Month: September 2019

HOW is it the LAST Monday in September?!

Reminders for the upcoming week:

Selfie projects were due Friday, September 13. Students who have not submitted a project were sent an email reminder through Google Classroom.

Reading Journals from last Monday are due TODAY!

A new Reading Journal was handed out today; it will be due Monday, October 7th.

A new Greek Roots list was handed out today. The words are: CIRCUM, INTER, TRANS, EX. Last week’s words were: ANTI, TELE, OLOGY, UN.

There will be a Greek Roots Quiz on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH. Students have study sheets; if they lose them, there are pictures of the sheets in Google Classroom. I recommend making flashcards to study. We will do a Kahoot to review in class the day before the quiz!!

PICTURE DAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST!!!!

Library time is scheduled every week (mostly on Friday). I am happy to send students to the library before Friday if it is needed.Students may check out 3 library books at one time. Students must have a barcode on their planner to check out a book until we have student ID’s.

Students who are one or more minutes late to class will be marked Tardy. At 3 tardies, I will contact home via email, and copy the front office on the email. At 4 tardies, students will be referred to the office AND serve detention.

We have a student from Wayne State University with us for the entire school year! She will be doing her pre student teaching this semester (so observing, working in small groups, helping with planning, presenting 4 lessons) and her student teaching in the second half of the school year.

Please add yourselves to our classroom Remind account! I will be sending important information throughout the year via Remind text. Use the link: rmd.at/h8cchc OR text the message @h8cchc to 831-613-1863

Email is the best way to contact me. My email is: thompsc@dearbornschools.org

Please check Student Connect and Parent connect frequently. Parent Connect requires a PIN number and a Password to login. Student Connect requires a username and a password to login. The office secretaries can provide you with the PIN number for Parent Connect!!

This week, we are: learning how to make and fill in the parts of a plot diagram; watching Pixar shorts to review this concept and practice it; discussing 1st and 3rd person point of view in stories.

Below is a Google Calendar. It is updated with each blog post and shows assignment due dates and upcoming events. Assignment due dates can also be found in Google Classroom and on the board in H4.

I love this weather! It can stay this way until Thanksgiving 🙂

Reminders for the upcoming week:

I will be introducing Reading Reflection Journals in class today. The first double entry journal is due on Monday, September 30. Students can do a paper copy, or complete the work in Google Classroom.

A new Greek roots list was handed out today. The words are: anti, tele, ology, un. The quiz will be Friday, October 11th.

PICTURE DAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST!!!!

Selfie projects were due Friday, September 13. Unless I gave an extension, projects that have not been submitted are now late, and will lose points when they are submitted.

Library time is scheduled every Friday. Students must have a barcode on their planner to check out a book until we have student ID’s.

Students who are one or more minutes late to class will be marked Tardy. At 3 tardies, a phone call home will be made and an office referral will be made. At 4 tardies, students will begin serving detention.

We have a student from Wayne State University with us for the entire school year! She will be doing her pre student teaching this semester (so observing, working in small groups, helping with planning, presenting 4 lessons) and her student teaching in the second half of the school year.

Please add yourselves to our classroom Remind account! I will be sending important information throughout the year via Remind text. Use the link: rmd.at/h8cchc OR text the message @h8cchc to 831-613-1863

Email is the best way to contact me. My email is: thompsc@dearbornschools.org

Please check Student Connect and Parent connect frequently. Parent Connect requires a PIN number and a Password to login. Student Connect requires a username and a password to login.

Below is a Google Calendar. It is updated with each blog post and shows assignment due dates and upcoming events. Assignment due dates can also be found in Google Classroom and on the board in H4.

Happy Monday! I am so tired of rain; it can just hold off until October.

Reminders for the upcoming week:

Selfie projects were due Friday, September 13. Unless I gave an extension, projects that have not been submitted are now late, and will lose points when they are submitted.

There will be a Greek Roots Quiz on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH. Students have study sheets; if they lose them, there are pictures of the sheets in Google Classroom. I recommend making flashcards to study. We will do a Kahoot to review in class the day before the quiz!!

PICTURE DAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST!!!!

We will be doing NWEA Language testing THIS WEEK!!!

Library time is scheduled every Friday. I am happy to send students to the library before Friday if it is needed.Students may check out 3 library books at one time. Students must have a barcode on their planner to check out a book until we have student ID’s.

Students who are one or more minutes late to class will be marked Tardy. At 3 tardies, a phone call home will be made and an office referral will be made. At 4 tardies, students will begin serving detention.

We have a student from Wayne State University with us for the entire school year! She will be doing her pre student teaching this semester (so observing, working in small groups, helping with planning, presenting 4 lessons) and her student teaching in the second half of the school year.

Please add yourselves to our classroom Remind account! I will be sending important information throughout the year via Remind text. Use the link: rmd.at/h8cchc OR text the message @h8cchc to 831-613-1863

Email is the best way to contact me. My email is: thompsc@dearbornschools.org

Please check Student Connect and Parent connect frequently. Parent Connect requires a PIN number and a Password to login. Student Connect requires a username and a password to login.

Below is a Google Calendar. It is updated with each blog post and shows assignment due dates and upcoming events. Assignment due dates can also be found in Google Classroom and on the board in H4.

How is it already the third week of school? Everything goes so fast! Before we know it, it will be Thanksgiving.

Reminders for the upcoming week:

Open House will be Wednesday, 9/11, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Stout!

OUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT, THE SELFIE PROJECT, IS DUE FRIDAY 9/13. The assignment, and examples, were discussed in class on Thursday, 8/29.

There will be a Greek Roots Quiz on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH. Students have study sheets; if they lose them, there are pictures of the sheets in Google Classroom. I recommend making flashcards to study. We will do a Kahoot to review in class the day before the quiz!!

PICTURE DAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST!!!!

We will be doing NWEA Language testing the week of September 16th.

Library time is scheduled every Friday. I am happy to send students to the library before Friday if it is needed.Students may check out 3 library books at one time. Students must have a barcode on their planner to check out a book until we have student ID’s.

We will continue to practice opening lockers; backpacks need to go in lockers and stay there!!!!

One pagers were due Thursday, August 29th. Any student who did not submit one will receive a 0 for the assignment.

Students who DID NOT attend a Dearborn elementary last year DO NOT have to complete the One Pager assignment.

We have a student from Wayne State University with us for the entire school year! She will be doing her pre student teaching this semester (so observing, working in small groups, helping with planning, presenting 4 lessons) and her student teaching in the second half of the school year.

Email is the best way to contact me. My email is: thompsc@dearbornschools.org

Please check Student Connect and Parent connect frequently. Parent Connect requires a PIN number and a Password to login. Student Connect requires a username and a password to login.

Below is a Google Calendar. It is updated with each blog post and shows assignment due dates and upcoming events. Assignment due dates can also be found in Google Classroom and on the board in H4.

Welcome back! Hoping everyone had a great 4 day weekend 🙂 I am sad that summer is over, but happy for weather that is a little cooler in the weeks to come. It is so much easier to walk our dogs at night!

Reminders for the upcoming week:

• Please read the syllabus that was sent home last week. The bottom part needs to be signed by students AND parents, and returned to Mrs. Thompson.
• OUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT, THE SELFIE PROJECT, IS DUE FRIDAY 9/13. The assignment, and examples, were discussed in class on Thursday, 8/29.
• We will be doing NWEA Reading testing this week! Be sure to bring a silent reading book to class.
• We will be doing NWEA Language testing the week of September 16th.
• Library time is scheduled every Friday. I am happy to send students to the library before Friday if it is needed.
• Students may check out 3 library books at one time.
• Students must have a barcode on their planner to check out a book until we have student ID’s.
• We will continue to practice opening lockers; backpacks need to go in lockers and stay there!!!!
• One pagers were due Thursday, August 29th. Any student who did not submit one will receive a 0 for the assignment.
• Students who DID NOT attend a Dearborn elementary last year DO NOT have to complete the One Pager assignment.
• We have a student from Wayne State University with us for the entire school year! She will be doing her pre student teaching this semester (so observing, working in small groups, helping with planning, presenting 4 lessons) and her student teaching in the second half of the school year.
• Email is the best way to contact me. My email is: thompsc@dearbornschools.org
• Please check Student Connect and Parent connect frequently. Parent Connect requires a PIN number and a Password to login. Student Connect requires a username and a password to login.

Below is a Google Calendar. It is updated with each blog post and shows assignment due dates and upcoming events. Assignment due dates can also be found in Google Classroom and on the board in H4.