Thanks to the PTA for arranging a wonderful teacher appreciation week

• Monday: Breakfast Bagels & Donuts
• Tuesday: Students to bring in a Flower to their teacher
• Wednesday: Kanafa CheeseDomes & lemonade
• Thursday: Lunch Provided
• Friday: Students to write a note or tell teacher how they appreciate them

Star of the Week – Amir Y. will be Star of the Week this week.

Library books NOW DUE THURSDAY – many students have been forgetting to bring their books on Fridays, therefore we will begin having them due on Thursdays, then if they forget they have one more day to remember to get them in.

Science projects- We are less than 2 weeks away from the Science Fair. The experiment pages were due on Friday, several students didn’t have their science experiment pages in their science packets complete. Please make sure they are working on completing the experiment this weekend and can show it to me Monday. Please take lots of pictures. Everyone needs to complete a tri-fold board explaining their experiment. It should include all the parts from the packet. Please refer to the rubric at the end of the packet to make sure you understand the expectations to get a good grade. The data analysis will be due on Friday and the science fair is May 19th.

NWEA will begin the week of May 14th – Please continue to practice with IXL to master as may skills as possible before the test. Please practice a minimum 15 minutes each for language and math each day.

Academics

ELA – We will continue with the pamphlet for Benchmark Unit 9 Week 2. Our spelling words are prefixes un- and dis- words. They can be found on the pamphlet.

Math – We will continue Unit 6 Collecting and Displaying Data – We should complete lessons 5-10, skipping lesson 9. We are taking the Topic A quiz on Monday.

Science – Work on your science project. Data analysis due Friday.

Social Studies – We will continue our unit on economics.

Dates to remember:

5/5 Experiment was due – please complete by Monday 5/8 if not completed.

5/12 Data Analysis due

5/17 Late Start

5/18 Spring Concert 1:30 – Parents welcome

5/19 Science Fair – 3:30 – Parents welcome

5/22 Montessori Night 4:15-5:00- Parents welcome

5/26-5/29 – No School

MSTEP Math begins on Monday. Please make sure your student is well rested. Make sure they eat a good protein breakfast (not sugar). Make sure they practice their math trouble spots on IXL or do the suggested areas on their yellow sticky note in their folder. We will continue testing Tuesday if not finished with the math.

Academics –

ELA – We will try to begin with our new magazine called: Unit 9 Spending Time and Money. We will complete our new U9W1 Spelling and Grammar Pamphlet. Our grammar focus this week is conjunctions. Our spelling words all have suffixes -less, -ful, and -able, see the spelling and grammar pamphlet for the words.

Unit 5 Math test – will be Monday also. They all got a review sheet. Please review the answers with the study guide answer in the blog post from the other day.

Science/Social Studies – we have finished up our Weather and Climate, and the end of unit assessment score have been posted on Parent Connect. We will begin a new unit on Economics. Students should continue to research their Science Fair Question and be working on their experiment at home. Research was due on Monday, April 24th. The experiment is due by this Friday May 7th, please complete the pages in your packet. Don’t forget to take lots of picture to post on your board.

Star of the Week – Lincoln will continue to be Star of the Week this week and Amir Y will start on 5/8.

Dates to remember:

5/5 Popcorn Friday

5/5 Experiment due

5/12 Data Analysis due

5/17 Late Start

5/18 Spring Concert 1:30 – Parents welcome

5/19 Science Fair – 3:30 – Parents welcome

5/22 Montessori Night 4:15-5:00- Parents welcome

5/26-5/29 – No School

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Student Talent Show – We will be having a talent show on June 2nd, if your child would like to audition for the show please complete the form being sent home today by May 12th. Auditions will be May 16th from 4-5 PM. There will be a practice on May 31st from 4-5 PM.

We’re having a pet show….oh, I mean a Spring Concert!

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Celeste Reed

Dear Parents,

Our Howe Montessor Spring Concert is Thursday, May 18, 1:30-2:45 pm, in the Gymnasium. We would love to have you join us in the audience. I would like to share with you some very specific information to help your child prepare for the concert.

Some students have a speaking part. If your child has a speaking part you would have already received an email from me with a link to the script. You will notice your child’s name is in the script each time they have to speak. Please take some time to help your child memorize their words. The speakers also need to practice speaking slowly, with a strong and clear voice.

All song tracks and speaking parts are also available for home practice. To get to the material your child can:

1. Log into Clever
2. Click on QuaverEd
3. For first time use click on the button on the right (green)
4. Click on “A+”
5. Click on “Pet Show, K, 1, 2” or “Script and Songs Spring Musical 3rd, 4th, & 5th, Grade”. Students in grades 3, 4, & 5 also have “Music is Amazing Extra Help”.
6. Click on “Launch’ on the right hand side.

On the day of the concert students in grades Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade may bring one plushy stuffed animal that is no larger than 10 inches tall (smaller is better). The animal must be one that represents a real domesticated pet; cat, dog, bird, snake, lizard, bunny, hamster, guinea pig, fish, horse. No lions, tigers, monkeys, bear, etc. permitted. Only domesticated pets are allowed. And not all students need to bring a pet, because some children are not allowed to have pets (as one of our songs will say), and that is perfectly fine. It should be small enough to hold and also place on the riser step at their feet during their performance.

Students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade are performing a Music is Amazing themed concert. Students may dress with a Disco Fever Theme if desired. We will also have a few fun surprises for you during their performance. They will finish their performance with a Recorder Playoff. Let’s see who the last one standing will be.

The 5th grade band and violin students and the After School Music Club will also play a few things during the concert.

We hope you will be able to join us for this special event. If you have questions please email me: reedc@dearbornschool.org

Here is the answer sheet to the Module 5 Study Guide for the math test tomorrow. Please remember they should try all the answers first before checking their answers with the answer sheet.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1POZuKfu6CKkdPnUt4_YXXmoOt6U4bPFR/view?usp=sharing

Study Guide for the science test was passed out today. Here is a copy if it didn’t make it home.

Here are the answers for after they have completed their study guide.

Lincoln is Star of the Week

On Tuesday we begin doing the M STEP.  Please make sure your child is well rested and has a good protein breakfast before arriving.  MSTEP ELA Tuesday 4/25 and Wednesday 4/25. We will do MSTEP Math on Thursday 4/27. We will begin as close to 9 am as possible.

In preparation for the test we are doing one more writing prompt. We started it on Friday and we will go over the work students completed on Monday.

Here is the RAPS strategy we are using.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6lcOwIwbBuR5hHRpMkuEPqPe1cOEmSGd_OmTJLQzWQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

Also make sure that they are practicing their IXL skills as much as possible in preparation for the MSTEP.

Don’t forget that the science fair research is do Monday.

Academics – We will do our best to fit in our regular academics. We need to complete our last science lesson and complete the science unit test. We will try to start our Economics unit. We will try to complete math unit 5 lessons and take the Unit 5 test. Here is the study for the test.

Homework in math is Lesson 29 must dos are 1-4.

On Tuesday we begin doing the M STEP.  Please make sure your child is well rested and it’s a good protein breakfast before arriving. 

In preparation for the test we are doing one more writing prompt. We started it on Friday and students should do it on their own over the weekend using their RAPS strategy that we learned.  I sent home the sample we did for the last one.  I attached it below, just in case you didn’t get it. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6lcOwIwbBuR5hHRpMkuEPqPe1cOEmSGd_OmTJLQzWQ/edit?usp=drivesdk

Also make sure that they are practicing their IXL skills as much as possible in preparation for the MSTEP.

Don’t forget that the science fair research is do Monday.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Star of the Week – Hassan will continue to be star of the week – Lincoln will be star of the week starting on April 24th.

MSTEP Testing will begin on April 25th We will do take the ELA section on April 25th and 26th. We will take math on April 27th. Please make sure your student is working on their IXL in both ELA and Math for at least 15 minutes for each subject each day. This will help prepare for the test.

Academics –

ELA – This week we will concentrate on preparing for the upcoming MSTEP and NWEA tests.

Science/Social Studies – we will be finishing up our Weather and Climate, and taking our end of unit assessment. We will begin a new unit on Economics. Students should continue to research their Science Fair Question. Reasearch is due on Monday, April 24th. More information to come soon on the format.

Math – Next week we will be working on Unit 5 Lesson 26, 27, 28. We will take the Topic E quiz after lesson 27.

Remember no school April 20 and 21st