Friday, March 16, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
The B Hive 3.5
Hello families!
Happy Monday! I hope I am finding you all well. We finished off February with a bang and have quickly moved into March. March is a busy and fun month for us. It is March is Reading Month, Expo, and the last week is Spring Break. Below are a few important things to note:
Reading
March is Reading Month - during this month, we place an extra emphasis on our great reading work. We value reading here at STEAM, but take a minute to reflect on reading with a variety of activities. Check our our MIRM movie below.
Math
Our hard work on division was a success and students are making great strides into a better understanding of partial quotients, short division, or a picture strategy. We will come back to division later so please continue to help your student practice this very important skill.
Flash 48:
Here is our Team Page
Happy Monday! I hope I am finding you all well. We finished off February with a bang and have quickly moved into March. March is a busy and fun month for us. It is March is Reading Month, Expo, and the last week is Spring Break. Below are a few important things to note:
Reading
March is Reading Month - during this month, we place an extra emphasis on our great reading work. We value reading here at STEAM, but take a minute to reflect on reading with a variety of activities. Check our our MIRM movie below.
Math
Our hard work on division was a success and students are making great strides into a better understanding of partial quotients, short division, or a picture strategy. We will come back to division later so please continue to help your student practice this very important skill.
Pasta For Pennies
Dates: March 12th-March 23rd
Flash 48- March 10th-11th
Online Giving:
-Individual students who create their own online giving page and raise $50 or more online will receive a limited edition HERO SQUAD t-shirt from the National office in New York!
-Each classroom can win their own pizza party! Flash 48
-Schools raising $1500 or more online in addition to the program will receive a bonus past or pizza lunch for the teaching staff to enjoy.
Celebration Party:
-Schools raising a minimum of $750 receive an Olive Garden pasta party or a Hungry Howie’s pizza party for the top fundraising classroom.
-Schools raising $1500 or more will receive a 2nd place Hungry Howie’s pizza party to celebrate.
Flash 48:
Each classroom will have a online giving page. They will have 48 hours to raise $250 online. Each classroom that reaches the $250 goal by the 48 hour deadline will receive a prize for the students and teacher.
Here is our Team Page
Friday, February 23, 2018
The B Hive 2.23
Dear Families,
I hope I am finding you well on this once again rainy day. EXPO is only one month away and we are busy working on getting amazing things ready for your viewing pleasure. Check out what we've been up to this week:
Reading - We are still reading and very much enjoying The City of Ember. We have reached the climax of the story and are working our way to the resolution at the end. By next week, we will begin our next read aloud, which is Bud, Not Buddy (historical fiction). We will talk about the great things that historical fiction brings to us as a genre. For our reading work and reading groups, we are working on responding in writing to the books that we are reading and using great reading strategies in our groups and in our independent reading.
Math - Whew! It is time for division. This is a challenging concept for many because this is the first year that students really dig into this concept. It also can be challenging because you have to have your multiplication facts in place. So if you know this is a struggle for your student, please help them do reflex or other things to continue to work on knowing those facts. There are many ways to practice division using our Study Links or IXL focus links. I can also provide additional worksheets for practice if needed.
Word Work - Words came home today for next week. Please help your student remember to study. They should be sorting and practicing their words every day. They need to make sure they know the meanings of the words, the spelling, and the pronunciation.
PBL - Our driving question is "How can we use the history of Detroit landmarks to join in on the revitalization of the city? We are at the point where we know the important parts of the history, now we are moving into the second part of the question. How can we join into the revitalization? Your student will bring home an extra homework assignment this weekend. They need to think deeply about a challenge they see and then create a solution for this challenge. Please have them bring the paper back on Monday. These ideas need to be people, time, and money manageable.
There are several posts below this post about things happening here at STEAM. Please continue to read on and check out our twitter to see what we're up to.
Best,
Mrs. B
I hope I am finding you well on this once again rainy day. EXPO is only one month away and we are busy working on getting amazing things ready for your viewing pleasure. Check out what we've been up to this week:
Reading - We are still reading and very much enjoying The City of Ember. We have reached the climax of the story and are working our way to the resolution at the end. By next week, we will begin our next read aloud, which is Bud, Not Buddy (historical fiction). We will talk about the great things that historical fiction brings to us as a genre. For our reading work and reading groups, we are working on responding in writing to the books that we are reading and using great reading strategies in our groups and in our independent reading.
Math - Whew! It is time for division. This is a challenging concept for many because this is the first year that students really dig into this concept. It also can be challenging because you have to have your multiplication facts in place. So if you know this is a struggle for your student, please help them do reflex or other things to continue to work on knowing those facts. There are many ways to practice division using our Study Links or IXL focus links. I can also provide additional worksheets for practice if needed.
Word Work - Words came home today for next week. Please help your student remember to study. They should be sorting and practicing their words every day. They need to make sure they know the meanings of the words, the spelling, and the pronunciation.
PBL - Our driving question is "How can we use the history of Detroit landmarks to join in on the revitalization of the city? We are at the point where we know the important parts of the history, now we are moving into the second part of the question. How can we join into the revitalization? Your student will bring home an extra homework assignment this weekend. They need to think deeply about a challenge they see and then create a solution for this challenge. Please have them bring the paper back on Monday. These ideas need to be people, time, and money manageable.
There are several posts below this post about things happening here at STEAM. Please continue to read on and check out our twitter to see what we're up to.
Best,
Mrs. B
Interested in Running?
Don’t miss out on this once a year opportunity! Girls on the Run at A2 STEAM starts March 5th!
Hello! My name is Amy Lawson and I am the site leader and head coach for A2 STEAM Girls on the Run (and also a proud STEAM parent). For those of you who are not familiar with GOTR, it is a program for 3rd-5th grade girls which inspires them to develop essential skills to help them navigate their ever-changing worlds and develop a lifetime appreciation for health and fitness. Research shows that by adolescence, girls’ confidence drops about twice as much as boys’. Friendships become more complicated and challenging, girls' perception of their academic ability declines, the likelihood of anxiety and depression increases and participation in physical activity plummets. The Girls on the Run curriculum helps girls to recognize their personal strengths and teaches them how to stand up for themselves and others. Through running games and activities, the team prepares to complete an end of the season 5k together. As a coach, I have witnessed how the GOTR curriculum inspires girls to be better friends, to advocate for themselves, and to become leaders in their community. I have seen how their self-confidence grows over the season. Girls who did not think they could finish a 5k in March joyously walk, run, or skip across the finish line in May. We are building our Girls on the Run team at A2 STEAM, and we would love to get your daughter involved. We meet after school on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm from March 5th-May 16th. You can learn more, and register online, at http://www.
Pasta for Pennies Starts Soon!
Pasta for Pennies 
Dates: March 12th-March 23rd
Flash 48- March 10th-11th
Online Giving:
-Individual students who create their own online giving page and raise $50
or more online will receive a limited edition HERO SQUAD t-shirt from the
National office in New York!
or more online will receive a limited edition HERO SQUAD t-shirt from the
National office in New York!
-Each classroom can win their own pizza party! Flash 48
-Schools raising $1500 or more online in addition to the program
will receive a bonus past or pizza lunch for the teaching staff to enjoy.
will receive a bonus past or pizza lunch for the teaching staff to enjoy.
Celebration Party:
-Schools raising a minimum of $750 receive an Olive Garden
pasta party or a Hungry Howie’s pizza party for the top fundraising
classroom.
pasta party or a Hungry Howie’s pizza party for the top fundraising
classroom.
-Schools raising $1500 or more will receive a 2nd place
Hungry Howie’s pizza party to celebrate.
Hungry Howie’s pizza party to celebrate.
Flash 48:
Each classroom will have a online giving page. They will have
48 hours to raise $250 online. Each classroom that reaches the
$250 goal by the 48 hour deadline will receive a prize for the students
and teacher.
48 hours to raise $250 online. Each classroom that reaches the
$250 goal by the 48 hour deadline will receive a prize for the students
and teacher.
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