Please make sure you visit your favorite restaurant during our mid-winter break!  It’s important that you bring a copy of the menu to school on Monday.  We will begin a new writing project using this menu.

Bon appetit!

Please bring in 1-2 LARGE brown paper grocery bags tomorrow for Valentine’s Day!!

Dear Families,

Our February PBIS celebration is almost here and the kids are so excited to make a competition out of this month’s activity with a CASTLE CUP CHALLENGE! Each grade level will be divided up into small groups and will have the opportunity to work with their classmates to design and create the best structure they can imagine.

In order to make this celebration possible, we are asking for donations of   16 ounce plastic cups (typical red Solo cups). The more cups we have, the more the kids will get to use in their creation.

If you are able to donate, please send the cups in with your student no later than Monday, February 26th.

Thank you so much for your continued support – it truly is appreciated!

The PBIS Committee

We will be having a Valentine’s Day Celebration this year on Wednesday, February 14 from 2:40-3:25 in Room 32.  All parents are welcome to attend.  If you would like to make any donations, please use the sign-up genius link below.  Please do not send in extra treats for our class (cupcakes, ice cream, extra cookies, etc.).  It can get a little bit overwhelming!  Please just use the sign up link to guide you.

We have 25 students in our class.  If your child would like to bring in valentines he/she may do so.  The valentines should be addressed (I will send home the class list) and there must be a valentine for each student in our class because that’s what politeness requires.  If your child does not want to bring in valentines, that is fine also.  Each child will be making a valentine mailbox in class, using a large brown grocery bag.  If you have any questions, please let me know!

Sign Up for Valentine’s Day Donations!

Due to the amazing generosity of our community, our class will be getting a new rug for our meeting area!  I am so grateful for the support that has been offered by Haigh families, friends, and the surrounding community!  There are a few nuts and bolts that will need to be completed on my end to finish the ordering process through Donor’s Choose.  As soon as it arrives, photos will be posted to celebrate this new addition to our classroom!  Thank you again for your generous spirit and for supporting our third graders!

Mrs. Joachim

We are almost to our goal!

I received an important email this morning!  For today only (January 25) Donor’s Choose will double any donation made to this project!  If we are able to raise $142 today, our project will be fully funded and our class will get a beautiful rug.  This rug has colored shapes that are arranged in rows that will allow us to form groups quickly and will make sure that everyone feels like they are a part of the learning community when we gather together.  Please use the link below if you would like to make a donation.

https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=2952311#

Haigh Families,

On Monday, January 29th, we will be hosting our third annual HAIGH CARNIVAL for our January PBIS celebration. Students who have maintained positive behavior will have the opportunity to attend the carnival and play some awesome games and even win some prizes!

However, the event can only be a success with your help. We are in need of volunteers to help run stations at the carnival. If you are able to volunteer your time, it would also be appreciated. The time slots are as follows:

A.M. session – 8:35-11:15                          P.M. session – 12:50-3:25

We need 7 A.M. volunteers and 7 P.M. volunteers. If you are able to volunteer, please e-mail

Ms. Otto at ottoc@dearbornschools.org to sign-up 🙂

Thank you for all of your help and continued support!

The PBIS team

I have registered our classroom on DonorsChoose.org, an amazing website where individuals can contribute to public schools.

The project I’ve created on Donor’s Choose is called “Learning Together: Gather on the Rug”. Several times throughout the day, we meet together on the tile floor in front of the interactive whiteboard for lessons.  This allows us to come together as a group in a space where everyone sits close to the action, everyone participates 100%, and everyone feels like they are part of the lesson. A rug will provide a more comfortable space for the students and also give them some boundaries so that everyone is a part of the group.

Please spread the word about our classroom page (and contribute if you can)!  Click on the link below to find out information about this project.

https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=2952311#

Thank you!

Mrs. Joachim

Dear Third Grade Parents,

Dearborn is adopting a new math program next year and third grade is piloting it for the next few months.  We just started it and the students all received a workbook.  In the new workbook, there are lessons AND homework practice pages.  Students will be assigned homework on a daily basis.

Students need to be responsible for taking the book home each night and returning it in the morning.  This is a new routine from the homework packs.  The routine of reading logs and spelling will continue as usual (although this week we are not doing spelling since it’s a short week and we’re beginning NWEA testing).  If you have any questions, please let me know!

I am remiss in getting some photos up on this blog!  These are photos of the students working on their Michigan Map Projects together.  This was a terrific project in which students worked together to discover what resources we have in Michigan and where they can be found.  The maps ranged from human characteristics (roads, lighthouses, cities, bridges, airports) to natural resources (copper, forests, fresh water, etc.).  Just click on the thumbnails to enlarge the photos!