Attention Parents!

School Fundraiser Information: This semester, our school is participating in a unique fundraising program with Art to Remember that gives you the opportunity to purchase keepsake items with your child’s artwork on them. The best part is that every keepsake order supports our school.

Order forms for Art to Remember will be sent home with students on 3/2/18 and are due back by 3/13/18. To see available keepsake items like coffee mugs, key chains, and necklaces,visit https://arttoremember.com/fundraising-p…/keepsake-programs/…/

Rani Buenting

Good afternoon Haigh families. I hope you all enjoyed the SNOW DAY on Friday. We enjoyed some family time sledding and playing in the snow, shoveling the snow (not a fan favorite), watching the Olympics and my sons hockey games. Hopefully everyone stayed safe on the roads, as they still are a mess.

We will have our spelling test from last week tomorrow. So please plan some study time in today.

This week in reading we will focus on analyzing characters in stories. We will review character traits and dig deep to attach strong character traits to each character. We will also work on using our evidence and reasoning to support our traits we choose.

In writing we will continue to work on our growth of Michigan informational paper.

In math we will review all of the terms from last week and plan to have a vocabulary quiz on these terms on Tuesday. We will begin to learn about polygons and use the newly learned vocabulary to help classify shapes into various categories according to their attributes.

In social studies we will continue to learn about the three major economic activities that contributed to the growth of Michigan.

In science we investigated why some places are hot and some places are cold. We will complete a poster describing a location that we have learned about through our Mystery Science investigation.

Our Valentines celebration will be Wednesday from 2:00 to 3:00. Students are encouraged to bring in valentines for each child (We now have 24 students). We will be playing valentines BINGO,completing a STEM boat building challenge, handing out valentines, and finishing up with cookies and strawberry milk. For this reason, please DO NOT send in extra whole class snacks such as cupcakes and cookies. The students will have plenty of junk to satisfy their sweet tooth’s 🙂

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Right Angle- an angle that measures exactly 90 degrees and forms a perfect square.
2. Acute Angle- an angle that measures LESS THAN 90 degrees.
3. Obtuse Angle- an angle that measures MORE THAN 90 degrees.
4. Parallel Lines- Lines that will NEVER meet.
5. Perpendicular Lines- Lines that meet at a point and form a right angle.

Reminders for the week:

• Valentines gram sales the 12th -14th (delivered on Friday the 16th)
• Haigh school store will be open on Thursday during lunch
• Journey to the Center of the Earth assembly on Friday.

Valentines List Please click on the link to access student names for Valentines.

Hi Haigh families!

Valentines day is upon is. If you are available, please stop by my classroom after school on Wednesday to plan Valentines day activities.

If you are purchasing Valentines for the class, please note we have 25 students. I will send a list of student names home tomorrow so students can personalize them at home.

Please send in either a PAPER grocery bag (Kroger) or a shoe box this week so students have a container to decorate and hold all their goodies.

I will keep you posted on any other Valentine party details soon 🙂

Happy snowy Sunday Haigh families! I hope you are enjoying the weekend. I plan to cheer on the Patriots this evening 😉

Last week we completed all of our winter NWEA testing. Reports will be coming home soon.

Reminders for the week:

Monday- Math test, please review study guide and workbook pages

****We will have a HOMEWORK PACKET this week******

Wednesday- Late start

Thursday- Family Valentines dance 6:30-8:00

Friday- Popcorn day, sales will be going on all week

This week we will continue to learn about point of view in reading. In writing we just completed our snow papers and will begin to work on another informational writing about the growth of Michigan.

In social studies we will continue to learn about the major industries that were responsible for growing Michigan during the 1900’s.

Tomorrow we will take our test on area. We will begin our new unit on geometry on Tuesday. This unit is heavy with vocabulary terms. We will be learning A LOT of new vocabulary words having to due with lines and angels. We will be doing many FUN activities to help us retain these words over the next few weeks. In addition, students will have a homework packet for the next few weeks until we switch to our next unit of fractions.

Academic Words:

1. Agriculture- another word for farming.
2. Equator- The imaginary line that divides the Earth into two hemispheres.
3. Ray- A line with a start point but no end point.
4. Line segment- A part of a line that has two endpoints.
5. Line-Extends in both directions with NO endpoints.

Cheers to a great Sunday sporting event! Be safe everyone if you are planning to be out……and it wouldn’t hurt to wear your pajamas inside out as well 🙂 #snowday?

Good afternoon Haigh families.

Reminders for the week:

Monday –PBIS winter carnival celebration

Wednesday– Magical Wonders of Michigan assembly

We are almost finished with our winter NWEA testing. I plan on having all of testing done by Wednesday.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. economics-the system of how money is made in a particular region.
2. climate- weather conditions over a long period of time.
3. quadrilateral- a four sided figure.
4. narrator- the person who is telling a story.
5. point of view- the person telling the story and their feelings about the plot.

This week we will be learning about point of view in reading. Students will learn how the person telling the story brings in their own feeling and opinions which can change the readers feeling about the story. We will look at different stories and nonfiction articles to determine the point of view.

In writing we will continue to work on our informational snow writing.We will work on developing the body and make sure we cite all of the facts that we found to include in our article. Finally, we will publish our papers in a snow “flip book”.

In math we will continue to explore area and perimeter through the new math curriculum.Your children are doing a great job being flexible and patient as we learn and adjust to this new curriculum and math routines. Please make sure students are returning their math work books with them each day.

Our last unit in social studies we finished with  learning about Michigan’s  path towards statehood (Fun fact: Friday was Michigan’s 181st birthday!!!)We will begin a new unit in which we will learn about the different industries that flourished in Michigan and caused it to grow.

In science we will continue to learn about weather patterns and climate.

Looking forward to a productive week 🙂

Haigh Families,

On Monday, January 29th, we will be hosting our third annual HAIGH CARNIVAL for our January PBIS celebration. Students who have maintained positive behavior will have the opportunity to attend the carnival and play some awesome games and even win some prizes!

However, the event can only be a success with your help. We are in need of volunteers to help run stations at the carnival. If you are able to volunteer your time, it would also be appreciated. The time slots are as follows:

A.M. session – 8:35-11:15                          P.M. session – 12:50-3:25

We need 7 A.M. volunteers and 7 P.M. volunteers. If you are able to volunteer, please e-mail

Ms. Otto at ottoc@dearbornschools.org to sign-up 🙂

Thank you for all of your help and continued support!

The PBIS team

Good afternoon Haigh families. This week is spirit week, so be sure to refer to your January calendar or the blog to dress and show some spirit this week!

Monday- PJ Day, no slippers please

Tuesday- Career day

Wednesday- Sport day, GO BLUE!

Thursday- CRAZY hair day

Friday- Haigh spirit wear day

Also just a reminder that we have a half day of school on Friday 1-26. Dismissal is at 11:45.

Last week we worked hard on reading and language NWEA. Students showed a lot of growth from fall to winter. This week we will be working on completing science and math.Please continue to encourage your child to do their personal best.

This week we will be finishing up our unit on cause and effect.  We will be looking at cause and effect in nonfiction science and social studies articles.

Students will be taking their social studies test on Wednesday. Look for the study guide to go home tomorrow.

In writing this week we will focus on creating categories for all of the facts we collected about snow. We will begin to work on our blueprint graphic organizer to keep our ideas all in one organized place.

In science we finished up our storm spotter mystery last week and this week we will be learning about what makes a place so hot.

In math we will continue to learn about area as we progress to harder problems that require reasoning skills to explain how and why the answer is correct. Please make sure the student book is being sent back to school each night with homework completed.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Pioneer-A person who travels for a long time to settle in a new place.
2. Sources- A document that provides information about a topic.
3. Area- The amount of space on the INSIDE of a space.
4. Predict-A statement about what or may happen in the future.
5. Cause and Effect- what happened and why it happened.

I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend.

This week we will begin our NWEA testing. Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast and give them some words of encouragement. I am sure they will all improve and show growth from the beginning of the year. Please look for their scores in their planners.

This week in math we will be going over area. Dearborn is  adopting a new math program next year and third grade is piloting it for the next few months. We started it last week and students all got a work book that we have worked in for two lessons. In the new workbook there are built in homework practice pages. I will be trying this out this week in place of the usual homework packets to see how it goes. Students need to be responsible for taking the book home each night and returning it in the morning. This will also mean that students will have to work on one page each night and return it in the morning, which may make your child’s homework routine a bit different.

Last week in writing we began to talk about informational writing. We discussed the purpose of writing to inform and how important it is to pull facts and information from reliable sources. This week we will work on collecting these facts from articles to include in our paper. Our topic is “snow” which also fits into our weather unit in science(and is everywhere right now!).

In social studies we learned all about early pioneer life last week. This week we will learn how Michigan overcame some struggles and became a state. We will be looking to test by the end of the week or the beginning of next week depending on how much we get through with NWEA testing.

Just a reminder that we will NOT have NEW spelling words or academic words this week. We did not review all of the words last week, so I made a decision to add them for another week so students feel comfortable with each word. We will test both spelling and academic words on Friday.

Reminders for the week:

• Late start on Wednesday
• PTA meeting on Wednesday 6-7
• Haigh school store on Thursday during lunch
• Little Ceasers fundraiser forms due on Friday the 19th

I will also be finishing up reading DRA / progress monitoring assessment to students this week to monitor their reading level.

To say that this short week is a “busy” week is an understatement! We will be busy and working hard to show our progress toward our 2018 goals.

Welcome back Haigh families! Time flies when your having FUN! I sincerely hope everyone had a great time catching up with friends and family over the break.It sure was a cold one and I have to admit that my children and I were going a bit stir crazy….especially when we had a case of the flu bug sweep through our house! yuk! Now…..back to business as we welcome 2018 🙂

Reminders for the week:

• Monday is our library day, please be sure your child has his/hers ready to return.
• Ugly sweater BINGO  (rescheduled from the snow day in December) will be held Friday from 6-7.The cost is $3 per person
• 3rd grade Michigan Mammals presentation 1:30-2:30

This week we will be reviewing routines and behavior expectations. Our break was long and lazy (well, mine was!) and now it is time to  get back into the swing of things. Revisiting the rules and general expectations will ensure a positive and smooth rest of the year.

In reading we will be learning about cause an effect text structures in nonfiction texts. We will read and discuss several articles related to our social studies and science content of Michigan history and science content of weather. We will be reading about early pioneers of Michigan and how they had many struggles as they made their way to Michigan.

In writing we will begin the new year with revisiting our goals and creating new and revised goals for the new year.

In math we will be reviewing content from before break and begin our new unit which covers area/perimeter and measurement.

Academic Vocabulary ( I am almost positive these are the words….I left my list at school, but found a random sticky note with the words listed. If these turn out to be wrong, I will fix them 🙂 )

1. Perimeter- The distance around a shape.
2. Author- The person who writes a book, article, or story.
3. Paragraph-A group of sentences that supports a main idea.
4. Weather-The temperature and other outside conditions that change from day to day.
5. Difference-The result of subtracting one number from another.

Looking forward to a great first week back!