Author Courtney Hakim

You should have found an October reading log in your child’s folder today. These will be sent home at the beginning of each month for you and your child to keep track of their daily reading. Simply write down the… Continue Reading →

This week, your child will be bringing home their “book bag.” It is a large, blue and red bag with their name on it, a book inside and a more detailed letter regarding the use of the bag. Each child… Continue Reading →

Each Friday your child will take their weekly spelling test. I will grade and send those home in your child’s Owl Folder on Friday (hopefully, could be Monday). Please review the words with your child, sign the bottom of the… Continue Reading →

    Beginning Wednesday, September 20, the first graders will take the first portion of the NWEA reading test. The children will have two forty minute sessions to complete all 56 questions. The test will be read to them through… Continue Reading →

Dear Parents, Under the educational websites tab on my blog you will now find access to frontrowed.com. Your child’s login information is included under the link. Please note that Frontrow is a great resource for differentiation of instruction. Everything your… Continue Reading →

  Haigh’s open house is tonight, Thursday, September 14th, from 6:00-7:30. This is an opportunity for you to come into your child’s classroom, meet their teacher and explore the school! The kids have worked really hard this week getting our… Continue Reading →

WELCOME!! I just wanted to send a quick message to welcome all of you to first grade! We had an awesome first day of school! We met new friends, read stories, practiced writing, reviewed letter sounds and even made some… Continue Reading →

Dear Teachers, Parents, and Students: This year’s summer reading theme is “Build a Better World” and the Michigan eLibrary (MeL) is here to help! Students of all ages can go to MeL.org to find eBooks and articles to read, conduct… Continue Reading →

Access our district iRead course anywhere in the world.   Win prizes for reading a lot of books over the summer! The more books students read this summer, the better the chances they’ll win a Chromebook.          … Continue Reading →

Today, you will  find a copy of your child’s most recent Spring NWEA scores. Here is a quick reminder of how to read those graphs: ** I apologize, I couldn’t get colored copies, so we will go with the variation in black/grey…. Continue Reading →