When it’s chilly outside, it may be a good idea to have your child dress in layers that include a sweatshirt and long pants to help them be cozy in our classroom.
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Monthly Archives: January 2019
Dismissal TODAY
If you have not already, please be sure to read this post from the Howard blog regarding changes to dismissal for today due to the weather.
Tuesday Tutoring is cancelled!
Due to weather conditions and low temps, tutoring today (January 29th) is cancelled.
Snow Day Challenge
I posted a quick, fun writing assignment in google classroom. Students can complete this if they are interested and then “turn in” to me for a prize from the prize box.
The trickiest part will be logging in to google classroom. They can get to google classroom by going to the Dearborn schools page, and then clicking on student resources or by clicking here. You can also try just having them log in to google like you or I would with their email address and password.
Their email address is their student number@dearbornschools.org They all have it memorized!
(example: 20018432@dearbornschools.org)
Their password is their birthday. (example: 08112008)
The classroom code is ie3doc6 (just in case you need it!)
If you cannot get in to google classroom OR if you would rather have them do it on paper, here is a copy of what it looks like (snow day challenge). You can either print it off or they can just write on lined paper.
The directions were:
Finish the story starter by filling in the first sentence and then adding at least 3 details!
Make sure you:
- Use complete sentences
- Start sentences with a capital letter
- End every sentence with punctuation
Spirit Wear
Updates…
I feel like a lot of stuff came home today (please check folders or backpacks), so let me just highlight a few of them:
- save the date: 2nd graders will have a concert on March 28th at 7 p.m.
- spirit wear: there is an order form for Howard t-shirts/sweatshirts, please return by Friday
- book orders: everyone gets excited about a book order 😉 You can order online by going to scholastic.com and clicking on parents. Then enter our classroom code MK4VL. OR you can send in your order form to me with a check made out to Scholastic. Please place your online order, or send me your form, by Monday.
Also, new spelling words came home today. Students are now expected to have a total of 4 activities completed when they turn their notebook in on Mondays. We will start one of those in class (10 times each) and then they need to do 3 more at home. I have also noticed that many of us are almost out of pages in our spelling notebook. If possible, please grab your student a new red notebook (it does not have to be spiral). If for any reason you are not able to get a new one, please let me know.
Some of us are still struggling with no headphones. A huge THANK YOU to Hadi’s mom for donating 2 pair to the classroom!! Please consider getting your student a pair of their own headphones if they don’t have them.
Finally, today was the end of the 2nd cardmarking. Please don’t look for report cards before at least Friday. It may even be early next week before they come home. I will make sure I blog (and we will write it in our planners) on the day they come home so you know to take a look for them 🙂
Math Homework
Math homework came home today. It is due Thursday. I did tell them that they could skip #3 (the true and false) if they wanted to 🙂
Welcome Back :)
- PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF CHANGES: The traffic for pick-up and drop off will change starting Wednesday!! (N. York will be ONE WAY in front of the school) There was a note sent home today with most classes, but our class was already in ART by the time it was put in mailboxes. The note will come home tomorrow, but Click here to read about the changes starting on Wednesday.
- Math books: students brought home the math workbooks we used for Modules 1-3. We are all done with those. You are welcome to have students go through and do the pages we skipped, or you can recycle them, LOL, but I don’t want them to come back to school.
- Reading Calendars: Some students do a monthly reading calendar because it was discussed at conferences. Today I had about 10 students who asked to bring it home because they want to do it. The process is easy, please sign each day that your child reads for at least 20 minutes. Students who return the calendar on Feb. 1st with at least 18 days signed will earn something small. This is not mandatory for most students.
- Headphones: Please ask your child about their headphones. We have some that are not working and some students with no headphones (or earbuds) at all. It may seem like a silly thing to worry about, but we use our headphones every day when we are in Daily 5 and we often use them during math also. If anyone is willing to donate a pair of headphones (not earbuds) that we can keep as “extra”, that would be totally amazing!!!
- Reading groups: Each of my groups will get a new book this week, but groups may not meet on their normal schedule because we will also begin DRA testing.
- Pics: just a few pictures from before break:
