Parent Teacher Conferences start next week – November 7th 10th and 16th, in the evenings. Report cards and test scores will be passed out. Here is the sign up list if you need your time or need to make a change.
Pre-Conference Questionnaire – Please fill out this short questionnaire to let me know what you would like to discuss at your conferences and to give me some more information about your child! Multiple people may fill out the form. This is completely private, so feel free to share anything you need. Thanks! Your child will get a prize when you complete it.
Ryan is Star of the Week- Starting Monday 10/31 He will make a poster, bring sharing, favorite book and a letter from his parents telling what makes Ryan so special.
Halloween Treats and party in gym – we will have a party in the gym during our gym time. They can pass out a small treat in the classroom.
Conference dates and times – Parent -Teacher Conferences will be starting soon. November 7th 10th and 16th, in the evenings. Report cards and test scores will be passed out. Here is the sign up list if you need your time or need to make a change.
Pre-Conference Questionnaire – Please fill out this short questionnaire to let me know what you would like to discuss at your conferences and to give me some more information about your child! Multiple people may fill out the form. This is completely private, so feel free to share anything you need. Thanks!
Book it Reading logs due on Tuesday, November 1st – I will send out the free pizza certificate when I get the reading log.
No School – Tuesday, November 7th – Voting day – Don’t forget to vote!
Picture day – Wednesday, November 2nd– The forms have been sent home, you may order online or with the paper form. Please return form either way you order. All students will have their picture taken even if you are not ordering.
Field Trip to Lansing – November 20th – Please make sure your iChat form is up to date if you plan on chaperoning. It takes 2 weeks to process. Number 2 and 14 need their iChat form completed in order to attend.
Animal Research and Publishing a book – we are finishing up our reports. Students may work on them at home as long as they don’t get parent help. This should still sound like 3rd grade writing. They should also work on their grid drawing practice. We will be publish our book soon. If you are interested in Pre Ordering the book please click this link to order online. Please remember the school is in Dearborn Heights.
Anyone who went home early can work on Lesson 12 must do problem 1 on problem set and homework, Animal research report and Benchmark magazine page 11 and 19.
Emergency cards – Today I am sending home emergency cards for 1,6, 7, 8, 12, 13,14. Please look them over to make sure all information is complete and correct, then sign the back and return by Friday at the latest. It is important that we have current information in case of an emergency.
End of Marking Period is Friday 10/28 – this will be a 1/2 for students. Dismissal at 12:05- All missing work and scores due by Wednesday. Please check Parent Connect for missing work and grades.
Permission slips for the Lansing trip are due by October 28th. We must pay for everyone at that time and we cannot add any chaperones after we have paid. Please make sure that your ichat form is up to date so that you can go on the trip, if you plan on chaperoning. Currently, I’m not seeing iChat form approvals for 1 of my chaperones on my list. Please check with Ms. Bernadette if your student’s number is 2. Missing permissions slips for student’s numbers 9, 11, 14.
Halloween Treats – you may send a small treat to pass to the class on Monday. Please remember we have allergies to eggs, nuts and artificial colors.
Book Publishing and Purchasing – WE ARE PUBLISHING BOOK!
Your child is becoming a published author! I’m very excited to be publishing another book with my students. These are high quality hard cover books! They are beautiful and make a great gift. We are working hard to complete everything to have it back be the holidays. This book will go in our school library and in our classroom library.
Our students have been hard-at-work writing and illustrating a one-of-a-kind book!
I’m sharing the link below for you to pre-order any copies of the book you’d like. It’s not necessary to purchase, but I encourage you to check it out – our class has enjoyed working on our book together!
When you pre-order you can save up to $2 on the purchase of your child’s book copies and save on shipping.
Please be sure to pre-order a copy of your child’s book by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to take advantage of these savings.
You’ll love seeing your child’s writing and illustrations captured in this treasured keepsake and watching their faces light up when they bring home this high-quality book.
This is an exciting opportunity to showcase our student’s creativity! We are so excited to become published authors and to share our work with family and friends.
P.S. Be sure to ask your child what they’re writing about!
P.P.S. If you’d like to pay-it-forward by gifting a copy of our book to a deserving child in our class, you can do so online.
End of Marking Period is Friday 10/28 – this will be a 1/2 for students. Dismissal at 12:05- All missing work and scores due by Wednesday. Please check Parent Connect for missing work and grades.
Permission slips for the Lansing trip are due by October 28th. We must pay for everyone at that time and we cannot add any chaperones after we have paid. Please make sure that your ichat form is up to date so that you can go on the trip, if you plan on chaperoning. Currently, I’m not seeing iChat form approvals for 2 of my chaperones on my list. Please check with Ms. Bernadette if your student’s number is 2, 3, or 7. Missing permissions slips for student’s numbers 4, 7, 11, 14.
Pen Pals – today we received our 2nd set of letters from our Florida pen pals. Both sets of students are eager to see what their new friends look like. We have shared pictures of our beautiful fall colors and they will be sharing pictures of what FL looks like in October. The picture/Zoom opt out form was sent out last week. If you don’t want your student to share pictures with their new friends please return the form by Monday 10/24.
Picture Day – November 2nd
Popcorn Friday – November 4th
Mid-Module Math test on Tuesday – Here is a practice test, from Schoology.
Geography test on Monday here is the study guide again. We ran out of time to take the test on Friday.
Academics this week –
ELA – Unit 2 Week 2 of Ways Characters Shape Stories, finish writing our Animal research reports, Spelling words can be found on Schoology, Students will be completing the Grammar and Spelling Pamphlet.
Math – Monday – Review practice test
Tuesday – Mid-Module Test
Wednesday – Unit 2 Lesson 12
Thursday – Unit 2 Lesson 13
Friday – 1/2 day no math
Science – Finish animals
Social studies – Finish Geography, Begin our Government unit
Here are the Parent teacher conference times. If this time no longer works you may change your time to a new empty slot.
Permission slips for the Lansing trip are due by October 28th. We must pay for everyone at that time and we cannot add any chaperones after we have paid. Please make sure that your ichat form is up to date so that you can go on the trip, if you plan on chaperoning.
All missing assignments and current grades can be found on Parent Connect.
Field trip tomorrow – Fire house at 12:30. If you are chaperoning, please check in with the office and wait in the hall. Arrive by 12:00. Wear a Howe t-shirt or red shirt.
Pen pals – Photo opt out – The students are very excited about our new pen pal friends in Florida. We would like to share photos with our new friends and have a zoom call in the future. An opt out permission slip will go home tomorrow. If you don’t want your child to participate, please return the form by Monday, 10/24.
Picture Day – November 2nd
Trunk or Treat – this Friday 10/21 6:00-7:30
Semester end 10/28 – 1/2 day – all missing assignments due by 10/26.
Trunk or Treat – Friday 10/21 6:00-7:30 PM in back parking lot. Wear your costumes and come and trick or treat trunk to trunk.
Geography test on Friday – We will be finishing up our geography unit and beginning Government next week. Here is a study guide to prepare for Friday’s test.
Math – Today during math we did an IXL diagnostic test. IXL is designed to pinpoint the specific skills your student needs to work on to fill any gaps they may have. This will help them improve their NWEA scores and help them do better in school. There will be no math homework tonight. We will continue with lesson 8 tomorrow. Friday’s math test will be postponed until Monday.
Halloween Party on Monday 10/31 in the gym – students may bring a small treat to pass. No costumes! Fall colors and Halloween shirts may be worn.
The question for parents of tweens used to be: When should I get my kid a phone? Now, there’s a bigger dilemma: When are they ready for social media? By the time they hit middle school — if not before — kids are lobbying to be able to interact with their friends on SnapChat, Instagram, and TikTok. They feel left out if other kids are allowed to have access to social media and they’re not. But there’s potential for serious harm if kids aren’t mature enough to make good decisions about what to share, who to share it with, and how to handle negative feedback.
To help with those decisions, we’ve checked in with experts about how to know when kids are ready for a phone, what kind of a starter phone might be appropriate for young kids, and how to provide parental controls when kids aren’t ready for unfettered access to apps and the internet. We also discuss when and how to introduce kids to social media, along with tips for monitoring social media use.
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Assembly – We will have an assembly on how to be an Upstander on Tuesday this week.
Field Trip – We will be going to the Smoke House on Thursday, October 20th this week at 12:30.
Academics this week:
ELA – We will be starting our new Benchmark unit it is called Ways Characters Shape Time. We will continue to work on our animal adaptation reports.
Math – We are continuing Unit 2 and should be doing Lessons 8-11 and finish with a Mid-Module Assessment on Friday. Here is a link to the Mid-Module Practice Test.
Science – We will continue to study animal adaptations.
Social Studies – We will continue to study the Geography of Michigan.
