Hello Everyone,

I’m sorry that we were a little late coming outside today.   I have not been getting as much cooperation from the students this past couple of weeks.    On Wednesdays we have Music until 3:15 and we must listen carefully and  act quickly to get everything accomplished to get outside on time.  Please speak to your child about following directions the first time given and not talking when they need to be listening.

I also wanted to make sure that everyone had the most up-to-date missing assignment report.   All missing assignments are due tomorrow 1-28. 

I stayed until 6 PM tonight to make sure that all assignments have been recorded.  If it is on the missing assignment list, they have NOT turned it in.  There is an updated missing assignment list on the blog in the Missing Assignment section or check your  Parent Connect.  Anything not turned in tomorrow will become a zero.  This will affect their grade.

Opinion Writing Uniform – The only assignments that I have not looked at everyone are the Opinion Writing Uniform.   If your student has this on their list, please ask them to open it in Google Docs.   Click on my comments and see if they have done what I asked them to do in the comment section.  Please make sure they have completed the assignment stated below.  Then they may  share it with me again.

Here is the assignment: The topic is should Howe become a Uniform school.  Opinion writing. It needs 3 separate paragraphs, the first is an introduction with a their opinion statement, the 2nd should have 3 reasons and details the 2nd paragraph should use transition words like First, next, and finally, the 3rd paragraph should restate their opinion and their 3 reasons in one sentence.

Don’t forget Friday is a Spirit Wear Day and a 1/2 day.  Dismissal at 11:45

PARENT PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION MEETING

NWEA Testing –

We will be finished the NWEA Testing this week.

Tuesday 1/26 – 2nd grade math and 3rd grade Reading

Wednesday 1/27 – 2nd grade reading

Please make sure your student is well rested (10-12 hours of sleep) and gets a good breakfast with protein before coming to school.

Here is the updated NWEA testing this week.  Here is the schedule:

1/19 – Tuesday – 3rd grade Science

1/20- Wednesday – 3rd Grade Language

1/21 – Thursday – 3rd grade Math

1/26 – Tuesday – 2nd and 3rd grade Reading

1/27- Wednesday – 2nd grade Math

Please make sure that your child continues to practice the Moby Max Test Prep.  Please make sure that your child has a good night sleep.  Children this age need 10-12 hours of sleep.  This means they should be by 9 or 9:30 PM.   Please make sure they eat a low sugar and high protein breakfast.  Remind them to do their best on the test, these scores will go on their report card.

There will also be a 2nd grade social studies test on Thursday 1/21.

The district writing prompt will be Thursday and Friday 1/21-1/22

We will start the NWEA testing this week.  Here is the schedule:

1/19 – Tuesday – 3rd grade Science

1/20- Wednesday – 3rd Grade Language

1/21 – Thursday – 3rd grade Math

1/26 – Tuesday – 2nd and 3rd grade Reading

1/27- Wednesday – 2nd grade Math

Please make sure that your child continues to practice the Moby Max Test Prep.  Please make sure that your child has a good night sleep.  Children this age need 10-12 hours of sleep.  This means they should be by 9 or 9:30 PM.   Please make sure they eat a low sugar and high protein breakfast.  Remind them to do their best on the test, these scores will go on their report card.

3rd Grade Math Test – Wednesday  1/13

Study Guide due on Monday 1/10

NWEA Testing – We will be doing NWEA testing from 1/19-1/22 – Remember to prepare by practicing your Moby Max Test Prep.  This score will be on their report card.

MyOn Contest for January – How Many Quizzes can you do in January?  The person with the most quizzes completed with a score of 80% or better will get a prize.

Moby Max Contest – How many standards can you complete?  The person with the most standards complete from January 1-22 will win a prize.  Please remember to do Moby Max test prep all subjects and science.

Congratulations to Adarsh for being Student of the Month for the Month of December!

New Star of the Week will be Leah Reda

End of Marking Period – Please check your student’s Parent Connect page and make sure they keep up on their missing assignments.  These will affect their grades on their report card.

Dates to remember:

No school – 1/18 – Martin Luther King Jr.  birthday

Late start 1/20

NWEA MAP Testing – 1-19 to 1-22

1/2 day 1/29 End of Marking period

3rd grade Math – Distributive Property –

We were learning the distributive property today in math.  Some children found this quite difficult.  We worked throw problems 1-5 and the example together as a class and in small group.  Below is the worksheet and answer sheet.  Please explain how to do it, don’t just show the answers to your student.  If you would like me to explain it to you please send me an email.

Day 9 OA.5 Disturbutive property

Reading Log – since we were not here on Friday, a reading log was not sent out.  Here is a link to the reading log for you to print.

Reading log

MyOn – Book Contest –

We are getting close to the end of our MyOn Reading contest.  Right now the students who have read the  most books are: Zahraa A, Mahdi C., Joseph, Hassan D. and Maya.  They have each read over 20 books on MyOn.  The top reader right now is Zahraa A with 36 books!  I will be giving prizes to the students who read the most by Monday, January 4th.  You still have time to win the contest!!  Everyone (even the top readers) needs to keep reading and the students with the most books will win a prize.  Don’t forget you must complete the quiz and  get 80% or higher.

Reading logs will be due on Monday January 4th.  You can record book read on MyOn on your reading log.

Polster and Keebler MobyMax Test Prep Contest –

I have decided to run a MobyMax Contest also.  The student who works on MobyMax the most over the holiday break will also earn a prize.  I will be looking at time spent, problems complete and accuracy.   Remember we are getting ready to take the NWEA MAP test when we return to school.  Please work on MobyMax Test Prep all subjects, Fact Master and Science.

Congratulations to the following students who have already been working on MobyMax during the break: Lea A, Zahraa A, Muhammad, Hassan B, Hayley, Mahdi C., Layla, Jeremy, Adarsh, Abraham, and Mahdi H.  Contest ends on January 4th.

Thank You!

Thank you so much for all the wonderful presents! 

Everyone was so very generous! I really enjoyed everyone of them.

I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful holiday break. 

Thank you to everyone who donated gingerbread house supplies, and those who volunteered their time for set up and clean up.  I really appreciate your help.  The kids had a lot of fun!  I have posted the pictures on Shutterfly.  Here is the link to see the pictures.  If you have pictures to share feel free to post them for everyone to see:

https://mrskeeblers2nd3rd201314.shutterfly.com/

NWEA MAP testing – Please remember we will be taking the NWEA MAP assessment after break.  We would like to see a nice increase in scores.  Please have your student use MobyMax.com and work on the Test Prep section and also practice the Science section.

Pajama Day – we will be having a PJ day on Friday 12/18

Gingerbread house 12/18  2 PM- Please remember to send in your goodies for our houses as soon as possible so I can make sure we have enough.  You can save the food and drink until the day of.  I need a few parents to come early and help with set up and stay a few minutes to help with clean up.  Thanks!

Social Studies – the 3rd graders (Keebler and Polster)  will be taking their social studies test tomorrow during math.   A study guide went home today to review for the test.

Math – We are a little behind in math due to the Concert rehersal and the social studies test and preparation.

Green Team update – Thank you to all who came to the holiday concert and donated or purchased baked goods and books and the Green Team bake sale.  The Green Team raised over $200.  We will be using the money to adopt an endangered animal and a couple of other projects to help make our school a Green School.  Your on going support is greatly appreciated.  We have a few left over baked goods that will be sold a pick up after school today.

Holiday Break – 12/19-1/3

NWEA MAP Testing – The MAP testing window will begin after the holiday break.  We will beginning preparing for the NWEA MAP testing this week.  We will be using MobyMax to prepare for the test.   They should log into MobyMax as usual, then go to the Test Prep button, pick the subject to work on and get started.  I would also like them to practice in the science section.   I REALLY hope that students will continue to practice getting ready for the test over the break.  I would be wonderful if they could spend up to 15 minutes on each subject per day.  This can be broken up into small chunks.  MobyMax should work on most devises iPads, laptops and maybe even phones, so they can work on it even if you are out and about.  Please explain that the test is part of their report card grade and they should try their best.  If we practice hard and try our best we should see a great increase in our scores.