Ms. Donoghue's Third Grade Class

Dearborn Public Schools

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   Apr 22

Social Studies Test

We are finishing the unit on the growth of Michigan.  I will be giving the students the test on Thursday. It covers farming, lumbering, mining, manufacturing, and people coming to Michigan.  We will be reviewing in class Tuesday and Wednesday.

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   Apr 18

Spelling Words For The Week Of April 22

Irregular Plural Words tooth teeth child children goose geese mouse mice loaf loaves knife knives wolf wolves scarf scarves shelf shelves leaf leaves

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   Apr 11

Lansing Field Trip

  Dear Parents,   We are taking our field trip to our state capital of Lansing, Michigan on Wednesday, April 17th from 8:00-4:15. We will be taking a tour of the Michigan State Capitol building and Michigan Historical Museum!   All students and chaperones must be at school between 7:30-7:40. We will be leaving before […]

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   Apr 05

Spelling Words for the Week of April 8

Endings: /y/ to /i/ & add /es/ penny pennies marry marries family families copy copies pony ponies empty empties worry worries

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   Mar 25

Reading Logs Due WEDNESDAY March 27

Our class advanced in the reading competition!  In order to figure out the winners, reading logs must be turned in on WEDNESDAY of this week, not Friday.

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   Mar 25

End of the Year Events and Student Behavior

Mrs. Srour came into our class to talk with the students about the end of the year events planned at Geer Park.  We discussed that, in order to have enough time for these events, student focus is important.  We talked about our give and take plan.  If a student takes time during instruction with behaviors […]

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   Mar 25

Spelling Words for the Week of March 25

/le/ endings tickle puddle able bubble riddle pickle giggle middle table scribble Content Words copper iron mine mining poem

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   Mar 21

Social Studies- Lumbering in Michigan

We have been learning about lumber in Michigan’s past.  Here are some photos of this time in Michigan’s history.   https://www.mlive.com/news/2018/07/vintage_lumber_camp_photos.html

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   Mar 19

All For Books Scholastic Fundraiser

Yesterday your child brought a small plastic bag home in their folder.  This is a fundraiser to buy books for the classrooms.  Please bring change in by Thursday March 21 to raise money for the classroom!  All funds will be matched by Scholastic for your teacher to use to purchase books for the classroom.  The […]

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   Mar 19

Parent Meeting

Geer Park Elementary Parent Education Meeting          March 14, 2019 Dear Parents, The Parent Education Committee is pleased to invite you to another parent education meeting. The first part of the meeting will be the SAFE Coalition returning to discuss drug safety and prevention. Parents showed high interest, so they agreed to host another session. It […]

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