Mrs. Halimi

Dearborn Public Schools

Peek at Our Week

on December 10, 2017

Good afternoon Haigh families. I hope you enjoyed the first snow fall this weekend! I have to admit that it is doing it’s job of making it feel like the holidays 🙂 LET IT SNOW!!

Reminders for the week:

  • Tuesday–FREE family science STEM night:6:00-8:00
  • Wednesday–UGLY SWEATER BINGO for books: 6:00-7:00, $3.00 per person
  • Thursday–School store during lunch
  • Popcorn sale 11th-14th, delivered on FRIDAY 🙂

Looking ahead: Our Christmas party will be held on THURSDAY 12-21 in the afternoon (1:30-3:00). Students will be rotating through a variety of holiday themed stations. You are welcome to attend or pop in during the party to see your child, help out, or to simply enjoy. Please plan to check in at the office before coming down. Also, please refrain from sending in any “extra” items, as we already have planned events and food items. Thank you for your support 🙂

This week in reading we will be learning about the use of literal vs. non-literal language in a text. Students will be able to distinguish between the two and identify examples of figurative language within a text. In writing students will begin a new opinion based paper and read articles or sources and pull or cite facts directly from the article to support their opinion.

Last week students learned a variety of addition strategies to help support them in adding 3 digit numbers fluently. This week we will learn a variety of subtraction strategies and apply them to help us subtract.Students are still working on their multiplication minute tests every other day.

Last week in social studies students learned about the change that the Native Americans went through when the French came to the United States. They learned about the Great Lakes fur trade and the hard job of voyageurs. This week students will learn about another group of people who changed/impacted the Native American lives; the British.

In science we will begin our new unit of severe weather and look at the formation of clouds thorough our mystery science app and through books, discussions, and labs.

Academic Words:

  1. timeline- a line with dates that represent important events in the order they occurred.
  2. strategy- a tool or way of doing something that makes the task easier.
  3. subtract- Finding the difference or taking an amount away.
  4. voyageurs- men who transported furs by canoe during the fur trade.
  5. detail- information that is added to tell more about a topic.

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