Thank you parents for meeting with me during conferences and discussing NWEA results, report cards and ways we can continue to work together and support the students in their virtual learning.
Learning labs are still happening by zoom in the afternoon! I will be changing these days and times for my sessions next week. Mrs. M also has lessons in the afternoon for her reading groups. Please make sure you know your child’s day and time. I always announce the children who are meeting before we leave our afternoon session. I really appreciate your help in making sure they are on zoom on time and they have their books ready so we can start reading right away. This is your child’s chance to practice their reading strategies in a small group, reading books on their level.
Epic Books
Over 2500 books have been read on Epic books by my students since we began school! This has totaled over 250 hours of reading! I am so proud of my students! Remember, if you want to read into the evening (after 4:00pm) on Epic books you need to respond to the email invite that I sent to you. This will allow you to read a selection of books for free in the evening. Epic books is usually only free during school hours. Let me know if you need me to resend the invitation to you. Nadeen, Layla, and Lorelai have hit the 100 books read level! Isaac still has the highest number of hours read at 25 hours! Great job! Keep on reading!
Thanksgiving Break
There is no school November 25-November 29.
I wish you and your families a very happy and safe Thanksgiving!
There is a lot for our school community to celebrate and be thankful for in the month of November. We are thankful for the partnership between our staff, students, families, and community to help every child succeed. We will show our November Spirit during the week of November 16th: Monday, November 16th: Pajama Day: Wear your pajamas to zoom class. Tuesday, November 17th: Hero Day: Give students a moment to share out who they consider to be a hero and why! Wednesday, November 18th: Crazy Hat Day: Wear your crazy hat to class! Thursday, November 19th: Snow wolf Art contest! Please let students know about this on Monday but share their wolves drawing on Thursday. Give them a moment to show off their drawings and artistic skills during zoom sessions. Friday, November 20th: I am thankful for ..: Share during discussion or bring to Zoom class something you are thankful for.
Our last day of the fall Parent-Teacher conferences is Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Thank you to all families who have signed up for our virtual zoom conferences.
PTA Scholastic Book Fair
Dear Parents and Families,
The Scholastic Book Fair is open! Join your kids in exploring titles and plots and discovering inspiring characters. Empower them by letting them choose the books to purchase—and bring on the joy of reading!
Remember, every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly (25% back in rewards!).
Be sure to visit the Fair during our allotted dates: November 9th – November 22nd
The Scholastic Book Fair is open! Join your kids in exploring titles and plots and discovering inspiring characters. Empower them by letting them choose the books to purchase—and bring on the joy of reading!
Remember, every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly (25% back in rewards!).
Be sure to visit the Fair during our allotted dates:
Report cards and Unit 3 Benchmark packets are ready to be picked up!
Report Cards will be distributed on November 9th and 10th from 12:00-3:00 pm in the lobby. Please enter from Door 11 near the office. NWEA Family reports, WIDA Reports and Yearbooks will be available for distribution as well.
Please pick up your child’s new Benchmark Unit 3 Packets of work for the next 3 weeks at this time as well. I have the module 2 math learn book, some fun projects and leveled books that are included in each bag. All bags have student names on them.
Please turn in your child’s Benchmark Unit 2, Weeks 1-2 packets during this time. There will be a box in the lobby to return the two packets. Please be sure that your child’s name are on both of the packets. If your October activities and zoom packets are complete, they can also be turned in.
Over 2150 books have been read on Epic books by my students since we began school! This has totaled over 222 hours of reading! I am so proud of my students! Remember, if you want to read into the evening (after 4:00pm) on Epic books you need to respond to the email invite that I sent to you. This will allow you to read a selection of books for free in the evening. Epic books is usually only free during school hours. Let me know if you need me to resend the invitation to you. Adnan has hit the 100 books read level! Kadie has read 200 books and Yousef has hit the 300 books read level. Isaac has the highest number of hours read at 24 hours! Great job! Keep on reading!
We are beginning Benchmark Unit 2, Week 2 learning packet this week. Please continue working in the October activities packet for additional learning. I will collect these packets hopefully when children return to school soon!
Tuesday, November 3, is Election Day. There is no school for students on this day. Teachers have professional development scheduled.
Due to the rise in Covid-19 cases in Dearborn, I have been advised by my administration to suspend my in person learning labs until further notice. They will be cancelled this week. No cases have been identified in our building or with any of my students. I will still be meeting with my students during learning lab times virtually on zoom at the times scheduled for the in person labs.
Fall conferences are scheduled for November 5, 10, and 17. The sign-up for them are below. Please sign up with your child’s first and last name. Let me know if you need a translator.
Use the following link to sign up for Fall Conferences with Mrs. Slater
Over 2000 books have been read on Epic books by my students since we began school! This has totaled over 203 hours of reading! I am so proud of my students! Remember, if you want to read into the evening (after 4:00pm) on Epic books you need to respond to the email invite that I sent to you. This will allow you to read a selection of books for free in the evening. Epic books is usually only free during school hours. Let me know if you need me to resend the invitation to you. Many students are not reading the assigned books that are found in their mailbox at the top of the page. Students receive credit for reading these books or videos that I assign to them. Terrance and Hassan have hit the 100 books read level. Isaac has read over 24 total hours! Great job! Keep on reading!
Zearn and I-Ready
Please remember to do 15 minutes on Zearn and I-Ready every day! I am monitoring the times and lessons completed each week. Some students are not regularly doing their lessons on these sites.
This note is from our School Social Worker to all parents. Please respond to her via email or phone if you are in need this holiday season.
Please share attached flyer with families that you think may be in need of a Turkey this holiday season. The drive is first come, first served and is on Saturday November 21st. This is a contactless drive-thru pick up and there are a limited number of Halal turkeys available. I need the names of interested families and number of people in the household so that I can sign them up prior to the drive, no later than November 15th.
Ahoy students and families! We are coming to the end of the 1st quarter of our First Grade learning adventure together! This Friday is a half day for students. I will be working on report cards.
All completed (Blue folder) September activities packets, and (Yellow folder) Benchmark packets for Unit 1, (Weeks 1, 2 and 3) will be due this Friday. You may send the completed work with your child to learning labs, or bring them into the office and put them into my mailbox. All spelling test scores (1-4) will need to be entered into Schoology or they will be zeros and all discussion questions on Schoology should all be answered by Friday. Two students still need to take the Mid Module 1 test this week. The October zoom and activities packet will not be due until next week since October ends on the weekend.
We are beginning Unit 2 in Benchmark this week. This week is week 1 found in the Red folder. Continue working each day on Zearn, I-Ready and Epic Books. I am monitoring student progress there as well.
Halloween Friday
This Friday, students may wear their Halloween costumes during our Zoom lessons. Please no masks and only school appropriate costumes please.
My learning labs are still happening! Our district canceled them last week based on the fact that Covid-19 numbers were beginning to increase in Wayne County, however, they have given teachers the option to continue working with 3 students at a time taking all of the precautions of social distancing, sanitizing and mask wearing as long as there are no outbreaks in our school environment. Without our in person labs, students will be required to continue virtual learning on zoom during the afternoon lab times. I have chosen to continue our learning labs in person at this time. If any parent is uncomfortable with this, please let me know. If you child is not feeling well, please do not send them to the learning labs, but please let me know. If we have any incidences of the disease, I will change these plans immediately and we will go virtual labs in the afternoon. This week, students will be decorating a pumpkin, and making a haunted house scene with stickers. Then they will be writing a narrative story about their scene. I will be reading with them as well. Please bring any completed work for me to grade for report cards and all student reading books in their bookbags to learning labs. No chrome books please!
Epic Books
Over 1769 books have been read on Epic books by my students since we began school! This has totaled over 186 hours of reading! I am so proud of my students! Remember, if you want to read into the evening (after 4:00pm) on Epic books you need to respond to the email invite that I sent to you. This will allow you to read a selection of books for free in the evening. Epic books is usually only free during school hours. Let me know if you need me to resend the invitation to you. I have assigned a Halloween video book this week. Enjoy all of the Halloween books available to you. Adam has read 200 books so far and Yousef has hit 250 books read. Isaac has the highest number of hours read at over 21 hours! Great job! Keep on reading!
Media-Technology course on Schoology
Many students have been having trouble finding Mrs. Wilcox, Media course that is scheduled on Friday. I have been referring you to her email to communicate with her since I cannot see her course as a teacher. I am still getting many parents asking me about the Media course, so I went into a student course and discovered that she has posted her course as Technology only, not as Media, hence the confusion. So, visit the Technology course every Friday to find her assignments. Mrs. Wilcox is the Media-technology teacher in our building.
There will be no in person open house at any of the Dearborn schools due to the current pandemic. There will be extra time added to parent teacher conferences which will be held virtually to allow more time for teachers to meet with parents. Our wonderful staff here at Snow has proactively created a bitmoji slideshow to share with parents and students. I hope you all enjoy the show and share it with your children please click the link below.
Open House 2020
Press the link below to visit our Snow School 2020 Virtual Open House Presentation
The Learning Labs have begun! It is exciting to see all of my students in person! Please have your child bring their book bags and any packets of work that are completed each time that they visit. Some of the packets that have been turned in are not completed. Each paper is graded and any assignment not complete or blank will be graded accordingly. Also remember to have your child put their name on the cover of each packet. The monthly activity packets and zoom packets need to also be completed and turned in for a grade when completed. When coming into learning labs, chrome books are not necessary at this time. This week, I will be assessing Math and Social Studies progress, along with reading. We will be working in the Benchmark, Unit 1, Week 3 packet this week. The times for learning labs for my students will remain the same as last week. If you are unsure about your time, please ask me after our zoom session. I will try to remind the children each day. If your child is not feeling well, please let me know and keep them home. We want to keep everyone safe and well!
Over 1551 books have been read on Epic books by my students since we began school! This has totaled over 166 hours of reading! I am so proud of my students! Remember, if you want to read into the evening (after 4:00pm) on Epic books you need to respond to the email invite that I sent to you. This will allow you to read a selection of books for free in the evening. Epic books is usually only free during school hours. Let me know if you need me to resend the invitation to you. I have assigned 7 books to my students this week about some symbols of the United States and bats. Lucian has hit the 100 books read level and Isaac has read over 20 hours! Great job! Keep on reading!
Please be sure to check the Schoology site for any old assignments or discussion questions to complete. I have not been assigning many discussion questions lately. I do post all of the assignments daily in ELA and Math along with my lesson plan chart. I always post a discussion question on Friday so that you can tell me your child’s Spelling Test Score. A few students have not submitted Test 1 or Test 2’s score. Any missing assignments or discussion questions on Schoology will become zeros when I do my report card grades at the end of October and this may affect your child’s grade.
