Raffle tickets for the Make A Wish Pumpkin Fundraiser are available in classrooms or the art room starting Wednesday, October 26.. Each ticket is a quarter. Please remember that this is a raffle, there will only be one winner per pumpkin, but everyone that buys tickets wins by helping donate to the Michigan Chapter of the Make A Wish Foundation! Last day for ticket sales is Monday, October 31, in the morning!!! Winning tickets will be pulled at lunch with the pumpkins going home at the end of the day! Thanks for helping out a very worthy cause!
DTE Presentation photos
Photos from our DTE Energy presentation this morning!
Snow School Book Fair
Snow Families!
The Scholastic Book Fair starts this week. We have a great selection of books to choose from this fall and hope you can make it in to see us. Students will be visiting with their classes Tues. thru Thurs., and the book fair will also be open Mon., Wed. & Thurs. after school until 4pm. Then we will be open Fri. morning for last-minute shoppers from 8:30 to 11am.
If you can’t make it to the book fair, please visit the book fair online at:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.co
https://bookfairs.scholastic.co
Included with the flyer sent home last week was a baggie for our “All for Books Campaign.” Collect any loose change from home, put in the baggie and bring in to class. The class that raises the most money will get to wrap Dr. Groover up like a mummy!
Our Family Halloween Night is Tues., Oct. 25 from 6 to 8pm. Please join us for lots of spooky fun. You can shop at the book fair (in the media center), purchase delicious baked goods at our bake sale and play Halloween themed games in the gym.
If you are able to volunteer to help during the book fair, please visit the signup link at: https://volunteer.scholast
NOTE: if you send in cash or check with your child, please be sure to add tax (6%) and make checks payable to Snow PTA.
Any questions, please contact Reagan Davis: davis.reagan@gmail.com
Thank you, we look forward to seeing everyone!
Week of October 24-28
Spelling words (/ure/ pattern): seizure, leisure, moisture, sculpture, assure
Academic words: place value, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands
Thank you to families that have signed up to bring in treats for our Halloween Party next Monday, October 31st. Everything has been signed up for, so please do not send in any extra items, as they will not be needed. Any student who wants to bring in candy to pass out the class is allowed to. Students may wear Halloween costumes to school on Monday. Remember that there are no masks or face paint allowed. Students should wear their costumes to school. With only one bathroom in the classroom, we will not have time for individual students to change into their costumes.
Congratulations to our class for winning the PTA Membership contest. We had the highest percentage of families join the PTA and will be rewarded with cider, doughnuts, and extra recess from the PTA this Thursday afternoon.
Last week, Mr. Stinson sent home a letter about 4th graders learning the recorder this year. Please make sure to fill out the form and return it to school by this Thursday. You need to circle if you are purchasing a new recorder and include the $5.00 fee, or circle that your child already has their own recorder at home.
Please remember if you would like your child to celebrate their birthday at school, you’ll need to give me a 24 hour notice to arrange for time in our schedule to enjoy any treats brought to school. If you do not notify me ahead of time, we may not be able to pass out treats during school due to our classroom and prep schedule.
This Friday, October 28th, students are encouraged to show their team spirit and wear either maize and blue or green and white to support their favorite football team. The big game of University of Michigan vs. Michigan State is this coming Saturday. Support your favorite team!
Our Unit 2 Social Studies Test is this Thursday, October 27th. This common assessment test is given to all 4th graders in Dearborn on the chromebooks. A study guide was sent home last Thursday.
Thank you to the DTE Energy representatives for a wonderful presentation today about energy. Students will be coming home today with a FREE energy saving kit. Please fill out the “Home Energy Worksheet” with your child and return it to school. You can fill out the form online or fill in the paper form. If you fill out the form online, copy done the confirmation code and return the form to school. If your child returns the completed survey, he/she will receive a coloring changing pencil and a certificate of completion. If all 28 students return the “Home Energy Worksheet”, our class will receive a $100.00 grant to be spent any way we want in our classroom. Remember, we need all 28 students to return the form in order to receive the grant. If we receive the grant, the class will vote on how to spend the $100.00 in our classroom.
Our classroom is scheduled to attend the Book Fair this Wednesday, October 26th from 10:00-10:30 a.m. Please send any money to school with your child if you would like them to buy items from the Book Fair.
DTE Energy THINK! ENERGY program
On Monday, October 24th, DTE Energy is doing a presentation for all 4th grade students. After the program each child will receive a FREE energy efficiency kit. The program will encourage your child to be a leader in your home and community, but your family may also benefit from lower utility bills! If you do NOT want your child to receive this FREE kit, fill out the blue form that is coming home today. If you do want to receive the FREE kit, you do not need to fill anything out.
PTA Membership Contest WINNERS!
Congratulations!!! Our class won the PTA Membership Contest with the most families signing up to be a member on the Snow School PTA! Our class won cider, doughnuts, and extra recess from the PTA. We will be celebrating on October 27th. Thank you to the PTA and all of the wonderful families that joined this year!
Halloween Party sign up
Below is the link to the SignUpGenius page to volunteer to send in treats for our classroom Halloween party on October 31, 2016. Students may also bring in candy to pass out to the class and do not need to sign up for this.
Week of October 17-21
Spelling words (long e sound): relieve, scene, between, beneath, precede
Academic words: heat, electricity, circuit, conductor, insulator
Please continue to have your child read everyday at home and record the number of minutes read each day on your Weekly Reading Log. Students should also read on MyOn at home and include the number of minutes read on the log as well. Students’ Lexile scores need to be recorded weekly. If your child’s Lexile score is not increasing, then they may be reading books that are too easy or too difficult. Students should use the recommended list of books that are at their Lexile level. Once finished, the students should take the benchmark test on each book read. This will help increase each students’ level.
Students took the Unit 2 Math Test on Friday. I have corrected them and they will be coming home today. If your child received a “4”, he/she may retake the test by this Friday. The student needs to come to me to tell me if they are retaking the test. If a student received a “3”, he/she may see me to do test corrections to receive 1/2 credit to improve their grade. Congratulations to those students who received a “2” or “1” on the test. Many students did extra credit on the test and scored above 100%!!!
Classroom Book Orders are due by Friday, October 21st. You can order/pay online or send in a check with your order form to school.
The Snow School Book Fair will be held next week. Our class will be attending on Wednesday, October 26th at 10:00 a.m. Please send any money to school with your child on that day if they are planning on purchasing items from the Book Fair.
Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Cipriano Race on Saturday!!!
Box Tops Contest ends tomorrow
REMINDER!
Our Box Tops Contest ends tomorrow! The class that brings in the most will get a pizza party. Remember, each box top is worth 1 point. Any child that brings their box tops clipped and bagged into sets of 50, will automatically receive an extra 10 points per bag for their class. It’s a fun, easy way to earn money for the school. Thank you!
1/2 day tomorrow
Friday, October 14th is a half day. Students will be dismissed from Snow at 11:45 a.m.