PEEK AT THE WEEK

• We continued letter of the week by listening to letter “W” songs and reading books about things that start with the letter “W.” The students completed their letter “W” book page by adding a watermelon
• The students practiced number recognition, counting, and subtraction with our Five Green and Speckled Frogs cookie tray game
• We practiced sorting bears by color
• We worked on building stamina during read to self time
• The students practiced their fine motor skills with all different tray activities
• The children practiced making a request for more bubbles
• We went for a nature walk during which we looked for birds, squirrels, and worms. While we were walking we also practiced walking in a line using our rope
• While we always work on building independence we have been working extremely hard this week to do things for ourselves, such as throw away our own trash after meals, wash our hands at the sink, hanging up our own lunch shirts, and putting away our toys

UPCOMING EVENTS

• May 25^th and 28^th – NO SCHOOL
• June 5^th – Special Ed Field day @ Edsel Ford – permission slips will be sent home at the end of May
• June 6^th – Field day @ Snow
• June 11^th – Zoo field trip with the honors students from Annapolis High School – permission slips will be sent home at the beginning of June
• June 14^th – Last day of school – ½ day dismissal at 11:45

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 16th is late start.

See you at 9:35.

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• We continued letter of the week by listening to letter “V” songs and reading books about things that start with the letter “V.” The students completed their letter “V” book page by adding an volcano
• We played outside on the playground several times this week! The students enjoyed playing on the swings, slides, and climbers
• The children made a special Mother’s day gift. Check their folders for your surprise!
• We read a story about things that can grow in a garden and then sorted items into categories: grows in a garden/does not grow in a garden
• The students practiced counting and number recognition with a garden counting book
• We practiced sorting bears by color
• The students drew in their journals
• We worked on building stamina during read to self time
• The students practiced their fine motor skills with all different tray activities
• The children practiced making a request using the sentence starter “I want…” then choosing a song they’d like to listen to
• We went for a nature walk during which we looked for birds, squirrels, and worms. While we were walking we also practiced walking in a line using our rope
• While we always work on building independence we have been working extremely hard this week to do things for ourselves, such as throw away our own trash after meals, wash our hands at the sink, hanging up our own lunch shirts, and putting away our toys

UPCOMING EVENTS

• May 16^th – Late Start
• May 25^th and 28^th – NO SCHOOL
• June 5^th – Special Ed Field day @ Edsel Ford – permission slips will be sent home at the end of May
• June 6^th – Field day @ Snow
• June 11^th – Zoo field trip with the honors students from Annapolis High School – permission slips will be sent home at the beginning of June
• June 14^th – Last day of school – ½ day dismissal at 11:45

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• We continued letter of the week by listening to letter “U” songs and reading books about things that start with the letter “U.” The students completed their letter “U” book page by adding an umbrella
• We played outside on the playground several times this week! The students enjoyed playing on the swings, slides, and climbers
• The children practiced their scissor skills while cutting petals onto the flowers they painted last week for our hallway display
• We read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” during which we practiced signing “more,” worked on our fine motor skills by “feeding” our caterpillar prop, and practiced identifying colors and worked on counting
• On Wednesday the school had its annual Leadership day. Wiam and Noor had the chance to be greeters.  They stood in the lobby and welcomed guests to our building
• The students drew in their journals
• We practiced fine motor skills with lacing, puzzles, pegs and a button jar
• The students practiced counting, number recognition, and subtraction with the song “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
• We read “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog” and fed our old lady prop
• The children completed an obstacle course with our slide, trampoline, and tunnel. When they got to the end they had to identify the color and/or letter on a bean bag then toss it into a basket

UPCOMING EVENTS

• May 16^th – Late Start
• May 25^th and 28^th – NO SCHOOL
• June 5^th – Special Ed Field day @ Edsel Ford – permission slips will be sent home at the end of May
• June 6^th – Field day @ Snow
• June 11^th – Zoo field trip with the honors students from Annapolis High School – permission slips will be sent home at the beginning of June
• June 14^th – Last day of school – ½ day dismissal at 11:45

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

Our principal has asked us to share the following link with you.  Please follow the link below to take a parent survey.

https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/62976/p354

Thank you for your help.

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• We continued letter of the week by listening to letter “T” songs and reading books about things that start with the letter “T.” The students completed their letter “T” book page by adding a train
• The students had therapy group with Ms. Staci, Mrs. Gallery and Ms. Melanie. They used their fine motor skills to create a cute lady bug craft in which they traced their hands and used glue to put everything together.  Gallery had students practice saying numbers, request more supplies, and say “all done” when they were finished.
• We sang “Going on a Bear Hunt” and went through the movements of the song. The children love when we get to the part where we see the bear and they get to yell while they pretend to run away
• We played outside on the playground several times this week! One of the days Ms. Kim helped us blow bubbles.
• The children painted paper plates to make flowers to hang with our rain drops on the bulletin board outside our classroom
• The children worked on letter recognition with our class name book and match the first letter of everyone’s name to their picture
• Miss Ashley has a birthday this weekend so we made brownies on Friday to celebrate! The children helped read the directions, measure the ingredients, stir the batter, and serve them when they were finished

UPCOMING EVENTS

• May 16^th – Late Start
• May 25^th and 28^th – NO SCHOOL
• June 5^th – Special Ed Field day @ Edsel Ford – permission slips will be sent home at the end of May
• June 8^th – Field day @ Snow
• June 11^th – Zoo field trip with the honors students from Annapolis High School – permission slips will be sent home at the beginning of June
• June 14^th – Last day of school – ½ day dismissal at 11:45

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• We continued letter of the week by listening to letter “S” songs and reading books about things that start with the letter “S.” The students completed their letter “S” book page by adding stars
• The students painted blue rain drops at the easel to hang in the hallway as part of our spring bulletin board
• We practiced counting, number recognition, and subtraction with the song “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
• The students conducted a sink or float science experiment. First, the children made a guess of what would happen to their object and then put their object to the test to see if they were correct
• The students are learning about land and water this month. We read a book and listened to a song about the different types of landforms and then the students chose which type they would like to visit
• We had a practice fire drill
• We practiced letter recognition with our book about the first letters in our classmate’s names
• The children practiced their fine motor skills with all sorts of different tasks including lacing, puzzles, pegs, and fine motor jars
• We sang going on a bear hunt and went through all the movements with the song while practicing positional words like over, under, and around

UPCOMING EVENTS

• April 23rd – Care to the Core Day – Wear BLUE
• May 16^th – Late Start
• May 25^th and 28^th – NO SCHOOL

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Please click the link below to see the flyer for Henry Ford College’s 3rd annual literacy night.

literacy event flyer 2018-3rd Annual

On Monday, April 23, every Dearborn Public School will highlight the great ways their school is working to create a safe school environment during the first-ever “Care to the Core Day.” Each school will participate in an activity or program that demonstrates programs that are centered on helping students resolve conflicts, understanding the impact of their behaviors, and creating a safer school environment.

Snow Elementary School will also be taking place in the festivities with a guest speaker talking to our school community, Mr. Ali Sayed.  Ali is the Founder and CEO of HYPE Athletics Community, the highly popular organization that offers athletics, fitness, education and social services to the entire Metro-Detroit area including but not limited to Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, etc.  Ali is also a member of the Dearborn Education Foundation, an officer position he has held for almost 10 years on the Board of Directors.  Ali is also a proud graduate of Dearborn High School where he graduated from in 1999.  

In addition, Snow Elementary School will be also be taking part in a “Care to the Core” Poem Contest, whereby students in grades K-5 will be able to write a poem to be shared during our assembly on being a leader and being an Upstander.  We encourage you to work with your child to create a poem that they would be proud to share in front of the entire school community on this day.  Here is the rubric:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_kzifKzyrYZXEOXUK0evj1AiCNBiEwtkk7dpB3oc5Zc/edit?usp=sharing

Lastly, on this day, everyone school-wide will wear blue to take a stand against bullying and encourage acceptance, kindness and leadership.

The event is from 2:15 p.m. till 3:15 p.m.

Yours in Education,

Mrs. Amal Alcodray – Principal

PEEK AT THE WEEK

• We continued letter of the week by listening to letter “R” songs and reading books about things that start with the letter “R.” The students completed their letter “R” book page by adding rain drops
• Our core vocab word of the week was “like.” We read stories with the word and completed activities such as making sounds like animals and choosing foods we like to eat
• The students used their fine motor skills to cut or tear brown paper to make a paper plate bear craft that is on display in the classroom
• We read “Going on a Bear Hunt” with props and then sang the song and went through the movements
• The children practiced counting and number recognition with an interactive spring counting book
• The students wrote in their journals
• We worked on building stamina during read-to-self time
• We finally got to go outside to the playground!
• The students are learning about land and water this month. We read a book called “Eddie the Eagle” and then they sorted animals by where they live, either in the water or on the land
• The children practiced their fine motor skills with all sorts of different tasks including puzzles, pegs, and fine motor jars

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Tuesday, April 17^th is spring picture day – only students who have sent in money will have their picture taken
• May 16^th – Late Start
• May 25^th and 28^th – NO SCHOOL

PICTURES OF THE WEEK