Mrs. Keebler's Blog

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.

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

Social Studies project – We are beginning a new project on National and Michigan State Parks. 2nd – 5th grades will be participating in this project. Students will research a chosen park. They will be creating a trifold board and an artifact to present at a school wide fair on May 14th. The timeline of things that are due is coming home on Monday. 3rd grade students will be working on this mainly in school but it will be sent home on Fridays if not completed in class to be completed on the weekends, be sure to send it back on Mondays. The trifold board and artifact will be completed at home. Reminder pages 1-3 are due on Monday.

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 8 out of 10 called Weather and Climate. We will be continuing our Spelling and Grammar pamphlet for Unit 8 Week 3– Spelling – Diphthongs, Grammar:Subject Verb Agreement, Coordinating & Subordinating Conjunctions

Math – We will squeeze in math as we have time this week. We will continue with M-STEP practice and testing.

M-STEP this week – We will be working on MSTEP Reading April 23-24 – We will be using this website to practice online, you can also use it to practice at home.

I-Ready testing begins April 30 and May 1, please continue to practice.

4/25 NED Show assembly – We will be having a pay it forward fundraiser so a new school can have the NED Assembly. We will be selling yo-yos starting on April 25th.

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

Social Studies project – We are beginning a new project on National and Michigan State Parks. 2nd – 5th grades will be participating in this project. Students will research a chosen park. They will be creating a trifold board and an artifact to present at a school wide fair on May 14th. The timeline of things that are due is coming home on Monday. 3rd grade students will be working on this mainly in school but it will be sent home on Fridays if not completed in class to be completed on the weekends, be sure to send it back on Mondays. The trifold board and artifact will be completed at home.

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 8 out of 10 called Weather and Climate. We will be continuing our Spelling and Grammar pamphlet for Unit 8 Week 2 – Spelling – Hard G & Soft G, Grammar: Simple, compound and complex sentences, Pronoun Antecedent agreement take the spelling test Thursday, 4/17, since we have no school on Friday.

Math – We will get the M5 Topic B study guide on Monday. We will do the test on Tuesday 4/15. Please return the study guide on Tuesday so we can review the answers before taking the test. We will work on Topic C lessons 11

M-STEP this week – We will be working on MSTEP Math this week. MSTEP testing will begin next week: MSTEP Math April 16-17, MSTEP Reading April 23-24 – We will be using this website to practice online, you can also use it to practice at home.

I-Ready testing begins April 30 and May 1, please continue to practice.

4/18 No School – Good Friday

4/25 NED Show assembly – We will be having a pay it forward fundraiser so a new school can have the NED Assembly. We will be selling yo-yos starting on April 25th.

Star of the Week is Hadi

Social Studies project – We are beginning a new project on National and Michigan State Parks. 2nd – 5th grades will be participating in this project. Students will research a chosen park. They will be creating a trifold board and an artifact to present at a school wide fair on May 14th. The timeline of things that are due is coming home on Monday. 3rd grade students will be working on this mainly in school but it will be sent home on Fridays if not completed in class to be completed on the weekends, be sure to send it back on Mondays. The trifold board and artifact will be completed at home.

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

ELA – We are continuing with our Benchmark Unit 8 out of 10 called Weather and Climate. We will be continuing our Spelling and Grammar pamphlet for Unit 8 Week 1 – Spelling – Hard C & Soft C, Grammar: Adjectives, Future Tense Verbs. We will finish it next week and take the spelling test next Friday, 4/11.

Math – We will got the M5 Topic A study guide last week. It was sent home on Thursday. We will do the test next week on Monday 4/7. Please return the study guide on Monday so we can review the answers before taking the test. We will work on Topic B lessons 6-9 Tuesday – Friday.

M-STEP Prep this week – We will be working on MSTEP prep this week. MSTEP testing will begin next week: MSTEP READING April 16-17, MSTEP MATH April 23-24 – We will be using this website to practice online, you can also use it to practice at home.

I-Ready testing begins April 30 and May 1, please continue to practice.

4/18 No School – Good Friday

4/25 NED Show assembly