Class News:
- My email is habhabn@dearbornschools.org.
- Makeup conferences for the snow day are on Monday, November 18th from 4-7 p.m.. I sent home reminders with your child today. Please ask your child for the appointment schedule.
- 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 November Birthdays to Ayat, Ayah, Adam, Fatmeh K.,Dana, and Renaad!
- WRITING: We are starting another opinion piece. Since today is Veterans Day, we wrote letters to two veterans related to our students.
- MATH: In math, we started module 2-multi digit whole number multiplication. Students should be doing Zearn, Exact Path, and Khan Academy, and Study Island(h,i,j,m,n,o,p) every night for at least 10 minutes each.
- READING: In reading, we are working on main idea, inferencing, and non-fiction text structures.
- SOCIAL STUDIES: In social studies, we are learning about our government and Native Americans. We are learning all about the legislative, executive, and judicial branches and the U.S. Constitution. We started learning about Native Americans of the Southwest, Northwest, and Woodlands.
- SCIENCE: We are learning about properties of matter and space systems.
- 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
11/18
#Kindness Is Cooler
Tuesday 11/19
#Kindness Is Cooler
Wednesday 11/20
#Kindness Is Cooler
Thursday 11/21
#Kindness Is Cooler
Friday
11/22
#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: 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 83-84 (examples), pages 85-86 (Do-practice problems) Must Do: #1-2 and Can Do: #3-6 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: https://moodle.dearbornschools.org/login/index.php
- Exact Path Reading and Language: https://f2.app.edmentum.com/exactpath/
- Spelling List for the week of 11-18-19:
- 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.
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.