Mrs. Halimi

Today, we had a wonderfully fun and messy celebration at Haigh!  It was Slime Mr. Short Day!  Every single grade in our school was able to meet our NWEA Winter Challenge with our scores.  To celebrate, each class sent 2 representatives to slime Mr. Short.  It was a terrific way to celebrate the work we have done.  We are fortunate to have such a dedicated student body at Haigh!  Enjoy the video of third graders sliming Mr. Short! ( Not pictured is the Teachers sliming Mr. Short!)

Good Morning Haigh Families 🙂

This week looks to be an extremely busy one. We have a lot of events and celebrations going on before we are off for SPRING BREAK! We will NOT be having spelling or academic lists this week due to the short week and the amount of activities going on. We will still have a homework packet due on Thursday.

Reminders for the week:

1. 2nd and 3rd grade SPRING concert is tomorrow evening at BRYANT. Please plan to arrive at 6:15 to enjoy the show. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend due to a prior commitment. Also, just a reminder that we WILL be walking over to BRYANT tomorrow afternoon for a rehearsal and the forecast is calling for rain. Please send an umbrella with your child to school tomorrow. I have a few permission slips that were not sent back; please send them tomorrow in order for your child to walk over to Bryant for rehearsal.
2. Thursday — PBIS event; students may bring in board games to play. We will also be having our ice-cream social and a “Slime Mr. Short” assembly for students meeting their NWEA goal.
3.  If you have not sent in an envelope with a stamp, please do so ASAP, as I would like to get all restaurant review papers addressed and sent out BEFORE we leave for spring break. I am hoping for some return letters in my mailbox after break 🙂
4. Also, I just wanted to let parents know that the frequency that I meet with reading groups will change a bit over the next few weeks as we switch our focus to M-Step prep. In order to prepare students for the upcoming assessments, we have a more whole group, practice, and review format going on. It is difficult to meet with reading groups as we normally do during this change in the format of instruction. I will try my best to fit in groups when and where I can. You can help support me with this by encouraging students to work on Moby Max, Frontrowed.com, and Prep dog as a way to review at home. These sites can count towards reading log requirements.

Good Evening Haigh families.

Reminders for the week:

• Popcorn sales: Monday through Thursday
• Wednesday: READ-A-THON 3:45-5:00
• Thursday:Rainforest Live Assembly; after school show $5 per person
• Thursday:Spring conferences (Only if you were contacted)

This week we will begin our M-Step prep in reading by working through articles that we have put together that are similar in format to what student can expect to see on the M-Step. These articles will review many of the skills we have learned this year. As we get closer we will do some online practice as well. In writing we will also begin M-Step writing prep and prepare an essay based on a prompt.

We have just completed our restaurant papers and will prepare to send them out this week. Please send in a stamped envelope with your child this week so we can send their GREAT papers ASAP.

In math we will continue to discuss fractions greater than one and begin to learn strategies to compare fractions.

We just finished up our unit on the growth of Michigan last week and this week we will begin to learn about the economy of Michigan.

In science we just started our new unit on animals through time on Friday. We will continue to explore this idea in the next few weeks.

Academic Vocabulary: Please make sure your child is working on these at home. Last weeks test was not successful 🙁

1. habitat- the home to a plant or animal.
2. fossil- the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
3. unit fraction-a fraction where the top number is one.
4. scarcity- not having enough of something.
5. root word-a basic word with no prefix or suffix on it.

Looking forward to a great week ahead.

Good morning, I just wanted to remind you all (Since I forgot in my post on Sunday) that the Haigh Read-A-Thon permission slip and payment of $5.00 is due on Friday the 16th.

The event will be on Wednesday the 21st from 3:45-5:00. Students will stay after school for this event and relax, read, and dance!

Hope your child can make it 🙂

Good Morning Haigh Families. I hope you are enjoying the sunshine this weekend. Last week we had a lot of absences due to all of the germs spreading. I am so happy that everyone is beginning to feel better and happy to have the whole class present and ready for instruction. I have managed to get a it of a head cold this weekend, but I will be happy if that is the extent of it!

Reminders for the week:

• SPIRIT WEEK:) Participate in our March is Reading Month spirit week with a $.50 donation a day that will go to support a local animal shelter
  • Monday: Dress like an animal/Tuesday: TWIN day/Wednesday: Hat day/Thursday: Book character/Friday:Crazy hair day and GREEN day in honor of St.Patrick’s day
• Wednesday: Late start
• Thursday/Friday: School store during lunch

Last week we worked hard on adding adjectives. figurative language,and “Razzle-dazzle”phrases into our restaurant writing. This week we will review our writing by editing and revising and work on completing two final copies; one for the classroom and one to send to the restaurant they wrote about. This is so FUN for the students because often times the restaurants write back:)

We will be finishing up our “Growth of Michigan” unit in social studies this week and plan to test on Wednesday or Thursday. A study guide will be sent home with your child to help prepare.

We have been working hard during math as we are learning about fractions. It is such a BIG concepts so we have been really working hard at developing our reasoning and explaining “how” and”why” something is bigger and smaller to one another. We focused on representing fractions on a number line last week and will continue to strengthen our understanding this week through activities and games. For extra practice at home, please consider having your child go on frontrowed.com under the fractions strand.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Numerator: The top number in a fraction that represents the PART.

2. Denominator: The bottom number in a fraction that represents the WHOLE.

3. Equivalent: Another word for equal

4. Conclude: To figure something out based on the information and evidence provided.

5. Passage: A story or an article for you to read.

Good afternoon Haigh families! I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend due to the unexpected SNOW DAY! I was so surprised when I woke up Friday morning 🙂

I hope you all got a chance to go over the March is reading month calendar and reading log. Please encourage your child to read and record their minutes on the reading log provided for the month of March.  We had a great kickoff assembly on Thursday afternoon to get the students excited about all of the fun activities we have planned for the month.

Due to the snow day and such an event filled week last week,we will continue with the same academic vocabulary from last week,but we will get a new spelling list. We will have a spelling test tomorrow morning on last weeks words.

BOOK FAIR is at Haigh ALL week! Our class will be visiting tomorrow morning. You may come to the book fair for family night on Wednesday evening from 6-7 🙂

Looking forward to a great week at Haigh:)