Mrs. Halimi

At this time of the year Haigh School always loves to give back to those in need. This school year we will be participating in 2 different drives to help out our community. The 2 drives that we are participating in are; “The Rainbow Connection Toy Drive- dedicated to giving back for Michigan Children with life threatening illnesses” and the “Battle Against Hunger- which is in partnership with the Dearborn High School and their feeder schools to raise money for Amity and Zaman food pantry’s”. At Haigh, we will have collection boxes set up in our main hallway for these two important drives. 

Please see the link below for more information 🙂

Toy and Food Drive

Good afternoon Haigh families:)

Reminders for the week:

• Monday- Mid-Module 2 math assessment
• Tuesday-Parent/Teacher conferences (appointment times reminders were sent)
• Wednesday- PTA meeting @ 6pm in the library
• Friday-Haigh school store; students may bring in money to purchase small items during their lunch

*** The winter weather has arrived 🙁 Please make sure to send your child in with a coat, hat, and gloves so they stay warm and toasty during recess.

Last week we reviewed non-fiction text features during our reading time. This week we will dig deeper into non-fiction text by reading a variety of articles while paying attention to how these features help solidify our understanding of the text. I want students to understand the importance of the text features and how some questions they receive rely solely on the different text features presented to them. In addition to interacting with the text features, students will learn how to find the main idea of a text. In writing we will be working on creating informational paragraphs based around a student picked main idea.

Students will take their mid-module unit 2 test tomorrow during class. Please take the time to review the study guide with your child today. The story problem based questions have the students adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing. We will also begin part two of the module this week. We will be working on rounding two and three digit numbers to the tens and hundreds on a vertical  number line.

Last week we began our new unit titled, “The History of Michigan.” Students learned how historians use sources to help them learn about the past. This week we will begin to learn about the Native Americans in Michigan.

In science we will begin to explore our new unit on weather and climate.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Fact- A piece of information that is proven to be true.
2. Glossary- A list found in the back of a book that defines important words.
3. Primary Source- Records made by people who actually saw or took place in an event.
4. Timeline- A list of important events in the order in which they happened.
5. Gram- A metric unit of weight that we use to measure very light objects.

Test on Monday. Students will review this study guide in class this week. Please review with them over the weekend. This test has a lot of story problems that have students using all four operations. Please review adding and subtracting larger numbers with them.

mid module 2 study guide

Good afternoon Haigh families. I hope you are enjoying your extra hour today 🙂

Reminders for the week:

• Book Fair tomorrow
• No school Tuesday; VOTE 🙂
• Wednesday is the last day for Savory Foods Fundraiser
• Thursday conferences after school; you should have received a reminder in your child’s planner of date and time (some are scheduled for the following week)
• Friday is picture retake day

Last week was a busy, fun filled week! Our Halloween party was a success and a lot of fun. Thank you to the room mom’s for helping out! You ladies are AMAZING!

This week in reading we will be reviewing and learning about non-fiction text features. Students will review each feature and discover how useful and important they are to our comprehension of a non-fiction text. In writing this week we will continue to work on our compare and contrast paper of the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan.

In math this week we will begin the week by looking at capacity by decomposing a liter. We will work with theses liquid volumes throughout the week and solve mixed word problems that consist of all four operations.

In social studies this week we will finish up our “Passport” to Michigan project by picking a region that we studied and completing a map that highlights its common features. We will also type a summary of our learning to help describe the region they were assigned. We will also begin our new unit which is the history of Michigan.

Academic Vocabulary: 4 words this week 🙂

1. Heading- A title at the top of a paragraph that lets readers know what they will be reading about.
2. Equation- A mathematical statement containing an equals sign. Ex: 2 + 3 = 5
3. History- Something that happened in the past.
4. Capacity- The amount of liquid a container holds.

We completed the study guide in class today. I have attached it here with the correct answers.

Social Studies Geography STUDY GUIDE KEY

Good afternoon Haigh families 🙂

Reminders for the week:

• 1/2 day on Friday
• Social Studies TEST on Thursday (Study guide to come home TUESDAY)
• HALLOWEEN PARTY on Wednesday from 12:15-1:50; All are welcome to come or stop in.

Halloween is going to be a SUPER busy day. Students MAY wear their costumes to school but please leave the props, masks, blood at home.We have planned for PIZZA on Wednesday afternoon, so please do not pack a lunch. After pizza we will do a few games and crafts in our classroom. At 2:00 we will be enjoying our PBIS celebration of dancing and donuts and cider. At 2:30 we will be walking in our annual Halloween Parade around the school. Students may send in a candy treat bags for their classmates if they want, but it is not mandatory and is simpler if they do not. However, if you have already planned on this then feel free to send them in. We have 26 students.

This week in reading we will be reading Halloween themed stories and working on non-fiction reading passages to begin to look at text features. We will continue to work on answering questions using evidence from the text to support our answers. In writing we will work on another compare and contrast paper in which we will be comparing the upper and lower peninsula of Michigan.

***Please remind your child to read their READING GROUP BOOK each night as part of their nightly reading for their reading log. They may or may not have an assignment, but should be practicing reading with this good fit book each night to better help them with fluency and vocabulary. THANK YOU for your support.

In math this week we will begin the week with MATH QUIZ MONDAY to assess how students did last week on telling time to the minute and using a number line to solve elapsed time problems. Students did have a page of homework over the weekend and were encouraged to study by looking over their homework pages from last week. This week we will focus on measuring weight and liquid volume in metric units. Please note that their will be NO HOMEWORK on HALLOWEEN 🙂

In social studies this week students will be finishing up our unit on geography of Michigan by visiting the different regions of Michigan through “virtual field trips”. Students were given a “Passport to Michigan” on Friday and visited the Metro Detroit region and the Upper Peninsula region. Ask your child the common features of those 2 regions and have them share about their trips. This week we will be visiting the fruit belt, the northern upper peninsula, midwest, and great lakes regions. We will take our unit 1 test on THURSDAY. I will send home a study guide on TUESDAY.

We will continue to explore magnets this week.

Academic words:

1. Number line- A line with numbers in order that help us add, subtract, tell time etc.
2. Conclusion- The end of something.
3. Claim- Your answer to a question.
4. Theme- The one word big idea the author wants you to come away with.
5. Caption- a short description of  a picture.

Good morning Haigh families! I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. GO BLUE!

Reminders for the week:

1. Savory Food Sales fundraiser begins
2. Costume BINGO for books Thursday 6:30-7:30 in the gym
3. Field trip slips and money due on FRIDAY
4. Please sign and return MATH tests that went home on Friday

This week we will be working on reading more legends and understanding how to tell the theme of a story. We will look at stories that we have read this year to identify the overall one word theme and support our thinking using the CER method to show evidence from the story. In writing this week we will focus on compare and contrast writing. We will learn about the structure of this writing and compose a compare paper about a partner in the classroom.

On Friday we had our introduction to our new math unit : Place value and problem solving with units of measure. We will begin this week with telling time and using the number line to help us solve word problems involving elapsed time.

In science this week we will investigate the force of magnets through our mystery science lessons.

In social studies we will look at the different regions in Michigan to see how Michigan is divided up.

ACADEMIC VOCABULARY:

1. edit- to make spelling and punctuation changes to a writing.
2. compare- to identify how things are the same.
3. analog clock- a clock with two hands used to tell the time.
4. repel- a force that moves away from each other.
5. region- an area of land that has common features.

Information regarding our classroom Halloween Party will come out at the end of the week. We will be having a short celebration in the classroom along with a PBIS celebration, and a school wide parade. Halloween is going to be BUSY!

Good afternoon Haigh families. I hope you are enjoying this picture perfect fall weekend.

Last week we learned about myths in reading and worked on revising narratives. This week we will continue to read and discuss elements of myths and learn about legends. We will focus on the legends of Michigan that will tie into our social studies curriculum. We ended our week with a half day and enjoyed creating pumpkins to decorate our classroom. Students designed them with their own creative twists. This week we will create a descriptive paragraph to tell a little story about our pumpkins. We will also be working on more “Halloween” themed descriptive writing about a haunted house 🙂

In math this week we will work on reviewing for our unit one MATH TEST on Wednesday. I will be reading each question orally and stressing the multiple directions that each question has. Please review the math study guide in the previous post with your child.

In social studies this week we will be learning about the human characteristics of Michigan and looking at how Michigan is divided into different regions.

In science we will look at magnets. Students will explore the surprising properties of magnets and experiment with an invisible force that acts at a distance.

Reminders for the week:

• Late start on Wednesday; schools begins at 9:35
• Box top fundraiser ends on FRIDAY
• Donations for classroom parties. A BIG THANK YOU to those who have already donated.

Academic Vocabulary:

1. Friction- a force that slows things down.
2. Climate- the weather over a long period of time.
3. Legend- an old story passed down from person to person that explains something in a culture.
4. Revise- To make changes to a writing in order to make it better.
5. Region- an area of land that has common features.

Our Module 1 Math Test will be on Wednesday, October 17th It will cover all math skills learned so far this year. Please click the link below for a copy of the study guide and answer sheet that go with this test. You can also review ALL of the homework pages we have done so far.

Unit 1 study guide: module 1 END OF UNIT STUDY GUIDE 

Good evening Haigh families. I am sorry for the delay in this post.

Reminders for the week:

1. Half day Friday; dismissal is at 11:45
2. I sent home a letter asking for donations for classroom parties; please donate if you are able to.
3. Box top or dimes are still being collected for PTA fundraiser.

This week in reading we will be learning about myths. Students will read several Greek myths and identify the plot, describe the characters, and compare and contrast different stories. Reading groups are up in running in the classroom. Students have set their goals and begun to read and work on assignments in class. They should be able to complete all their assignments before our next scheduled meeting if they are using their time wisely during our daily five reading block. If they do not finish it during class then it is their responsibility to bring it home for homework and have it finished with their best effort in mind. Please take a moment to ask your child what they are working on in reading group and if they have any assignments. You may also wish to have them bring their book home each evening; I am okay with that as long as it is sent back each day.This book can be used as part of their reading log.

In writing we will edit our personal narratives to include the use of adjectives, descriptions, and red flag transition words.

In math this week we will look at number patterns of 5 and use number bonds to decompose numbers. We will also review two step word problems and help students learn how to break the problem down and make sure their drawing or strategy matches the words in the problem.

In science this week we will be exploring friction and how it slows objects down. We will test different items to determine which has the most friction.

In social studies this week we will learn more about the Great Lakes and learn about the natural vegetation in Michigan. We will begin to explore the different regions that Michigan is part of.

Academic Words:

1. Bay- a body of water that is partially surrounded by land.
2. Island- a piece of land that is surrounded by water on all sides.
3. Myth- a short, fictional story that explains why something is the way it is.
4. fiction- a story that is made up or fake.
5. Detail- words used to describe something or someone.