Mrs. Keebler's Blog

PTA-Our next Howe School PTA meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6 in the Howe School cafeteria.  This is an important meeting as we will be hold elections for next year.  We hope to see you all here!

Library books-We have many students will outstanding books.  All library books are now overdue.  Please return all books by Friday, 6/3/16.  Any missing books need to be paid for.  Attached is a list of books and who own.  The following students have missing books: Student number: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 21

Missing Library Book List

Book Bags–  Our last book bag went out today.  These will be due next Tuesday as usual.  Any books or book bags that are not returned will be charged at $5 for each book or bag missing.

Thank yous-  Thank you to all the parents that have helped out in the classroom or school this year.  We really appreciate you giving your time to help everything run smoothly at school.

Field day/School Picnic – There will be a school picnic and field day on June 14.  Feel free to come join us to eat lunch and join in the games.  Volunteers will be needed.

Permission slips-  the due date was today.  Please return your permission slips as soon as possible.  If you are a member you may attach a copy of your membership card with a note explaining that your child has permission to use it.  If you are a member and you want a ride pass for your student you will need to purchase it separately at the village or sent money with your student to purchase it on the day of the trip.

No School – This week and next week will be only 4 days.  There is no school on Friday 5/27-Monday 5/30.  We return to school on Tuesday.

Spelling Test – We will be having our spelling test on Thursday.

3rd Grade Math test is tomorrow 5/24.  Study guides went home today.  We will review the guide and take the test tomorrow.

Wednesday 5/25 – Brainstormers Writing Assembly 9-11 am – Children will be acting out stories that they wrote.

Costumes for the Cultural Night on June 9th – We are expecting 100% participation and the students are already starting to memorize their lines.  If for some reason your student will not be able to perform their part, PLEASE let me know right away, so I can reassign their lines and the new student can start practicing their new part.

The pictures above are just some examples of clothing that the Aztecs wore.  The gods and the higher class the person was, the more elaborate the outfit.  For more examples please visit Pinterest or Google Aztec clothing and lots of pictures will come up.  No weapons please, just the outfit.  The play parts were distributed the other day.   Please research what your student part will look like.   If you have any questions about what they should wear please email me.

The students have been learning about ancient Aztecs.   I have assigned an open-ended project about whatever topic they would like to present about the Aztecs.  They may present in whatever way they would like.  I will allow some class time to work on the project, but it will mostly be done at home. For example they could:

• make a poster
• a diorama
• a mask
• Aztec pyramid
• a statue
• a report
• a movie
• cook an Aztec meal

We will display our projects on June 9th the night of our Aztec/Inca/Mayan Cultural night.

Our Cultural Night will be on June 9th in the evening.  Attached is our current copy of our lines and who is speaking each part.  Some students were having trouble saying their lines.  Please have them practice over the weekend.  If they are still having trouble on Monday we may do some switching around of the parts.

The Aztecs worshiped many gods

Hello Everyone,

This afternoon the geese’s eggs hatched.  We now have 4-5 goslings.  They are in the planter by the back door where the upper elementary does pick up and drop off.  Please remind your children to leave the geese alone and do not try to see the babies.  Adult geese are very protective of their babies and will do anything to protect their babies.   Tell the students that we will try to watch the babies from behind the glass.

Teacher Appreciation Week – Wow, what an amazing week!  Thank you to all the parents and children for all the wonderful cards, pictures, the staff luncheon and all the wonderful presents!   I really feel very appreciated and enjoyed my week thoroughly!

Standardized testing – We are finally done with all our standardized testing(M-STEP and NWEA)!  Things will be back to normal for the rest of the year.

3rd Grade Math Test – The study guide went home Thursday.  Please go over it with your child to make sure they are ready for Monday’s test.

2^nd Grade Math – Students finishing up unit 9, Measurement, and the test will be on Tuesday.  We will review on Monday.

Social Studies – 3^rd Graders are testing on Thursday, May 12.  We have been learning and reviewing the growth of Michigan.  The test information is on the Social Studies page of the blog.  2^nd Graders are learning how a citizen can affect a community.  Students are learning about public issues and what they can do as citizens.

I hope everyone enjoys your Mother’s Day!  The students all worked hard on writing poetry for Mom and you should all have received you sunflower.  They grow to be 12 feet tall so plan accordingly when planting them.

Cultural Play – Each year our school puts on a big cultural night at the end of the year.  This year we are going to be studying Ancient Inca, Mayan and Aztec people.  Students will be memorizing lines, and performing on stage.  We are hoping to 100% attendance and are counting on everyone to do their part in the performance.  The students and parents have always enjoyed these nights.  We have the performance and then share food together.  Please let me know as soon as possible if your student will be unable to attend for some reason and I will plan accordingly with the line assignments.  The date of our performance is June 9th in the evening.  I will post the exact times in the near future.  Within the next few weeks I will be sending information about costumes and lines.

Teacher appreciation cards – Thank you for all the wonderful teacher appreciation cards, gifts and treats!  They were all so sweet and made me smile!  I am looking forward to the Staff Luncheon tomorrow.  Thank you to all that help pay for the luncheon.

Math Test – 3rd grade will have Unit 7 Math test on Monday 5/9.  We worked on the Study Guide in class today.  If they did not complete it, it is homework and is due tomorrow 5/5.  Tomorrow we will go over all the answers and then they can take their study guide home over the weekend to study for Monday’s test.

Missing assignment report-  I have finally caught up on putting in grades.  Attached is the  most current missing assignment report from 5/4 at 5:00 PM.  If your child thinks they completed an assignment it may be missing a name or the assignment title.  I had several towers that didn’t tell which one to record.    Please check if you student has completed all their work and ask them to finish what is not complete.

5-4 GradeBookMissingScores

Thank you so much for all the flowers!  They were all so beautiful!  They really brightened my day!  Here is a picture of me with just some of the flowers.  I could not hold all of them and even more came in at the end of the day.

I was a very WONDERFUL day!

Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you for all the wonderful teacher appreciation notes today, they were very sweet.  I really enjoyed them.  I also wanted to thank everyone who contributed to the staff luncheon on Thursday.  I am really looking forward to flower day tomorrow, that is my FAVORITE!

I wanted to say an extra special thank you to the family who nominated me for Teacher of the Year!!  I look forward to going to the ceremony next Wednesday.

The 3rd graders will be getting our Unit 7 math study guide on Wednesday or Thursday this week, depending on if we will be able to complete our M-STEP testing tomorrow.   We will be taking the test on Monday, May 9th.

The PTA asked me to post this message about Teacher and Staff Appreciation week next week on my blog.  A paper copy was also sent home today.

Teacher and Staff Appreciation week