Dear Families,

Wow! We made it! The first week of school just FLEW by for us and we had a BLAST 🙂 We hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I traveled all the way to and from Ohio to visit family I have not seen in a while. Benjamin and Antonia had a great time playing with their cousins. We are so tired lol! I want to welcome you again to room 106. I am so happy with my new penguins and know it is going to be a fantastic year. I thank you for making all the necessary arrangements to make sure your child came in last week for their quick kdg readiness appointments during your busy work weeks. I would also like to send a HUGE thank you to Sebastian and his family for donating TWO huge fans for our hot classroom. We appreciate you so much and will take such great care of these beautiful fans.

Thank you also for being so prompt returning the emergency cards, lunch forms and anything else included in your beginning of the year packet from Ms. Cathy and Ms. Ann in the office. If you would like to volunteer in the building at all this year or come along on a field trip, please make sure you have completed an ichat form in the office. These are good for several years!

Here is what you need to know for this week:

Language Arts: Letter Focus: S.M, Sight words: the, I, Recognizing Rhyming words, Listening and comprehending stories: asking and answering questions about the text, Launching Daily 5 and Read to Self, writing personal narratives through pictures

Math: Launching Eureka Math Unit 1 Number 0-10.

Social Studies: Begin Unit 1: Getting Along With Others

Homework: This week I am asking you to send in a picture of your family for our Daily 5 program to decorate the classroom and make it feel like home for our children! This week we will take the picture that come in and make picture frames for them on Friday!

*Important Dates: 

-Thursday, September 13th, 2018 Open House 6:00pm

Have a wonderful week and if there is anything I am missing in this post, I will be sure to send updates throughout the week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross 🙂

*If you have not yet signup for our classroom iblog here is the address for you to sign up. Please make sure that you confirm your subscription! Next week, I will not be sending home a paper copy of the newsletter in order to help DuVall save resources for instruction.

Mrs. Ross’s iblog can be found here:     dearbornschools.org/ross/

Dear families of 106,

Happy first day of school! I wanted to wish you a wonderful first day and week back and to wish you farewell as subscribers to my blog. I will unsubscribe  you today and take care of it for you. Please know that I am ALWAYS here for your child and family and feel free to email me or come to me for anything. I am also going to begin offering individual tutoring this year after school hours. So if you feel your child needs any support in reading or math please feel free to contact me. Have a healthy, happy and safe new school year!

With Love,

Mrs. Ross

Dear Families,

Happy Memorial Day! I hope this message finds you all well rested and cool! I have spent the last three days in the hot sun watching Benjamin and his team play in the Canton Cup soccer tournament! Whew, it’s so hot! For those of you fasting I wish you a peaceful Eid Mubarek! Here are some announcements and reminders heading in to this week and the end of the year reminders again. have a wonderful week and I’ll add and change these posts as needed. THANK YOU to all of your families for volunteering to help accompany us on the field trips and drive us to the park and pool day at Dunworth pool! You are so amazing and we are so blessed.

Announcements: Special announcement from Mr. Attee…

*Field Trip Reminders: Have you sent these in yet? 

1.Yogurtopia: Please sign permission slip and send in $4 for your child! Parents welcome if they have an ichat. If they want to eat yogurt please send in an additional $4 in advance! Thank you!

2.Field Day: Please just sign the permission slip and let us know if you can help walk us to the summer stevens park! In addition please indicate if you can “run” a station! Parent chaperones must have the current ichat on file!

3.Park and Pool: Please sign Permission slip, $6 for students and $2 for adults! PLEASE let us know if you can drive students and how many! If the number is your children please indicate so I don’t end up arranging other children to go with you!

4. Ice Cream Social Raffle basket: We are making a “Super Mario” themed Nintendo Switch basket for the kindergarten/first grade basket. We are asking for donations for this basket (from $1-$5 per student) to help us purchase amazing products! Please make sure that this donation is CLEARLY marked in an envelope or zip lock baggie with your child’s name on it and ICE CREAM SOCIAL donation money (so that we don’t mistake it for the Yogurtopia field trip’s ice cream money!) THANK YOU in advance for helping to donate for this basket while sending in money for so many other things!

You’re Cordially Invited:

Reading Licence Ceremony: Please join us this Friday, June 1st to watch and congratulate your child as they earn their “Reading Licence” from Mrs. Ross! Your child may dress their best and we encourage any parent, grandparent, aunts, uncles you would like to invite may attend 🙂 I believe I said 2:30 pm on the first invite, so we look forward to seeing you there! It will be a brief ceremony and then we will enjoy light refreshments and socialize until it’s time to go home!

*Reading License Wallets: In years past, I have mentioned to parents that as a “reward” for earning their license it is a cute idea            to buy a surprise wallet/bring in your child’s special “wallet” to put their reading license in!

*I also wanted to send a HUGE thank you to all of you for helping to make our field day so wonderful! THANK YOU for volunteering to drive our children and bring all the wonderful supplies to make our park portion so fun! The kids are so excited and I am SO thrilled to experience this Penguin tradition!

We thank you all and  hope you have a beautiful week! If you have any questions or concerns PLEASE do not hesitate to ask!

Mrs. Ross and Class 🙂

Greetings room 106 Families!

WELCOME BACK! I hope this message finds you all well and warm. It has been a strange “spring break” so far, but hear we may reach a 60* day this week. Here’s to hoping! I have had the most wonderful week visiting with family, playing with my kids and going nowhere lol! It’s been the best. I have missed all the kids however, and am excited to return to school tomorrow! As the results came in for the March Reading Minutes competition, our class did not win the pizza party 🙁 However, I was SO impressed with our total minutes and the HUGE number of students that participated in our class that I would LOVE to have our own pizza party this week on Friday afternoon 🙂

Here is what you need to know this week as we come back from spring break:

*Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 is our Field Trip to the Detroit Zoo! Monday, I will receive the confirmation note of mom’s that are cleared to join us on the field trip! If you want to volunteer in school, make sure you have a current ichat background check form filled out and on file with Ms. Cathy in the office. I am waiting for her reply and will do a “lottery” with the kiddos on Monday! (I will be pulling SIX names to ride the bus with us and be the main chaperones. However, if your name is NOT pulled and you would like to meet us there anyways (pay for your admission/use your zoo membership) and walk with your child alone OR join your child’s group please reply or let me know in person tomorrow morning. I will ask Mr. Attee for permission but in my experience the more moms or dads the better! Please let me know if you’d like to make this arrangement so you will know where to meet us and where/what time to meet when we return to the bus!). All students are to ride to and from the Detroit Zoo with the teacher because I do not have the authority to dismiss them from my care at the zoo 🙂 Thank you for understanding!

*Mrs. Saylor brought to our attention that if a family has a “current” zoo membership where their children get in free, you simply have to give the teacher a photocopy of your membership tomorrow and your child will get in free with me too! If anyone has a membership and would like to send me a copy tomorrow morning only (I have to turn in our money Monday!) I will send back your child’s six dollars in an envelope and homework folder. Thank you Mrs. Saylor for letting us know this cool loop hole it makes those family passes worth it 🙂

*Permission Slips/Money were DUE before break! If you have not completed these two steps, I will have to arrange for you child to stay with another classroom during the field trip on Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 until we return to DuVall.

* Spelling KDG: -ad family dad, bad, sad, pad, mad, lad

*First Grade: long /0/ VCe pattern: tone, spoke, broke, note, bone, hole, nose, hose, ate, under

Important Events:

4/10 PTA Meeting at 7pm in cafeteria

4/11 50/50 Raffle tickets due

4/13 Book Bingo

4/14 Martian Marathon

4/17 Talent Show Rehearsals

4/20 Talent Show (If you’re interested in donating to our bake sale for the talent show, please type this link in your URL. The PTA thanks you in advanceA) https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/5080445a9ad28a02-talent

4/27 Family Luau Dance. More information to come home with students on paper soon!

Have a wonderful week! I will add and update any changes if need be 🙂

Mrs. Ross 🙂

My goodness we are already reaching the end of January! I can not believe it. I am so proud of all our progress in Kdg and First grade this year! We are finishing the second report card marks this week and you will be receiving them along with the NWEA printout very soon! I also wanted to extend a special THANK YOU to Mrs. Saylor, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Heaton for helping us pop popcorn on Friday and saving the day! The hungry little penguins of DuVall thank you as well!  As we head in to the week, here is what you need to know. If there is any new information I will send it out immediately! Have a wonderful week 🙂

Important Dates:

Every Tuesday: Library Check out

Friday 1-26-2017: 1/2 Day for Elementary Students

Spelling:

kdg: -et Family  *jet, wet, *pet, *get, vet, net, set, bet (*hot words are words guaranteed on test!)  this week we will focus on the short /e/ like elephant as well

First: -ing family sting, swing, spring, king, wing, sing, ring, bring, be, have 

Reading: Trade Book: The Case of the Stripes

Poem: Head and Shoulders

Math: Cont. addition and measurement First graders will take their unit 4 assessment this week!

Writing/Social Studies: Cont. publishing how we are “special” and unique. The theme of being special and unique also links to the new trade book “The Case of the Stripes” as well and the idea of being ourselves 

Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful and restful winter holiday and Happy New Year! Last week we came back to school and began our winter testing. We have a lot to do! I will be assessing your child’s growth for the second report card on all their reading skills in addition to their current reading level for the report card. Reading groups have not resumed yet, so please continue to read Raz-kids in addition to reading packs this week. I am almost done, so next week I’ll begin exchanging books again. We will also be taking the NWEA for math and science the week of January 22nd! I can not wait to see the growth we have made this year so far 🙂 Last week in kindergarten, we began our spelling lessons with the -at family. In addition, we studied the idea of the “short a”. I am pleased to announce that the class did a WONDERFUL job on their test Friday and showed a great level of comprehension throughout the week. We work on segmenting, and manipulating the sounds in the word families each week and I am pleased with our progress. This week we will move on to the -an family. Thank you in advance for spending a few minutes each night reviewing these words with your child. You’re amazing! Have a wonderful week and I will update/add to this post if needed.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross 🙂

Here is what you need to know for this week:

Important Dates:

*Wednesday January 17th: Late Start! 

*Pancake Dinner at DuVall Friday the 19th! 

Spelling words:

KDG -an family: can, man, ran, pan, fan, tan, ban, van

First: -ell family: tell, well, spell, fell, shell, bell, yell, smell, but, out

Math: addition, measurement

Addition focus in kdg and first and

non standard measurement in first

Writing: Inspired by MLK Day we are writing about kindness and why we are special and different

Reading: Trade book: Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue

Poetry: Freedom, Freedom

“I have a lot to be thankful for. I am healthy, happy and I am loved.”

–Reba McEntire 

Dear Families of room 106,

I hope this message finds you well and rested after this week! I hope you all had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving with your loved ones. Mine started a little rocky on Tuesday afternoon as Antonia came down with a fever and croup 🙁 However, she bounced right back by the next morning and is doing just great! She even was able to make it to Thanksgiving dinner at her aunt Lizzie’s house 🙂 I am SO thankful for the health of my children among so many other blessings like the children I am able to teach and learn with each day. THANK YOU all so very much for being the amazing parents and partners with me this year! I can NOT believe that it will be December this week! I am so proud of all we have accomplished together this year, however the year needs to SLOW DOWN hee hee! I selfishly do not want it to come to an end 🙂

Here is what you can expect this week and if there are any additions or changes I’ll be sure to write again! Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross 🙂

*Thank you very much to all who have donated cans to the school! Although we are not ahead of the pack, I am truly proud of how many cans our families have donated and thank you!

Important Dates: Looking Ahead

Late Start: December 20th

Winter Break: No school week of 12-25-17 and week of 1-1-18

School resumes:  1-8-2018!

*Spelling 1st: -sh words (wish, dish, push, fish, brush, fresh, smash, wash, his, him)

–sight words K/1st: his, him

*Math KDG: Unit 6 Begin (Teen Numbers/Base Ten Focus)

*Math First: Students will take the pre-test for Unit 3 Monday and begin the unit on telling time to the hour and half hour/Base Ten Numbers 

*Whenever you can, have your child talk about and discuss what time it is to the hour and half hour and also on the digital clock!

*Science: Push and Pull Cont. Mystery Science Lessons this week 

-Mystery 4: (Strength and Direction of Force)  “How Can you knock down the most bowling pins?”

-Mystery 5 (Forces and Engineering) “How can we prevent a mountain town from falling rocks?”

*Social Studies– Needs and Wants Begin This week 🙂 If every child can find pictures from magazines, websites, etc. of needs and wants we would really appreciate them by Friday! Let’s say 5/10 pics of needs and wants each. 

*Writer’s Workshop-

-Monday Lesson 4: Making Words

-Tuesday Lesson 5: Mistakes

-Wednesday Lesson 6: Stretching Sounds

-Thursday Lesson 7: Stretching More Sounds

-Friday Lesson 8: Writing Tools- Sight Words

*Language Arts– Week :  

-Trade Books:

–POEM:   

*Mini Lessons: Review Week

-Which in a series rhyme? -Clapping Syllables -short and long i rhymes -isolate and produce final sounds -substitute final sounds -long and short sounds for all vowels

*Spelling–

First: Week 10:-–kdg: introduce sight words ( as, has)

Mrs. Ross K/1 Class 2017!

Happy November! Wow I can NOT believe that is has already been 45 days of school! The first semester with your child has been such a JOY and I am looking forward to the second! This week, a handful of parents will attend the first scheduled parent/teacher conference 🙂 I am so excited to see you and talk “academic” turkey with you! EVERYONE has been progressing and as a whole I can not express enough how PROUD I am of this group of young learners.

Tomorrow we will see your child at school bright and early to go on our exciting field trip to the Ann Arbor Hands on Museum! Remember to pack their sack lunch and have them dress for the weather! If the weather is rainy it would be wise to have a rain coat or at least a winter coat on. We’ll have somewhere to put our things at the museum. Make sure to ask them all about it when they get home. The museum has so many floors of hands on science fun!

Reminder there is NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 . School will resume on Wednesday the 8th, 2017. 

Please continue to look at and sign the new November PBIS behavior document in the back of the homework folder, clean them out each night, and work each night on reading 10-20 minutes and math games 10-20 minutes (depending on your child being in K or 1).

Academics this week:

LA: Scarecrow narratice

Poem:;The Little Scarecrow

Math: Unit 3 cont. Numbers from 6-10 for Kdg

First: cont. Unit 2 number lines, addition stories, counting by 2s

Science: Push and Pull, Strength and Direction of Force  cont. and PUSH AND PULL observations at the museum

*Writing: Unit 2 begins, “Writing with sentences”

Have a wonderful week! If there is anything extra I need to add I’ll be in touch. Feel free to email me or see me if you have any questions or concerns about your darling!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross

Hello room 106 families!

I hope this message finds you well! I hope your kiddos enjoyed a relaxing three day weekend they deserve it 🙂 I have spent most of this weekend celebrating my 10 year anniversary, attending Benjamin’s soccer tournament and his last kid-pitch baseball game! WOW I need a weekend to recover from my weekend 🙂 I am excited to begin a new week with your darlings, and here is what you can expect!

*Important info

Monday 10/9-Red Wings assembly (students can wear red wings jerseys and t-shirts or red and white to show support to the Detroit Red Wings!

Friday– ½ day for students 

Monday: LAST DAY to hand in or online order book orders! Mrs. Ross will place the order by 8:00pm Monday 🙂 

*Math: Students will begin Unit 2 which is about comparing numbers, alike and different, sorting and grouping based on attributes of numbers

*Science: 5 Senses Unit Continue…this week we will continue finishing up the unit on the 5 senses! 

*Writer’s Workshop- THis week we will continue working on our goal of “labeling” parts of our very detailed pictures! We will use our new tool that was introduced last week called the “pencil”! We will also work on showing and “retelling” our stories! This is a HUGE skill that should be worked on whever reading or writign stories! This is something you could help your child do at home each night as you read for pleasure. Ask your child to “retell” the story aloud. This helps with comprehension.

*Please make sure to check your child’s “grip” at all times as they are writing at home. Your child should be gripping with three fingers in a tripod grip and not with a whole hand, or any form of a grasped hand. 

*Language Arts– Week 5 Transportation is our theme! We will be talking about what vehicles we use to transport us from here to there, how we get to school and home, what the different vehicles are used for and comparing our narrative story to the informational one! We will also continue to work on the CCSS: environmental sounds, beginning and ending sounds, words in a sentence, hearing rhymes. 

-Trade Books: “Transportation in my Neighborhood” by Shelly Lyons and “Planes, Trucks, Trains”

–POEM:GO!GO!GO!  

*Spelling– First grade spelling assessment will be this Friday 

First: Week 5: -ed and -en families (sled, bed, red, fed, ten, then, men, hen) *can, see

-kdg: introduce: can, see 

Have a wonderful week! If there is anything I forgot I’ll be sure to update it as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross 🙂