1-25-2018
Dear families,
Due to the short week and the unexpected snow day, we will be taking our first spelling assessment of the -at word family on Monday. This will allow students two extra days to work on them in class and the weekend to read and practice writing them at home! I hope you have a wonderful and WARM weekend! Happy Friday.
-Mrs. Ross and Class 🙂
-at word family (cat, *bat, rat, *sat, mat, *fat, hat, vat, pat)
Dear Families,
I hope this message finds you all well and warm! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and a wish you meaningful day off on Monday. I just wanted to take a moment to mention how much I love my profession, my students and appreciate our diverse school community. I am very proud to be a teacher in this district and hope I can continue to nurture and teach for many years to come!
We had a another great week last week. We are learning so much about penguins and continue to read, write and share our knowledge. We have finished our individual reading assessments for the end of the second card marking period, and have continued working on our math assessments! Make sure your child is reading every night for 10-15 minutes. Reading groups will resume next week, so make sure those reading bags come to school every day! In addition, students can work on the zern website for additional math practice. I am SO proud of all the progress we have made thus far, and am excited to see our growing scores on the NWEA math and reading assessment this month! I will send any updates of school information as they come. Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Ross 🙂
Homework:Â This week your child will receive a math game to put in their math binder and the next 5 lessons in math.
*Popcorn: This week we will have popcorn sales so bring your quarters! I will collect them at 8:35 am before gym class.
*Library check out: I believe we still have Media check out this Tuesday morning even with the half day. Please help your child bring place their books in the backpacks Monday evening! I’ll let you know if something changes regarding check out.
*Reading Packs: Make sure your child is spending about 10-15 minutes reading at night on Raz-Kids and the books, letters/words you find in the reading packs. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there next week because they will be switched for one to two more this week!
LA Books: Informational Books about “Penguins” (We will read and research about penguins this month). In addition, we will read a LA book called “Each Kindness”.
*If your child has any personal books about penguins at home, we would LOVE to read them during class this month and discover facts from the text that we can learn and write about! If you’d like to let us read a book from your house, please make sure your child’s name is written inside the cover so we can get it back to you when we’re done researching penguins. Thank you to Bradley, Nolan, Morgan and Kaydin for bringing in books and research articles about penguins for us to read!Â
*If your child does NOT have any penguin books, I would love to encourage your child to visit the Dearborn Public Library to get a library card, check out some great new books, and find some books on penguins!
*If you like looking on the computer with your child, we’d love to read some child friendly articles on penguins!
Writing Topic: Informational Writing:Â Penguins (Can, Have, Are) We have begun taking our writing plans and putting them into sentences in a rough draft. I am so proud of our writing skills!
Spelling: Spelling instruction will begin this week!
Sight Words: went, with
-at word family (cat, *bat, rat, *sat, mat, *fat, hat, vat, pat)
-words with a * are definitely on the test, I will add two cold words to make a total of 5 words on the spelling test on Fridays. In addition there will be the two “sight words of the week” to make sure we keep learning the sight words on the Dolch List!
(Students will work with the teacher on a specific “word family” each week and be assessed on Fridays each week (or Mondays if the week is short/or extra time is needed). You will receive the results in the homework folders on Monday afternoons. Words will be posted on the blog each Sunday. It would be beneficial to spend a few minutes each night working on reading and writing the words (and most importantly helping your child to see the first letter/sound is the only one manipulated to make the new word and because of this they all rhyme).
*Science: Finish Unit on Climate and Weather cont. lessons on Mystery Science and scholastic magazines
*Social Studies: Finish Unit on Needs and Wants. and working on fair trades and review all the ideas of the unit as it comes to a close shortly. Once again reviewing the concepts of: needs/wants, goods/services, trades (which benefit both parties) in real life teachable moments whenever you are out on the town will help deepen your child’s comprehension of this economics unit: How Do I Get What I Need and Want?
Dear Families,
I hope this message finds you all well and warm! We had a great week back from vacation last week. We have been enjoying our penguin research and working very hard. We have also begun individual assessments for the end of the second card marking period which is quickly approaching! Make sure your child is reading every night for 10-15 minutes. Reading books may slow down this week, so your child can access a large amount of electronic books on Raz-Kids! In addition, they can work on the zern website for additional math practice. We have been using zern in math stations and playing math games during math workshop. The class loves it! I will send any updates of school information as they come. Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Ross 🙂
Homework:Â This week your child will receive a math game to put in their math binder and the next 5 lessons in math module 3. We are on pace now with lessons in the classroom. Please let me know if this is difficult for your child.
*Popcorn: This week we will have popcorn sales so bring your quarters! I will collect them at 8:35 am before gym class.
*Library check out: Media check out this Tuesday morning. Please help your child bring place their books in the backpacks Monday evening!
*Reading Packs: Make sure your child is spending about 10-15 minutes reading at night on Raz-Kids and the books, letters/words you find in the reading packs. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there next week because they will be switched for one to two more this week!
LA Books: Informational Books about “Penguins” (We will read and research about penguins this month)
*If your child has any personal books about penguins at home, we would LOVE to read them during class this month and discover facts from the text that we can learn and write about! If you’d like to let us read a book from your house, please make sure your child’s name is written inside the cover so we can get it back to you when we’re done researching penguins. Thank you to Bradley and Nolan for bringing in books to read last week!Â
*If your child does NOT have any penguin books, I would love to encourage your child to visit the Dearborn Public Library to get a library card, check out some great new books, and find some books on penguins!
*If you like looking on the computer with your child, we’d love to read some child friendly articles on penguins!
Writing Topic: Informational Writing:Â Penguins (Can, Have, Are)
Spelling: Spelling instruction and tests will begin week of 1-21-2019. Students will work with the teacher on a specific “word family” each week and be assessed on Fridays each week (or Mondays if the week is short/or extra time is needed). You will receive the results in the homework folders on Monday afternoons. Words will be posted on the blog each Sunday. When the time comes, it would be beneficial to spend a few minutes each night working on reading and writing the words (and most importantly helping your child to see the first letter/sound is the only one manipulated to make the new word and because of this they all rhyme). We have been working on manipulating first and last sounds in CVC words for a while now, so this should be an easy addition for our class. 🙂
Phonics:Â Long U
Words of the Week: an, me
*Science: Unit on Climate and Weather cont. lessons on Mystery Science
*Social Studies: Continue Unit on Needs and Wants. and working on fair trades and review all the ideas of the unit as it comes to a close shortly. Once again reviewing the concepts of: needs/wants, goods/services, trades (which benefit both parties) in real life teachable moments whenever you are out on the town will help deepen your child’s comprehension of this economics unit: How Do I Get What I Need and Want?
Dear Families,
Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful vacation and got the chance to spend time with your families and friends. Most of all, I hope you got to RELAX! I had the most relaxing break and look forward to being SO much healthier in the coming year. I am very excited to hear all the fun that your little ones had over vacation. As we reset our alarms and get back into the swing of things, here is what we will be working on this week in school. Tutoring resumes this week for any students that attend. I will update and add any changes to the blog as they come. Have a wonderful week!
Homework:Â This week your child will receive a math game to put in their math binder and the next 5 lessons in math module 3. We are on pace now with lessons in the classroom. Please let me know if this is difficult for your child.
*Popcorn: This week we will have popcorn sales so bring your quarters! I will collect them at 8:35 am before gym class.
*Library check out: Library check out is back! So make sure your child brings their book back Tuesday morning 🙂 Thank you for all your help.
*Reading Packs: Make sure your child is spending about 10-15 minutes reading at night on Raz-Kids and the books, letters/words you find in the reading packs. This will help your child SO much reviewing their personal bags each night! Those students who had books sent home last week, make sure they are in there next week because they will be switched for one to two more this week!
LA Books: Informational Books about “Penguins” (We will read and research about penguins this month)
*If your child has any personal books about penguins at home, we would LOVE to read them during class this month and discover facts from the text that we can learn and write about! If you’d like to let us read a book from your house, please make sure your child’s name is written inside the cover so we can get it back to you when we’re done researching penguins.
*If your child does NOT have any penguin books, I would love to encourage your child to visit the Dearborn Public Library to get a library card, check out some great new books, and find some books on penguins!
*If you like looking on the computer with your child, we’d love to read some child friendly articles on penguins!
Writing Topic: Informational Writing:Â Penguins (Can, Have, Are)
Spelling: Spelling instruction and tests will begin week of 1-21-2019. Students will work with the teacher on a specific “word family” each week and be assessed on Fridays each week (or Mondays if the week is short/or extra time is needed). You will receive the results in the homework folders on Monday afternoons. Words will be posted on the blog each Sunday. When the time comes, it would be beneficial to spend a few minutes each night working on reading and writing the words (and most importantly helping your child to see the first letter/sound is the only one manipulated to make the new word and because of this they all rhyme). We have been working on manipulating first and last sounds in CVC words for a while now, so this should be an easy addition for our class. 🙂
Phonics:Â Long E
Words of the Week: it, big
*Science: Unit on Climate and Weather cont. lessons on Mystery Science
*Social Studies: Continue Unit on Needs and Wants. This week we will finish working on fair trades and review all the ideas of the unit as it comes to a close shortly. Once again reviewing the concepts of: needs/wants, goods/services, trades (which benefit both parties) in real life teachable moments whenever you are out on the town will help deepen your child’s comprehension of this economics unit: How Do I Get What I Need and Want?
1-5-2019
Dear Families,
This is a message from Yasmine Hicks our PTA President. If you’d like to donate to this event you can use the link below to re-paste. Thank you in advance for your generosity. I hope to see you all at the pancake dinner it’s so fun!
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