Today we created land forms and bodies of water by producing an edible project. 
Land forms and Bodies of Water
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Monthly Archives: November 2018
Still Looking for Parent Volunteers!!!!
*** Please if you can make it today let me know ASAP:)
We are looking for 2 parents to volunteer for a forum to discuss a grant that will help decide where a traffic light should be placed near our school. Your input is valued. Mr. Awada is looking for 2 parents from each class to meet with him this Thursday at 2:00. If you are available please let me know and I will add you to the list.
Thank you.
Email: hammouh@dearbornschools.org
phone: (313) 827-6850
Parent Volunteers
We are looking for 2 parents to volunteer for a forum to discuss a grant that will help decide where a traffic light should be placed near our school. Your input is valued. Mr. Awada is looking for 2 parents from each class to meet with him this Thursday at 2:00. If you are available please let me know and I will add you to the list.
Thank you.
Email: hammouh@dearbornschools.org
phone: (313) 827-6850
This week at Miller…
Monday: Pizza sale after school
Tuesday: Gleaners Food Bank at 11 a.m
Wednesday: Roller Skating Family Field Trip from 6 – 8 p.m. Bus leaves Miller at 5:30 p.m.
Thursday: Safe Routes to schools (SRTS) Grant Community Forum will take place at 2 p.m. in the cafeteria
Friday: Third grade DIA field trip with Mrs. Saad
Children of Yemen Fundraiser
We at Miller, as a community have committed to and will be raising funds for “Children of Yemen”, a worthy, relevant and just humanitarian cause! All funds raised during PTA and school sponsored events will be dedicated to Children of Yemen, facing one of the worst humanitarian crises of all time. Here is a link with more information: Fundraising Miller Children of Yemen Translated (1)
Roller Skating Field Trip
Family Field Trip to the Lincoln Park Skating Arena, Wednesday November 28, 2018 from 6 – 8 p.m., transportation will be provided, permission slips and monies ($8.00 per child) to the Office are due no later than Tuesday November 20, 2018. Parents or siblings over 18 must accompany the student.
Homework for the week of November 26
Complete daily assignments and return each day.
| Monday, November 26 |
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Math: (in your folder) Lesson 16 homework, math bag, and ZEARN. |
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Spelling: (in your homework notebook) Write your words. Circle all of the vowels. Underline each of the consonants. (vowels:a, e, i, o, u) |
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Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever. |
| Tuesday, November 27 |
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Math: (in your folder) Lesson 17 homework, math bag, and ZEARN. |
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Spelling: (in your homework notebook) Write your words four times each! |
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Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever. |
| Wednesday, November 28 |
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Math: (in your folder) math bag, and ZEARN. |
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Spelling: (in your homework notebook) Use each of your words in a complete sentence. |
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Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever. |
| Thursday, November 29 |
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Math: (in your folder) Lesson 19 homework, math bag, and ZEARN. |
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Spelling: (in your homework notebook) Have someone give you a pretend test. |
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Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever. |
| Friday, Saturday, Sunday |
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Math: (in your folder) Math bag games, and ZEARN. |
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Reading: Read for 20-30 minutes from reading bag, and use i-Ready on Clever. |
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Reminders:*Bring a healthy snack to school. Some ideas include fruit, veggies, crackers. *It’s getting colder, please dress for the weather. J We do go outside for recess, students need their winter coats!
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Focus for the week of November 26, 2018
Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.
This week our second grade students will be working on:
Reading: Students will learn to identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
Math: Students will understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. They will count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s
Writing: Students will write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Science: Students will continue to learn about the roles of water in Earth’s surface processes. This also includes plate tectonics and large-scale system interactions
Social Studies: Students will describe the means people create for moving people, goods, and ideas within the local community. They will compare the physical and human characteristics of the local community with those of another community. They will describe the major landforms of the Earth )mountains, plains, valleys, hills). E.FE.02.22 Describe the major bodies of water on the Earth’s surface(lakes, ponds,oceans, rivers, streams).
Spelling List for November 26, 2018
Beginning Consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, wh
Group 1: chill, sheep, think, while, chase — five, these, many, both, found
Group 2: chill, sheep, think, while, chase —at, with, all, there, out
Test on Friday, November 30, 2018
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
My sincere wishes to all my students and their families for a healthful and peaceful Thanksgiving!
Please continue to log on I-READY and Zearn daily for 30 mins.
Support in our efforts to raise money for the children in Yemen is greatly appreciated. Fundraising Miller Children of Yemen Translated (1)
Focus for the Week of November 12
This week our second grade students will be working on:
Reading: Students will learn to identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
Math: Students will understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. They will count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s
Writing: Students will write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. Also with guidance and support from adults and peers, they will focus on a topic an strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
Science: Students will continue to learn about the roles of water in Earth’s surface processes. This also includes Earth materials and systems.
Social Studies: Students will use maps to describe the spatial organization of the local community by applying concepts including relative location and using distance, direction, and scale. They will learn to describe land use in the community(e.g.where people live, where services are provided, where products are made. They will construct maps of the local community that contain symbols, labels, and legends denoting human and natural characteristics of place.
Spelling:
Spelling List for November 12, 2018
Group 1: meat, queen, beet, baby, mean, those, use, which ,why, because
Group 2: meat, queen, beet, baby, mean, that, she,on, they, but
Test on Friday, November 16, 2018