I hope you enjoyed last Friday and managed to stay warm! \u00a0Teachers were participating in Professional Development. \u00a0Howard teachers worked with Literacy and Math. \u00a0We were busy and productive!<\/p>\n
This week is …SPIRIT WEEK!!<\/p>\n
To celebrate Howard School Spirit, our Student Council has planned some fun activities. \u00a0Here we go…<\/p>\n
Monday-MOVIE\/POPCORN DAY \u00a0Student Council will provide the popcorn for us to enjoy while we watch a movie. \u00a0Thanks Student Council!<\/p>\n
Tuesday-HIPPIE DAY \u00a0You can come to school dressed like a hippie!<\/p>\n
Wednesday-CLASS COLOR DAY-We will choose a color and let you know our choice. \u00a0Wear a shirt, jersey, sweatshirt in that color.<\/p>\n
Thursday-SPORTS DAY-Wear a hat, jersey, sweatshirt of a favorite sports team<\/p>\n
Friday-PAJAMA\/CRAZY HAIR DAY and BIRTHDAY PARTY -Wear your pjs, \u00a0fix your hair in a crazy way, and we’ll celebrate everyone’s birthday.<\/p>\n
A fun, exciting, and Howard \u00a0School Spirit-filled week!<\/p>\n
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Here are some other things we’ll be doing this week. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
READING-Keep on reading every night at home. \u00a0I can always tell those who read (or are read to) every night. \u00a0Make reading a daily priority. \u00a0Discuss the stories with your child. \u00a0Ask questions. \u00a0This week we will be working with identifying\u00a0main ideas and details<\/strong> in stories. \u00a0Fluency in their reading is improving. \u00a0So is their Accuracy with words. \u00a0On Friday we will compare 3 texts that I will read to them this week. \u00a0I will ask them about the\u00a0main idea<\/strong> of each book and some \u00a0details<\/strong>. \u00a0You can do the same with books that you read with them. \u00a0Have them read with expression too!<\/p>\n WRITING-We will be writing\u00a0dialogue.<\/strong>\u00a0 WOW!<\/p>\n SPELLING-Dearborn Schools is implementing a new Spelling Curriculum. \u00a0Kindergarten starts with second semester (1\/27\/14). \u00a0This week we will focus on the “at” chunk. \u00a0Our word for our Treasures Reading Curriculum is “\u00a0Are \u00a0are.”<\/b> \u00a0Letter is “H \u00a0h.”<\/strong> \u00a0Since my class has been writing since the first day of school, \u00a0I expect them to do very well with the Spelling Curriculum. I will also be adding some words from a Dolch Sight Word List. \u00a0 Keep up with the weekly reading unit words too, though.<\/p>\n MATH-We will continue with Subtraction Story Problems, since, with days missed with snow days, \u00a0we haven’t really worked enough with them. \u00a0We also will play an Attributes game.<\/p>\n SCIENCE-We will work with cars rolling down on a ramp and then measuring distances. \u00a0How will we measure? \u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n Have a great week and STAY WARM!!<\/p>\n Mrs. Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I hope you enjoyed last Friday and managed to stay warm! \u00a0Teachers were participating in Professional Development. \u00a0Howard teachers worked with Literacy and Math. \u00a0We were busy and productive! This week is …SPIRIT WEEK!! To celebrate Howard School Spirit, our Student Council has planned some fun activities. \u00a0Here we go… Monday-MOVIE\/POPCORN DAY \u00a0Student Council will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":497,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/497"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}