Hope everyone enjoys their family time during this Memorial Weekend and for those who are celebrating Ramadan- Ramadan Mubarak!

This week is going to be a four day week starting Tuesday-remember no school on Friday, May 26 and Monday, May 29th

Reading: we will be reading Fairy Tales this week and practice sequencing and retelling with picture cards. The stories are: The three billy goats gruff; Jack and the bean stalk; Hansel and Gretel. We also will read The Hungry Caterpillar and sequence that as well.

Strategy: Sequencing

Writing: We will be writing our opinions about a story of our choice and list 2 reasons why. Sentence stems are: I like the book ___. I like it because___. I also like it because__.

Spelling:

Make

Three

Cub

Hub

Rub

Tub

Sub

Scrub

Grub

Club

Math: We will review addition and subtraction within 10. We will use the vocabulary compose for addition and decompose for subtraction.

Science: We will explore the life cycle of a butterfly.

• egg
• caterpillar
• chrysalis
• butterfly

Have a great weekend!!

Ms. Mohamed

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Howard Elementary School and all Dearborn Schools are involved in an ongoing continuous improvement process, of which parents and guardians are an integral part. We are using the AdvancED Parent Survey as a means to elicit your opinions to help target areas for the school system to improve and areas to continue to be effective. Your opinion is important to us, and we ask that you take the time to complete this survey. The online survey will be available until 5/31/17. In order to complete the survey, please click on this link: https://goo.gl/NltlrJ
Please be assured that your responses to this survey will be anonymous and your honest opinions are appreciated. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact your school principal at blessid@dearbornschools.org. Thank you in advance for supporting our school improvement efforts.
Your cooperation and support in completing the parent survey will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Daniel J. Blessing, Ed.S.
Interim Principal
Howard Elementary School

أولياء الأمور الكرام ،

مدرستنا وجميع مدارس ديربورن في عملية تطوير و تحسين مستمرة و دائمة ،يعتبر خلالها الأهل والأوصياء جزء لا يتجزأ و جوهري لسيرها. نستخدم استطلاع رأي متطور و خاص بالأهالي كوسيلة للاطلاع على آرائهم التي من شأنها المساعدة في استهداف المناطق الفعالة والمؤثرة على سير العملية التطويرية للمدرسة. رأيك مهم بالنسبة لنا،لذا نرجو منكم الاجابة على الاستطلاع لإتمام هذه الدراسة. يتوفر استطلاع الرأي عبر شبكة الإنترنت من 5/9 _5/31 . من أجل إكمال الدراسة، يرجى الضغط على الرابط التالي : https://goo.gl/NltlrJ
نؤكد أن مشاركتكم و اجاباتكم حول هذا الاستطلاع سرية و لن يتم معرفة شخصية من قام بالاستطلاع، و أن آرائكم الصادقة هي موضع تقدير. إذا كان لديكم أي أسئلة حول هذا الاستبيان، يرجى الاتصال بمكتب المدرسة عبر البريد الالكتروني التالي <<blessid@dearbornschools.org شكرا لكم مقدما على مساندتكم ودعمكم لعملية تطوير و تحسين المدرسة .
نقدر تعاونكم ودعمكم في إكمال هذا الاستطلاع و لكم جزيل الشكر.

مدير(ة) المدرسة

Reading: We will be reading Wart Hogs Paint; Famous People; Fun Places.

Strategy in reading: Reflecting and making self to text connections to the text we just read.

Spelling:

Dog

Fog

Hog

Log

Jog

Clog

Frog

Smog

Him

His

Writing: We will be writing a personal narrative about our Happy Moments. We will discuss what a lead is. The lead is the beginning of our story starter: One day, I__. or One time, I__.

We will also make sure we use our transitions in our writing which are first, next, then and last.

Our goal is to reflect on happy  moments and write a story with characters, setting and some conversations if possible.

Math: Measurement practice with measuring tape, with rulers, with and unifix cubes . We will practice how to align when we measure.

Social Studies: Memorial Day and review of Michigan ideas.

REMINDERS:

• No school on Friday, May 26 and Monday, May 29
• June 9th-Father day Celebration. Time: 9:00-9:25
• June 15th-Kindergarten Picnic. Time: 11:30-12:30
• June 16th-Last Day of School   1/2 day

Have a great week!

-Ms. Mohamed

We had a fabulous time! Thanks to all the parents that came out to chaperone!

-Ms. Mohamed

New Unit: Look what I know a lot!

Reading: What do you know!; The knee high man; What else can I learn?; Ms. Bindergarten takes a field trip with kindergarten

Strategy in reading: identifying characters, setting and authors purpose:

• P.I.E.:
  • Persuade the reader
  • Inform the reader
  • Entertain the reader

Spelling: 

Rip

Drip

Ship

Sip

Nip

Hip

Skip

Lip

One

Two

Writing: We will write about what we know and what we wish to still learn to do. Our sentence stem will be: I can do many things, but I really wish I knew how to ___. This will be a narrative writing piece. It allow your child to reflect on their learning so far and analyze what they need to work on.

Math: We will review geometrical shapes and discuss how you can take certain shapes and build a different shape.

Social Studies: We are learning all about Michigan this week! We will learn that Michigan is a state. It has a flag. It as a state bird. It has a state flower. Here is what you can review with your child:

• Michigan is one of the 50 states in the United States of America
• The state bird is: the American Robin
• The state flower: the apple blossom
• The state flag has an elk, a moose and an eagle surrounding a blue shield. The shield has a man by a lake with a sun in the background.

REMINDERS: 

May 18th- Field trip to Green Field Village. Time: 9:30-2:00

June 9th-Father day Celebration. Time: 9:00-9:25

June 15th-Kindergarten Picnic. Time: 11:30-12:30

June 16th-Last Day of School   1/2 day

Have a great week!

-Ms. Mohamed

and a reader came in to read:

Thanks for showing your support and have a wonderful day!!

Ms. Mohamed

Wear blue for the parade and bring in your posters!

Thank you for making this week an amazing week! Thank your for all the beautiful gifts and treats this week. I’ m truly blessed to be a part of your child’s learning everyday! They are amazing and so are you!!!! 

Week of May 8th:

We will be focusing on opinions and reasons why for their opinions.

Reading: Its all about MOM’s this week. We will be reading multiple books about moms and creating multiple activities about our Moms.

Invitations coming home this week for Friday, May 12th at 8:50-9:10. We need to start right away because we are scheduled for NWEA Math testing at 9:10, so please be on time or just walk in at arrival time. 

Writing: We will writing our opinion about our Moms this week. We are building something special for Friday for you…..

Math: Comparing amount of objects & numbers- Greater than, less than or equal to.

Science: Presenting our posters we made at home for the clean up parade. This is a family project. Please work with your child and most of all have fun with it! This is due Monday, May 8th.

Social Studies: We are talking about rights and responsibilities this week. What it means to be part of a democracy and how we agree on things (voting, choices, creating rules/laws etc.)

Again important reminders:

May 9th-Clean up parade. Time: 1:30

May 10th- Money due for the field trip

May 12th- Mother’s Day Celebration. Time: 8:50-9:10

May 18th- Field trip to Green Field Village. Time: 9:30-2:00

June 9th-Father day Celebration. Time: 9:00-9:25

June 15th-Kindergarten Picnic. Time: 11:30-12:30

June 16th-Last Day of School   1/2 day

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Ms. Mohamed