Spirit Week

Hello Howe Families!

This week is our Spirit Week!

Please post a picture and comment of how you are participating each day!

Click the link below. Once you are on the site, press the add button in the bottom of the column in which you want to add your post. The columns are arranged by day of the week, make sure you are adding your post to the correct day.

Spirit Week!

We cannot wait to see how everyone is celebrating this week!

Stay safe and healthy!

Experiencing Technical Difficulties

I will put up meeting times when I can. WIFI issues. Work on zearn or social studies assignments.

DRA Testing Next Week!

The week of December 14th-18th we will be holding DRA Testing during Learning Lab times.

The DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment) is an individualized reading assessment that enables teachers to evaluate growth in student reading performance over time. The DRA helps teachers to identify students’ independent reading level by assessing students’ oral reading fluency and comprehension.

This data will allow us to create the most appropriate small group work and differentiate within our class work. The DRA will also allow us to see how your child is improving academically.

Early literacy is extremely important for the continuous growth and development of our young readers. Especially during these unique times, giving quick reading assessments allows us to create the most essential instruction for our students.

We will be giving DRA over zoom. Please ensure that your child logins at the right time. Time slots are allocated to ensure enough time to give the assessment and prepare for the next student. If your child logs in before the scheduled time, please just wait patiently in the waiting room. If, for some reason we are running behind, we ask that you stay logged into the zoom and we will be there shortly. To help us stay on schedule, please remember to log your child in at the correct time.

Below is the schedule for DRA Testing:

Time Polster	Monday 12/14	Time Puchala	Monday 12/14
	2:00 PM: Merlin 2:15 PM: Ahmed 2:30 PM: Maha 2:45 PM: Amelia 3:00 PM: Mohamed A. (2)		3:00 PM Batoul M. 3:15 PM Yassen
	Tuesday 12/15		Tuesday 12/15
	12:30 PM: Batoul C. 12:45 PM: Natalie 2:00 PM: Hassan 2:15 PM: Jad 2:30 PM: Hadi 2:45 PM: Eve		11:15 AM : Hussein 11:30 AM: Mahdi C. 12:30 PM: Mahdi K. 12:45 PM: Mohamad A.(1)
	Wednesday 12/16
	2:00 PM: Siham 2:15 PM: Sophia 2:30 PM: Mariam B. 2:45 PM: Ava 3:00 PM: Mohammed B.
			Thursday 12/17
			11:15 AM: Victoria 11:30 AM: Layana 12:30 PM: Layla

The zoom link will be on the schoology schedule next week.

Thank you,

Mrs. Polster and Ms. Puchala

Winter is Cool

2020 Holiday Spirit Week Activities

Holiday Week Activities 2020

Monday, December 14th:

*Dress as Favorite Character Day!

*We will read the Grinch and talk about kindness

Tuesday, December 15th:

*Dress in Red/Green Day!

*We will sing Holiday songs as a class on zoom.

Wednesday, December 16th:

*Assembly at 9 am on resilience. (Zoom link to come).

*Hat/Holiday Headwear day!

Thursday December 17th:

*Crazy Hair Day!

Friday, December 18th:

*Pajama Day!

*9 am zoom will be reading Polar Express together- A tradition normally done in the classroom. Please come in comfy pjs. *1-3 pm distribution at school! Please stop by and grab a gift, classroom materials and drop off pjs for the girl scout pj drive. (More details to come on where to go). This will be for all grades at Howe Montessori.