Monday 9/26/16

Hello everyone:

This week in school we are continuing some things are finishing others:

ELA: We are learning about songs and how characters react to situations in songs and poems.

Writing: We have completes our narratives and will be doing district prompts.

Math: We are finishing our unit on comparing numbers: A study Guide went home today.  The Test is on THURSDAY this week.

Science: We are continuing to learn about matter and the three stages of matter.

Social Studies: We are leaning about communities.

Homework tonight is to

1)study your math study guide.  Also work with your child on comparing numbers using greater than and less than.

2) Do a weekly spelling activity.

*All 4 spelling activities for the week are due Thursday.  Please do not leave them all to be done Wednesday night, start them as soon as possible.

Friday 9/12/16

Homework tonight is to color your math sheet and make it hallway ready.  We picked a number between 100 and 200 and wrote it four ways:

  1. word form
  2. number form or standard form
  3. base ten blocks
  4. expanded form

Spelling words for next week (so you can get a jump start on the 4 spelling Bingo activities due every week are:

  1. cap
  2. cape
  3. back
  4. bake
  5. ate
  6. are
  7. came
  8. ride
  9. into
  10. want

Lunch Menu Updates:

Monday Sept 26th:
We will be serving:
1st choice
Salad Bar, with cheese sticks, crackers, and baby carrots.
2nd choice
Cheese pockets
Friday Sept 30th:
We will be serving:
Nachos & Cheese
and Mexican Rice
2nd choice
Cheese pockets

Thursday 9/22/16

Homework tonight:

  1. Study for spelling test tomorrow.
  2. Math worksheet covering adding and subtracting using rules.  One side explains what we are learning and the children complete the other side.

Some parents have approached me and mentioned that MYON hasn’t been working for them when the students sign on from home.  I will let you know what to do to correct this as soon as I here back 🙂  Happy Thursday

Wednesday 9/21/16

homework tonight: 

1) all 4 weekly spelling activities due tomorrow

2) bring popcorn money ($0.50) if you wish to purchase popcorn

3) read for 20 minutes

To access Myon or moby max go to the dearbornschools.org website, under resources hit students, then click on Clever( it’s under the first column and is the last link)

Monday 9/19/16

Happy Monday:

This week we will be learning the following:

Math: We are continuing our unit on inequalities (greater than and less than), counting by 5’s and 10’s, adding using rules, and writing numbers in different forms.  This week we are focusing on comparing numbers and writing them in different forms.  The unit test is next week and students will bring home their pretest as a study guide on Thursday.  They will have a week to study.

ELA: We are working on short A’s and long A’s, we are continuing to learn about folk tales and will begin to learn about the elements of songs.

Writing: We are working on narratives and are focusing on retelling the story of Cinderella focusing on transition words and story order.

Science: We are working on matter.

Social Studies: We are learning about communities and what makes a community special.

Homework Tonight:

  1. Read for 20 minutes.
  2. Do a spelling Bingo Activity- a laminated copy of the spelling Bingo sheet is coming home for your child to use EVERY WEEK.  You can mark off the weeks choice with a dry erase marker.  Do not lose it- if your child loses it you will need to print off another one.  A copy of the Bingo sheet is attached to last week’s blog.

Have a great Monday evening 🙂

Friday 9/16/16

Happy Friday 🙂

Homework this weekend is to read every day for 20 minutes.

Here are the spelling words for next week so you can get a jump start on the 4 SPELLING BINGO activities due next Thursday.  I would recommend you do some of them this weekend so you don’t have as much homework on the weeknights. If your child has misplaced the Bingo sheet I posted it on the blog so you can always access it: it’s posted under 9/14/16.

  1. dog
  2. pet
  3. hut
  4. tub
  5. jet
  6. out
  7. be
  8. have
  9. like
  10. call

Open House Tonight

Oakman Elementary

Invites You To Attend

تدعو مدرسة اوكمن الاهل لحضور

Date: Thursday

September 15, 2016

التاريخ:الخميس15 ايلول, 2016

Time: 6:00-7:30pmالزمان:

 

Meet and Greet the

Teachers and Tour our School

تعرف على معلمة ولدك والمدرسة

 

PTA Membership is $10 per STUDENT, $20 per family.  

Make sure to sign up for conferences outside of the office.

دفع عضوية مجلس الاهل 10 دولارات للتلميذ و20 دولارا للعائلة! لا تنسوا تحديد موعدا لاجتماع الاهالي والمعلمين في شهر تشرين الثاني\نوفمبر

 

Please join us and meet the Oakman family. Join the teachers in their classrooms as they explain student expectations and classroom procedures.   Enjoy refreshments and PTA activities outside the office. See you there!

 

التقي المعلمات والمعلمين في مدرسة اوكمن واستمع الى التوقعات المطلوبة لكل الصفوف.