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Please be sure to put your child on reading eggs and math seeds each night. It can be for just 10 minutes per night, but it will greatly improve their reading, writing, and math. You could do 10 minutes of reading eggs on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Then do 10 minutes of math seeds on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday or Sunday. Feel free to do more than 10 minutes if your schedule allows! These programs really are beneficial for the growth and development of your child!

If you misplaced your child’s login and need the information again, please email me at dimitrm@dearbornschools.org

Upcoming Events

10/30 Field trip permission slip coming home — Be on the lookout!

10/31 Costume Parade (all families welcome to parade at 2:30)

11/1Parent Teacher Conference Reminders will be sent home!  Be on the look out for your day and time!

11/3 Half Day- dismissal at 11:40am

11/3 Sight word test~ List ONE!

11/3– Star Student will start on Monday! (Each Friday, a student will be selected as Star Student for the following week. On Friday, the child will bring home a poster to be completed over the weekend and returned on Monday)

11/5 Daylight Savings Time – Fall Back

11/6 Field trip money and permission slip due

11/6 School Shirt Order Due

11/7 NO SCHOOL! Election Day

11/9 Parent Teacher Conference Day (Look for your date/time coming home on 11/1 stapled to your child’s folder)

11/10 Picture Re-take Day

11/13 Scholastic Book Order Due

11/13 -11/17 Scholastic book fair at school (Family night 15th and 16th)

11/15 Late Start – arrival at 9:35

11/15 Parent Teacher Conferences

11/16 Parent Teacher Conferences

11/17 No School for Kindergarten

11/21 Up, Up, and Away Assembly

11/22 – 11/26 NO SCHOOL – THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/30 PBIS Celebration – Turkey Bowling

Agenda for the Week

Reading and Writing:  We worked on recognizing and writing the letter G and the letter T. We learned the sound of each letter and practiced identifying objects that begin with each letter sound. Please continue to help your child correctly hold a pencil and form each letter.

We completed a retelling of The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. The children loved this story and were able to sequence the events which took place. Ask your child to retell this story to you, using the sequence map they brought home on Wednesday.

We worked on our writing this week and focused on beginning the sentence with an uppercase (capital letter), having finger spaces between words, and ending the sentence with a period. We have also been working to identify periods, question marks, and exclamation marks (excited mark) while reading. Here is a fun video about parts of a sentence:

I began teaching the children about verbs this week. We practiced all week long. The children learned that an verb is an action word. We completed several worksheets and practiced identifying verbs within sentences. Here is the verb video we use to help support our learning:

We also reviewed that an adjective is a describing word. Here is our adjective video:

We also reviewed that a noun is a person, place, thing, or animal. Here is our noun video:

The link to  create name tracers is also great for creating sight word tracers for your child.

If you would like to create tracing pages for your child, visit the website below:

https://www.handwritingworksheets.com/flash/printdots/singleword/index.html

Directions: Scroll down until you see a gray rectangle which says, “Step 1: Enter student name, then type your child’s name in the first box and the second one which says, “word” OR type in sight words. Choose the size you would like, size 2 or size 3 are best. Then click print.

Here are some videos we use in class to help with letter recognition and letter sound identification:

Math: We practiced recognizing, writing and representing numbers 15 and 16. We continued working with 2D and 3D shapes. We will do a quick assessment next week on these shapes where the students will have to cut and sort 2D and 3D shapes.

We have been working on subitizing. This is the ability to recognize a number or quantity at first sight. It might be fingers, tally marks, dots in a ten frame, or different objects to represent a number. Here are a few videos we use in class:

We also practiced counting by 5’s we have been working on this little by little when we make tally marks on our morning work and during math workshop. Below find a video to help your child learn how to count by 5’s:

Here are a few videos we use in class:

Science: We did a little experiment with push and pull. The children enjoyed making predictions about things we push and pull and how fast a toy car could go on a flat service, smooth elevated surface, and bumpy surfaces. We also used a pendulum and “pulled” it to set it in motion and discovered different objects it could knock over. The children also participated in a simple magnet experiment. These hands on activities were a big hit!

Social Studies: We continue learning how to be a good friend and student. We review our rules and procedures daily. We are wrapping up our citizenship unit and will be moving on to needs and wants.

We are still working hard at trying to win the lunchroom challenge. The children must stay in their seat, raise their hand if they need help, and clean up after themselves. After talking with the lunch moms, they said our group is struggling with cleaning up after themselves. Please reinforce this skill at home and help them become independent with cleaning up their own messes!

Thank you PTA for our lovely pumpkins!

Housekeeping Items:

I know these items have been repeated for a few weeks, but I still need your help in implementing the items below:

Change of Clothes

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send in a change of clothes for your child. We will keep it in their locker and then if they have a bathroom accident or fall in mud or get wet from the playground, they will have clothes they can change into and we can take care of all that right here at school without having to disturb you at home or at work. Put an extra change of clothes (pants, underwear, shirt, socks, and maybe even an extra pair of shoes) in a bag, labeled with their name on it.

Snack Time

**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****

Folders

Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!

Dear Families,

On Tuesday, October 24 we will be having a PBIS celebration to recognize your child’s positive behavior. This month’s celebration will be BINGO. The entire building will be playing BINGO in our classrooms at the same time!  The top three winners of each game will receive a small prize, but the celebration is about participating in a fun activity as a building.  

Thank you,

Haigh PBIS Committee

We had a great week! It was full of tons of learning and new activities!

Upcoming Events

10/24 PBIS Celebration (school-wide bingo)

10/26 Pumpkin Patch (Thank you PTA)

10/31 Costume Parade (all families welcome to parade at 2:30)

Agenda for the Week

Reading and Writing:  We worked on recognizing and writing the letter F and the letter U. We learned the sound of each letter and practiced identifying objects that begin with each letter sound. Please continue to help your child correctly hold a pencil and form each letter.

We completed a R.A.N strategy on bats. The children were read books about bats and we pulled out the key details and information to complete our “Can, Have, Are” paper and to complete our learning about what we thought we knew about bats and new facts we learned along the way. The children labeled a bat and also asked friends if they like bats (yes or no) and then graphed it. The children also worked on comparing with tally marks and graphing and asked 10 friends which they liked best, spiders or bats. Here is pictures of our completed work hanging in the hallway:

I began teaching the children about adjectives this week. We practiced all week long. The children learned that an adjective is a describing word. We completed several worksheets and practiced identifying adjectives within sentences. Here is the adjective video we use to help support our learning:

We also reviewed that a noun is a person, place, thing, or animal. Here is our noun video:

The link to  create name tracers is also great for creating sight word tracers for your child.

If you would like to create tracing pages for your child, visit the website below:

https://www.handwritingworksheets.com/flash/printdots/singleword/index.html

Directions: Scroll down until you see a gray rectangle which says, “Step 1: Enter student name, then type your child’s name in the first box and the second one which says, “word” OR type in sight words. Choose the size you would like, size 2 or size 3 are best. Then click print.

Here are some videos we use in class to help with letter recognition and letter sound identification:

https://youtu.be/MCwiFQh3BZk

Math: We practiced recognizing, writing and representing numbers 13 and 14. We continue talking about shapes and began learning about 3D shapes.

This week we completed a CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) about “How many dinosaurs are in lake?” There was a picture of dinosaur feet under water. The children had to think about how many legs belong to a dinosaur. Then they had to try to figure out how many dinosaurs were in the lake. This was a great way to get us counting and get the kids talking to each other about math.

We continue talking about place value through counting the days of the year and learning that numbers in the teens start with a one.

Here are a few videos we use in class:

Science: We began talking about push and pull. We also wrapped up talking about different body parts and participated in skeleton centers. The children traced their bodies and added in the bones, labeled a skeleton, completed a dot-to-dot skeleton from numbers 1 – 29, made bones with play-doh, sorted and graphed Bag of Bones Cheetos, and made a skeleton craft with q-tips. The q-tip skeletons are still drying and will come home on Monday. The children had so much fun with these activities! Enjoy the pictures below:

Thank you to all of the parents that came to help with our skeleton centers. We could not have had a successful rotation without you! If you are interested in helping with projects, crafts, and parties in the future, please email me at dimitrm@dearbornschools.org

Social Studies: We continue learning how to be a good friend and student. We review our rules and procedures daily. Currently the children are working hard at trying to win the lunchroom challenge. The children must stay in their seat, raise their hand if they need help, and clean up after themselves. After talking with the lunch moms, they said our group is struggling with cleaning up after themselves. Please reinforce this skill at home and help them become independent with cleaning up their own messes!

Housekeeping Items:

I know these items have been repeated for a few weeks, but I still need your help in implementing the items below:

Snack Time

**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****

Folders

Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!

Please make sure to get your book orders in tomorrow, so that I can place the order for everyone.

A few parents inquired about good books for beginning readers and to promote sight word acquisition. I have made several recommendations on the Scholastic website. You can see all of the books I suggested on their website under the “recommendations to students” tab.

The following are great books to try with your child to help grow their reading skills (these are just a few examples of the books I suggested on the Scholastic website):

Bob Books –

Phonics book sets – which come in all the latest popular characters from Lego, Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and much more.

These box sets are a great way to introduce your child to the world of reading and offer them books at their own reading level!

Just a quick reminder —

Tomorrow is late start. Arrival is at 9:35am.

Hope the kids enjoy a little extra sleep tomorrow!

**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****

Upcoming Events

10/17 Costume Bingo for Books by PTA (cafeteria)

10/18 Late Start – arrival 9:35am

10/19 Scholastic Book Order Due

10/24 PBIS Celebration (school-wide bingo)

10/26 Pumpkin Patch (Thank you PTA)

10/31 Costume Parade (more information coming home soon)

Agenda for the Week

Reading and Writing:  We worked on recognizing and writing the letter E and the letter V. We learned the sound of each letter and practiced identifying objects that begin with each letter sound. Please continue to help your child correctly hold a pencil and form each letter.

I began teaching the children about nouns this week. We practiced all week long. The children learned that a noun is a person, place, thing, or animal. We completed several worksheets and practiced identifying nouns within sentences. Here is the noun video we use to help support our learning:

If your child is still struggling with writing their name, please practice at home! If you would like name tracers for your child, visit the website below:

https://www.handwritingworksheets.com/flash/printdots/singleword/index.html

Directions: Scroll down until you see a gray rectangle which says, “Step 1: Enter student name, then type your child’s name in the first box and the second one which says, “word.” Choose the size you would like, size 2 or size 3 are best. Then click print.

We reviewed positional words (or prepositions).

Here are the videos we use in class to support our learning:

Here are some videos we use in class to help with letter recognition and letter sound identification:

Math: We practiced recognizing, writing and representing numbers 11 and 12. We continue talking about shapes and began learning about 3D shapes. The children had the opportunity to play the interactive game on the Promethean board  that we learned last week.  We discussed different patterns such as AB, AABB, AAB. ABB, ABC pattern sequences. We will continue to work more with patterns and 2D/3D shapes over the next few weeks.

We continue talking about place value through counting the days of the year and learning that numbers in the teens start with a one.

Here are a few videos we use in class:

Science: We began talking about body parts. Later this month the children will be able to experience our “skeleton centers.” The children will take part in many activities to help them learn about the parts of the body.

Social Studies: We continue to discuss and model being a good friend and what it looks like to follow the rules. Students have been earning “hoots.” Hoots are given out when children are being good friends, following directions, etc. The hoot raffle takes place each Monday and the name drawn from the class bucket, gets to choose a prize! We have struggled through the lunchroom challenge and have been receiving triangles. Triangles mean that the students did not follow directions. In order to get on O (positive behavior) and win the lunchroom challenge the children must clean up after themselves, stay in their seat and raise their hand if they need help, as well as use an indoor voice. Please help your child to be successful during lunch time by reinforcing these items and by teaching them how to clean up after themselves. Thank you! We are trying to win the prizes!

Housekeeping Items:

I know these items have been repeated for a few weeks, but I still need your help in implementing the items below:

Snack Time

**** Due to a peanut allergy in our room, please do not send in any snacks that contain nuts.*****

Money

When you send money in for lunches, field trips, etc. please place it in a bag or an envelope and label it with your child’s name. Thank you!

Folders

Please make sure to empty the green folders each night! It is very difficult and time consuming to locate homework or important notes when the folder is full of papers from the day before. Remember to initial the communication log and feel free to add any notes to me!

Tomorrow we have a half day. Pick up is at 11:40 am. Please be sure to send your child with a snack.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Just a quick reminder –

Tomorrow (10/12)  is our parent meeting from 8:00 – 8:30am. Please enter the building through the main doors by the office. We will meet in the media center.

Hope to see you there!

In the following video, I demonstrate different ways to engage your child in learning at home in order to promote mastery over letter recognition, letter sound identification, and fine motor skills.

Please enjoy!

Today your child brought home several catalogs for our next book order. I have set the date early enough in order for the shipment to be delivered in plenty of time for Halloween!

Our next book order is due Thursday, October 19th.

Remember, our book orders are done completely online. You can find the information on how to order using our link on the “scholastic book order’ tab on our homepage of our blog!

Thank you for fostering a love for reading at home and in our classroom!