Mrs. Halimi

Good afternoon Haigh families 🙂

On Tuesday we will be having our annual Halloween parade.The parade will begin at 2:30 and students will be walking around the school. All parents are welcomed and encouraged to attend.Come take pictures of all the creative, fun, and scary costumes here at Haigh.

• Students may wear their costume to school
• Please keep weapons, masks, and accessories at home
• The parade will last about 45 minutes

Halloween Party

We will be having  our Halloween party Tuesday afternoon at 1:30. Students will be playing fun Halloween themed games. We will be having a few snacks and refreshments. You are more than welcome to attend the party and help assist with games, take photos,and join in on the fun! Please just sign into the front office upon your arrival.

• Please do not send in additional treats (we have plenty)
• Party begins at 1:30 and ends at 2:30

Good morning Haigh families.

Reminders for the week:

• Savory foods fundraiser order forms are due on Friday
• PBIS celebration will be on Tuesday
• Please send in headphones/earbuds

This week we will begin to look at non-fiction text features. Students will learn the purpose of each feature and how they help us comprehend a text better. Students will be working and practicing with these features during daily five time . In writing we will compose our final copies of our narratives and share them in class. We will begin to focus on compare papers later in the week.

In math we will begin our week with a quiz on multiplication strategies we learned about last week. We will also be doing self reflections on our unit 2 pre-test to set goals for the remainder of the unit. We will also be taking a look at the relation between multiplication and division.

In social studies we will focus on the regions of Michigan. Students will be working in small groups to illustrate a particular region of Michigan. Groups will share what they learned about their region to the class.

Last week students learned that gravity is a force that is all around us. This week students will learn about how friction is a force that slows things down. We will perform some investigations to help us gain understanding.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Gravity- a force that pulls things down.
2. Friction- a force that slows things down.
3. Factors- the two numbers that you multiply together.
4. Product- the answer to a multiplication problem.
5. Array- a set of objects arranged in rows and columns that helps us count easier.

**The weather forecast for the week looks COLD 🙁 Be sure to send your child in with a jacket, we will be going outside for recess.

Good Afternoon Haigh families. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, even though it was a WET one!

Reminders:

Tuesday: Fire safety house field trip (9:30)

Wednesday: Late start, after school Halloween party planning meeting 3:40-4:10

Last week we had a great time learning about bridges and how  invisible forces  help support them. We put our learning to work and created our own bridges and tested them using Unifex cubes. We had some strong bridges!

This week in reading we will be working on identifying the theme in short stories and using the CER method to help support our reasoning. In writing we will work on adding details to our narrative stories and learn about how “red flag” transition words can help move our stories along.

In math we will begin our multiplication unit where we will develop an understanding that multiplication is just repeated addition. We will learn how to represent a multiplication problem by using an array and addition concepts.

In social studies we will be reviewing the natural and human characteristics of Michigan by creating a google slide presentation that identifies and describes these beautiful features of Michigan. Students will learn how to add images to their slides to create a visually appealing presentation of their learning.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Fiction- A story invented by your imagination.
2. Sum- The answer to an addition problem.
3. Bay-A body of water partially surrounded by land.
4. Solution- The answer to a problem.
5. Michigan- Our state that consists of the upper and lower peninsula.

Thanks again to all of you who donated money for our class party fund. Can’t wait to begin planning our very first celebration of the year 🙂

Looking forward to a great week!

Good Morning Parents 🙂

Good Evening Families!

I hope everyone had a restful weekend. This one sure did go by fast.

Important:

• Unit 1 math test on Tuesday. Your child was sent home with their unit one pretest to study from.
• Half day Friday, dismissal at 11:45
• Halloween school parade has been changed to Halloween, Tuesday the 31^st.

We will continue to work on theme as we read a variety of myths. We will work on supporting our ideas with evidence from the text. Students will learn to use the CER (Claim, evidence, reasoning) strategy to help them fully support their claim.

In writing we will begin to write our personal narratives. We will focus on using red flag transition words to move our writing along. We will also learn the importance of word choice and use our word collectors and synonym resource sheet to help us use  strong word choice. Finally, we will learn how to compose a strong ending to our personal narratives.

We will begin our week with our unit 1 math test and our unit 2 pretest. We will begin to work on unit 2 which consists of multiplication concepts.

In social studies we will look at the different regions that Michigan is part of. We will also learn about Michigan’s natural resources.

In science we will continue to learn about force and motion.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Myth-A fictional story that explains why something is the way it is.
2. Climate-The weather conditions over a long period of time.
3. Theme- The one or two word main idea of a story. Example- friendship, honesty, respect.
4. Lead- The first sentence in your writing that “hooks” the reader.
5. Data- A collection of facts such as numbers or words that can be displayed on a graph.

Good Afternoon parents ad welcome to October! The month of September sure did fly by.

This week we will begin to plan and work on our personal narrative writings. We will learn how to focus on a small moment and tell our stories with strong description, an interesting lead, and with the use of transition words.

We will continue to focus on identifying character traits as we explore the genre of myths. Students will be able to compare myths to fables and explain how they are different and how they are the same.

****Please send in a pair of headphones or ear buds for your child to use during listen to reading which takes place during our Daily 5 literacy block (I have a few old pairs in the classroom for students to use as well).

Tomorrow we will have a quiz in math on telling time and solving elapsed time on an open number line. We have been working really hard at this and your children are doing great. Please take a few minutes to review this with them today so they are ready for their quiz tomorrow. We will be switching gears and  looking at data and graphs in math this week. We will learn how to interpret and represent data on pictographs and bar graphs.We will use our own personal data folders to help us relate graphs to the importance in our everyday lives.

We will continue to explore the geography of Michigan and learn about the Great Lakes. We will also begin to explore the different regions of Michigan.

We will continue our focus on force and motion and begin our mystery science investigations.

Academic Vocabulary

1. Narrative- A real or fictitious story that is made up of a clear beginning, middle, and end.
2. Peninsula- A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
3. traits-A way a person or character in a books acts.
4. motion- A change in position of an object.
5. location- A place or position.

Reminders for the week:

Monday 10-2—–PBIS party. Students who have shown good behavior at Haigh have earned a special party. Please see the previous post for details.

Wednesday 10-4—— Firefighters visit the 3rd graders to present about fire safety. All 3rd graders in Dearborn will also get an opportunity to visit the firehouse for a fire safety demonstration. Our class will be visiting October 17th; look for a permission slip sent home this week. This is a quick field trip and parent chaperones are not needed.

Friday 10-6—— Outdoor movie night at Haigh @ 6:00. Please come and join us for a movie and fun with students and families of Haigh.

ALL WEEK POPCORN SALE, POPCORN DELIVERED ON FRIDAY the 6th.

Looking forward to a productive week.

Dear Families,

On Monday, October 2nd we will be having our first PBIS celebration of the year. This celebration is to recognize your child’s positive behavior for the month of September. Our theme will be Float, Fly, Glide! This event will take place outside, so let’s hope the weather stays pleasant!

Be sure to check the weather forecast and make sure your child is dressed appropriately, students will be outside for 45 minutes.  

Thank you,

Haigh PBIS Committee

Dear 3rd Grade Parents,

Please join us for an informational Parent Meeting on  Tuesday Sept. 19 @ 3:45-4:30 in room 32 We will discuss Home Routines, Helpful Websites, Homework, and Positive Reinforcement.  We look forward to seeing you as we continue to work as a team toward your child’s success.  If you are unable to attend, please feel free to check out our blogs for helpful information on the same topics and you may contact us at any time with questions.

Thank you!

Haigh 3rd Grade Teachers