21 Day Read Aloud Challenge
Since March is reading month, the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) “is teaming up with Read Aloud 15 MINUTES to promote the 21-Day Read Aloud-ASHA Challenge.
The challenge hopes to help parents and caregivers form a habit of reading aloud once they commit to the challenge of reading for 21 days in a row. And what better habit could families form than daily reading with their children?
Read Aloud believes 15 minutes of daily reading with children ages 0 through 8 years can change the face of education in the United States. The organization’s mission involves spreading the word about the benefits of reading. Their goal to make 15 minutes of reading each day the societal norm, is one ASHA supports in various ways.”
Of course, it also fits in with the goals and initiatives at Henry Ford!
Please consider encouraging your parents to participate in the 21-Day Read Aloud-ASHA Challenge. (The chart/calendar offers some specific tips for parents.)
Thank you!
Fable Graphic Organizer / Planning Tool
Fable Graphic Organizer
Step 1: What moral would you like to teach?
Step 2: Who will your characters be? How can you show that moral in a story?
Step 3: What problem must your characters solve?
Step 4: How does your fable end?
March is Reading Month Calendar
Art contest
Kids Count Art Contest
Our friends at the Michigan League for Public Policy have announced that its Kids Count project is holding a youth art contest. The contest is open to children from preschool through 12th grade and the theme revolves around the question, “What’s it like to be a kid in Michigan?”
The Kids Count in Michigan project, which is part of the national KIDS COUNT project at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, seeks to improve and strengthen our state so that Michigan’s kids can thrive in a world where they are supported. The youth art contest is a chance for kids to be part of the 2019 Kids Count in Michigan Data Book. The annual data book covers a variety of issues facing children and teens in our state, and though it is not required, artwork can relate to topics such as: friends, family, health, nutrition, childcare, school, career goals, teen issues, home life, culture, emotions, food, sports, money or jobs.
Artwork can be done in crayon, ink, acrylics, oil paint, pastels, watercolor, colored pencils, scratchboard, color marker, chalk, pastels, charcoal, or paper collage. They cannot accept artwork done using plain black pencil or weak colored pencil.
Please visit https://mlpp.org/kids-
Link to Dearborn Schools Steam blog
https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/dearbornsteam/
More Writing Ideas
- A special birthday for me is…
- A special birthday for an adult is…
- What is your favorite time of day? Explain why?
- I’d like to see . . .
- The biggest thing I ever saw
- If toys could talk what would they say?
- I am proud of myself because…
- What I know about rabbits is that…
- Tell about one thing you do really well?
- Insects, insects everywhere!!! Describe what you see!
- I’m happy when . . .
- This is how I think plants grow.
- My adventure would be
- I am afraid to_________ because
- What is your favorite room in your home and why?
- Describe your best day ever?
- What does a super-fun day look like to you?
- Climbing trees is…
- I wish trees could._______because….
- I want to be a ________ when I grow up.
- The perfect place in the whole wide world is…
- What can you do to help you feel better when you’re feeling blue?
- Walking in the rain is…
- Noisy times and quiet times are…
- For lunch today I…
- If I were a raindrop I’d…
- I like to make ______ because…
- I am always kind to__________ because
- My favorite stuffed animal or toy is…
- What would happen if it really did rain cats and dogs?
- If I could choose a different name, I would choose _____ and this is why…
- Let’s go _______________. Describe your adventure in detail.
- What would happen if animals could talk? What questions would you like to ask them?
- Imagine that you can become invisible whenever you wanted to? What are some of the things you would do.
- What would you do if you were in the middle of the ocean and your boat springs a leak?
Parent University Information
Thank you for hosting the second session of Parent University at your school. Parent University will begin February 22nd and run six consecutive Fridays until March 29th. Attached is the schedule of dates and the topics to be covered. Please post on your school blog and encourage your staff to do the same. In addition to GSRP staff the following community resources will be presenting on specific topics:
Speech & Language- Kellyann Rodriguez, Social Worker and
Samah Alsaidi, Speech Pathologist from
Dearborn Public Schools
Social/Emotional–Shannon Mathison from Ages and Stages (ASQ)
Gross Motor– LAHC
Dental– Nancy Werner from Covenant Community Care
| Cotter | Henry Ford | McCollough | River Oaks | Salina | Whitmore | |
| 2-22 | Science | Dental | Literacy | Speech | Social Emotional | Gross Motor |
| 3-1 | Dental | Science | Speech | Literacy | Gross Motor | Social Emotional |
| 3-8 | Gross Motor | Social Emotional | Science | Dental | Literacy | Speech |
| 3-15 | Social Emotional | Gross Motor | Dental | Science | Speech | Literacy |
| 3-22 | Literacy | Speech | Social Emotional | Gross | Dental | Science |
| 3-29 | Speech | Literacy | Gross Motor | Social Emotional | Science | Dental |
Please have technology available for the presenters.
