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Greetings, Friends & Families!

Poem of the week

Perhaps

All-day long the penguins play

in the cold Antarctic sea—-

diving

splashing

leaping

dashing

in slippery, flippery glee.

While other birds chase blue-sky dreams

the sea to penguins sings——

perhaps they aren’t birds at all

but fish with feet and wings.

——–Maxwell Higgins

What was happening?

This week, my explorers started their exploration of the letter J. For this purpose, they are ready to create their “mini J book”, therefore, they collected different images that start with the letter J and will glue them inside. They also finished their “I Can Write” packet about the letter of the week, the letter J. The explorers made a Jaguar out of construction papers that represented the letter J.

For their reading comprehension, the explorers were reading “The Homesick Penguin” book by “Ken Bowser”. We answered “wh” questions, such as, “What story did we read?” and, “who was the character in the story?”. We ended this week by reading “The Winter Wish” Book by “Gillian Shields and Rosie Reeve”. We have been also learning how to identify words and pictures when are presented by the staff.

This week, we started our core words with the word “GO”. Each one of the explorers has their own copy of the book “Go! Go! Go!”. They enjoyed reading the book with teacher and other staff, as well.

A big shout out and thank you to Aya G., Elena A., and Sara S. from Ms. Polster a fourth-grade teacher for joining our classroom on Thursday for “Reading Buddies” program. They did an awesome and amazing job reading a story with our students.

We had an excited Wednesday when we talked and learned about our senses in science class. We learned that we have five senses: hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling, and tasting. We used our science book “I Use My Senses” by “Amy Bihn” and illustrated by “April Black”.

This week’s math was all about fractions. We learned how to fill in a whole and a half. While in Art, the explorers made a cup filled with cocoa and marshmallow.

Enjoy this week’s story:

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Upcoming Events:

Monday January 17th No school

Friday January 21st 1/2 day for the students

Have a nice weekend everyone 🙂

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Greetings, Friends & Families!

Poem of the week

Beginning a New Year Means

taking off

clothes spattered with

chocolate milk

and mud

throwing away

scribbled pages

full of crossed-out words

and mistakes

watching

old snow

melting away

putting on

clean clothes

without spots or wrinkles

opening

white pages

with nothing written

on them yet

watching

fresh snow

falling

without tiremarks

or footprints

______ Ruth Whitman

What was happening?

This week, my explorers continued their learning and exploring the letter I. They made their “mini I book”, and collected different images that start with the letter I and glued them inside another mini-book. They also finish their “I Can Write” packet about the letter of the week, the letter I. The explorers made an island out of construction papers that represented the letter I.

For their reading comprehension, the explorers were reading “The Night Before New Year’s” book by “Natasha Wing”. We answered “wh” questions, such as, “What story did we read? and, “who was the character in the story?”. We ended this week by reading “The Snowy Day” by “Ezra Jack Keats”.

We also started this week exploring and practicing one of our CORE’s words, “GO”. For this purpose, we used the “Go! Go! Go!” book. Students will be taking their copies home starting next week so they can share and read their books with their families. Please, make sure to return the book to the school every day.

This week, we started a new unit in math, fractions. For the following weeks, we will dive deeper into this concept.

The explorers in room #107 had a great and fun time when they visited and participated in GYM, Music, and ART.

Some amazing news we have in our classroom is that we started a new program called “Reading Buddies” with fourth-graders. A big shout out and thank you to Aya, Leah, and Sarah from Ms. Polster a fourth-grade teacher for joining our classroom on Thursday. They did an awesome and amazing job reading a story with our students.

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Upcoming Events

• Monday January 17th No School
• Friday January 21st 1/2 day for students
• Monday January 24th 1/2 day for students

Have a nice weekend everyone 🙂

Greetings, Friends & Families

As we start a new week & a new year tomorrow, I would like to share a message from our school’s principal, Mrs. Tammy Fournier regarding staff, students & families’ health, and safety.

“Please help us keep our students healthy and in school by doing the following:

• If your child or anyone in your household has been exposed over the Holiday Break to Covid, please keep your child home from school and contact the school office for further guidance.
• If your child or anyone in your household has any symptoms of illness or has tested positive for covid, please keep your child home from school and contact the school office for further guidance.
• If your child or anyone in your household is unable to pass the Daily District Screener, please keep your child home from school and contact the school office for further guidance.
• If your child or anyone in your household has a covid test result that is pending-either rapid or PCR, please keep your child home from school and contact the school office for further guidance.

We need every individual to follow this advisory message in order for us to help mitigate the spread of Covid-19 within our school community.

Thank you,

Mrs. Fournier”

COVID-19 screening tool 

Staff and visitors, if you answer “yes” to any of these questions, you must stay home from school today. Parents and guardians, if your child would answer yes to any of these questions, they must be kept home from school. 

Question 1: Do you have any new, unusual, or worsening symptoms listed in Boxes A and B  below? 

Box A 

∙ Fever? (100.4°F or higher) 

∙ Cough? 

∙ Shortness of breath? 

∙ Difficulty breathing? 

∙ Loss of smell or taste? 

Do you have at least one of these symptoms? □ Yes □ No 

Box B 

∙ Vomiting or diarrhea? 

∙ Headache? 

∙ Sore throat? 

∙ Runny nose and/or congestion? 

∙ Body aches and/or tiredness? 

Do you have at least two of these symptoms? □ Yes □ No 

If you answered “yes” in either box above, then stay home and consult your primary care doctor. If a  doctor determines the symptoms are due to another diagnosis, or if COVID-19 is ruled out, you may return to school after at least 24 hours fever-free without the use of fever-reducing medicine and without vomiting. 

Question 2: In the last 10 days have you been identified as close contact with anyone who has had a positive COVID-19 diagnostic test? You may answer “No” if: 

∙ It has been more than two weeks since you received the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or  one dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine 

∙ Within the past five months, you had a positive PCR test for COVID unless the test was within the last 10  days. 

□ Yes □ No 

If you answer “yes”, then stay home to quarantine for at least 10 days from the last exposure to close contact. In some situations, you may be able to return sooner with regular COVID testing. See our current quarantine guidelines. If symptoms appear, you must stay home for at least 10 days after your symptoms start and until any cough, fever or other symptoms have improved. (See symptoms section above.)  

Question 3: Have you returned from international travel in the last 10 days? You may answer “” No” if you had a negative COVID test (PCR or rapid) after returning to the United States. 

□ Yes □ No 

If you answer “yes”, then stay home until you have a COVID test and the results are negative.

If you test positive for COVID, please report that information to your school office as soon as possible to assist with contact tracing. For questions, contact the Wayne County Health Department at (734) 727-7078, 

Disclaimer—This information is based on the latest information and is subject to change. (9/21/21) 

أداة اختبار كوفيد – ٩١  

الموظفون والزوار الكرام ، إذا أجبتم بـ “نعم” على أي من األسئلة التالية، فيجب عليكم البقاء في المنزل و  عدم الحضور إلى المدرسة اليوم. اآلباء واألوصياء ، إذا أجاب طفلكم بنعم على أي من هذه األسئلة ، فيجب  إبقائه في المنزل بعي ًدا عن المدرسة. 

السؤال األول: هل تعاني من أعراض جديدة أو غير عادية أو تدهور في األعراض المدرجة في الجدولين أ و ب أدناه؟  

الجدول ب 

∙ إقياء أو إسهال؟ 

∙ صداع ؟ 

∙ التهاب في الحلق؟ 

∙ سيالن في األنف أو احتقان؟ 

∙ آالم في الجسد و \ أو إرهاق؟ 

∙ هل تعاني من اثنتين على األقل من هذه األعراض ؟ □ نعم □ كال  

الجدول أ  

∙ ارتفاع في درجة الحرارة ؟ ) درجة الحرارة فهرنهايت ٤ ، ١۰۰ أو ما فوق( 

∙ سعال؟ 

∙ ضيق في النفس؟ 

∙ صعوبة في التنفس؟ 

∙ فقدان حاسة الشم أو التذوق ؟ 

□ نعم □ كال  

اذا أجبت ” بنعم ” على أحد األسئلة في أي من الجدولين ، ابقى طفلك في المنزل واستشر طبيب الطفل أو مقدم الرعاية الخاص به. اذا قرر الطبيب  أن أعراضه نتيجة تشخيص لمرض أخر، أو استبعد اإلصابة كوفيد -١١يسمح عندها لطفلك بدخول المدرسة بعد مرور ۲٤ ساعة على تعافيه من  األعراض دون استخدام األدوية الخافضة للحرارة أو إقياء. 

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السؤال الثاني: خالل العشرة أيام السابقة، هل كان الطفل على اتصال قريب من أي شخص تم تأكيد إصابته بكوفيد -٩١عبر  نتيجة فحص إيجابية ؟ يمكنك اإلجابة بـ “كال” في حال: 

∙ مضى أكثر من أسبوعين منذ أن تلقيت الجرعة الثانية من لقاح فايزر أو موديرنا أو جرعة واحدة من لقاح جونسون وجونسون. ∙ خالل األشهر الخمسة الماضية ، قمت باختبار PCR و كانت نتيجته إيجابية تؤكد اإلصابة بكوفيد ، ما لم يكن االختبار خالل األيام العشرة الماضية. □ نعم □ كال  

اذا كانت اإلجابة بنعم ، يجب أن يبقى طفلك في البيت للحجر الصحي مدة عشرة أيام على األقل بدءاً من تاريخ اختالطه بالشخص المصاب قد تتمكن  في بعض الحاالت من العودة سريعًا من خالل القيام باختبار كوفيد- المنتظم – الرجاء االطالع على دليل الحجر الصحي الخاصة بالقطاع التعليمي. في  حال ظهور األعراض يجب عليك البقاء في المنزل لمدة عشرة أيام على األقل بعد بدء األعراض وحتى تتعافى من أي سعال أو حمى أو أعراض أخرى. )انظر قسم األعراض أعاله( 

السؤال الثالث: هل عدت من رحلة دولية خالل العشرة أيام األخيرة؟ يمكنك اإلجابة بـ “كال“ إذا قمت باختبار كوفيد سريع أو  عادي و جاءت نتيجته سلبية بعد عودتك إلى الواليات المتحدة األميركية.  

□ نعم □ كال  

إذا كانت اإلجابة ” نعم“ يجب عليك البقاء في المنزل حتى يتم إجراء اختبار كوفيد وتأتي نتيجته سلبية. 

إذا جاءت نتيجة اختبار الكوفيد إيجابية ، فيرجى إبالغ مكتب مدرستك بهذه المعلومات في أقرب وقت ممكن للمساعدة في تتبع جهات االتصال. للسؤال و  االستفسار الرجاء االتصال بقسم الصحة العامة لمقاطعة وين على الرقم 7078-727)734( 

تصريح – ستند هذه المعلومات إلى أحدث المعلومات المتوفرة وهي عرضة للتغيير– ۲١ أيلول/ سبتمبر ۲۰۲١ 

 COVID-19 herramienta de visualización 

Empleados y visitantes, si contesta “si” a cualquiera de estas preguntas se debe  quedar en casa hoy y no ir a la escuela. Padres o guardianes, si su hijo(a) contesta  sí a cualquiera de estas preguntas, deben quedarse en casa y no ir a la escuela.  

Pregunta 1: Tiene algún síntoma nuevo, inusual, o que haya empeorado que este  mencionado en la lista de la Caja A y Caja B? mencionado en la lista de la Caja A y Caja B?  

Caja A 

Fiebre? (100.4°F o mas alta) 

Tos? 

¿Corto la respiración? 

¿Dificultad para respirar? 

Pérdida del olfato o del gusto? 

¿Tiene usted al menos uno de estos síntomas? □Si □No 

Caja B 

Vomitando o diarrea? 

Dolor de cabeza? 

Dolor de garganta? 

Secrecion nasal y/o congestion? Dolores de cuerpo y/o cansancio? 

¿Tiene usted al menos dos de estos sínto mas? 

□Si □No

Si contesto “si” a cualquiera de estas preguntas en cualquiera de las cajas de arriba, entonces quédese en su  casa y consulte a su doctor de cuidados primarios. Si su doctor determina que sus síntomas son debido a otro  diagnóstico, o si Covid-19 está descartado, entonces puede regresar a la escuela después de al menos 24 horas que  esté libre de fiebre, sin el uso de medicamentos para reducir la fiebre y sin estar vomitando. 

Pregunta 2: En los últimos 10 días ha sido usted identificado como alguien que haya tenido  contacto cercano con alguien quien ha tenido una prueba de diagnóstico que haya resultado  positivo con el Covid-19? Puede contestar “No” si acaso  

∙ Han pasado más de dos semanas desde que usted recibió la segunda dosis de vacunas de Pfizer o  Moderna o una dosis de la vacuna de Johnson y Johnson.  

∙ Dentro de 5 meses usted tuvo una prueba de PCR o COVID positivo, al menos que la prueba haya sido  en los 10 últimos días.  

□Si □No ∙ 

Si usted contestó “si”, entonces manténgase en su casa bajo cuarentena por al menos 10 días desde la última vez  expuesto a contacto cercano.En algunas situaciones puede regresar antes con la prueba regular del Covid. Vea  nuestras pautas actuales de cuarentena. Si aparecen síntomas, se debe quedar en casa por un mínimo de 10 días  después que sus síntomas comenzaron y hasta que cualquier tos, fiebre, u otros síntomas hayan mejorado. (Vea  (sección de síntomas arriba.) 

Pregunta 3: Ha usted regresado de viajes internacionales en los últimos 10 días? Usted  puede contestar “”No” si usted ha tenido una prueba de Covid-19 negativa (PCR o rápida) después  de haber regresado a los Estados Unidos.  

□Si □No 

Si contesta “si”, entonces quédese en su casa hasta que haya tenido una prueba COVID y los resultados sean  negativos. 

Si tiene un resultado positivo de Covid, por favor reporte esa información lo antes posible a la oficina de la  escuela para asistir con seguimiento de contactos. Para preguntas, contacte a Wayne County Health  Department al (734-727-7078). 

Descargo de responsabilidad: esta información se basa en la información más reciente y está sujeta a cambios. (9/21/21) 

Have a safe, healthy, & nice evening 🙂

Greetings, Friends & Families!

From the family of Room 107 at Howe school, we wish you very safe and beautiful Holidays and a New Year.

Poem of the week

A Secret

Do you know why the pine trees

Stand so straight and tall,

Spread their branches thick and fine,

And never stoop at all?

It really is a secret

Which the North Wind told to me:

Every pine tree hopes someday

to be a Christmas tree.

_____ Laura Alice Boyd

What was happening?

This week, the explorers were busy discovering all the magic about the letter of the week, the letter I. They worked very hard in tracing, coloring, matching, sounding out, and identifying the letter I.

To improve our reading comprehension, we used the book that has the title “There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow!” by “Lucille Colandro” to answer questions such as, “Who was the character in the story?”, “When did the story take place?”, “Where did the story take place?”, and “what was the story about?”.

Here is a picture of the book

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Here is a link to listen to the story with your child.

In Math, we counted numbers, completed patterns, and learned about greater than/less than.

The explorers in room #107 continued their lessons in science. We started a unit that focuses on “Animal & Plant Secrets”. This week’s lesson was about “How can you find animals in the wood?”.

The explorers had the chance this week to meet and take pictures with Santa.

We ended this week and this school year with a Sing-A-Long ceremony 🙂

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Upcoming Event

December 20-31st Winter Break

Happy Holidays, everyone. Be safe and enjoy your break 🙂

Have a nice day 🙂

Holiday Week Activities  2021

Monday, December 13th:

*White Out! Wear white and hope for snow!

Tuesday, December 14th:

*Hat/Holiday Headwear day!

Wednesday, December 15th:

*Color block Wednesday! Wear holiday colors!

Thursday, December 16th:

*Pajama Day

Friday, December 17th:

*Dress your best for the New Year and sing along!

*Parents are invited to an outdoor sing-along at 2:00 PM in the back parking lot. Make sure to bundle up!

Greetings, Friends & Families!

Poem of the week

In the Summer We Eat

In the Summer we eat,

In the Winter we don’t;

In the Summer we’ll play,

In the winter we won’t.

All winter we sleep, each curled in a ball

As soon as the snowflakes start to fall.

But in Spring we each come out of our den

And start to eat all over again.

——- Zhenya Gay

What was happening?

This week, the explorers were still busy discovering all the magic about the letter of the week, the letter H. They worked very hard in tracing, coloring, matching, sounding out, and identifying the letter H. Using construction papers, they made the letter H as a shape of a house. And “house” starts with the letter “H”.

To improve our reading comprehension, we used the book that has the title of “Sneezy the Snowman” by “Maureen Wright” to answer questions such as, “Who was the character in the story?”, “When did the story take place?”, “Where did the story take place?”, and “what was the story about?”.

In Math, we counted numbers, completed patterns, and learned about greater than/less than.

The explorers in room #107 continued their lessons in science. Last week, we started a unit that focuses on “Animal & Plant Secrets”. This week’s lesson was about “Where do animals live?”. The explorers chose their favorite animal, glued its picture, wrote the name of the animal and where does it make its home?

Our most incredible event for this week was a field trip to Lifetown. Everybody enjoyed this trip. The explorers had the chance to eat ice cream, ride a bike, buy a toy, meet pets, and even get a massage and nail polish. It was super fun 🙂

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Upcoming Events:

December 17th Last day of school

December 20th Holidays break begins

January 2nd Last day of the break

Have a nice & safe weekend 🙂