We will be having our Fall Party tomorrow morning. Volunteers are still needed to help out with games. Donations of candy has also been requested. Remember children are not wearing costumes.
2nd and 3rd Social Studies Test Tomorrow
Mrs. Polster said all the information is on her blog for both tests. Here is the link to her blog:
Social Studies test
Both 2nd and 3rd grade students will have a social studies test tomorrow. This is the 3rd grade review. I will post the 2nd grade review later.
Missing Assignments
Our 1st Marking Period will be ending in about 2 weeks. Quite a few students have missing assignments. Please check your Parent Connect to see is your student is missing assignments or the missing assignment report is below. Many of the assignments papers can be found on the blog. If there is something you can’t find please email me and I can let you know how to find it or send it directly to you.
Class News
Google Classroom –
To help students and parents keep track of when assignments are due, I have decided to start using Google classroom. I have posted some of the assignments that are due this week and all of the students have logged on. I have added the login information to the Links section of my blog. Students can log in check which work needs to be completed and mark it complete when they turn it in. Parents can check what a student needs to complete by logging in as the student (remember the student will be the one checking it completed). To know if it has been turned in and recorded please check Parent Connect.
Loosing points on assignments – students will loose points on their assignments if they are incomplete, have wrong answers, or if there are missing parts like the name, parent signature or reading totals. I am always willing to return the points if the student makes the necessary corrections and turn it in again. They need to learn to do their work carefully so they include everything and don’t loose any points.
Keeping assignments: I suggest you keep your students work for about 1 week after it was due before recycling it. I will do a missing assignment report on Fridays. If they have no missing work that that point it is safe to recycle it. Please check Parent Connect on Fridays for missing work to be completed by the following Monday.
How do I tell if the assignment was recorded? – If there is a check in the upper right hand corner of the paper that means that I have recorded it. If you do not see the check that means I have not seen the assignment and it needs to be turned in.
Lego Club is now full. If you were hoping to have your child be in Lego club they may be able to take more students if they have more parent volunteers. Please let the office know if you would be willing to volunteer.
Parent Volunteers needed for Fall Party 10/30 – 8:30 am to 11:30 am
Trunk or Treat Party 10/30 6 PM-7PM – Cars are needed to decorate and volunteers are needed.
A Peek at the Week
3rd Grade Math –
Unit 1 tests when home on Friday. Please review the test with your student. We are started Unit 2 on today 10/19. Please have your student practice using the Front Row Program about 15 minutes each night. Here is the student and parent login information for Front row: We are working on the black and blue rectangles once they log in.
Front Row –
Link: https://student.frontrowed.com/#login
Link: Front Row Parent Passwords and Directions
User name: First Name, Last Name
Class code: vi35ks
Unit 2 covers the following standards:
3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.
3.OA.9 Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.
3.NBT.2 Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
PTA Update
– Meeting this Tuesday evening, October 20th, at 6 in the cafeteria. Attend and share your thoughts!
- It’s Box Tops submission time! Turn in your Box Tops before October, 26 and help support our school. Please, write your child’s full name on the bag or envelop to enter our Box Tops contest. Winner will receive a $10 gift from Yogurtopia.
- Fall Party will be getting assistance from our PTA
Fall Party –
Dear Families,
On Friday, October 30, Mr. Borg with the help of the PTA, will be hosting a morning Fall Party in the gym. Due to the school’s lack of changing facilities, we prefer students not to bring/wear costumes to school. Instead, students may wear his/her favorite fall outfit. Examples include, black and orange, skull shirts, etc. No masks, make-up, or weapons. Thank you, Howe Staff
Bright Smiles Dental will come tomorrow 10/20.
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ
Chaperone Paperwork – They have extended the deadline for our trip. Tomorrow 10/13 is the last day for parents who would like to attend our field trip to get in the paperwork to the office. You must complete the paperwork on our blog and return it to Rose (the secretary) in the office by tomorrow. You must show your driver’s license.
Here is the link to the paperwork:
A Peek at the Week
Star of the Week – Maya
Field trip – Our field trip to the Green Living Science Recycling Center is this Wednesday, 10/14/15 –
Our bus is scheduled to arrive between 9:15 and 9:30. Chaperons please check in with the office and get a visitors pass then check in with your teacher so that she knows that you have arrived. Then please wait in the cafeteria. There is a Tornado Drill scheduled for 9:15 AM. My hope is the bus will arrive early and we can leave before the drill. If not we will need to wait until it is over to leave. Remember if you do not have your ICHAT form in the office you will not be allowed to attend this trip.
Please be aware of the following details:
- Plan for 3 hours.
- The address is 1331 Holden Street, Detroit 48202.
- Dress for the weather! The majority of the field trip is outside so wear appropriate shoes and clothing.
- Rain Policy: We will hold field trips during slight rains but will adapt field trips if storming or heavy rain. If extreme weather conditions we will cancel the field trip for the safety of the children.
- Bring a sack lunch!
- Wear your Howe School tshirt or another red shirt.
- Porta potty restrooms are available for use while visiting our facility. (So you might want to use the restroom before we leave the school.)
Keebler Cash -The students have been starting to track their Keebler Cash. Each week they will be paid for completing all of their work in “Keebler Cash”. They will get $25 for each week. They will loose $5 for each missing assignment. They will earn $5 for 100% on a spelling test or getting a gem for good behavior. At the end of the marking period we will have a party to celebrate all our good work. The students can all bring in old or unwanted toys from home. They can sell them to each other for their “Keebler cash they earned.
Missing assignments – all previous missing assignments are due by Friday 10/16/15. If they are not turned in by Friday they will get a 0. From now on all missing assignment from the previous week are due by the following Monday or they will get a 0. The zero assignment scores will be lowering the report card grades. Please help your child keep up with missing assignments by watching your Parent Connect.
Book Bags should start this week – Mrs. Auon will be our book bag mom. She will be coming in on Tuesdays to switch out the book bags for new books. Please use these books to help complete the reading logs. Reading logs will be due on Mondays with the book bags.
3rd Grade Math test- will be on Thursday, October 15, 2015. A study guide went home last Thursday. Below is a copy of the study guide in case your student didn’t show it to you. Completed study guides are due on Monday, 10/12/15. Unit 1 covers the following standards:
3.MD.1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.
3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.
Parent Connect PINs– I now have a list of all the Parent Connect PINs. If you need your PIN again please email me and I will email it to you. You will then go to Parent Connect from the link on my blog or the district website, put in your PIN and click forgot password. It will email you a new password. Please check Parent Connect once a week to make sure your student has completed all of their work.
Informational Session Tomorrow 10/8 3-3:30 pm
Our Instructional Coach, Arrwa Mogalli will host an informational session on the Daily 5 and CAFE for parents this Thursday, October 8 from 3:00-3:30 in the media center. As part of the session, Ms. Mogalli will provide a general overview of Daily 5 and the CAFE menu and provide parents with general information about ways they can support literacy instruction in the home. All parents are invited, however we prefer that young siblings do not attend as childcare will not be available. We hope to see you here!
This week
Late start tomorrow 10/7 arrive 1 hour later at 9:35.
Yogurt town fundraiser tomorrow 10/7 . See flyer going home tomorrow.
Reading log went home today. Due on Monday 10/12
3rd grade math homework – Work on Measurement and Data section of Front Row. All students should be up to lesson 20. We will be having a test next week on Unit 1 lesson 18 and 20. Students who finish their homework will get a sticker!
All chaperones for the trip must have completed their chaperone papers. They can be found on the blog under parent information.
Star of the Week – Please make sure you check the Star of the Week schedule, so you know when your child is star of the week and what you need to do.
Parent Teacher conferences – if you have not signed up for a conference please contact me right away, I will assign you a time if I don’t hear from you.