MSTEP and i-Ready Testing – We will begin our spring standardized assessment with MSTEP, early next week. Here is a link to information about the MSTEP test. Here is a short video that explains i-Ready. To prepare for testing please make sure that your child is well rested each day (kids this age need 9-11 hours of sleep), eats a good protein breakfast and arrives on time to school.
This Week’s news 4/15
Jude is Star of the Week
Yearbook – Order your yearbook now! We can order until April 19th!! Here is the link to ORDER the yearbook: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/order/Lookupjob?jobnumber=14568324
Academics
Math
Monday Lesson 17 Must do all
Tuesday Lesson 18 Must do all
Wednesday Lesson 19 Must do all
Thursday Topic D quiz
Friday MSTEP Math
ELA
Unit 8 Week 3– Spelling – Diphthongs, Grammar:Subject Verb Agreement, Coordinating & Subordinating Conjunctions
Science
We will continue to study weather and climate.
Weekly News 4/8/24
Jude is Star of the Week
Eid Mubarak – Happy Eid to anyone who is celebrating. Remember we will have no school on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Please see the previous posts for the dates to remember for the rest of the school year.
Academics
Math
Monday Lesson 13 Must do all
Thursday Lesson 14 Must do all
Friday Lesson 15 Must do all
ELA
Unit 8 Week 2 – Spelling – Hard G & Soft G, Grammar: Simple, compound and complex sentences, Pronoun Antecedent agreement
Science
We will continue to study weather and climate.
Dates to remember
Remember these dates can all be found on the blog calendar. Hopefully, I didn’t forget anything.
Solar Eclipse – April 8
Star of the Week – Jude – April 8
No School – April 9 & 10
M-Step Testing April 22, 24, 30 May 1
Star of the week – Batoul – April 22
Library visits our school – April 23
Hat Day Fundraiser – April 24
Popcorn Friday May 3
Star of the week – Malak – May 6
Color Run May 8
I-Ready Testing May 6, 8, 13, 15
Spring Concert – May 14 6 PM
Star of the week – Alirida – May 20
No School – May 27 Memorial day
Kensington Field Trip – May 31
Last Day of School June 7
Black History and Alternative energy fair tomorrow 4/4 4:00-5:00
Please remember everyone in 3rd -5th will be dismissed from the cafeteria. Please park in the back parking lot so you do not disrupt the lower elementary dismissal. K-2 Siblings will be waiting at the back door with Mrs Polster. Come to the back door, collect your younger children and then proceed to the cafeteria to enjoy the fair, when you are done looking at the fair, please check out with your student’s teacher before you leave. Please take your lap books and alternative energy posters home, when you leave. You don’t have to stay until 5 pm, you may leave whenever you want to.
Weekly News 3/31 Happy Easter
Reminders Tomorrow bring: Completed Reading Log for a prize, Complete Biography be ready to present to the teacher or the class. No School April 9-10 Eid Break
I hope everyone has enjoyed their spring break. We will begin school again on Monday 4/1.
Star of the Week – Sullivan will continue to be Star of the Week and Jude will begin on 4/8.
Spring Testing – Spring testing will begin soon after we return from break, I have added the dates to our blog calendar.
MSTEP – We will begin MSTEP testing on Mondays and Wednesdays starting April 22nd
iReady – We will begin iReady testing on Mondays and Wednesdays starting May 6th
Preparing for the test – to prepare for the test students should continue to do their iReady practice for a minimum of 10-15 minutes per subject per day. This will help prepare them for both tests. Students will get prizes for completing a minimum of 45 minutes a week in each subject.
MSTEP practice – When we return we will also begin the MSTEP practice test. If you are interested in having them get a head start over break you can find the practice test here. Click on Sample Items, pick a the grade and subject, then the login information is printed above the login box.
Black History and Alternative Energy Fair – April 4th 4 PM – 5 PM – Please join us for to hear our students present their Black History Biography reports, and see the Green Team poster boards on Alternative Energy. I sent everyone’s the lapbooks home on Friday so that students can practice reading them outload so they are ready to present. Some students need to finish their projects and some need to clean up some mistakes or things the might look sloppy. PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR STUDENT’S LAPBOOK TO MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLETE AND READY TO PRESENT. Please return your projects on Monday so they can be graded and we can practice before the fair. Here are the resources to help finish or repair their lapbooks:
Complete Biography Lapbooks – it should look like this sample. If you are missing any papers print them here. Here are the biography articles they used to complete their lapbooks: Biographies set 1 and Biographies set 2
Reading Logs – Please remember to continue to read over the break. Return reading logs on Monday, April 1st for a prize. The class with the most participation gets a pizza party.
Academics –
Math Homework this week-
Monday – Lesson 10 must do all
Tuesday – Lesson 11 must do all
Wednesday – Lesson 12 must do all
Thursday – Topic C quiz
Friday – MSTEP math practice
ELA Unit 8 Week 1 – Spelling – Hard C & Soft C, Grammar: Adjectives, Future Tense Verbs. We are starting a new Benchmark Magazine called Weather and Climate.
Science – We are starting a new unit about Weather and Climate.
If you have any questions about anything please email me at keeblek@dearbornschools.org.
Weekly News
Spring Testing – Spring testing will begin soon after we return from break, I have added the dates to our blog calendar.
MSTEP – We will begin MSTEP testing on Mondays and Wednesdays starting April 22nd
iReady – We will begin iReady testing on Mondays and Wednesdays starting May 6th
Preparing for the test – to prepare for the test students should continue to do their iReady practice for a minimum of 10-15 minutes per subject per day. This will help prepare them for both tests. Students will get prizes for completing a minimum of 45 minutes a week in each subject.
MSTEP practice – When we return we will also begin the MSTEP practice test. If you are interested in having them get a head start over break you can find the practice test here. Click on Sample Items, pick a the grade and subject, then the login information is printed above the login box.
Black History and Alternative Energy Fair – April 4th 4 PM – 5 PM – Please join us for to hear our students present their Black History Biography reports, and see the Green Team poster boards on Alternative Energy. I sent everyone’s the lapbooks home on Friday so that students can practice reading them outload so they are ready to present. Some students need to finish their projects and some need to clean up some mistakes or things the might look sloppy. PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR STUDENT’S LAPBOOK TO MAKE SURE IT IS COMPLETE AND READY TO PRESENT. Please return your projects on Monday so they can be graded and we can practice before the fair. Here are the resources to help finish or repair their lapbooks:
Complete Biography Lapbooks – it should look like this sample. If you are missing any papers print them here. Here are the biography articles they used to complete their lapbooks: Biographies set 1 and Biographies set 2
Reading Logs – Please remember to continue to read over the break. Return reading logs on Monday, April 1st for a prize. The class with the most participation gets a pizza party.
If you have any questions about anything please email me at keeblek@dearbornschools.org.
Enjoy your Spring Break – I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of their spring break. I am hoping we will be getting some spring weather soon! See you on April 1st!
Homework tonight
Study for the Science Chapter 3 test with Blooket, click the word Blooket to play.
Finish U7 Week 3 Pamphlet.
Complete Biography Lapbooks – it should look like this sample. If you are missing any papers print them here.
PTA and Parent meeting tomorrow
Howe School: Parent Partnership Meeting
Parent Partnership Meeting
Please join us for a parent partnership meeting! When: Thursday, March 21 from 3:00-3:45
Where: in the Howe School Cafeteria Topic: We will be discussing iReady Reports and Personalized Learning.
We hope to see you here!
Tammy Fournier
Howe PTA
Please join the Howe PTA for a meeting on Thursday, March 21st at 6pm via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://dearbornschools-org.zoom.us/j/81449901169?pwd=d3l6OGx1cmZ4M3cxZEJwVGd1RGcrUT09
Meeting ID: 814 4990 1169Passcode: 584920
See you then!Angie