questions by typing in your answers.
   3. Click on other links in your grade level. Choose something that sounds interesting! See what you can learn!
3. Math Games you can play with your child
   1. Guess If You Can (grades K-4)
      1. Let your child think of a number between a stated range of numbers while you try to guess the number by asking questions. Here is a sample conversation.
         1. Child: I am thinking of a number between 1 and 100.
         2. Parent: Is it more than 50?
         3. Child: No.
         4. Parent: Is it an even number?
         5. Child: No.
         6. Parent: Is it more than 20 but less than 40?
         7. Child: Yes.
         8. Parent: Can you reach it by starting at zero and counting by 3's?
         9. Child: Yes.
         10. (At this stage, your child could be thinking of 21, 27, 33, or 39.)
         11. Keep going until you are able to guess the number
         12. Once you have guessed, switch roles
   2. What Are The Coins? (grades K-4)
      1. Gather a few coins. Ask your child the following questions:
      2. I have three coins in my pocket. They are worth 7 cents. What do I have? (a nickel and 2 pennies)
      3. I have three coins in my pocket. They are worth 16 cents. What do I have? (a dime, a nickel, a penny)
      4. I have three coins in my pocket. They are worth 11 cents. What do I have? (2 nickels and 1 penny)
      5. I have three coins in my pockets. They are worth 30 cents. What do I have? (3 dimes)
      6. I have six coins in my pocket. They are worth 30 cents. What could I have? (1 quarter and 5 pennies or 6 nickels). This problem has more than one answer. It is challenging for children to experience problems like this.
      7. I have coins in my pocket, which have a value of 11 cents. How many coins could I have?
      8. You get the idea! Give your child a few coins to figure out the answers.
   3. Money Match (grades K-2)
      1. You will need one dice and 10 of each coin (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter)
      2. For young players (5 and 6 year olds) use only two different coins (pennies and nickels or nickels and dimes only). Older children can use all types of coins.
      3. Explain that the object of the game is to be the first player to earn a set amount (10 or 20 cents is a good amount).
      4. The first player rolls the number cube and gets the number of pennies shown on the cube. Keep all like coins in batches or stacks of 5 or 10.
      5. As each player accumulates 5 pennies or more, the 5 pennies are traded for a nickel. Players take turns rolling the cube to collect additional coins.
      6. The first player to reach the set amount wins.
      7. Add the quarter to the game when the children are ready. As each player accumulates 5 nickels, they are traded for quarters.

 

1. Many games can be played with a deck of playing cards. Remove all Kings, Queens and Jacks. Aces will be work 1. (Deck of cards can be purchased at the Dollar Store)
   1. War
      1. 2 players, each has 26 cards
      2. Each player flips over the top card
      3. Player with the largest card takes both cards
      4. When all cards are played, either count the cards to see who has the most or flip the cards over and keep going through the cards until one player has them all​

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Greetings Distinctive College Prep Families and Happy New Year!

This is  Mrs. Hibbler, your principal, with your weekly DCP-Lions News. Please take note of the following announcements:

Calendar Updates
January 21st – No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 30th – End of Quarter 2
February 4-22 –  NWEA Testing Window
February 13-14 – Parent Teacher Conferences
February 15th –  1:00 pm Dismissal
February 18-19 – President's Day Break

**Attendance**
We need our kiddos at school EVERYDAY next week so we are incentivizing attendance with a bi-weekly raffle. Your child will be eligible for the raffle just by coming to school. The more they are at school, the better chance that they have of winning! Our first raffle will be a $25 GAS CARD!!  

Parent Teacher Organization
While we are eager to begin our Redford Lions PTO, we have to change our 1st meeting date to accommodate our Good Eats for a Good Cause fundraiser. Our 1st meeting will be held after the Holiday break. . Please sign up in the office or call Mrs. Olds.

Uniforms
Does your child have their uniform?! As a reminder: All students are required to be in complete school uniform daily. PLEASE NOTE: Students out of dress code will receive parent notification of uniform violation and asked to bring them their uniform. If further violations occur consequences will escalate. Please contact me directly with any personal issues with the uniform policy.

Cold Weather Guidelines

• Above 32 degrees with or without wind chill: Recess should be held outdoors.
• Precipitation: Snowy and icy conditions will be evaluated for student safety and attire.

Preparedness: Students should have appropriate outdoor attire to stay warm and dry during recess. If you are in need of support for purchasing attire for outdoors please contact the office.

Books, Uniforms, and Coats
We are still accepting children's books to fill our school library, any book donations you can make would be appreciated. Also, if you would like to sponsor a student for purchase of a coat, uniform shirt, or backpack-it would be most appreciated.

Transportation Updates
In an effort to ensure that the office staff has adequate time to update the bus rosters each day, we are instituting a transportation change cut off time of 2:45 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and at 11:45 on Wednesdays. This will give us 2 hours before dismissal to make all updates necessary. Please contact the main office with all changes prior to the cut off time. Your attention to this matter is appreciated.

This concludes our DCP News – Have a great day!
-Mrs. Hibbler

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Greeting Distinctive College Prep Families, ​

This is  Mrs. Hibbler, your proud principal, with some important 1st day of school announcements for DCP-Redford. Tomorrow is the big day! We are excited to welcome you tomorrow, Tuesday, September 4, 2018, for our first day of school.  School begins at 7:45 and ends at 1:00 with an early dismissal and breakfast will be available.

Teachers will greet their students in the gym, and the entrance to the gym will be clearly designated. Teachers and staff will have class lists ready at their class table inside the gym, and we encourage you as parents to park in the lot, confirm your pick up person/s, and come meet your child’s new teacher! 

This will be an exciting and wonderful day! ​

Early Dismissal Updates
On both Tuesday, September 4th and Wednesday, September 5th, we will dismiss early at 1:00. Please make arrangements for these early dismissals.

Lunch Updates
If your child qualifies for free and reduced lunch, or if you anticipate qualifying for free and reduced lunch, please ensure that your lunch form has been completed.

Before/After School Care Updates
We are pleased to share that we will have before and after school “latch key” programming for our students on a first come/first serve basis.Our “latch key” programming will start on Monday, September 10th.

Enrollment Updates
We still have a few seats available for new students. Please help us share the word about DCP by spreading the work with your friends and family!

Transportation Updates
Bus routes- Bus routes are in! ​

This concludes our DCP News- We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, September 4th.  Have an Excellent Day!​

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Early Dismissal Updates: 
On both Tuesday, September 4th and Wednesday, September 5th, we will dismiss early at 1:00. Please make arrangements for these early dismissals. 

Lunch Updates:
If your child qualifies for free and reduced lunch, or if you anticipate qualifying for free and reduced lunch, please ensure that your lunch form has been completed. Until all of the applications have been received and processed, we’ll work together to make sure our students have a good, healthy lunch options right from the start. If you are unsure about your status, feel free to send your child with a brown-bag lunch for the first week of school. Please note the cost of breakfast is $1.85 and the cost for lunch is $3.45 for those who do not qualify for free or reduced lunch.  

Transportation Updates:
Bus routes- Because we continue to receive students every day, bus routes are still being finalized. As soon as we have our final bus routes, we will contact you with your child’s routing information, so please be sure to be available via phone and regularly check your email. We’ll also be sure to post information on our website and Facebook page. 

Walkers- If your child walks home from school, please be certain to send a note with your child on Tuesday, so we know it’s ok to allow them to walk from DCP. 

Before/After School Care Updates:
We are pleased to share that we will have before and after school “latch key” programming for our students on a first come/first serve basis. In order to participate in this opportunity, students must be registered, and registration materials can be completed and submitted to our main office. Our “latch key” programming will start on Monday, September 10th. 

Enrollment Updates:
We still have a few seats available for new students. Please help us share the word about DCP by spreading the work with your friends and family! 

We look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday, September 4th. 

Have an Excellent Weekend!  
-Mrs. Hibbler
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