Class News:
- My email is habhabn@dearbornschools.org.
- Please look over your child’s math quiz and sign it and return it with your child tomorrow.
- Half day of school tomorrow, Friday, October 11th. Dismissal is at 11:45 a.m.
- Also, there is a parent meeting at 9 a.m. in the cafeteria on Friday, October 11th.
- Please join the PTA! Only $10 for membership. We have 4 parents who joined so far. It would be great if we can get 100% PTA membership!
- Happy October Birthdays to Mohamad Ali, Walied, Ihsan, Moheisen, and Angelina!
- WRITING: We are completing our opinion writing piece.
- MATH: In math, we started lesson 11 on multiplying decimal numbers. Students should be doing Zearn, Exact Path, and Khan Academy every night for at least 10 minutes each.
- READING: In reading, we put up 15 strategies on our CAFE board that we have worked on since last week. We built our reading stamina to 20+ minutes and we created our Read to Self anchor chart, where to sit during Daily 5, and 3 ways to read a book. Also, we created our work on writing and I PICK anchor chart. Our writing stamina is up to 20 minutes. We added read to someone last week and we have been practicing how to do it correctly. We also created our listen to reading anchor chart.
- SOCIAL STUDIES: In social studies, we are learning about our government. We are learning all about the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
- SCIENCE: We are learning about properties of matter.
- Below is our specials schedule for 2019-2020.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY MUSIC 1:30-2:15
Library Checkout 10-10:20
SCIENCE ENRICHMENT
10:05-10:50
MUSIC 9:15-10:00
GYM 2:20-3:05
GYM 10:55-11:40
ART 2:20-3:05
LUNCH 12:25-1:03
LUNCH 12:25-1:03
LUNCH 12:25-1:03
LUNCH 12:25-1:03
LUNCH 12:25-1:03
Monday
10/7
#Kindness Is Cooler
Tuesday 10/8
#Kindness Is Cooler
Wednesday 10/9
#Kindness Is Cooler
Thursday 10/10
#Kindness Is Cooler
Friday
10/11
#Kindness Is Cooler
Ecology Club@ 8 a.m.
Writing: Narrative Text Organizer
Math Homework: Zearn.org(10 minutes), Exact Path Math( 10 minutes) and do Math-a-thon practice on iLearn(10 minutes) 3 times-What’s your highest score?
- Zearn.org: https://www.zearn.org
- Exact Path: https://clever.com/in/dearborn/
- Math-a-thon on iLearn: Coming Soon! https://moodle.dearbornschools.org/login/index.php
- M-Step Math/Reading/Science/Social Studies Practice Samples: https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi
- Succeed Math Book: pages 39-40 (examples), pages 41-42 (Do-practice problems) #1-2 and try 3-4 for a challenge.
Reading Homework: read for a total of 30 minutes your library books(1 fiction/1 non-fiction), books in book bag, www.epic.com (paid subscription after 5 p.m.), Exact Path Reading(10 minutes) and Exact Path Language(10 minutes), iLearn(Benchmark Universe), and google classroom.
- Epic.com: https://www.getepic.com
- Benchmark Universe on iLearn: Coming Soon! https://moodle.dearbornschools.org/login/index.php
- Exact Path Reading and Language: https://f2.app.edmentum.com/exactpath/
- Spelling List for the week of 10-07-19:
- photosynthesis
- emphasis
- abolish
- graphic
- southern
- hyphen
- chosen
- establish
- although
- challenge
- shatter
- charity
- approach
- throughout
- swishes
- homophones
- whether
- whatever
- whimper
- awhile
- Vocabulary Notebook: Write the definition of 3 words from your word collector. Our goal is to learn 7-10 new words each day and use them in our speaking and writing vocabulary.
- Social Studies: Identify the 50 states using your map and go on google classroom to read the social studies text there.
- Science: Google classroom article a day through Newsela and Readworks.
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Ms. Habhab’s 40 Book Challenge
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Why Read 20 Minutes at Home? |
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Student A Reads |
Student B Reads |
Student C Reads |
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20 minutes per day |
5 minutes per day |
1 minute per day |
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3,600 minutes per school year |
900 minutes per school year |
180 minutes per school year |
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1,800,000 words per year |
282,000 words per year |
8,000 words per year |
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Scores in the 90th percentile on standardized tests. |
Scores in the 50th percentile on standardized tests. |
Scores in the 10th percentile on standardized tests. |
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If they start reading for 20 minutes per night in Kindergarten, by the end of 6th grade, Student A will have read for the equivalent of 60 school days, Student B will have read for 12 school days, and Student C will have read for 3. (Nagy and Herman, 1987.) |
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Want to be a better reader? Simply, read! |
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- All 5th graders in Ms. Habhab’s class will be expected to read at least 40 books this year during independent reading at home.
- You will be reading 40 (or more) books this year (beginning 9/7/18) and keeping track of the titles and genres on your Reading List sheet.
- You will be reading from a variety of genres in order to explore books you might not ordinarily read, and to develop an understanding of literary elements, text features, and text structures.
- Books that have been read (or will be read) in class cannot count, even if the student re-reads the book.
- Students may ask the teacher, librarian, classmates, or their families for recommendations, but there are no specific title requirements
- Any book with more than 200 pages will count as 2 books.
- All books are selected by the student.
- Select good fit books at your reading level. Use your DRA book graph as your guide and NWEA reading RIT score.
- Use your Reading notebook to respond to your reading.
- Each quarter you will be asked to present a “book talk” in front of the class for a grade.
- Each week I will ask you about what you are reading, which books you have added to your list, which books you abandoned, and which ones you plan to read next.
- Every Friday, you will turn in a completed Reading List.