April
22
April
22
Picnic for the Planet~PBIS Celebration
April
18
Newsletter Week 31 (Recap and NEW Info)!
Spelling Test: We only had 10 students receive a 100% on our spelling test this week and it was due to the cold word “shrub.” I highly encourage all parents to spend at least 10 minutes a night with your child practicing their spelling words and also the 2 cold/bonus words as well. The cold/bonus word helps me better understand if the child understands the word family/rhyme/ pattern and their beginning sounds. Please use homework time to practice all 10 words each night and the 2 cold/bonus words as well. Thank you for your understanding and partnership! Have a nice 3 day weekend everyone:)
Information: Picnic for the planet on Monday, April 22nd: We will be having a PBIS celebration to recognize your child’s positive behavior. This month’s celebration theme is Picnic for the Planet. We will be having our lunch outside and enjoying outdoor play, so let’s hope the weather stays pleasant!
Your child may bring a towel or blanket to sit on during the picnic lunch, and we strongly encourage students bring a brown bag lunch since we will be eating outside. However, bean burritos or cheese & crackers will still be available for purchase in the cafeteria. Please make sure your child wears their YELLOW Kindergarten shirt as well:)
What we did during our week:
Language Arts: We have officially learned ALL the letters and sounds of the alphabet! Now, we will use our sounds to help us with reading and writing new words:) Next week spelling test List #17: they, come, his, good, jam, yam, ram, clam, slam Bonus words to study at home: swam, Pam. Make sure to practice the bonus word (10th word) at home for homework. Our 17th spelling test will be on Friday, April 26th.
Writing: In April, we will switch back to Informational writing using the words “can/have/are,”
Math: This week we completed Module 5: lessons 7-10. Next week we will complete lessons 11-15. Please make sure you are completing the homework lessons with your child each night.
Science: For the month April, we will focus on the relationships between animals and their habitats.
Social Studies: For the month of April, we will focus on democracy; identifying our country’s flag.
Scholastic Reading Club:
Class Code – RKYTJ Order Due Date – 04/29/19
Dear Families,
This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 04/29/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ
Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore
Other:
- Every Friday we will wear our YELLOW Kindergarten t-shirts to show our Kinder pride at Haigh:)
- I am excited to report that out of 22 students who took the test, 10 students received a 100% Woo hoo! I am so proud of each student who worked so hard all week to ensure they were successful on their test! If your child received a 100%, they will write with a “smart” pen all day Monday and also participate in “NO shoes afternoon” on Monday as well:) On Monday, once your child comes in from recess, they will be able to take their shoes off and relax for the last part of the day. Please make sure your child knows how to independently take off and put on their shoes. I appreciate your support in this matter! Also, make sure to wash your child’s socks as soon as they come home on Monday, they may be a little darker than normal;)
- Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Activation code: RKYTJ. The April date to order books will be April 29th.
- Please make sure you are reviewing your child’s classwork each night. Monitoring your child’s classwork is a great indicator of how your child is doing in the class. If for some reason your child doesn’t finish his/her classwork in class, I will send it home for homework to be completed at home and returned the next day. Thank you for your support!
- Please make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack. We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation!
Housekeeping items:
- If your child is bringing a home lunch, it is OK to pack a juice for the lunchroom! Remember to pack a water bottle each day for the classroom:)
- Please pack your child’s snack SEPARATELY from your child’s home lunch. This will help your child become less confused about what is for lunch and what is for snack. Thank you:)
- Great news! The PTA has a blog for all sorts of fun information going on in the school. I may not have a lot of opportunities for all families to volunteer in the classroom, but the PTA is ALWAYS looking for extra hands to help in the school. Please take a look at their blog and sign up for the fun events they may need help with:) https://parents.dearbornschools.org/haigh/
Upcoming Events:
April 22nd- PBIS: Picnic for the planet (please read above for more information)!
April 23rd- Gizmos Learning Night! 5:00-6:30 pm!
April 24th- LATE START…students arrive an hour later at 9:35a.m.
April 26th- Haigh School Store (during lunch hours)
May 13th- NWEA testing begins!
May 15th- Late start! Students arrive an hour later at 9:35a.m.
May 24th- May 27th- NO SCHOOL!
May 28th- School resumes
Reading Buddies: We did not meet with our buddies due to no school on Friday.
April
16
PBIS~ Picnic for the planet information!
April PBIS Celebration!
Dear Families,
On Monday, April 22nd we will be having a PBIS celebration to recognize your child’s positive behavior. This month’s celebration theme is Picnic for the Planet. We will be having our lunch outside and enjoying outdoor play, so let’s hope the weather stays pleasant!
Your child may bring a towel or blanket to sit on during the picnic lunch, and we strongly encourage students bring a brown bag lunch since we will be eating outside. However, bean burritos or cheese & crackers will still be available for purchase in the cafeteria.
Thank you,
Haigh PBIS Committee
April
12
Newsletter Week 30 (Recap and NEW Info)!
Our bowling field trip was so much fun! Thank you to all my chaperones for making this day such a success! Here are the pictures from our day:)
Reminder: There will be NO school on Friday, April 19th.
What we did during our week:
Language Arts: We have officially learned ALL the letters and sounds of the alphabet! Now, we will use our sounds to help us with reading and writing new words:) Next week spelling test List #16: from, went, him, cub, rub, sub, tub, club, stub Bonus words to study at home: shrub, blub. Make sure to practice the bonus word (10th word) at home for homework. Our 16th spelling test will be on Thursday, April 18th.
Writing: In April, we will switch back to Informational writing using the words “can/have/are,”
Math: This week we completed Module 5: lessons 1-6. Next week we will complete lessons 7-10. Please make sure you are completing the homework lessons with your child each night.
Science: For the month April, we will focus on the relationships between animals and their habitats.
Social Studies: For the month of April, we will focus on democracy; identifying our country’s flag.
Scholastic Reading Club:
Class Code – RKYTJ Order Due Date – 04/29/19
Dear Families,
This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 04/29/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ
Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore
Other:
- Every Friday we will wear our YELLOW Kindergarten t-shirts to show our Kinder pride at Haigh:)
- I am excited to report that out of 24 students who took the test, 19 students received a 100% Woo hoo! I am so proud of each student who worked so hard all week to ensure they were successful on their test! If your child received a 100%, they will write with a “smart” pen all day Monday and also participate in “NO shoes afternoon” on Monday as well:) On Monday, once your child comes in from recess, they will be able to take their shoes off and relax for the last part of the day. Please make sure your child knows how to independently take off and put on their shoes. I appreciate your support in this matter! Also, make sure to wash your child’s socks as soon as they come home on Monday, they may be a little darker than normal;)
- Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Activation code: RKYTJ. The April date to order books will be April 29th.
- Please make sure you are reviewing your child’s classwork each night. Monitoring your child’s classwork is a great indicator of how your child is doing in the class. If for some reason your child doesn’t finish his/her classwork in class, I will send it home for homework to be completed at home and returned the next day. Thank you for your support!
- Please make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack. We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation!
Housekeeping items:
- If your child is bringing a home lunch, it is OK to pack a juice for the lunchroom! Remember to pack a water bottle each day for the classroom:)
- Please pack your child’s snack SEPARATELY from your child’s home lunch. This will help your child become less confused about what is for lunch and what is for snack. Thank you:)
- Great news! The PTA has a blog for all sorts of fun information going on in the school. I may not have a lot of opportunities for all families to volunteer in the classroom, but the PTA is ALWAYS looking for extra hands to help in the school. Please take a look at their blog and sign up for the fun events they may need help with:) https://parents.dearbornschools.org/haigh/
Upcoming Events:
April 19th- NO SCHOOL
April 22nd- PBIS: Picnic for the planet
April 24th- LATE START…students arrive an hour later at 9:35a.m.
May 13th- NWEA testing begins!
May 15th- Late start! Students arrive an hour later at 9:35a.m.
May 24th- May 27th- NO SCHOOL!
May 28th- School resumes
Reading Buddies: We were not able to meet due to conflicting schedules:/ We will try again for next week!
April
10
Report Cards
March
29
Newsletter Week 29 (Recap and NEW Info)!
We ended our week in a F.U.N way: PIE Mr. Short and Ice Cream Social:) Enjoy the pictures from our fun Friday:)
Spring Break starts at the end of our day TODAY Friday, March 29th. School resumes on Monday, April 8th. I hope all my students and families have a nice break, with some nice spring-like weather to match:)!
Field Trip: I had 17 families interested in being a chaperone for our bowling field trip! WOW, that is a lot:) Due to capacity and allotted spots, I can only choose 10 chaperones for this trip! If you were picked, I placed a yellow note in your child’s folder today. Please make sure to look through your child’s folder to see if you were chosen to chaperone:) If you were not chosen and not notified, we thank you for your interest and look forward to you coming to our end of the year celebration! Thank you!
What we did during our week:
Language Arts: We have officially learned ALL the letters and sounds of the alphabet! Now, we will use our sounds to help us with reading and writing new words:) Next week spelling test List #15: little, have, us, dog, log, jog, hog, blog, frog Bonus words to study at home: clog, fog Make sure to practice the bonus word (10th word) at home for homework. Our 15th spelling test will be on Friday, April 12th.
Writing: We had so much fun learning about Narrative writing this month! You may have noticed your child writing a lot more sentences at home using the words “first, next and last.”:) I am so proud of my students and seeing how much their writing has improved…I hope you have seen the difference too:) Here are some pictures of our Narrative writing on a blueprint. Enjoy:) In April, we will switch back to Informational writing using the words ‘Can, Have, Are’ in our stories!
Math: When we come back from spring break, we will start Module 5: Numbers 10-20 and counting to 100. We will complete lessons 1-6. Please make sure you are completing the corresponding homework lessons with your child each night.
Science: For the month April, we will focus on the relationships between animals and their habitats.
Social Studies: For the month of April, we will focus on democracy; identifying our country’s flag.
March is Reading Month: reading logs are due by Wednesday, April 10th. Each student who turns in the log will earn a special prize, if they have reached their recommended reading goal for the month.
Scholastic Reading Club:
Class Code – RKYTJ Order Due Date – 04/29/19
Dear Families,
This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 04/29/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ
Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore
Other:
- Please make sure you are logging your child’s reading minutes on their March reading log, so they are able to win a special prize at the end of the month:)
- Every Friday we will wear our YELLOW Kindergarten t-shirts to show our Kinder pride at Haigh:)
- I am excited to report that out of 21 students who took the test, 19 students received a 100% Woo hoo! I am so proud of each student who worked so hard all week to ensure they were successful on their test! If your child received a 100%, they will write with a “smart” pen all day Monday and also participate in “NO shoes afternoon” on Monday as well:) On Monday, once your child comes in from recess, they will be able to take their shoes off and relax for the last part of the day. Please make sure your child knows how to independently take off and put on their shoes. I appreciate your support in this matter! Also, make sure to wash your child’s socks as soon as they come home on Monday, they may be a little darker than normal;)
- Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Activation code: RKYTJ. The April date to order books will be April 29th.
- Please make sure you are reviewing your child’s classwork each night. Monitoring your child’s classwork is a great indicator of how your child is doing in the class. If for some reason your child doesn’t finish his/her classwork in class, I will send it home for homework to be completed at home and returned the next day. Thank you for your support!
- Please make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack. We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation!
Housekeeping items:
- If your child is bringing a home lunch, it is OK to pack a juice for the lunchroom! Remember to pack a water bottle each day for the classroom:)
- Please pack your child’s snack SEPARATELY from your child’s home lunch. This will help your child become less confused about what is for lunch and what is for snack. Thank you:)
- Great news! The PTA has a blog for all sorts of fun information going on in the school. I may not have a lot of opportunities for all families to volunteer in the classroom, but the PTA is ALWAYS looking for extra hands to help in the school. Please take a look at their blog and sign up for the fun events they may need help with:) https://parents.dearbornschools.org/haigh/
Upcoming Events:
April 1st-5th- SPRING BREAK
April 8th- School Resumes
April 10th- March Reading log due!
April 12th- Bowling Field Trip! Make sure students wear their YELLOW Kindergarten shirts:)
April 19th- NO SCHOOL
April 22nd- PBIS: Picnic for the planet
April 24th- LATE START…students arrive an hour later at 9:35a.m.
Reading Buddies: We were too busy with all of our fun events to meet with our buddies today. We will meet with them after break:)
March
27
Reminder: Permission slips and $12 due tomorrow!
Hello everyone:) This is just a friendly reminder that permission slips for our bowling field trip and the $12 is due tomorrow! Please make sure I have exact cash and all forms and money is placed inside an envelope. I will notify my chaperones by Friday. Remember, we are choosing chaperones based on a lottery and I will choose my chaperones by picking names from a hat.
Remember: on the green slip, please indicate what shoe size your child wears. Thank you!
March
22
Newsletter Week 28 (Recap and NEW Info)!
A permission slip for our last field trip to the bowling alley will be coming home next week. Be on the look out:)
What we did during our week:
Language Arts: We have officially learned ALL the letters and sounds of the alphabet! Now, we will use our sounds to help us with reading and writing new words:) Next week spelling test List #14: where, out, now, sip, lip, dip, slip, ship, chip Bonus words to study at home: tip, grip Make sure to practice the bonus word (10th word) at home for homework. Our 14th spelling test will be on Friday, March 29th.
Writing: The month of March, we will move into narrative writing! Please practice with your child using the words “first, next and last” in their writing at home:) In April, we will switch back to Informational writing!
Math: This week we completed Module 4 Lessons 33-40. When we come back from spring break, we will start Module 5: Numbers 10-20 and counting to 100. We will complete lessons 1-6. Please make sure you are completing the homework lessons with your child each night.
Science: The month of March we will focus on polar climate. The students will become experts on polar animals and climate:) For the month April, we will focus on the relationships between animals and their habitats.
Social Studies: For the month of March we will continue our learning about maps! For the month of April, we will focus on democracy; identifying our country’s flag.
March is Reading Month: Your child came home with a “Reading is DINO-Mite!” packet. In this packet is a special calendar with all kinds of exciting reading activities you can do at home with your child! Also, you will see a 2019 March Reading Log to keep track of your child’s reading minutes at home. Each child who returns their reading log by Wednesday, April 10th will earn a special prize, if they have reached their recommended reading goal for the month. The Kindergarten reading goal is 20 minutes per day...I know we can do it! Make sure to jot the minutes down on the reading log calendar and on the homework as well:)
Scholastic Reading Club:
Class Code – RKYTJ Order Due Date – 04/29/19
Dear Families, This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 04/29/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ
Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore
Other:
- Please make sure you are logging your child’s reading minutes on their March reading log, so they are able to win a special prize at the end of the month:)
- Every Friday we will wear our YELLOW Kindergarten t-shirts to show our Kinder pride at Haigh:)
- I am excited to report that out of 23 students who took the test, 17 students received a 100% Woo hoo! I am so proud of each student who worked so hard all week to ensure they were successful on their test! If your child received a 100%, they will write with a “smart” pen all day Monday and also participate in “NO shoes afternoon” on Monday as well:) On Monday, once your child comes in from recess, they will be able to take their shoes off and relax for the last part of the day. Please make sure your child knows how to independently take off and put on their shoes. I appreciate your support in this matter! Also, make sure to wash your child’s socks as soon as they come home on Monday, they may be a little darker than normal;)
- Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Activation code: RKYTJ. The April date to order books will be April 29th.
- Please make sure you are reviewing your child’s classwork each night. Monitoring your child’s classwork is a great indicator of how your child is doing in the class. If for some reason your child doesn’t finish his/her classwork in class, I will send it home for homework to be completed at home and returned the next day. Thank you for your support!
- Please make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack. We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation!
Housekeeping items:
- If your child is bringing a home lunch, it is OK to pack a juice for the lunchroom! Remember to pack a water bottle each day for the classroom:)
- Please pack your child’s snack SEPARATELY from your child’s home lunch. This will help your child become less confused about what is for lunch and what is for snack. Thank you:)
- Great news! The PTA has a blog for all sorts of fun information going on in the school. I may not have a lot of opportunities for all families to volunteer in the classroom, but the PTA is ALWAYS looking for extra hands to help in the school. Please take a look at their blog and sign up for the fun events they may need help with:) https://parents.dearbornschools.org/haigh/
Upcoming Events:
March 27th- Kindergarten Roundup for NEW incoming families for 2019/2020
March 28th-PBIS Celebration~ Upland Farms
March 28th- Field trip permission slips and $12 due today! Exact cash please:)
April 1st-5th- SPRING BREAK
April 8th- School Resumes
April 10th- March Reading log due!
April 12th- Bowling Field Trip! Make sure students wear their YELLOW Kindergarten shirts:)
April 19th- NO SCHOOL
April 22nd- PBIS: Picnic for the planet
April 24th- LATE START…students arrive an hour later at 9:35a.m.
Reading Buddies: We had a nice time reading with our 4th grade buddies today:)
March
15
Newsletter Week 27 (Recap and NEW Info)!
There will be NO library check out next week! Your child will hold onto their book for another week:)
What we did during our week:
Language Arts: We have officially learned ALL the letters and sounds of the alphabet! Now, we will use our sounds to help us with reading and writing new words:) Next week spelling test List #13: will, what, mom, red, fed, wed, led, bed, sled Bonus words to study at home: Ted, sped Make sure to practice the bonus word (10th word) at home for homework. Our 13th spelling test will be on Friday, March 22nd.
Writing: The month of March, we will move into narrative writing! Please practice with your child using the words “first, next and last” in their writing at home:)
Math: This week we completed Module 4 Lessons 26-32. Next week we will complete module 4 lessons 33-40. Please make sure you are completing the homework lessons with your child each night.
Science: The month of March we will focus on polar climate. The students will become experts on polar animals and climate:)
Social Studies: For the month of March we will continue our learning about maps!
March is Reading Month: Your child came home with a “Reading is DINO-Mite!” packet. In this packet is a special calendar with all kinds of exciting reading activities you can do at home with your child! Also, you will see a 2019 March Reading Log to keep track of your child’s reading minutes at home. Each child who returns their reading log by Wednesday, April 10th will earn a special prize, if they have reached their recommended reading goal for the month. The Kindergarten reading goal is 20 minutes per day...I know we can do it! Make sure to jot the minutes down on the reading log calendar and on the homework as well:)
Scholastic Reading Club:
Class Code – RKYTJ Order Due Date – 3/20/19
Dear Families,
This is a friendly reminder that your Book Clubs orders are due by 3/20/19. You can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs using my class activation code: RKYTJ
Happy Reading, Mrs. Fillmore
Other:
- Please make sure you are logging your child’s reading minutes on their March reading log, so they are able to win a special prize at the end of the month:)
- Every Friday we will wear our YELLOW Kindergarten t-shirts to show our Kinder pride at Haigh:)
- I am excited to report that out of 22 students who took the test, 15 students received a 100% Woo hoo! I am so proud of each student who worked so hard all week to ensure they were successful on their test! If your child received a 100%, they will write with a “smart” pen all day Monday and also participate in “NO shoes afternoon” on Monday as well:) On Monday, once your child comes in from recess, they will be able to take their shoes off and relax for the last part of the day. Please make sure your child knows how to independently take off and put on their shoes. I appreciate your support in this matter! Also, make sure to wash your child’s socks as soon as they come home on Monday, they may be a little darker than normal;)
- Please consider buying something from our Scholastic Book Club at: https://clubs.scholastic.com/ Activation code: RKYTJ. The March date to order books will be March 20th.
- Please make sure you are reviewing your child’s classwork each night. Monitoring your child’s classwork is a great indicator of how your child is doing in the class. If for some reason your child doesn’t finish his/her classwork in class, I will send it home for homework to be completed at home and returned the next day. Thank you for your support!
- Please make sure you provide your child with a NUT FREE snack. We are a NUT FREE classroom. Thank you for your cooperation!
Housekeeping items:
- If your child is bringing a home lunch, it is OK to pack a juice for the lunchroom! Remember to pack a water bottle each day for the classroom:)
- Please pack your child’s snack SEPARATELY from your child’s home lunch. This will help your child become less confused about what is for lunch and what is for snack. Thank you:)
- Great news! The PTA has a blog for all sorts of fun information going on in the school. I may not have a lot of opportunities for all families to volunteer in the classroom, but the PTA is ALWAYS looking for extra hands to help in the school. Please take a look at their blog and sign up for the fun events they may need help with:) https://parents.dearbornschools.org/haigh/
Upcoming Events:
March 18th- Book Fair Preview
March 27th- Kindergarten Roundup for NEW incoming families for 2019/2020
March 28th-PBIS Celebration~ Board games and puzzles
April 1st-5th- SPRING BREAK
April 8th- School Resumes
April 10th- March Reading log due!
Guest Readers: We had the Dearborn High School Football players come into our classroom and read a couple books to the kids for reading month. We had a great time with our readers!
