Free Food and Free Shoes for all ages at the Detroit Red Carpet Backyard Barbecue! This Sat 11/19/16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bert’s Warehouse 2739 Russell St. Detroit 48207 (Eastern Market). Special appearances by the Detroit Lions! Spread the Word!
School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”
If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools. Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years. Continue reading
School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”
If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools. Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years. Continue reading
Family Turkey Project
Dear Family,
We need your help! Turkey’s were sent home today. Help decorate your child’s turkey and help him make it safely past Thanksgiving by disguising him so the farmer cannot find him. Turkeys that have made it through in the past have been dressed like ballerinas, football players, farmers, hula dancers, Elvis, etc. Think of something unique or special to your family and disguise your turkey accordingly.
Please have fun and be creative! You may use anything you can think of to decorate. You can find items around your home to attach to the turkey to disguise him as something else. Don’t go to any expense. Family turkeys in the past have been decorated with crayons, macaroni, craft feathers, tissue paper, wallpaper scraps, dried beans, rice, clothes and shoes cut from newspaper adds, ribbons, fabric scraps, etc.
Please follow these directions when disguising your turkey.
Thanks for your support!
Ms. Wentland
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On Monday, October 31st, we will have our Halloween Parade at school. Each student is invited to wear their costume if he/she would like to for our parade in the afternoon at 2:00 pm (absolutely NO masks, no face pain, or swords/weapons are allowed).
Please send a bag of candy (ONLY WRAPPED CANDY) to share with the class. (20 students in our classroom).
If you’re interested in donating juice, cookies, cheese cubes, crackers, small pretzels bags or any treats, please let me know in advance! Thanks a lot
Kindergarten is for Language Development
It is familiarity with the English language that precedes and underlies excellent phonemic awareness instruction. It is this familiarity that allows a child’s decoding to be error-free and their reading to be fluent. We must skillfully accelerate language learning – both thinking and oral communication – if we are to take a proactive approach to bridge the achievement gap and prevent later reading difficulties. That is why we encourage our children to hear grammatically correct English through their daily instruction and the literature they listen to.
As Kindergarten teachers, we must provide experiences that make language come alive, dramatically articulating and fluently modeling the sounds of language. We invite kindergartners to rehearse language as singers, signers, and storytellers. Lively discussion about quality fiction and nonfiction allows us to connect books with children’s lives and provide the vehicle for explicit teaching of comprehension strategies.
We memorize, recite, and perform language. We differentiate instruction, honoring children’s initial “magical memory reading” and skillfully transitioning them to guided and independent reading. We are conscious that listening comprehension comes before reading comprehension. Our curriculum invites children to communicate and interact. Developing the child’s capacity for language and thought underlies everything we do in kindergarten. Please remember to read to your child (in whatever language you are native to) and continue to help our students become proficient in the English language!!!
Dear parents,
Students are asked to bring in one dollar or more, to join our Halloween basket raffle. There are five baskets filled with fun toys and treats. Baskets will be raffled off this Friday with each grade level having one basket as the winner. All money collected will go to PTA to help fund school field trips.
Thank you for all your support!
Second grade team!
Dear Parents,
If you are an AOL email user, please be aware that you may not receive email notifications due to AOL policies. We are working to resolve this issue with AOL.
Thank you for your patience while we work with AOL to make sure you get classroom notifications from your teacher.
Sincerely,
Technology Department