Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Picture Retakes on Friday – if you want to have pictures retaken please send back the unwanted photos with directions on how to change them. If you were absent please return your form so that I can send it with your student.

Popcorn Friday – will be this Friday, help support the PTA and get popcorn for your student for just $1.

Cold Weather Clothing – it is getting cold very fast please remember to have your child dress for the weather. Help them find the temperature the night before or before school. Here are the guidelines for dressing, I have linked the document in case you want to print it and hang it at home for your child to refer to:

Howe Winter Guidelines: 

Outdoor Weather

Students go outside for recess two or three times a day, even during the winter months. We use the following guidelines to determine when it is safe for students to be outside. To make this determination, we use the “feels like” temperature (wind chill) as reported by the National Weather Service. Please make sure your child is prepared with the necessary outerwear.

TEMPERATURE GUIDELINES (Feels like Temperature/Wind Chill) :

• Below 20 degrees – we do not go outside
• 20 degrees or higher- we go outside

Clothing

During the months of December through March, students should bring boots every day as there are many areas on the playground that can get quite snowy and/or muddy. Labeling items with your child’s first and last name can help us to return any lost items. We expect that students will wear the following winter gear when heading outside for recess.

CLOTHING GUIDELINES:

• 50-60 degrees: Long sleeves/sweaters
• 40-50 degrees: Jacket/coat
• 30-40 degrees: Winter jacket, hat and mittens/gloves and covered legs (i.e tights, jeans, pants)
• Below 30 and if snowy: Full set of snow gear to play in the snow (winter jacket, snow pants, hat, mittens, and boots)
• December – March: Bring boots and shoes daily 

Students who do not wear snow pants and boots will not be able to play in the snow.

Students who do not bring boots will still go outdoors, but are expected to stay on the blacktop.

Happy Thanksgiving – I hope everyone had a safe, restful break. I hope you got to enjoy time with family and friends. I was able to see both my daughters, my daughter Elizabeth and I were both sick for several days but we are feeling better now and she is back in Florida.

Science – we will continue learning about traits of animals

Social studies – we will continue learning about government

ELA – We will be working on our Spelling and Grammar pamphlet. Unit 3 Week 2 – Spelling – r-Controlled vowels er, ir, ur,  Grammar – Regular Verbs and Verb Tenses U3W2 Spelling Practice. We will continue reading our Government magazine.

Homework – Please read for 20 minutes each night and please do iReady for 20 minutes each night. Review spelling words and math facts.

Math –

Monday Lesson 17 must do apply all

Tuesday Lesson 18 must do apply all

Wednesday Lesson 19 must do apply all and Study Guide

Thursday Quiz

Friday Lesson 20 must do apply all

Reminders – No school – Wednesday 11/22-Sunday 11/26 – Have a great Thanksgiving Break

Food donations – Thank you to everyone that sent in a food donation. They will be picking up the donations this week. Any last minute donations can be sent on Monday.

Book orders due tomorrow – Monday – Here is the link to order online.

Science – learning about traits of animals

Social studies – learning about the purpose of government

ELA – No spelling test this week here are the words for next week’s test on December 1st if you want to start studying. Unit 3 Week 2 – Spelling – r-Controlled vowels er, ir, ur,  Grammar – Regular Verbs and Verb Tenses U3W2 Spelling Practice

Math –

Monday Lesson 15 must do apply all

Tuesday Lesson 16 must do apply all

Homework over break – please make sure to read 20 minutes each day, iReady 20 minutes each day and math homework.

Book Orders

Reading is a very important part of your students education.  They should be reading everyday.  In order to encourage reading it is very important that students have access to books at home.  I am sending out a book order TODAY to help you provide a good source of books for your children.  These books are inexpensive and appropriate for our grade level.  These make great holiday gifts. When you order you are also helping the classroom earn FREE books!

Place an order of $25 or more and you can pick a FREE $5 book (use code READS at checkout) to add to your reader’s TBR pile!

Family Order Due Date: 11/20/23

SHOP OUR CLASS PAGE: https://orders.scholastic.com/J6YNP
SHOP FLYERS: https://clubs.scholastic.com/all-flyers

Books make wonderful holiday presents. If you want to surprise your student with some books then just send me a message and I will pack them in a bag so they won’t be seen.

Holiday presents – Speaking about presents, I wanted to let you know that I never expect any gifts from anyone, but everyone has always been very generous in the past around the holidays.  I know this has been a rough year for a lot of families.  If you do choose to send a gift, I need to let you know I have I am working hard to trying to lose some weight,  so please do not send any food or candy gifts this year.  I also have very sensitive skin and can’t use regular soaps, perfumes and lotions.  I love to get things for the classroom like office supplies (sheet protectors, card stock, markers, paper)  or things for the students like prizes for the prize box or contests, Legos, educational games, science activities, or magnets.  I have make a classroom wishlist on Amazon, if that is helpful. I also enjoy gift cards to Amazon, Target, Kroger or any gas station.  Thanks for your understanding!  Again I’m not expecting anything.

PTA Message –

The PTA’s blog is up and running again! I would like to encourage all our parents to follow us! 

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This Week:

Tuesday – Early Release/Conferences (Check your appointment time here)

Wednesday – Conferences(Check your appointment time here)/ NO MUSIC CLUB

Thursday – PTA Meeting , 11/16/23 at 6pm Virtual Event

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Passcode: 251036

This week’s homework schedule – EVERY NIGHT READ for 20 minutes:

Battle Against Hunger begins tomorrow. Please send in your food donations with your students November 13-17. Thank you for your contributions!  

Battle Against Hunger gif

Chess Club – Chess club will meet Wednesdays at lunch.

Recorders – ALL 3rd graders will be learning recorder this year and should have turned in money for the recorder. Please let Mrs. Reed know if you need help paying.

Star of the week – Anna will be star of the week starting on November 13th.

Reminder – No School – November 22-26th – Thanksgiving Break

We are publishing a book!!! – We have finished our book!! Only 2 days left until we hit submit to the publisher! Only 2 days left to order your copy, if you are interested! Our publication date is November 14th. Students get so excited about becoming a published author! Here is the link to the letter explaining how to order their new book.

Academics –

ELA – Our next unit called Government for the People. In the next 3 weeks we will be reading informational text about Government and completing page 11, 19 and 27 in our magazines. Our spelling and grammar pamphlet is Unit 3 Week 1 – Spelling – r-Controlled vowels ar, or, Grammar – Irregular Verbs. Here is the spelling practice U3W1 Spelling Practice. This week we are ar and or words in spelling. I will make copies for 4 of the pages for practice, students should be practicing at home also. Please have your student read everyday for 20 minutes.

Math –

Monday – Please return the lesson 12 homework and the Unit 2 Topic B Study guide – Please complete and RETURN the Topic B study guide. I will go over the study guide answers on Monday for our quiz Monday Here are the answers to help your child understand, don’t just show them the answers.

Tuesday – Lesson 13 – Apply all

Wednesday – Lesson 14 -Apply 1-6, 9-12

Thursday – Lesson 15

Friday – Lesson 16

Science – We will continue our study of animal inheritance and traits.

This week we will be studying theme in ELA and we will not start our new Benchmark lesson or pamphlet we will be finishing up our Benchmark lessons from last week. We will not have a spelling test on Friday, we will have one next Friday so please use the extra time to learn the spelling words mentioned in the last post.

Chess Club – meeting on Monday 11/6 during lunch to learn more about chess club. Chess club will meet Wednesdays at lunch.

Recorders – ALL 3rd graders will be learning recorder this year and should have turned in money for the recorder. Mrs. Reed would like to place the order very soon. If you have not turned in money please do so by Monday.

Mohamad will continue to be star of the week – this week he will bring in the letter from his parents telling how special he is, his favorite book, show and tell and we will finish his poster. Next week, Anna will be star of the week starting on November 13th.

Reminder – No School Tuesday, November 7th, Election Day (Get out and vote).

We are publishing a book!!! – You may have already heard from our students that we are working on publishing a book. We are working hard to finish our writing and illustrations and our publication date is November 14th. Students get so excited about becoming a published author! Here is the link to the letter explaining how to order their new book.

Academics –

ELA – We have finished our 1st two units in Benchmark and we are moving to our next unit called Government for the People. In the next 3 weeks we will be reading informational text about Government and completing page 11, 19 and 27 in our magazines. Our spelling and grammar pamphlet is Unit 3 Week 1 – Spelling – r-Controlled vowels ar, or, Grammar – Irregular Verbs. Here is the spelling practice U3W1 Spelling Practice. This week we are ar and or words in spelling. I will make copies for 4 of the pages for practice, students should be practicing at home also.

Math –

Monday – Lesson 12 – Apply must dos 1,3,4 Unit 2 Topic B Study guide – Please complete and RETURN the Topic B study guide. This helps me see what problems children might be struggling with so that I can explain them before the test on Thursday. Here are the answers to help your child understand, don’t just show them the answers.

Tuesday – No School

Wednesday – Please RETURN the study guide! We will review the completed study guide and take quiz.

Thursday – Lesson 13 – Apply all

Friday – Lesson 14 -Apply 1-6, 9-12

Social Studies – We are starting a unit on Government.

Mohamad is Star of the Week!

Conferences – Thank you for the 10 people that have signed up for conferences. I still have 6 families that need to sign up. Here is the link.

Reminders for next week:

Monday 10/30 – DON’T BE LATE – Picture day – right away 8:55 AM, Field Trip to Smoke House 9:15 AM, if you are planning on chaperoning, make sure that you have your iChat form completed with Ms. Bernadette. I will need one parent at the front door and one at the back door watching for the bus. We will be doing pictures first then getting on the bus.

Tuesday 10/31 – EARLY RELEASE – Dismissal at 2:25, Fall Festival – students may bring a small amount of candy to share. NO COSTUMES! Students may dress in fall colors.

Academics –

Math – We are beginning to learn about rounding using temperature this week.

Monday – Review Topic A quiz

Tuesday – M2 Lesson 8 Apply Must dos all

Wednesday M2 Lesson 9 Apply Must dos all

Thursday M2 Lesson 10 Apply Must dos all

Friday M2 Lesson 11 Apply Must dos all

ELA – We are working on Unit 2 Week 3 – Spelling – Compound Words, Grammar – Future Tense Verbs.

Social Studies – we are completing our Geography Unit.