Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Hello Howe Families! Just a few reminders about the summer school program….

Howe Discovery program begins on Monday, June 23rd. Hours are 8:20am-3:20 pm.

Before care tutoring begins at 8 am and your child must be registered. All students begin with breakfast at 8:20 am.

After school care is 3:20- 4pm. (Your child must also be signed up for this tutoring session to stay.)

All Montessori students will be dropped off and picked up at Door 18.

Extended school year families will do their normal routine with bussing.

Students should come with water bottles and a snack. If you do not want school breakfast and lunch please pack. The choices will NOT be posted daily like during the school year.

If you are not subscribed to the Howe school blog please do that before summer school starts.  That is how updates will be shared about the summer program! Click on the link below. On the right side of the screen type in your email under the “Sign Up for Howe e-news” box. Then all posts will be emailed to you! 

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Please let the office know if you have any questions! 

Due to the Eid holiday we have decided to change the party date. It will now be tomorrow from 2:45-3:30. 3rd grade should pick up their child in the cafeteria have a treat and say goodbye to Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Keebler.

We made it! This week will be the last week of 3rd grade! I am looking forward to doing some “fun activities” this week.

Monday will be a normal school day.

Tuesday is field day so we have stuff planned all day long. We are moving around outside between the stations and please bring their water bottles. Your child also needs a TOWEL for the afternoon fire truck. We will be going to the playground after and no one will be allowed back in the building. If you would like to take your child early that is fine! I will be on the playground and you can check them out with me.

Wednesday is a summer birthdays, our 3 summer birthday girls will be brining pizza, drinks and cupcakes. We will celebrate around noon. You may also bring electronics, and students may play on their electronics that day if they choose.

Thursday is picnic day. Pack them a special lunch (hot lunch will still be available if you want that). Bring a towel or blanket to sit on outside. 5th grade graduation will be happening at 12:30.

On Friday we have just a half day of school. If your child will not be attending that day please let me know so I can make sure all of their stuff goes home before then!

If you wish to attend, Mrs. Reed and I will be having a Retirement/Montessori Reunion party at the end of the school day to say goodbye to former and current students and parents. If you know or have any former students please feel free to bring them by. You can pick up your students in the cafeteria.

Looking forward to the fun this week!

Have a great weekend!

Wow, it is hard to believe that the school year and (my teaching career) is almost over! This week will be the last week of academics, since grades are due at the end of the week. All missing work will be due by Thursday. Students have their list of missing work in the back of their red folders. I will update this daily this week as things are turned in and the last assignments are added.

Remember No School on Monday, 5/26 Memorial day – enjoy your long weekend.

Math quiz – We will take our last math quiz on Tuesday. We did the study guide on Friday and your child should have brought it home. If not here is the M6 Topic A Study Guide and M6 Topic A Study Guide Answers

ELA – We will be working on our last pamphlet of the year. Unit 10 Week 2 – Spelling – Suffixes -ing, -ness, -ment, Grammar Irregular Verbs. I will continue to give our end of the year reading tests.

Science Quiz – We will be taking our last science quiz of the year. Here is the Study Guide and the answers. We will go over the answers on Tuesday and Wednesday and take the quiz on Wednesday or Thursday.

Field Day 6/3 – Volunteers still needed. Children will be outside for several hours, please send water bottles, wear sunscreen, sun glasses and/or hats. Children will get wet (if they chose) at the end of the day when the fire truck comes to spray everyone. They will stay outside to dry, we do not have the facilities to have over 100 students change. Please send a towel to dry off. Please sign up and help if you can! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4AA8AE2CAAF58-56910567-howe#

Howe Montessori Retirement/Reunion Party – Mrs. Reed and I are both retiring this year. Current and former Howe school families are invited to stop by and say goodbye. I will continue to teach summer school so my final day will be July 25th.

Our butterfly hatched this morning!! I will feed him fruit today and bring him in tomorrow to be released.

Reminder No School next Monday 5/26 – Memorial day

Star of the Week – Celia will be Star of the Week. Here is the link to the Star of the Week information.

Field day Helpers Needed!

Please sign up and help if you can!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4AA8AE2CAAF58-56910567-howe#

Math – We will be working on Module 5 Lesson 25 . We will be taking the end of module assessment. Here is the Study guide and answers.

M5 Assessment Study Guide

M5 Assessment Study Guide Answers

After the test we will begin our last module of the year called Geometry, Measurement and Data

ELA – We are beginning our last Benchmark Unit 10 out of 10 called Force and Motion. We will be continuing our Spelling and Grammar pamphlet for Unit 10 Week 1 – Spelling – Final Syllables (-en, -on, -ain, -in), Grammar – Subordinating Conjunctions to Form Complex Sentences

Summer Discovery 2025
This is a reminder that thanks to a multi-million dollar grant from the Ballmer Group & United Way, Dearborn Public Schools is again planning a large 2025 Summer Discovery Program for current elementary and middle school students.The free Summer Discovery Program will provide fun enrichment activities and additional math and literacy lessons for students, using an extension of the same curriculum students received during the school year.  Field trips will also be included.  It’s a FREE opportunity to keep kids engaged in academic and enrichment activities this summer!  

Summer Discovery 2025 starts on Monday, June 23, 2025 and runs Monday through Friday until July 25, 2025.  There is no session on July 4.  Parents are committing their students to attend at least 17 of the 24 days of the program.  While there was an original deadline of March 20, 2025, parents are asked to contact the office at their child’s school to enroll their student for the summer program and will only be accepted to the program if a space is available.  Please see the enrollment form for more details. Please see additional details about the Summer Discovery Program in the First Bell Article linked here.

Star of the Week – Hama will continue to be Star of the Week. Here is the link to the Star of the Week information.

Social Studies project –You should be working on your project board and artifact or diorama for National and Michigan State Parks. The trifold board due on 5/12 and an artifact due on 5/6. We are presenting at a school wide fair on May 14th. Please practice presenting your projects at home. The presentation is part of their grade.

Social Studies Fair on Wednesday 5/14 in the cafeteria it will be from 2:30-3:00 parents should come in look at the fair and then help their child bring their project home at 3:00

Here is a link to the National and State Parks project.

Here are all parks that each student has chosen and website for each park. Classlist and websites

ELA – We are continuing with our Benchmark Unit 9 out of 10 called Spending Time and Money. We will be continuing our Spelling and Grammar pamphlet for Unit 9 Week 3– Spelling – Prefixes pre-, re-, Grammar Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions

Math – We will be working on Module 5 Lesson 21 and Study guide on Monday . We will be taking the Topic D quiz on Tuesday. Here is the Study guide and answers. We will continue with lesson 22,23 and 24 if time permits.

M5 Topic D Study Guide

M5 Topic D Study Guide Answers

Oops I sent the wrong study guide in math. We will be using that one in a couple of weeks so you can hang on to it. We are taking the Topic D quiz after lesson 21 so we won’t need the study guide until next week.

M5 Topic D Study Guide

M5 Topic D Study Guide Answers

Star of the Week – Hama will continue to be Star of the Week. Here is the link to the Star of the Week information.

Social Studies project –You should be working on your project board and artifact or diorama for National and Michigan State Parks. They will be creating a trifold board due on 5/12 and an artifact due on 5/6. We are presenting at a school wide fair on May 14th.

Here is a link to the National and State Parks project.

Here are all parks that each student has chosen and website for each park. Classlist and websites

ELA – We are continuing with our Benchmark Unit 9 out of 10 called Spending Time and Money. We will be continuing our Spelling and Grammar pamphlet for Unit 9 Week 2 – Spelling – Prefixes dis-, un-, Grammar Forming and Using Irregular Verbs

Math – We will be working on Module 5 Lesson 16-18 . We will be taking the end of module assessment. Here is the Study guide and answers.

M5 Assessment Study Guide

M5 Assessment Study Guide Answers

I-Ready testing will be on Thursday May 8th , please continue to practice.

Mother’s Day refreshments are on Friday afternoon from 2:30-3:00. If you plan on attending be sure to RSVP today!

Mia will continue to be Star of the week.

Math Study Guide for quiz on Wednesday April 30. Study Guide Answers

Social Studies- National and State Project papers are all due Monday 4/28. They may turn in the paper copies but it should also be added to Google Classroom. If you would like me to print the finished copies in color to add to the board please let me know. Remember they will also need several pictures of their park on the board. Please refer to the timeline in the attached papers document to see then everything is due.

I-Ready testing Thursday, May 1st – please make sure your child gets a good nights rest of 9-11 hours and a healthy protein breakfast.

We are starting Unit 9 Week 1 – Spelling – Suffixes -less, -ful, -able, Grammar – Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions.

Math will be lessons 13-16 and we will have a quiz on Thursday.