Category Archives: Practice At Home

Week of 10-23-17

Hello everyone, I hope your weekend was relaxing. This week is Fall Fest on Friday. A sheet should be coming home. We are looking for volunteers to set up and work the event so if you are interested in volunteering for a shift, send an email to ptanowlin@dearbornschools.org and let the PTA know. They would really appreciate the help! The US Government provides a free national park pass to all 4th grade students. I have registered for these and will be sending one home with each 4th grader. It is good for the year so you can get out and enjoy some of the beautiful parks offered in our State or beyond.

Spelling:

3rd grade: Practice words at https://quizlet.com/_3wv11s

Words: chip, shell, bath, shin, three, reasons, conclusion, because, believe, chop, ship, shop, thin, chin, think

4th Grade: Practice words at https://quizlet.com/_3wv27m

Homework: Put the words in ABC order and turn in by Thursday or Sign your student’s planner that they practiced the words at the link above for at least 20 minutes.

Words: redeem, relieve, even, equal, scene, cedar, between, precede, beneath, believe, environment, habitat, characteristic, adaptation, survival

Math- Both grades are working on extended addition and subtraction problems. We will be introducing the three forms of every number and there will a study guide and test towards the end of the week.

Science- 3rd-Mrs. Parana

4th-We are working on electrical circuits and creating different types of circuits

Writing-We are starting to learn about using evidence to support a claim for opinion writing. This will be our unit for the next few weeks

Daily 5-Daily book clubs are continuing with students having 30 minutes of reading EVERY night. This is extremely important. We are working on both fluency and comprehension so have them read to you so you can listen to their rate of reading and if they are pausing at ending marks. Then ask them questions about what they read.

Social Studies: We are starting unit 2 which focuses on how human interaction with the environment and each other play different roles in our country. The 3rd grade is with Mrs. Paranas Class.

Keep sending in Coke Caps and BoxTops as the contest is continuing through the rest of the month. Many of the classes are close to first place, including ours! Keep up the great work.

Week of 10-9-17

Hello everyone. This month is completely flying by! We are over a month into the school year and I am already seeing growth with the students. This week we have many things going on. On Tuesday, I have DTE Energy coming in to run experiments with the 4th graders during science. Each 4th grader will be coming home with a gift from DTE. On Friday. our building will kick off its PBIS practice with an assembly in the morning. It is a half day so remember the kids need to be picked up early. In the evening on the 13th, Nowlin PTA is hosting a really fun Halloween themed skating party at the Lincoln Park Skating center. Information will be coming home this week and the PTA will begin to presell tickets for $5 a person which covers entrance and rentals. The cost will be $7.00 at the door so I recommend grabbing them early from one of the PTA board members. Costumes are welcome. I hope to see everyone there.

In class this week:

Math: Both grades are working on mastering addition and subtraction of larger numbers. We are struggling with numbers over two digits so we will continue working. If you have Khan Academy access at home, I encourage your students to work through the tutorials on here for addition and subtraction, at home.

Science: 3rd-Forces and Motion with Mrs. Parana

4th- We are looking at energy and transfer of energy. We are going to be studying parallel circuits and creating them this week.

Social Studies-3rd-Parana

4th-We are finishing up our regions unit and we will be taking the Wayne County assessment on Thursday. Watch for the study guide to come home.

Writing-We are focusing on verbs and adverbs this week. We will be finding ways to make our writing more exciting through the use of verbs and learning different ways to hook the reader with our writing.

Daily 5-Book Clubs will continue with each group working on a different strategy. If your student is at home reading out loud to you, encourage them to read with inflection that is appropriate with the ending mark. We are moving past “Robot Reading” and trying to make our reading sound like we are talking.

Spelling:You can view or practice the spelling words by clicking on the links below

3rd- https://quizlet.com/_3u51ry

4th https://quizlet.com/_3u52ww

Have a great week everyone!

Week of 6-5-17

Good morning! Friday is Field Day at Nowlin so watch for any announcements that might come out. Our class picnic is next week and we still have a few spots available. The list for the picnic is posted on Dojo.

Spelling: This week we are looking at the /ure/ spelling pattern. This will be our last list for the year. Like last week there will be no worksheet. We will be taking our spelling test in cursive so the boys should continue practicing the words at home in cursive.  Our words are sure, figure, injure, mixture, future, nature, fixture, picture, measure, ruler, metric, standard, meter, and kilometer.

Practice the words at https://quizlet.com/_3isjwu

Math- We are still working on measurement. We will have a study guide on Wed. or Thursday and the test either after field day or on Monday.

Social Studies-The study guide is coming home today and the test will be Wednesday.

Science- The students should still be working on their cloud observation books and need to bring these Friday. Our unit test will be early next week. A study guide will come home first.

Reading- We are continuing with our reading groups this week. The boys should continue on their book club work for this week. All library books were already due back and should be returned ASAP. All student book bags are due back by Friday as well.

Writing-We are working on our end of the year writing booklet.

 

Please watch for the sheet on our required Summer homework to be coming home early next week. If you have questions, please let me know!

Something New In Room 26

Hello everyone. We have launched computer coding in our room. Students are working on learning how to code computer software. We are using this as part of our math and science instruction. It also teaches students how to solve problems, critically think, persevere during hard work and other important skills. We are going to be progressing through a variety of computer and hands-on methods. Your students are learning the basics about creating algorithms to solve problems and how to debug simple codes right now. Each student can access the training program at home by logging in with their Google account on www.code.org. I encourage you to have your student login and show you what they are working on. I also hope you will take a few minutes and watch this quick video that talks about what coding is, what it does for our world today and why it is important. As always, thank you for taking that time to connect with the work your students are accomplishing at school!

Midweek Update

I hope everyone is having a great week so far!

I have a few mid-week updates. First, I wanted to send a quick reminder that tomorrow morning is a late start for the students. I also wanted to remind you that Thursday is our 5th Grade field trip to Greenfield Village. If you haven’t already sent back the permission slip, they must be turned in tomorrow. I emailed my chaperons as well and if you can confirm that you are still able to chaperon, I would appreciate it.

Secondly, I suggest that everyone who thinks they may be able to come on a field trip, volunteer in the room or help out in the building, complete the required forms in the office for the required background check to completed and ready.

Lastly, I know we all want the students to succeed in all that they do. I am going to start posting some ideas on the blog about things that can be done at home to help your students improve in various subjects. The link I am sharing today is posted as an idea for something to do with your kids over summer break, but I think it is a great idea any time of the year. Family journals can be easily implemented and written in daily as an ongoing conversation between you and your student. You could even get the entire family involved and have everyone respond to different things. Just like anything we do, the more we write, the better we will get. Writing with you will also provide a wonderful way to get the students excited about writing at home. Please check out the following article and keep me updated if you try this at home!

Family Journals

Have a wonderful evening!

Mr. Hawkins