Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Hello Families!

We are excited to announce we are having a Buddy Classroom field trip. Montessori classrooms and lower elementary special education classrooms will be visiting The Henry Ford Museum on Friday, April 4th.

A few notes:

*All paperwork is coming home in your child’s folder today!

*All Kindergarten/1st graders will need an adult chaperone. 

*Students will come to school then ride the bus to the museum. All chaperones will meet us at the museum. 

*No siblings allowed. 

*All paperwork and money is Due on Friday, February 21st. 

(firm deadline– we need to give numbers to them and get a check before spring break and that takes a few weeks).

Star of the Week – Latifeh will continue as Star of the Week. Lena will begin on 2/3.

Field Trip – The upper elementary has planned a field trip for January 31st. It is a STEM Roller Skating trip. If you haven’t turned in your permission slip yet, please bring it on Monday. Chaperones are welcome, no siblings. Chaperones should check in at the office and meet in the cafeteria. We will be taking a bus.

Academics-

Unit 5 Week 3– Spelling – Inflectional endings -ed, ing, Grammar – Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences U5 W3 Spelling Practice Please help your child practice their spelling words each week. You don’t not have to turn in spelling homework, but they should be practicing to do well on their test each Friday.

Reading Logs – these will now be part of the report card grade. They should be completed neatly, with a title and author (proper capitalization). Don’t read the same book all week, and don’t repeat the same books week after week. Parent signature required.

Math – Module 3 Lesson 23, 24, 25. Module 3 study guide Wednesday, test Thursday. Here is the M3 Assessment Study Guide. M3 Assessment Study Guide Answers.

Science – Environments and survival

Social Studies – 5 Themes of Geography

i-Ready – Please continue to practice i-Ready everyday at home.

This week, the WIDA testing begins for all students who speak another language at home.

Star of the Week – Adam continues as star of the week. Latifeh will begin being star of the week on 1/20.

Reminder – No school on Monday, January 20th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Field Trip – The upper elementary has planned a field trip for January 31st. It is a STEM Roller Skating trip. Permission slip will be coming home this week. Chaperones are welcome, no siblings. We will be taking a bus.

Report cards went home Friday

Academics-

ELA – Unit 5 Week 2 – Spelling – Vowel -r Syllables, Grammar – Subordinating Conjunctions U5 W2 Spelling Practice Please help your child practice their spelling words each week. You don’t not have to turn in spelling homework, but they should be practicing to do well on their test each Friday.

Reading Logs – these will now be part of the report card grade. They should be completed neatly, with a title and author (proper capitalization). Don’t read the same book all week, and don’t repeat the same books week after week. Parent signature required.

Math – Module 3 Lesson 17, 18, 19 Topic C quiz and Lesson 20 on Thursday, Lesson 21 on Friday. Here is the Study Guide for the Topic C quiz. Answers

Science – Environments and survival

Social Studies – 5 Themes of Geography

i-Ready – Please practice i-Ready everyday at home to prepare for the upcoming assessment. I will be sending the dates soon.

Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed your holiday break. I enjoyed relaxing and spending time with my family. Both my daughters were able to visit for Christmas!

Star of the Week – Adam starting Monday 1/6 Here is the link to the Star of the Week information. His week will continue to the next week since we don’t have a full week and Latifeh will begin on 1/21.

1/2 day Reminder –

i-Ready – Congratulation! We had lots more children who worked on i-Ready this week! Amira, Anesa, Elena, Lily, Latifeh, Lena, Ali R, Mia, Hamza and Celia will all get prizes on Monday. They are doing a great job of preparing for the upcoming i-Ready assessment. I will let you know the dates of the test soon.

ELA- We will begin Unit 5 in Benchmark call Advancements in Technology. Here is the Spelling words and grammar pamphlet. Unit 5 Week 1 – Spelling – Vowel Consonant E Syllables, Grammar – Coordinating Conjunctions Spelling practice

Math We will continue Module 3 Topic B Multiplication and Division Concepts with an Emphasis on the Unit of 7. Lessons 13, 14, 15, 16. There will be not math homework on Monday since it is a 1/2 day.

Social Studies –Geography – Map Skills

Science – Environments and Survival