Mrs. Spencer's Classroom Blog

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Spring break!

Below are a few pictures from our field trip to the Dearborn Historical Museum.

Dearborn Historical Museum, planting seeds  with Mr. Moe. and learning about the “three sisters”, corn, pumpkin, and beans. 

A visit to the Gardner House built in 1831. This is the room the family gathered in to eat and relax. 

This is the parents bedroom. The children slept upstairs. 

Students getting ready to make butter with Miss Nancy. The crackers and butter were enjoyed by all. 

This is the one room school house in the basement of the McFadden-Ross House.We learned about what school was like in the past. 

March is Reading Month comes to an end but we keep on reading!

Retired Dearborn music teacher and friend of mine, Mrs. Mykytenko, came in to sing some stories with us. 

Weekly Spelling Words

 Pattern words – near, fear, deer, steer, where, there, gear, rear, peer, cheer

Sight words  – read, better, little, give, gave

We will have our fraction math test on Wednesday. A study guide will come home on Monday. 

We will have our How Do People Work Together in a Community test on Thursday. A study guide will come home on Monday. Please read through it with your child daily. 

We will not have school on Friday, March 30 – April 6. We return to school on Monday, April 9. Dr. Moughni will send home a reading log for spring break. Students should be reading everyday anyway so why not keep track of the minutes read? 

Parents

The school district is asking teachers to pass on this link so parents can take a survey about our school.

https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/62976/354/1/9041

Please take a few minutes to answer the questions.

Thank you.

Weekly Spelling Words

 Pattern – stare, share, dare, care, chair, pair, rare, bare, fair, hair

Sight – brother, sister, children, mother, father

We are looking forward to our field trip to the Marquis Theater in Northville  on Thursday morning. We will be seeing the play, The Velveteen Rabbit. It is a live performance with adult and children actors. I can only take two parents on this trip and they are Amin’s mom and Marym A.’s mom.

Other parents are welcome to come to the Historical Museum on Monday, March 26. Parents must have a  volunteer form on file in the office to attend these trips. 

We will take a trip to the Jiffy Mix factory in May. 

Time is really flying by this year. We are starting the 4th quarter of school on Monday.  Just a reminder that homework is due the next day. Spelling practice and reading are daily homework. 

Spring Break is coming up soon. We will not have school on Friday, March 30 – April 6. We return to school on Monday, April 9. Dr. Moughni will send home a reading log for spring break. Students should be reading everyday anyway so why not keep track of the minutes read? 

I hate to keep asking but we are out of Kleenex again. If you have not sent any in yet and you can spare a box, we would appreciate it. Thank you. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern Words – cage, rage, indulge, bulge, range, hinge, pledge, bridge, large, charge

 Sight Words- was, sitting, with, went, running

LATE START – Wednesday, March 14 is a late start. School begins at 9:40. 

March is Reading Month

The link below is a good guide when reading at home with your child. 

https://www.teachstarter.com/blog/home-reading-a-guide-for-parents/

Friday’s snow day was a surprise! I hope everyone had a good day! 

Field trip notes (please sign both sides of the note) and $5.00 are due tomorrow please. 

We will have our spelling and math test tomorrow morning. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern words – knee, knot, gnaw, gnat, write, wrap, climb, thumb, doubt debt 

Sight words – better, take, hold, show, small

LITERACY NIGHT – WILD ABOUT READING – Tuesday, March 6, from 5:00 – 6:30. There will be many fun reading activities for the children. It is an exciting night!!

The Pasta for Pennies fundraiser has begun.    We are going to be collecting donations for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society throughout the month of March.

Students will bring home donation boxes tomorrow. If you would like to give on line, here is the link for our class

https://events.lls.org/pages/mi/HenryFordElementarySchoolDearborn-2018/spencerclassroom

Wednesday, March 14th is a Late Start.