These students reused things they had at home to house their writing utensils!

Great Earth Day idea!

Your child received a packet with 5 sheets of photos. There is an order form envelope in the packet along with the set of pictures.

If you are interested in purchasing these pictures, you may send the money to school or order the pictures online. Either way, please send envelope back completed. You may purchase all or some of the photos. Follow the instructions on the order form.

If you are not interested, please send all photos back and they will be shipped back to the company.

-Ms. Mohamed

Congratulations to the students of the month of April:

Summer Ittayem

Zachary Harjly

Mariam Chami

We are so proud of you! Keep up the great work!

-Ms. Mohamed

clean up parade poster letter >>> letter was sent home today!!

Dear Kinder Families,

We will be a part of the Howard Clean-Up Parade on Tuesday, May 9^th at 1:30. The kids will be walking in the surrounding neighborhoods followed by a program presented at the school. We are requesting you make a fun “Dearborn clean-up, fix-up, paint up, plant-up” poster for your child to carry. It has to be light and it cannot have anything dangling from it.  See below examples:

Have fun and enjoy!!!

Ms. Mohamed

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

Permission slips coming home today! We are going to Greenfield Village on Thursday, May 18th.

Few things to keep in mind:

• All kids must ride the bus to and from the field trip.
• Please pack a lunch (no glass bottles)
• Dress appropriately for the trip. This is an outdoor trip.
• If you would like to chaperone, stop by the office as soon as possible to fill out a chaperone form.
• Trip cost is $10 per person. If you have a membership, send in a copy and you will not be charged.
• Slip and money due Wednesday, May 10th.

Any questions, feel free to ask!

Ms. Mohamed

Can you believe it we have 7 weeks of school left!!!!

We are wrapping this unit about Amazing Creatures with…..DINOSAURS!!!

Reading: We will reading If Dinos came back; How dinosaurs say I’m mad; The dinosaur that lived in my backyard; Dino Facts; Feet First; Tyler’s trip to the library; When water came to visit.

Strategies to focus on during your reading/listening: 

• KWL: What do you know about the topic; What are you wondering about the topic; What have you learned about the topic
• Elements of a story-focus on character, setting, authors purpose and favorite part (reflection)

Spelling:

bad

dad

sad

mad

had

glad

lad

so

some

Math: We will be review basic addition and subtraction within 10 using a number line, a number chart and story problems

Social Studies: we are learning about the past with dinosaurs. Focus on vocabulary such as extinct, fossils, archaeologist, paleontologist. We will create a project and discuss theories of what happened to dinosaurs.

REMINDERS: 

• We are still collecting cans and bottles to make our flower garden in front of the school
• We will be sending home permission slips later this week to go on a field trip…more info with details to come.
• Howard School Clean up Parade scheduled: Tuesday, May 9th at 1:30.
• Mother’s Day Celebration: Friday, May 12th at 8:50-9:10

Have a great week!!

Ms. Mohamed

Keep on reading!!!!

Ms. Mohamed

Week 2: Amazing Creatures: Sea Animals

Reading: We will be read poems: I don’t suppose; Sea Animals. We will read stories: Insect Hide (review); Fish Faces; The Fisherman and his wife; When Water comes to visit.

Strategy: Recalling information or events in the story and transferring it to writing.

Spelling: 

bug

rug

mug

tug

plug

slug

hug

jug

has

look

Cold word: -ug family word

Writing: We will be writing an informational description using adjectives on a specific animal that lives in the water. We will make a thinking map that has 4 descriptors of their sea animal. The sentence stem will be: ___is ___. __is___.

Math: We will review function machine. We will review input, output and what is the rule. On the class links located to the left of the screen, there is a game to help practice using a function machine.

Social Studies/Science: We are learning about helping the Earth. We will explore what pollution is and the types: air, water & ground pollution. We will make lists, watch videos on how to prevent pollution and create group posters to discuss how to make the Earth safe and clean.

Reminders:

• Starting Monday next week we start our annual bottle and can collection as one of our activities for Green Schools! Recycling bottles and cans is a simple way we can help the environment.

  When you donate the bottles and cans to Howard School, you are also helping us beautify our building. We will be using the money to purchase flowers and flower bulbs for outside our entryway and flowerbeds.

  Please remember to only bring in plastic bottles or aluminum cans and bottles that can be returned for 10 cents. No Glass! Please also remember to rinse out the containers so they are not sticky. We will continue our collection for 3 weeks.

  Thank you for helping keep Howard School beautiful and green!

• Howard will be having a Kindergarten Round-Up Thursday, April 27 at 6:00. If you know anyone coming to Kindergarten next year, please let them know.

Have a great week!

Ms. Mohamed

Week 1: Amazing Creatures: Beetles

Reading: We will read Beetles; The ant and the grasshopper; The elephant and the bees; Insects hide. We will ask and answer questions about each text. We will focus on asking proper questions and answering in complete sentences.

Spelling:

cot

dot

got

hot

not

shot

spot

she

he

beetle

Grammar: Adjectives: to describe something

Writing: We will be using adjectives to describe a specific beetle. We will work on one beetle on Tuesday and the writing sample should come home as usual. On Wednesday, your child is expected to choose a different beetle and write a description in the same format of the writing on Tuesday. The sentence stem are:  ___ is___. ___has___. ___has____.

Math: We ware learning about missing addend. We will work through number bonds, writing number sentences out and playing a game called quack attack.

Science & Social Studies: We are learning about Earth Day! We will discuss ways to help the Earth. We will talk about reducing, reusing and recycling.

REMINDERS:

• Friday, April 21st is Picture day.
• We are running low on snacks. Any donations are greatly appreciated!

Have a great week!!!

Ms. Mohamed