Please consider supporting our Howe School PTA by enjoying a meal from Royale with Cheese TONIGHT!
The restaurant will donate 15% of the sales to our school if you mention Howe School when ordering between 3:00-10:00 PM on Wednesday, September 18th.
We appreciate your support!
Amal Ayad- PTA President
Iready math is tomorrow morning at 8:30 am! Get a good nights sleep tonight. Eat a good breakfast and be on time for school! A great morning will help us have a calm and peaceful testing environment again.
Coffee with the Director is on Friday at 8:45 am. All are invited!
I had to alter the math lesson today. We forgot place value over the summer. I had the students do it with me because we drew it to find the answers.
Hello Parents!
We have had a great week! All students completed the IReady reading test. They did a great job of trying their best, having a calm and comfortable learning environment, and being positive when some of the questions got hard. I am so proud of them! On Tuesday of next week we will take the IReady math test.
Just a reminder that IReady scores will not go home until conferences in November. We do this as a whole school because it gives us a chance to talk about them together in person.
This week we started Amplify science. We began by going over our Scientist Rules and discussing what we already know about Plants and Animals. Our unit question is: Why aren’t new chalta trees growing in the Bengal Tiger reserve. The unit began with explaining about the tiger reserve in India and showing us how to use handbooks. We will be continuing our investigation and exploring next week.
For Eureka squared math we took our first quiz on Tuesday! The students did awesome at drawing, labeling, and reading graphs. We have moved on to measuring.
I am still assessing for reading levels and so we will have one more week of review before we begin Benchmark Unit 1.
Have a great weekend! 🙂
If you wish to buy popcorn please put the $1 in yellow daily folders.
It will be passed out at dismissal.
We started with computers today!
Each student has a card to help them (one for school and one for home).
Please DO NOT do Iready pathways for reading or math yet. We need to do the assessment first. Your child can play on Raz Kids, Epic, Abcya in the mean time.
Hello Parents! We have had a fabulous four day week! We started Eureka math squared and our morning Montessori work times. The students are doing great learning to work independently. So far we are not using any materials because we are reviewing first grade work. I am finished assessing phonics and need to assess reading levels next week. Once completed I hope to start reading groups and begin sending home book bags with appropriate leveled books.
Today you are getting an extra math book sent home. We are adjusting to the pacing and work load of second grade however the apply math books seem to be a lot of work after we already spent an hour on the lesson. I am sending them home in case you would like any supplemental things. The students can do them if they would like. It is not required. It is just for extra or a reference. We completed Eureka math lesson 1-4 this week.
Our handwriting books have not arrived yet but are on their way. We will have print in the first half of the year and cursive in the second half. Since they are not here yet we started with just some simple pages I already had.
From now on I will be spot checking planners! 🙂 I do not have time each morning to check but I hope you will be able to continue signing each night. I am hoping to only post each Friday with updates. Most will have information in their planners nightly.
We have begun our star jar for class rewards and are up to 6 compliments in the hallway and classroom! When our jar gets full we will have donuts & bagels together for breakfast one morning. 🙂
Just a quick note that not all math will be corrected. I walk around during math and take notes of who is doing it correct and incorrect. That is how I will pull math groups in the afternoons. If you see something incorrect you can also go over it that night with your child.
Request- We have had lots of spills! I bought a paper towel holder and a couple to start us off. If anyone can donate a roll of paper towels we would be grateful!
Have a great weekend! <3
PTA meets today at 2 pm in the cafeteria!
Reminder tomorrow is our first Early Release! The students are dismissed at 1:50 pm.
Hello families! We have had a fabulous first week of second grade! I am so excited at the possibilities for this year… your children ready to learn and excited. This week we spent time learning classroom routines and procedures. We also learned a lot about each other since we have new friends joining us from other Dearborn schools. Next week we will jump in to some of our curriculum and Montessori work times.
This week we had a visit from Superintendent Maleyko! He came in while we were partner working on fortune tellers. He reminded us 2nd grade is a fun year to to keep doing our best. His Instagram picture he took is attached at the bottom of this post.
A few important reminders:
Planners need to be signed nightly by a parent!
We have NO SCHOOL on Friday & Monday. (Labor Day)
On Tuesday the first lunch choice will be breakfast that will either be waffles/pancakes & sausage instead of grilled cheese.
Have a GREAT long weekend!
We have our first full day of school tomorrow!
Please check backpacks tonight. They will have their yellow daily folders and planners. Lots of important papers to read over and you will need to sign their planners nightly. We will be writing in homework, updates, and important information. Less blog posts in second grade and more responsibility of giving parents planners each night and discussing the important things with you! (I will still post in the beginning until we get into the routine).
Don’t forget to send in a snack for the afternoons and refillable water bottle DAILY.
Dismissal is 3:20 pm!