Author: Jennifer Patterson

Parent teacher conferences are tomorrow for some families.  If you have a parent teach conference scheduled please make sure you are on time because we have many families scheduled on the same evening.  Thank you

Homework tonight:

1. Practice flash cards OR math-a-thon practice on I-LEARN.
2. Read for 20 minutes
3. Complete weekly spelling activity

Fun family activity you could enjoy: As the first day of spring, Dairy Queen is giving out free ice cream cones today 🙂

Today we started new units in reading, math, and science.

In reading we are reading informational stories and working on answering questions relating to the story.

In math, 1st graders are working on shape attributes, and 2nd graders are working on fractions.

In science, we are learning about plants and animals.

Homework for tonight:

1. Complete a weekly spelling activity.
2. Read for 20 minutes
3. Enjoy the sunshine and the last day of winter 🙂

 

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes each day
2. Complete a weekly spelling activity
3. Practice your math facts

Spelling words for next week:

Don’t forget to bring your reading log to school for march is reading month. They are due today.

Tomorrow’s spirit week theme is to wear a jersey or the color Green 😀

Homework tonight:

1. Study for your spelling test tomorrow

2. Complete your social studies homework assignment

3. Read for 20 minutes

https://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/ 

Today is crazy hair day. Come to school with crazy hair if you would like 😀

Don’t forget to bring your spelling activities to school (they’re due every Thursday) and look over your math study guide again this morning over breakfast. We will take our math test in the morning.

Today we had a great day wearing our pajamas.  Tomorrow the theme is: Dress up as your favorite book character.  I will be wearing a costume.  Will you? 🙂

*Tomorrow is late start.  School starts at 9:30

Homework tonight:

1. Practice your math study guide.  The math test is on Thursday
2. Do 2 weekly spelling activities.  4 activities are due on Thursday
3. Read for 20 minutes

Hello everyone:

Below are the concepts we are learning about this week and tonight’s homework.  Special reminder* Tomorrow is Pajama Day so wear your pajamas 🙂

The Dearborn Public School Teacher of the Year Nominations ends this Thursday.  If your child has a teacher they would like to nominate they can do so at the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DWpEQWTFrJg_Uoq2Fou-FjSbhN89Wu4V4Dsy3pk8zWc/ They can nominate any teacher they have (music, science enrichment, media, P.E, art, or a classroom teacher).  You may also pick up a form in the office.

This week in Mrs. Patterson’s class:

Reading/Daily 5 Cafe:  We are working on adjectives and poetry this week.

Writing: We are wrapping up our “Sleeping Beauty” Narratives and our informational penguin stories.

Science:

• 1st graders: We are finishing our unit on moon phases and the sun, stars, and moon.  Please make sure students practice their science packet and their moon phases for the test TOMORROW.
• 2nd graders: We are finishing up our unit on landforms and Earth changes.  Please make sure your child practices their study guide they brought home on Friday.  The test is TOMORROW.

Social Studies:

• 1st graders: We are beginning our unit on places.  We will be learning about maps, aerial perspective, physical characteristics, and human characteristics.
• 2nd graders: We are beginning our unit on how people work together in a community.  We will be learning about economic wants, goods and services, scarcity, natural resources, human resources, and capital resources.

Math:

• 1st graders: We are finishing up our unit on adding to find a sum, finding the missing addend, story problems, and breaking apart two numbers to “make a ten”.  Our study guide came home last week.  Make sure you’re practicing.  The test is on Thursday.
• 2nd graders: We are finishing up our unit on arrays, story problems, adding 4 addends at a time, and graphs.  Our study guide came home last week.  Make sure you’re practicing.  The test is on Thursday.

Tonight’s homework: