Mrs. Hickson's Class

Ask your child about the subjects written in their planner!! Ask them to explain what we did in class and have them explain the topic as if they are “teaching” you. These subjects should be a starting point for more discovery and discussion!!!

What should we be doing at home if there is no homework?

No traditional homework DOES NOT mean that there is nothing to do!

Remember that there are many things that students should be working on at home on a regular basis.
*Reading fiction and non-fiction good fit books.
*Reflecting and writing about their reading.
*Practicing multiplication facts.
*Working on Spelling City.
*Studying Social Studies, Science, and Math vocabulary and materials in your content area binder or text book. Also, please feel free to research above and beyond what we are doing in the classroom on any given content area.
*Watching science videos- (Bill Nye, Magic School Bus, Study Jams)
*Researching current topics of study.
Sites for students:
*Moby Max
*Khan Academy
*MyOn
*Prep Dog
*Everyday Math
*Spelling City
Other sites of interest:
(This is not a comprehensive list. Search the web with your child and see what you can learn together!)
*Ducksters
*Study Jams
*BBC typing
*Ask Dr. Universe
*Amusement Park Physics
*Science Monster
*Historyforkids
*Bill Nye

What subjects are you studying in your classroom?

Please look in your student’s planner. Ask your student what was done in school that day. For example if the planner states that 4th grade Social Studies was “Pioneers” then your student should be able to tell you what we did that day. It might have been reading and discussing a trade book or historical fiction read aloud, watching a video, reading a textbook, doing a computer search….or all of them. Your child should be able to tell you, with the prompting of the topic, what was done that day. A second example would be that in Reading we wrote a “text to self” response. Ask your child about the response they wrote. They can bring home the binder and share it with you if you would like them to.
**Also, please note that tests and projects will announced on the blog, in the planners, and on Remind with lots of advance notice.

I hope this helps with two of the more common questions I encountered during conferences. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.

Dear parents,

Please be aware that I do not get messages from Remind, the blog, or school emails to my phone. I can only see messages sent in the evening if I check these sites on my computer in the evening, which I do not usually have time to do on a regular basis. Also, the messages some people have sent on Remind do not show up in my email, so that I am unaware of them until I go on to the Remind site, which I do not do on a daily basis. If you need to contact me please either send a comment on the classroom blog or email me at hicksol@dearbornschools.org and I will respond the next school day after I read the message.

Thank you,

Mrs. Hickson

Hi all!!!

Please find below the list of adults joining us on the DIA trip on Friday. I had a huge amount of parents willing to join us. I took the chaperones from the list of students who did not have an adult at our last skating field trip, in the order in which they offered to go. Please understand that I would love to take you all, however Mrs. Doman has asked us to limit our chaperones to 5 per classroom due to the large amount of students going. Thank you all for volunteering. We will be going on other trips this year and I will always give those that did not go yet this year the first chance.

Yara- Mrs. Daoud
Katherine- Mrs. Dunn
Batoul- Meemo Dakroub
Alex- Mrs. Fradkin
Owen- Mr. Strieff

I will send a note home with your student tomorrow giving you all important information. Please contact me as soon as possible if you cannot go so that I can give your spot to another adult.

We still need a few volunteers for
Popcorn Friday this week!
9 AM in the Cafeteria.
If we don’t have at least four (4) volunteers we’ll have to cancel.

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090e4caaa72da4fd0-popcorn

CALLING ALL BAKERS!
It’s that time of year again!!!
The Lindbergh Holiday Boutique and Bake Sale is November 12th.
Our sale last year was a tremendous success thanks to all the wonderful families that
donated their time, energy and delicious baked goods and candy.
We need your help again this year:
Donate your Cakes, Cookies, Rice Krispie Treats!
Donate Quick Breads, Pies, Cupcakes, Brownies!
Donate Gluten Free Goodies, Candy -Fudge, pretzels!
Have a favorite baked good or candy? Please donate it!!!!
Not a baker or candy maker? No problem!
Store bought and bakery goods are welcome too.
We would also be happy to have donations of clear basket wrap, clear cellophane treat bas and colorful ribbon too. Once again, we are offering incentives to the classes that donates the most baked goods by Friday, November 11, 2016:
First Prize: Ice Cream Sandwich party
Second Runner Up: Doughnuts for the class.
With your help we can make it another RECORD BREAKING YEAR!

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School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8^th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”

If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.  Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.  Read the rest of this entry »

School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8^th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”

If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.  Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.  Read the rest of this entry »