Happy Spring Break and Eid if you celebrate!

I hope everyone has a relaxing and wonderful week off.

School resumes Tuesday, April 1st for early release. (No… that’s not an april fools joke)

​Read for Eid logs and donations are due by tomorrow if you participated! 

~PTA

Book fair wish lists are coming home today. Please circle or highlight what you want your child to buy and send in in a ziplock bag or envelope labeled with name. We shop first thing tomorrow morning.

*We did not include trinkets or toys…. only books. You can send extra money if you want them to purchase those items too!

Math practice problems from last week are coming home today. I put on a post it note the strategy that I have seen your child be the most consistent with. We will do final problems on Thursday for final grade for report card. Practice each night until then! (It will include addition and subtraction problems).

All work has finally been graded and the rest comes home tonight!

These weeks are FLYING by! I can not believe we finish Marking Period 3 next Friday before Spring break.

We finished Benchmark Unit 7 today. Books will be coming home and the work from the last two weeks. We have really been stressing about thinking about answers and writing complete sentences. We will not start Unit 8 until after Spring break so you will have no spelling choice boards for next week! They can focus on reading.

Reminder- Clover writing should be turned in on Monday. (It was in the packet with reading logs from the beginning of the month.)

For math we will be finishing up Module 4 before break. I will be grading some addition and subtraction problems next Thursday and they can do whatever strategy they want. I will encourage them to do the one they know best. You can practice problems before them just so they are prepared. After spring break we will begin Module 5- money and measurement. We will continue practicing 2/3 digit addition and subtraction during the montessori work time so it is still fresh in our brains before the IReady in May. We usually do practice problems on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Science we will have to continue over break. We have one more section to do and they will be excited to make glue a final time. Once we finish then we will move on to our last unit for Amplify Science.

Next week is Book Fair! Please sign up if you are able to help… we have lots of open spots.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4FA5AD2FA1F85-55513607-howe#

Summer school applications are available in the office or to print from the school blog/website!

Next week is Spirit Week. Below is the schedule:

• Monday, March 17: Wear green for St. Patrick’s Day
• Tuesday, March 18: Dress like a book character
• Wednesday, March 19: Wear a shirt with words on it for all to read
• Thursday, March 20: Wear red for “I read all month!” 
• Friday, March 21: Wear PJs, bring a stuffed friend, your favorite book, and have DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time for 15 minutes in class. 

Have a great weekend!

We had a great field trip this morning!

Tomorrow morning we go to Dearborn Historical Museum for 2 hours. We will be leaving Howe between 9-930am and arrive back between 12-1230 pm. We will eat lunch as soon as we get back!

Greetings,

On Tuesday, March 11th at 8:30am we will host an informational meeting regarding the incident and the threat to Howe School at the Michael Berry Campus. Danielle Elzayat, Director of Safety and Security will be here with information and to address any concerns. The meeting will take place in the Lecture Hall. Please enter through Door #1, our security officer will be there to greet and guide you.  

Thank you.

Amal Alcodray

Director of the Michael Berry Campus: Career Technical Education, Magnet High School, Dearborn Center for Math Science and Technology, STEM Middle School, Howe Montessori and Center Based Education and Dearborn Public Virtual School Grades 1-12

Reminder to send in the reading logs tomorrow morning!

Changing lesson 14 and 15. Instead of doing tape diagrams we will stay with compensation and make a ten subtraction strategy! Many second grade teachers edit this lesson because it is too confusing. I’m going to follow my fellow coworkers who have taught longer and continue using the strategies from the previous subtraction lessons!

*March is Reading month activities AND reading logs!

(Please sign and return Wonder movie permission slip)

*Return to Howe for 25-26 school year! (Orange form)

*Graded math from last week. They did addition problems and were told to use all of the addition strategies to practice. (We practice these daily on whiteboards and they have been the same since module 2). I had them use the stamp game for 10 check page. Please go over with your child. For Iready they can use any of the strategies … I suggest the one the do the best over the next couple months and consistently get the answers correct with. Giving them practice problems each night is a great way to stay sharp on these skills because we will move to subtraction soon in class.