I hope everyone had a restful weekend. This is a busy week. Wednesday is a late start. Friday is picture day and our classroom bake sale. You can send in your picture day envelopes anytime and I will hold them until Friday.

This week:

Math: We are finishing the metric conversion module this week.

Writing: We still working on our opinion writing for Halloween. We will be finishing our drafts this week and starting the revising and editing process.

Social Studies- We are still working on regions. We are working on our flap books.

Science- We are working on how energy can move. We will be looking at waves.

Daily 5- We are focusing on using text features in informational text. We will use these to locate information for specific tasks, asking and answering questions and for skimming texts for a purpose.

Have a great week!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I personally am enjoying the change in weather. We have a pretty busy week ahead of us. Today we started a digital personal dictionary using the Frayer Model. We will be updating this in science, social studies, spelling and during reading groups.

This week:

Spelling: https://quizlet.com/_3vk7i7 -All spelling test scores can be found by logging into your student’s school email address and an email will be found there with their grade. It can also be found on the Parent Connect website.

Reading: Book groups and daily reading are continuing. As a group, we are focusing on creating mental images in our writing and while we read. We are also working on using text features in an informational text to answer/ask questions, locate specific information, and write summaries.

Writing- We are going to do a quick Halloween narrative this week and then we will start our first opinion piece of writing based on current events.

Social Studies- We are continuing on our study of the regions in the USA. We are creating these neat flap books which are bursting with information.

Science- We are focusing on understanding the transfer of energy. Thank you to everyone who completed the evaluation for the DTE energy activity. 4th graders across Metro Detroit complete the activity and I am grateful for the opportunity to get a grant for classroom supplies.

Math- We are finishing Module 1. The study guide will come home today and the test will be tomorrow. We will start module 2 tomorrow which is about the conversion of units, especially standard to metric units.

Have a great week.

I can’t believe how quickly September flew by! A Dojo message was sent this morning and a 1/2 sheet of paper will come home today regarding our class basket for Fall Fest. The October Nowlin Newsletter will also be coming home.

This week:

Math- We are working on adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers up to the millions with repeated borrowing or carrying.

Spelling- https://quizlet.com/_3u52ww

Writing- We are working on publishing our writing about being 100 years old.

Daily 5- Book clubs continue with each group having an individual strategy and as a class, we are working on main idea and creating mental images.

Social Studies- We are starting a regions flap book this week and will add the mid-west to our region studies.

Science- We are continuing our learning about energy. We have learned about stored energy and we will be moving onto studying how it is transferred from stored energy into kinetic energy.

Have a great week.

Tomorrow is the Nowlin Skating party. Tickets are being presold after school or they can be purchased at the door. Many students have been missing reading group and math homework. Please double check that they have completed it if possible. STEAM Club starts today in room 30 after school for the 4th and 5th graders. 3rd graders will start today in the art room. This Wednesday is also a late start.

This week:

Math-We are working on multistep application problems involving multi-digit subtraction.

Reading- Each reading group has their own strategy they are working on. During whole group instruction, we are focusing on locating the main idea and providing three supporting details in the form of a constructed response.

Writing- We are working on verb/subject agreements and expanding sentences using verbs and adjectives.

Science- We are continuing to look at energy and we will be moving into waves.

Social studies: We are continuing to work on the regions of the United States. Currently, we are locating specific land form types in different regions.

Have a greate week.

This week we have a half-day on Friday. Remember all permission slips for STEAM club are due by Wednesday.

This week:

Spelling- https://quizlet.com/_3rfznp

Math- We are taking our mid-module assessment on place value. We will be moving into patterns in multiplication and division with a focus on multiples of 10.

Writing- We started a narrative. Our focus with this narrative is using strong leads in our writing and using sequencing to enhance the plot.

Social Studies- We are working on the regions of the US. We are focusing on the Southwest region this week.

Science- We are learning about energy and forces. We are doing a science activity where the students will have to work on balancing uneven forces using a simple machine.

Reading- Book groups are up and running. Students will have homework assigned daily. They may finish it during our reading times but they still have 20 minutes of reading each night. Our focus as a class is on main idea with supporting details and picking good fit books.

Have a great week!

Good afternoon,

As we continue to encourage healthy habits, we are increasing our corner coverage to encourage students to walk or bike to and from school. We are also actively trying to hire adult corner captains for before and after school.

Here are the list of corners that are currently covered to ensure your child’s safety:

1)  Penn, Academy, and Madison – In front of Nowlin

2)  Notre Dame, Grindley and Madison   – North of Nowlin

4) Syracuse and Penn – West side of Nowlin

5) Grindley and  Penn – One block east of Nowlin

Additionally, we will begin offering incentives for students to bike or walk to school. The items include the following American Made items: bike helmets, insulated water bottles, bike repair kits, bike lights and other such items.

Thank you,

Dr. Tynan

I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. We are wrapping up NWEA and DRA testing this week. Our reading groups should be starting to meet by the end of the week. The Book Fair is here as you know from the fliers. We will be going through for a preview this afternoon. Thursday from 6:00-7:30 is the elementary Open House. Tonight at 6:00 is the first PTA meeting of the year. There sure are many things going on!

This week in class:

Math-We are working on rounding numbers up to one million. We will be using number lines for number placement as well.

Writing- We are continuing our work on our informational writing on bearded dragons. Those should be finished by the end of the week.

Spelling- https://quizlet.com/_56g6gy

Social Studies- We are working on using relative locations to describe places on the map. We will be starting to touch on the regions of the US towards the end of the week.

Science- Our unit on energy will continue. We will focus on what happens to energy in a variety of situations and we will run some tests to develop some rules for energy.

Daily 5- Our focus is on finding the main idea in a text and supplying supporting details to prove it. We are starting with doing this in narrative text but our goal is to move to finding it within informational text.

Have a great week!

I hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day weekend. This week we have begun NWEA testing. This year the students are not taking the NWEA science so we have reading, language, and math. STEAM Club permission slips will be coming home this in the next few days.

This week:

Spelling- Students need to complete each activity on at this link. Their words are at this link and in their planner. They will have a spelling test on Friday. https://quizlet.com/_3ojh72

Math- This week we are working on place value up to the millions place. We are multiplying and dividing by 10’s to move numbers up or down the place value scale.

Science- We are reviewing the scientific process and starting our first unit which is on the layers of the earth, erosion, and weathering.

Social Studies-We have already started learning about the location of the USA in relation to the other continents. We will be focusing on the regions of the USA and we will be creating a flapbook for the different regions. I will let you know when those are up in the hallway for your viewing.

Writing- We are working on an informational piece of writing that will be published on a pyramid. We are focusing our first piece on researching bearded dragons with our tablemates and then we will be creating the models for publishing.

Daily 5- We are working on good fit books, DRA assessments, what it looks like during a reading group. Twenty minutes of reading with 3- “check for understandings” is still homework each night until assessment is done. Watch for their bookbags to come home tonight. These will go home and come back to school daily with their books and reading logs.

Have a great week.

1 ream of white copy paper
5-single subject spiral notebooks-different colors if possible
4 packs of pencils pre-sharpened
1 pack of colored pencils
1 pack of crayons
1 set of earbuds to keep in your desk (no full headphones please)*Available at Dollar Tree
2 duo tang pocket folders
3 glue sticks
2 packs of dry erase markers
2 highlighters
1 pair of student scissors with the student’s name written on them.
2 packs of wide ruled loose leaf paper
4 packets of large Sticky notes
1 pencil box
2 boxes of tissues
2 packs of 3×5 notecards
1 ruler with centimeters and inches
Optional needed supplies for the classroom.
Lysol wipes
Gallon size Ziplock slider bags and Quart size Ziplock slider bags
Packs of bright or neon colored paper

“The Dearborn Public Schools provide all school supplies and learning materials required for all students in all programs.

Parents often request a list of school supplies for their child and although these supplies are NOT required, teachers and principals greatly appreciate the support these additional supplies provided to the classroom. Thank you.”

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I hope everyone had a great weekend. This week we are running MSTEP make-up tests for anyone who has not finished. The rest of us are having a regular week. Next week we will begin the NWEA test. We are taking science, language, math, and reading. We will be completing these over the course of two weeks. This week is our buy one get one free book fair. We will be previewing the sale today and then shopping will be open after school. We also have our last book fair of the year on Thursday from 6-7. The book fair will be open during book bingo as well so be sure to come up!

This week:

Spelling: https://quizlet.com/_4x6v9k

Math: We are continuing our work with fractions and will be finishing Module 5 by the end of the week.

Science: We are taking a journey on our systems of the body unit in 3D this week. We will be using 3D glasses to take a look at each system.

Social Studies: We are finishing the Shark Tank presentations this week and we will be moving into the history of our economy.

Writing: We are working on friendly letters and are completing a letter of advice to next year’s 4th graders.

Daily 5: We are working on key vocabulary while reading and using all parts of a book to determine unknown meaning.

Have a great week.