Mrs. Alabakoff's 4th/5th GradeDearborn Public Schools

Jun 6th Week of June 6th-10th

Reminders for the week:

Walk to Yogurtopia today!  12:30-1:30.  Looks like a beautiful day!!

Friday is Field Day 1:30-3:00

We are learning:

Spelling–No unit this week

Daily5/CAFE–Students are working on their book club projects.  They have gotten quite creative with these, so I am excited to see their final products.  We will also be practicing some of our strategies using short stories in the Treasures books.

Writer’s Workshop–We finished our animal stories using various forms of transportation.  We will be sharing these this week.  We should be able to get in one more narrative writing piece before the end of the year.

Math–We are currently finishing up fractions and will have an assessment by the end of the week.  We will finish up with some work with Measurement—Length, Weight, Temperature etc. and look at the units and tools used with each.

Social Studies–We are learning about Economics.  Students have been doing a great job with Michigan topics.

Science–We just finished with our living things unit with our animal assessment.  We will be wrapping up with some fun science exploration.

Can’t believe we are nearing the end!

Have a great week!!

Jun 2nd Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you for an awesome Lansing trip!  The kids had so much fun and learned a lot!  Hopefully they are sharing what they saw!

Mr. Attee is posting pictures to the blog.  As I get more I will post as well.

Thanks again!

May 31st Lansing Reminders

Parents,

A paper copy will be coming home today, but here are some reminders for tomorrow’s trip:

Students need to arrive at school at 7:50 a.m. The bus will leave by 8:00 a.m. so we can arrive in Lansing for our scheduled tours.  Students should dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes and bring a bag lunch with a drink (no glass bottles, please).  Please make sure everything is disposable because students will not be able to carry food into the Capitol or the Historical Museum.  Students may also bring a disposable camera if they wish.

We will arrive back at school by dismissal time.

Looking forward to a great trip.

May 26th A Couple Things!!

The permission slips for Field Day and Yogurtopia are coming home today (They are front to back).   Parents are welcome on both!  Field day also needs parents to help with the events.  If you would like to walk to Yogurtopia and have yogurt with us, parents will pay $4 as well.

For the Lansing trip–More details will follow, but some parents have been asking about the trip.  We are basically all together as a class group the whole day.   Mrs.  Alabakoff’s group will tour the museum first, while Ms. Morrison is at the capitol and after lunch we will switch locations.  We stay together as an entire group through the capitol, with a docent that provides all the information.  At the museum will will basically stay together, unless we do not have a docent.  In that case students would be with their chaperone, but not far from each other.  Both third grade classes will eat lunch together.

As always, thank you for your support!

Enjoy the long weekend!

May 18th Lansing

Please make sure your permission slip and money are turned in by tomorrow.  We will have Ms. Cathy pull names to determine which five parents will be going on the trip.  Thank you to all those who volunteered.  I will let you know by Monday if you were chosen to chaperone.

May 16th Week of May16th-20th

Reminders this Week:

PTA Meeting tonight at 7 p.m.

Friday–Field trip to Greenfield Village.  Thank you to all parents who have volunteered to chaperone.  We will be leaving at 9:30.  Please make sure your information is updated in the office with Ms. Cathy.

Science Fair Forms due tomorrow if you are participating

Veteran’s Hospital donations still being accepted

We are learning:

Spelling–No unit this week

Daily 5/CAFE–We are finally back to our routine since all the testing is complete.  All groups started a new book for our book club.  The students did a great job with a variety of projects for the last book club.  We will also continue to work on individual goals and strategies.

Writer’s Workshop–Working on District Writing Prompt and will then get back to our other piece of writing using voice.

Math–Reviewing for Unit 6 test (mostly on Geometry, but also some multiplication review).  We move around with units, so numbers of units don’t necessarily go in order.  Assessment will be Wednesday.  Students should be prepared because we have done a lot of review in class.

Social Studies–We are finishing up our study of the Growth of Michigan with the Automobile Industry.

Science–Assessment for Animals this week will be Thursday.   Students know a lot about animals!! We even compared and contrasted two animals of their choice and created a poster.  Lots of learning and fun!!

Remember to turn in your Lansing permission slip and money.  As soon as we receive them all, parents will be randomly selected for the trip.

Thanks for all your support!

Have a happy week!

May 13th Lansing

Permission slips for Lansing are coming home today.  All the information is included on the slip, but if you have questions please feel free to contact me.  As the permission slip states, we can only take 5 parents for each class, so if we have more than that, we will have to draw names.

This trip goes perfectly with what our 3rd grade students are learning about Michigan!

Looking forward to a great trip!

May 12th Oops!

So Sorry, I mixed up the Greenfield Village date–The trip is Friday May 20th!

May 12th End of the Year!

Here are some dates for your planning purposes:

May 24th–Field trip to Greenfield Village

June 1st–Field trip to Lansing (Permission slip to come home Friday)

June 3rd–Ice Cream Social

June 10th–Field Day

June 15–Pool/Picnic Day

June 16th–Last day of school 1/2 day

May 11th Teacher Appreciation

A big, big thank you to all who made teacher appreciation so special.  Thank you for all the treats, cards and notes with sweet sentiments!  It means so very much to me.  Thank you to all the parents also who helped all week with breakfast, treats and luncheon.  Everything was so wonderful.

I love my crayon letter!!

I am very lucky to have such great kids and parents!