Fifth graders worked on a team activity to demonstrate force!

This week in Enrichment, students in kindergarten, first grade and second grade are learning how to be scientists! We practiced using our senses to observe mixing colors.

Students in third through fifth grade are discussing the scientific method.

This week we are going over classroom expectations and rules. Students have taken a preassessment about their science knowledge. We have also set up our science notebooks!!

Welcome back to a new school year! I am very excited to have a new position this year. This year, part of my week will be spent teaching science enrichment.

Our plan this year is to teach science, math, and technology using inquiry based learning. The students are very excited to learn about the scientific method! I will base my lessons on the Dearborn Science Curriculum and follow the same pacing guide as their classroom teachers.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at farhatm@dearbornschools.org

I look forward to meeting you at Open House!

March is Reading Month at McDonald School!  We’re reading under the big top with our circus theme!  There are so many FUN activities scheduled–make sure you check your child’s backpack for their March is Reading Month calendar.

Don’t forget ALL children should be reading AT LEAST 20 minutes EVERY NIGHT!

Use your child’s name

Point out the link between letters and sounds. Say, “John, the word jump begins with the same sound as your name. John, jump. And they both begin with the same letter, J.”

**taken from READING ROCKETS

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