I want to wish my students and families a nice and safe Memorial Day weekend and Happy Eid al-Fitr, to those who celebrate!  I will see everyone back online on Tuesday, May 26th:) 

We had a great participation week at home for our 9th week!  Here is a recap of our online success… 

RAZ kids- I had 22 students log onto RAZ kids this week, which is an 92% participation rate…I am ONE happy teacher!   I have noticed some great reading minutes this week from 22 of my students!  Keep up the great work at home and remember, students should be reading 20 minutes a day!  I am so proud of how hard my students are working towards leveling up their reading! 

Seesaw-  I love being able to see all of your hard work on Seesaw!  

Seesaw Read Aloud with Mrs. Fillmore- 22!  91% of my students completed their character activity!  The students did an amazing job drawing the characters and writing a book review:)  Parents, please make sure you are going to revisit your child’s activities to read the comments and or suggestions.  Thank you for your continued support<3 

Seesaw Eureka Math-Lesson 7– 24 students (100%) completed lesson 6 this week!  This was our last lesson in Eureka Math… Woo Hoo!  For the remainder of the year, we will work on math review:) Remember: Your child should be completing the math worksheet for 15 minutes and use the remaining 15 minutes on MATH SEEDS for additional practice!  Thank you:)

Seesaw -ip words- 95% of my students wrote -ip words and read sentences with -ip words in the sentences!  So proud of how well my students are doing with their spelling words!

Seesaw Magic E Crowns!–   The pictures are still coming in with the students wearing their magic E crowns (they look SOOO cute:))! I hope my students enjoyed making words with magic E and wearing it around the house:)  Here are some pictures that were submitted on Seesaw:)

Math seeds- WOW!!  We had ALL 24 students log into mathseeds this week!  Please make sure your child is completing at least 15 minutes each day on Mathseeds to strengthen their math skills:) Thank you to my students for being Math Seed Superheros! 

Reading Eggs- I had 12 students who logged onto reading eggs this week.  In addition to RAZ kids, I can monitor your child’s reading activities and lessons on reading eggs as well!  Another great program that Haigh offers to our families:)

Side note: In addition to the 5 seesaw activities a week, please make sure your child is learning their sight words (100 total or more)/spelling words, completing 1 eureka math lesson a day with 15 minutes of Math Seeds, RAZ-kids OR Reading Eggs for 20 minutes and 1 writing prompt a day as well:)  Thank you for rocking this remote learning at home with me!  

Remind app/email/seesaw- As always, please email me at: fillmoa@dearbornschools.org, message me on remind app or contact me on seesaw if you have any questions.  I have enjoyed talking with my families and students this week and I am excited for Week 10 Learning!

Dearborn Enrollment Links/Information Below: 

*Enrollment Information-  https://dearbornschools.org/services/enroll/

*Kindergarten Round UP information: Kinder Readiness, Registration, Young 5’s, Common questions, and much more- Haigh Virtual Kindergarten Round Up Information click here

*GSRP- Free Preschool offered in Dearborn (4 year olds)- Dearborn GSRP

Steps for pick up from Mr. Short: This will be a drive thru service only!

• Tuesday, May 19th from 1:00-3:00pm
• Wednesday, May 20th from 1:00-3:00pm

1. For maximum protection we will be placing your students’ resources in a brown bag labeled with their First Name, Last Name, grade level and Teacher. 
2. Pick-up will be a drive through service. Grades K-1-2 will pick up using the Silvery Lane drop off lane. Grades 3-4-5 will pick up using the Coburn drop off lane. 
3. Parents please place a sign in your passenger window with the names of your student(s)(First Name, Last Name, Grade Level and Teacher. 
4. When you pull up to the grade level station, we will then place the brown bag of resources into your trunk and you will be all set 🙂  
5. Returning Haigh Items-We will have bins set up for safety belts, classroom books, library books, etc..Please place items in a clear/plastic bag that is labeled with the classroom teacher’s name or library.  ***These items can be placed in your trunk and we will take out while placing your students brown bag of resources. 

***Following these steps will keep everyone safe and healthy, thank you for your help and cooperation 🙂

** You will notice there are only 4 days of activities this week due to our Memorial Weekend Holiday! Haigh students and teachers will be off from Friday, May 22nd- Monday, May 25th! Online learning will start back up on Tuesday, May 26th:) Please make note that all Seesaw activities will be due before Thursday this week, due to the holiday. Thank you for your continued support!

Here are the plans for this week (link located at the bottom). It follows the same format as last week but has been updated with the new spelling words, Silent (magic) E worksheets, math lessons for the week, special teacher links and minutes required for each subject. All links in blue you can click on and view the website or activity we have attached.  Please let me know if you have any questions:) I will be watching and commenting from home…Let’s have a great 4 day week with high participation! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qs4CJRCZgPHW7df_MG0tK7nGO6HRVS_vp_8cheLvsFc/edit

Remember, if you or someone in your household has been infected with COVID-19, please reach out to me and let me know, so I am able to accommodate your child on his/her participation grades. I wish nothing but good health and happiness for the months ahead! Love, Mrs. Fillmore

Personal belonging/ drop of day has been changed to next week!  Please look at the previous blog post for more information.  Thank you!  

Next week will be a 4 day week, due to the Memorial weekend holiday!  We will not  have online learning on Friday, May 22nd-Monday, May 25th.  Online learning will start back up on Tuesday, May 26th:)

FAMILIES!!  Wow!!  We had a great 8th week at home learning!  Here is a recap of our online success… 

RAZ kids- I had 22 students log onto RAZ kids this week, which is an 92% participation rate…I am ONE happy teacher!   I have noticed some great reading minutes this week from 22 of my students!  Keep up the great work at home and remember, students should be reading 20 minutes a day!  I am tracking the minutes your child is reading at home!

 I wanted to share our classroom stats for the week:

WOW!!  46 hours logged in this week, 335 listens, 311 reads and 549 quizzes completed by my students this week!  I want to congratulate all of my families for making this possible and promoting the importance of reading at home!  You ALL make me proud!  Xo 

Seesaw-  I love being able to see all of your hard work on Seesaw!  

Seesaw Read Aloud- 87% of my students completed their favorite part activity!  The students did an amazing job telling what their favorite part was by using complete sentences:)  Parents, please make sure you are going to revisit your child’s activities to read the comments and or suggestions.  Thank you for your continued support<3 

Seesaw Eureka Math-Lesson 2- 23 students (95%) completed lesson 2 this week!  Remember: Your child should be completing the math worksheet for 15 minutes and use the remaining 15 minutes on MATH SEEDS for additional practice!  Thank you:)

Seesaw -ed word family work- 95% of my students wrote -ed words around a flower and then read the words they wrote!  So proud of how well my students are doing with their spelling words!

Seesaw CVCe word practice!-   95% of my students completed the magic E and CVC activity! I hope my students enjoyed my CVCe mini lesson on Seesaw:)  I think my students are understanding this new skill very well! 

Seesaw Show ‘N Tell- The videos are still coming in and I LOVE each and every one of them.  We learn something new each week about our friends and I truly love that about this activity!  Keep the videos coming!  

Math seeds- We had 21 students log into mathseeds this week!  Please make sure your child is completing at least 15 minutes each day on Mathseeds to strengthen their math skills:) 

Reading Eggs- I had 21 students who logged onto reading eggs this week.  In addition to RAZ kids, I can monitor your child’s reading activities and lessons on reading eggs as well!  Another great program that Haigh offers to our families:)

Side note: In addition to the 5 seesaw activities a week, please make sure your child is learning their sight words (100 total or more)/spelling words, completing 1 eureka math lesson a day with 15 minutes of Math Seeds, RAZ-kids OR Reading Eggs for 20 minutes and 1 writing prompt a day as well:)  Thank you for rocking this remote learning at home with me!  

Remind app/email/seesaw- As always, please email me at: fillmoa@dearbornschools.org, message me on remind app or contact me on seesaw if you have any questions.  I have enjoyed talking with my families and students this week and I am excited for Week 9 Learning!

*2020-2021 Kindergarten Registration: If you or anyone you know will be enrolling a student in Kindergarten next year at Haigh, here is a link they can use for the time being. Kindergarten round-up is going to be virtual this year and will look a little different than years past. We would love your help in sharing the message to Haigh family and friends! Thank you:)

https://dearbornschools.org/services/enroll/

**2020-2021 GSRP Registration for 4 year olds:

ATTENTION All FAMILIES 

WITH A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD

Dearborn Schools offers a Free Preschool Program

GSRP is a free program for all eligible families and is designed to give a high quality preschool experience prior to Kindergarten. 

Eligibility is primarily based on family income (federal poverty level), life experiences and child’s age.   If your child’s birth date is between December 2, 2015 to December 1, 2016, your child may qualify for this program.  

If you would like to be sent information about registration for the 2020-2021 school year please fill in the GSRP Interest Form 2020-2021 and someone will contact you as we start the registration process. 

If you have any other questions please email Amy Modica modicaa@dearbornschools.org

Due to the upcoming forecast, Mr. Short has changed the personal pick up/drop off day to next week! Please make note of the new dates! Thank you.

Resource PickUp Days: 

• Tuesday, May 19th, 1:00-3:00pm
• Wednesday, May 20th, 1:00-3:00pm  

Drive Thru Service 

1. Parents please tape a sign on your passenger door that has the first name, last name, and teacher of your students. 
2. K-2 parents please pick up items using the Silvery Lane Drop Off, 3-5 parents please pick up items using the Coburn Drop Off lane. 
3. Items will be placed in your trunk for you. If you are returning items please place them in your trunk in a bag that is labeled with your teacher’s name or the library. 

****Following these procedures will keep everyone safe and healthy!!****

Please click on the link below for updates on the procedures for personal belongings pick up/ drop off Haigh material day, Kindergarten round up information and much more!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MRArJvofLiFbLAcew3UbgpQNKOaHKXj14_tj1Mdn3kc/edit?ts=5eb86490

For Thursday, please make sure to write your child’s first and last name on a piece of paper with grade/teacher information taped on the passenger windshield! Also, please make sure to place your materials that you are returning to Haigh in a plastic bag with my name (FILLMORE) labeled on the bag, so they know it belongs to my classroom. Thank you so much for all of your help:)

Here are the plans for this week (link located at the bottom). It follows the same format as last week but has been updated with the new spelling words, Silent (magic) E worksheets, math lessons for the week, special teacher links and minutes required for each subject. All links in blue you can click on and view the website or activity we have attached.  Please let me know if you have any questions:) I will be watching and commenting from home…Let’s have a great week with high participation! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YfWd5VtCao_iMYLzfFhPA0M9ENZc1Si_xLYWPhtS464/edit

Remember, if you or someone in your household has been infected with COVID-19, please reach out to me and let me know, so I am able to accommodate your child on his/her participation grades. I wish nothing but good health and happiness for the months ahead! Love, Mrs. Fillmore

Happy Mother’s Day to my wonderful mothers I get to work alongside with everyday!  I hope all the mothers in Room 42 get pampered and spoiled this weekend because you certainly deserve it!<3 

Thursday, May 14th pick up personal belongings!!  **Please see my previous blog post for more information on personal/drop off pick up date! Thank you:)

FAMILIES!!  Wow!!  We had a great 7th week at home learning!  Here is a recap of our online success… 

RAZ kids- I had 22  students log onto RAZ kids this week, which is an 91% participation rate…I am ONE happy teacher!   I have noticed some great reading minutes this week from 22 of my students!  Please make sure to watch my video on how to use reading strategies at home with your child to help them become a strategic reader!  Keep up the great work at home and remember, students should be reading 20 minutes a day!  I am tracking the minutes your child is reading at home!

Here are the students who leveled UP this week!  I have sent special messages to each student who leveled up on RAZ kids and awarded each student bonus STARS to spend:) Please make sure your child looks in their messages to see the message:)

Abraham leveled up to D

Danna leveled up to C

John leveled up to E

Lina leveled up to E

Yasir leveled up to E

Essa leveled up to D

Maryella leveled up to F & G- WOW, I am impressed!! 2 levels in 1 week!

Yusef leveled up to B

Let’s congratulate these students for leveling up their reading on RAZ-Kids!  So AMAZING! 

Seesaw-  I love being able to see all of your hard work on Seesaw!  

Seesaw Read Aloud with Mrs. Fillmore- 95% The students did a wonderful job listening to my story and then completing a retell story map!  I am impressed at how well my students can recall stories…way to go kiddos!  Parents, please make sure you are going to revisit your child’s activities to read the comments and or suggestions.  Thank you for your continued support<3 

Seesaw Eureka Math-Lesson 22– 24 students (100%)  submitted their activity!  This is the first time in 7 week we have had 100% PARTICIPATION on Seesaw…WOW, I am on cloud 9!!!!  Remember: Your child should be completing the math worksheet for 15 minutes and use the remaining 15 minutes on MATH SEEDS for additional practice!  Thank you:)

Seesaw -ad word family work– 100% of my students sorted words that were in the -ad family and words that were not!!  We rocked out another great word family activity this week!  My students are doing a great job at their spelling words!

Seesaw Selfies…Mother’s Day Edition:)–   I loved seeing all of the mother day selfies and listening to the recordings on why your mother is special to you!  The recordings really touched my heart<3 

Seesaw Show ‘N Tell- The videos are still coming in and I LOVE each and every one of them.  We learn something new each week about our friends and I truly love that about this activity!  Keep the videos coming!  

Math seeds- We had 22 students log into mathseeds this week!  That is a 91% participation rate! Please make sure your child is completing at least 15 minutes each day on Mathseeds to strengthen their math skills:) 

Reading Eggs- I had 20 students who logged onto reading eggs this week.  In addition to RAZ kids, I can monitor your child’s reading activities and lessons on reading eggs as well!  Another great program that Haigh offers to our families:)

Side note: In addition to the 5 seesaw activities a week, please make sure your child is learning their sight words (100 total or more)/spelling words, completing 1 eureka math lesson a day with 15 minutes of Math Seeds, RAZ-kids OR Reading Eggs for 20 minutes and 1 writing prompt a day as well:)  Thank you for rocking this remote learning at home with me!  

Remind app/email/seesaw- As always, please email me at: fillmoa@dearbornschools.org, message me on remind app or contact me on seesaw if you have any questions.  I have enjoyed talking with my families and students this week and I am excited for Week 8 Learning!

**2020-2021 Kindergarten Registration: 

If you or anyone you know will be enrolling a student in Kindergarten next year at Haigh, here is a link they can use for the time being. Kindergarten round-up is going to be virtual this year and will look a little different than years past. We would love your help in sharing the message to Haigh family and friends! Thank you:)https://dearbornschools.org/services/enroll/

***2020-2021 GSRP Registration for 4 year olds:

ATTENTION All FAMILIES 

WITH A FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD

Dearborn Schools offers a Free Preschool Program

GSRP is a free program for all eligible families and is designed to give a high quality preschool experience prior to Kindergarten. 

Eligibility is primarily based on family income (federal poverty level), life experiences and child’s age.   If your child’s birth date is between December 2, 2015 to December 1, 2016, your child may qualify for this program.  

If you would like to be sent information about registration for the 2020-2021 school year please fill in the GSRP Interest Form 2020-2021 and someone will contact you as we start the registration process. 

If you have any other questions please email Amy Modica modicaa@dearbornschools.org

***IMPORTANT!***  Your child has personal belongings that will need to be picked up from Haigh!  I have packed up all of your child’s belongings and placed everything in a brown paper bag. Inside the bag you will find emergency clothes (if your child had any at school), student work, a writing journal, spelling booklet, a math book for extra practice, a summer packet, a gift from me and MORE! Here are some pictures of what you will find in your child’s bag-

In addition, your child has Haigh material that will need to be returned back to me as well.  Items to return on the 14th: your child’s reading bags with the books inside (keep the papers at home, but return the plastic sleeve) and library books. 

This will be a drive up transaction (no contact).  Please place your child’s returned materials in the back of your trunk and someone will come to your car, pop your trunk, grab the materials and then place your child’s brown paper bag in the trunk.  Please let the person know that you are dropping off material as well, in case they don’t see it!

 Personal pickup/drop off day will be on Thursday, May 14th from 1-3:00 pm!  If you cannot make this time, there will be a LAST chance to collect your child’s belongings and drop off Haigh material on May 15th from 1-3:00pm!  At this current time, we do not know if or when students and or families will be allowed in the building, so it’s important to pick up your child’s things next week! Thank you:)

Families,

If you or anyone you know will be enrolling a student in Kindergarten next year at Haigh, here is a link they can use for the time being. Kindergarten round-up is going to be virtual this year and will look a little different than years past. We would love your help in sharing the message to Haigh family and friends! Thank you:)

https://dearbornschools.org/services/enroll/