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Week of February 5th

We are taking WIDA this week.  Please eat a good breakfast and get a good night’s sleep.

We are attending an Art field trip on February 15th.  Please make sure to send in the permission slip.  This is a free field trip that everyone should attend.

There is Late Start on February 7th.

Please review the following link to insure the safety of your children:  ChildrenFirst

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks , IKnowIt, and  Read Works. 

I have assigned Khan Academy to each student.  This is an awesome tool to advance Math and Grammar skills.

Social Studies: Road to the Revolution.  We are studying all the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Math: Multiply Decimals.

Writing:  Opinion Writing.  We will review how to write an opinion paper.

Science:  Solar System

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 19

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of January 29th

We are finishing the NWEA this week.  Please get a good nights rest and eat a healthy breakfast.  We are testing this week on Tuesday and Friday.    Please practice at home. Please check my page for NWEA practice.

Please review the following link to insure the safety of your children:  ChildrenFirst

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks , IKnowIt, and  Read Works.

Social Studies: Unit 4 Assessment this week.

Math: Add and Subtract Decimals

Writing:  Narrative:  A day in the Life of a Colony/Publish (Still Publishing these due to testing) /District Writing Assessment

Science:  Solar System

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 18

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of January 22nd

We are taking the NWEA this week.  Please get a good nights rest and eat a healthy breakfast.  We are testing this week on Tuesday and Friday.    Please practice at home. Please check my page for NWEA practice.

There is half day on Friday, January 26th.  Dismissal is at 11:45.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks , IKnowIt, and  Read Works.

Social Studies: Study Guide for Unit 4 due Wednesday, January 17th.

Math: Add and Subtract Decimals

Math Vocabulary Words:

Decimal  Content Vocabulary

  1. exponent
  2. base number
  3. power

Writing:  Narrative:  A day in the Life of a Colony/Publish (Still Publishing these due to testing)

Science:  Solar System

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 17

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of January 15th

We are taking the NWEA this week.  Please get a good nights rest and eat a healthy breakfast.  We are testing this week on Tuesday and Friday.  We will also test on Tuesday and Friday (January 23 and January 26) of next week.  Please practice at home. Please check my page for NWEA practice.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks , IKnowIt, and  Read Works.

Social Studies:  Compare and Contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies with emphasis on slavery in the colonies.

Vocabulary Maps:  Early Government

  1. government
  2. House of Burgesses
  3. Mayflower Compact
  4. town meetings
  5. representative government
  6. Parliament
  7. bill of rights
  8. English Bill of Rights

Math: Multiply and Divide using exponents

Math Vocabulary Words:

Decimal  Content Vocabulary

  1. exponent
  2. base number
  3. power

Writing:  Narrative:  A day in the Life of a Colony/Publish

Science:  Solar System

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 16

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of January 8th

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  I cannot believe we in the new year!  I hope everyone had a restful break!  We are taking the NWEA starting January 16th.  Please practice at home. Please check my page for NWEA practice.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks , IKnowIt, and  Read Works.

Social Studies:  Compare and Contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies with emphasis on slavery in the colonies.

Math:  Place Value/Compare Decimals/Rounding/Multiply and Divide using exponents

Math Vocabulary Words:

Decimal  Content Vocabulary

  1. exponent
  2. base number
  3. power

Writing:  Narrative:  A day in the Life of a Colony/Publish

Science:  Solar System

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 15

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of December 11th

Attention: Families with Preschool age children who are 4 years of age by December 1, 2017.  There is an immediate possibility of free full day preschool beginning in January 2018 in the Dearborn Public Schools (next month). The family must be eligible based on risk factors and not currently enrolled in a GSRP program.  If interested, families may pick up an application at the Cotter Early Childhood Center, 13020 Osborn or call Nadia Berry at 313-827-6150. 
Please respond immediately as slots are limited.
Families must live in the city of Dearborn.

Holiday Store is this week.  We are going on Wednesday at 9:15.

Please turn in field trip money by Friday, December 15.

Please check my page for NWEA practice.  This is a good thing to do over break. We will take the NWEA again in January.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks and Read Works.

Social Studies:  Early Colonization/Compare and Contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies

Math:  Dividing whole numbers/Long Division/Writing Quotients as Equations and Mixed Numbers

Math Vocabulary Words:

Decimal  Content Vocabulary

  1. decimal
  2. decimal point
  3. base-ten numeral
  4. number name
  5. expanded form

Writing:  Narrative:  A day in the Life of a Colony

Science:  Solar System

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 13

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of December 4th

Attention: Families with Preschool age children who are 4 years of age by December 1, 2017.  There is an immediate possibility of free full day preschool beginning in January 2018 in the Dearborn Public Schools (next month). The family must be eligible based on risk factors and not currently enrolled in a GSRP program.  If interested, families may pick up an application at the Cotter Early Childhood Center, 13020 Osborn or call Nadia Berry at 313-827-6150. 
Please respond immediately as slots are limited.
Families must live in the city of Dearborn.

 

I cannot believe December is already here!  We had a fabulous time on the field trip.  Thank you to all parents who chaperoned.

Please check my page for NWEA practice.  This is a good thing to do over break. We will take the NWEA again in January.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks and Read Works.

Social Studies:  Early Colonization/Compare and Contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies

Math:  Dividing whole numbers/Long Division/Writing Quotients as Equations and Mixed Numbers

Math Vocabulary Words:

Decimal  Content Vocabulary

  1. decimal
  2. decimal point
  3. base-ten numeral
  4. number name
  5. expanded form

Writing:  Narrative:  A day in the Life of a Colony

Science:  Physical Science

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 12

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of November 27th

FIELD TRIP: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH. PLEASE BRING A PACKED LUNCH WITHOUT ANY GLASS CONTAINERS. PLEASE LABEL YOUR LUNCH WITH YOUR NAME ON IT.

Welcome Back!  I hope everyone enjoyed some time with their families.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks and Read Works.

Social Studies:  Early Colonization/Compare and Contrast the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies

Math:  Dividing whole numbers/Long Division/Writing Quotients as Equations and Mixed Numbers

Math Vocabulary Words:

Division  Content Vocabulary

  1. dividend
  2. divisor
  3. quotient
  4. remainder
  5. inverse operations
  6. mixed number

Writing:  Publish-Informational Writing/Cause and Effect of Columbus’s Voyages

Science:  Physical Science

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 11

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of November 13th

CONFERENCES THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE! iF you did not sign up at Open House, you were assigned a time.  Please be on time for conferences.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks and Read Works.

Social Studies:  Early Colonization/SS Vocabulary Chapter 7

Math:  Dividing whole numbers/Long Division

Math Vocabulary Words:

Division  Content Vocabulary

  1. dividend
  2. divisor
  3. quotient
  4. remainder
  5. inverse operations

Writing:  Informational Writing/Cause and Effect of Columbus’s Voyages

Science:  Physical Science

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 10

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.

 

Week of November 6th

THERE IS NO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH.  THIS IS ELECTION DAY.

Conferences start November 9th.  Notes go home today.  If you did not sign up at Open House, you were assigned a time.  Please be on time for conferences.

Please sign up for the RemindApp to stay connected.  Please feel free to text me within office hours.  I will do my best to respond. The class code for remind is:  d662gc

Please make sure you are using Ten Marks and Read Works.

Social Studies:  Early Colonization/SS Vocabulary Chapter 7

Math:  Dividing whole numbers/Long Division

Math Vocabulary Words:

Division  Content Vocabulary

  1. dividend
  2. divisor
  3. quotient
  4. remainder
  5. inverse operations

Writing:  Informational Writing/Cause and Effect of Columbus’s Voyages

Science:  Physical Science

Reading:  Strategy Groups/Reading Response Daily

Spelling:

Spelling Week 9

30 Menu

Everyone is responsible for Definitions and Sentences for Spelling words.  This will count as the 30 Menu.