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Youssef is our Star of the Week. – he will bring his poster, sharing, his favorite book, and a letter from his parents telling us what makes him so special to them.

We will be welcoming back Alirida this week.

iReady Testing -most students have finished this iReady testing. This means the iReady practice program is now available again to start practicing at least 15 minutes each day.

Spelling Bee – We will be conducting our Howe School Spelling Bee on 1/24 in the PM and finish on 1/25 if necessary. The winner will go to the district spelling bee in March. Make sure your student studies their spelling words. Here is a link to the 3rd grade list.

Cold Weather Clothing – Student will go outside if Real feel temperatures are higher than 20 degrees. If students want to play in the snow they need snow pants, boots, mittens or gloves. Please make sure that students bring an extra pair of shoes so they are not tracking snow in to the classroom.

Academics –

Math – Homework this week

Monday Lesson 6 must do all and study guide.

Tuesday – M3 Topic A quiz

Wednesday – Lesson 7 must do all

Thursday – Lesson 8 must do all

Friday – Lesson 9 must do all

ELA – We are starting a new unit called Unit 5 Advancements in Technology. Unit 5 Week 1 – Spelling – Vowel Consonant E Syllables, Grammar – Coordinating Conjunctions Spelling practice

Science – We are learning about traits that are inherited and genes and “The Code”

I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend and is staying warm!

Remember tomorrow is Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday 1/15 – No School

Manessa will continue to be Star of the Week – she will bring sharing, her favorite book, and a letter from her parents telling us what makes her so special to them. Her mom sent a fun video of Manessa to share. Next week, Youssef will be Star of the Week.

iReady Testing will begin on Tuesday when we return. Please make sure that your child is well rested and eats a good breakfast with protein not sugar. We will be testing on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be doing make ups for anyone who is absent or didn’t finish the rest of the week.

Mrs Bazzy – who is our IC (Instructional Coach), will be working in our classroom this marking period to give us assistance in ELA. I will be out a couple of days to take my mom to different doctors. Mrs. Bazzy and Mrs. Salmassi will be teaching the class.

Spelling Bee – We will be conducting our Howe School Spelling Bee on 1/24 in the PM and finish on 1/25 if necessary. The winner will go to the district spelling bee in March. Make sure your student studies their spelling words. Here is a link to the 3rd grade list.

Cold Weather Clothing – Student will go outside if Real feel temperatures are higher than 20 degrees. If students want to play in the snow they need snow pants, boots, mittens or gloves. Please make sure that students bring an extra pair of shoes so they are not tracking snow in to the classroom.

Academics –

Math – do to the iReady testing we will not be doing math on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thursday – Lesson 6 must do all and study guide. We will begin the study guide at school, they will finish it at home, I have posted the answers on my blog. Please don’t just show them the answers. Explain them please. RETURN the STUDY GUIDE on Friday. We will review the study guide before taking the quiz.

Friday – M3 Topic A quiz

ELA – We are starting a new unit called Unit 5 Advancements in Technology. Unit 5 Week 1 – Spelling – Vowel Consonant E Syllables, Grammar – Coordinating Conjunctions Spelling practice

Science – We are learning about traits that are inherited and genes and “The Code”

Howe PTA Blog January Howe Happenings howeschoolpta Jan 11 January Events :Popcorn Friday – January 12th (send students to school with $1) Howe PTA meeting – January 18th 6PM on ZOOM No School – January 15th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parent Partnership Meeting – January 29th 3:00-4:00 PTA Meeting AgendaThis month we will be discussing High Tech – High Touch and Literacy Month. Have something to contribute? We’d love to see you on the call! Volunteer Opportunities We need people to sign up for the PTA Bulletin Board (Dates still needed: March, April and May) and Popcorn Fridays (Dates still needed: Feb, March, April and May). Click the links below to access the Signup Genius. PTA Bulletin BoardPopcorn Friday BoxTops Mailbox – we are looking for a mildly handy individual to help repurpose the BoxTop Mailbox into a school-wide mailbox for all the students. Can you (or someone you know) lend us a hand? Email the PTA at howe.schoolpta@yahoo.comMontessori MomentTerm to ponder – practical life skillsPractical life activities are applicable for all ages. They include self-care and care of the environment. They range from brushing their hair and making toast to something as complicated as making dessert, doing yard work or even developing a resume and making a business plan in the elementary or middle school years. Practicing these skills at home will foster confident, self-sufficient adults ready to tackle life’s bigger challenges.From Maria Montessori herself…“Repetition is the secret to perfection, and this is why the exercises are connected with the common activities of daily life. If a child does not set a table for a group of people who are really going to eat, if he does not have real brushes for cleaning, and real carpets to sweep whenever they are used, if he does not himself have to wash and dry dishes and glasses he will never attain any real ability. And if he does not live a social life based on proper education. He will never attain that graceful naturalness which is so attractive in our children. ” Th

I hope everyone had a wonderful, restful holiday break! Mine was a little stressful, because my mom fell on December 23rd and had to be in the hospital over Christmas. She is home recovering from her concussion and I have been helping her and my dad out as she recovers.

Manessa is Star of the Week

1/2 Day Monday – We are returning on Monday, January 8th and this will be a half day, pick up at 12:05.

Monday is also Maize and Blue day, so wear your University of Michigan colors! Tuesday will be an early release as usual, pick up at 2:25.

Report cards – We are also starting a new marking period on Monday. You should be receiving report cards in the next week or so.

iReady testing will be begin when we return from break. I will let you know what the exact dates when I have more information.

Character Trait of the Month for January is Optimism

Howe School Spelling Bee – The Howe School Spelling bee will be coming up soon. The spelling word list will be sent home this week to practice. Here is a link to the 3rd grade list.

Academics –

Math – We are starting a new unit in math called Module 3 – Multiplication and Division with Units of 0, 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

Monday M3 Lesson 1 – Must do Apply all

Tuesday M3 Lesson 2 Must do Learn 1-11  Apply 1-6

Wednesday M3 Lesson 3 Must do Learn odd  Apply 1-6

Thursday M3 Lesson 4 Must do Learn 1-8  Apply 1-5

Friday M3 Lesson 4 Must do Learn 1-6  Apply 1-4

ELA – We are continuing with our Unit 4 Week 3 of our Benchmark unit. We will be working on Unit 4 Week 3– Spelling – Vowel Teams, Grammar Comparative and Superlative Adjectives, Punctuate dialog. Here is the spelling practice.

Science – We are starting Chapter 2 of our Inheritance and Traits Unit

Homework – Students should be doing iReady every night, reading, math fact practice and their math homework.

Don’t forget tomorrow is PJ day and the Holidays sing a long at 9:30 in the gym. Parents are welcome to join!Also tomorrow we will be having a zoom call to meet my daughter’s class in Florida and playing a Holiday Blooket game together. If you would like your child to opt out, please send me a message to let me know

Marking Period ends on Friday – All missing work due by Thursday! All papers that were turned in have been put in the computer. You can check Parent Connect to see any missing assignments. We will clean out desks on Monday to look for any missing work.

Music make up test- Anyone who missed music on Friday will have a make-up test on Monday morning.

Academics – We will be concentrating on completing our science and math tests, ELA and missing work this week. We will be doing some holiday themed academics also.

Homework this week is make sure all missing work is complete – Please check your Parent Connect, click forget PIN or password if you forgot. Please continue to do iReady EVERY day for 15-20 minutes at least. We will be taking the iReady test again in January when we return from break. And don’t forget to READ, READ, READ!! This is the BEST way to become a better reader!

Math –

Monday – complete Module 2 math test. If you have not been in school please make sure you have completed and understand everything on the study guide. Please review with parents at home, we will start the test right away. The students that need to complete they math test are: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 14, 16. Here are the study guide ANSWERS. When reviewing with your child don’t just show them the answers, please make sure they UNDERSTAND the answers.

ELA – This week Benchmark is Unit 4 Week 2 – Spelling – Consonant -le, and Grammar Comparative and Superlative Nouns. U4W2 spelling practice sheets.

Science – We will be completing chapter 1 about Animal Traits and taking the chapter 1 test. Here is the chapter 1 study guide. We will take the test when we are done with the chapter and have reviewed. I will pass out the study guide on Monday.

Authors Party and Gingerbread Houses – We had a great time celebrating being published authors and making Gingerbread houses on Friday! We had some extra supplies so I thought we would decorate cookies on Thursday. Are there any volunteer to donate plain cookies to decorate? Please send in board games on Monday and we will use them throughout the week for some holiday fun.

Spirit Days

Holiday Week Activities  2023

Monday, December 18

Holiday Sweater/ Holiday Color Day – Bring Board games

Wear your holiday shirts or Colors 

(Green, Red, White)

Tuesday, December 19 – Early release

Tinsel Toes Tuesday 

Wear your crazy/holiday socks and holiday bling

Wednesday, December 20

Winter Wonderland Wednesday-

Wear white and wish for snow

PTA OREO Day

Thursday December 21st

Think Aloud Thursday – Holiday party –

Decorate cookies, bring snack to share

Wear Your Holiday Headwear

(Santa caps, antlers, crazy hair day)

Friday, December 22nd

Holiday Sing-A-Long and 

Holiday Pajama Day- Holiday movie –

PJ, stuffed friend, flashlight for flashlight reading, Rated G holiday movie

Star of the Week – Lilia

Important – Date/Time/Location change – We are now doing the Book Reveal on the same day as the Gingerbread houses. This Friday, December 15th at 1 PM. We will now be meeting in the STEM cafeteria. Parents welcome to join!

Gingerbread house supplies – We are still in need of a few Gingerbread house supplies. Please send everything in by Monday, December 11. This will allow me time to organize everything and make sure that we have enough of everything. There are a few things that didn’t get signed up for. Please sign up here.

Academics –

Math

Monday – Lesson 23 all – we will do the Unit 2 Study Guide in class

Tuesday – Lesson 24 if we finished the study guide

Wednesday Lesson 25

Thursday – Review Study guide

Friday – Unit 2 Test

ELA – Unit 4 Week 1 – Spelling – Open Syllables, Grammar – Comparatives and Superlatives U4 W1 Spelling Practice

Science – Animals Traits

Howe PTA BlogCandy Cane Grams Coming Soon! Candy Cane Grams are being sent home in students’ folder December 11th. Candy Cane Grams are hand decorated cards taped with a candy cane and delivered to the classrooms before break. This is a fun way for students to pass special notes to their friends for the holidays. Buy 1 or buy 1 for the whole class! The choice is yours. Talk with your child to decide how many cards they’d like to decorate this year. Fill out the form and turn it back in with money and your child will receive grams to be decorated at home. (The sooner they turn in the forms, the sooner they receive the grams to be decorated!)Decorated grams need to be returned by Dec 18th.

SPIRIT Week – During the week of 12/18-12/23 we will be having a Spirit week of holiday fun themes:

Holiday Week Activities  2023

Monday, December 18 – Holiday Sweater/ Holiday Color Day-Wear your holiday shirts or Colors  (Green, Red, White)

Tuesday, December 19 -*Tinsel Toes Tuesday- Wear your crazy/holiday socks and holiday bling

Wednesday, December 20 – *Winter Wonderland Wednesday-Wear white and wish for snow

Thursday December 21st – Think Aloud Thursday -Wear Your Holiday Headwear -(Santa caps, antlers, crazy hair day)

Friday, December 22nd – Holiday Sing-A-Long and Holiday Pajama Party

Tristian will continue to be Star of the Week. Lilia will be Star of the Week starting on 12/11.

Gingerbread house making party! December 15th 2-3 PM. Volunteers needed for set up and clean up. Please sign up to bring supplies with the SignUpGenius. Parents and siblings (younger siblings not in school) welcome. Please let me know if the younger siblings are attending and will be making a Gingerbread house, so that I can have enough supplies ready.

Book reveal and Sing a long – Friday 12/22 – 9 AM – Sing a long in gym. Book reveal after sing a long in the Gym – Parents welcome. Come see the book and congratulate our published authors.

Academics

Math

Monday – Revisit Topic C test

Tuesday – Lesson 20

Wednesday Lesson 21

Thursday Lesson 22

Friday Lesson 23

ELA – We are on Unit 3 Week 3 – Unit 3 Week 3 – Spelling – Closed Syllables,  Grammar – Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement U3W3 Spelling practice. We will begin a Snowman Writing unit.

Science – We will continue to learn about animal traits.

Reminder! Friday, December 1 is picture retake day. Lifetouch will be here in the morning to take the pictures of anyone who was missed on the first picture day and to retake any students who would like them retaken. Please return your picture packets if you would like them retaken.

Tomorrow will also be a popcorn Friday. A $1 donation to the PTA will get the students a bag of popcorn to enjoy. Thank you for supporting our PTA!

Picture Retakes on Friday – if you want to have pictures retaken please send back the unwanted photos with directions on how to change them. If you were absent please return your form so that I can send it with your student.

Popcorn Friday – will be this Friday, help support the PTA and get popcorn for your student for just $1.

Cold Weather Clothing – it is getting cold very fast please remember to have your child dress for the weather. Help them find the temperature the night before or before school. Here are the guidelines for dressing, I have linked the document in case you want to print it and hang it at home for your child to refer to:

Howe Winter Guidelines: 

Outdoor Weather

Students go outside for recess two or three times a day, even during the winter months. We use the following guidelines to determine when it is safe for students to be outside. To make this determination, we use the “feels like” temperature (wind chill) as reported by the National Weather Service. Please make sure your child is prepared with the necessary outerwear.

TEMPERATURE GUIDELINES (Feels like Temperature/Wind Chill) :

• Below 20 degrees – we do not go outside
• 20 degrees or higher- we go outside

Clothing

During the months of December through March, students should bring boots every day as there are many areas on the playground that can get quite snowy and/or muddy. Labeling items with your child’s first and last name can help us to return any lost items. We expect that students will wear the following winter gear when heading outside for recess.

CLOTHING GUIDELINES:

• 50-60 degrees: Long sleeves/sweaters
• 40-50 degrees: Jacket/coat
• 30-40 degrees: Winter jacket, hat and mittens/gloves and covered legs (i.e tights, jeans, pants)
• Below 30 and if snowy: Full set of snow gear to play in the snow (winter jacket, snow pants, hat, mittens, and boots)
• December – March: Bring boots and shoes daily 

Students who do not wear snow pants and boots will not be able to play in the snow.

Students who do not bring boots will still go outdoors, but are expected to stay on the blacktop.