Mrs. Keebler's Blog

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

Hi Families – We have a busy week of trips planned. Here is the information you need:

Wednesday April 2nd – Outdoor Adventure Center

• Wear your Howe School Shirt or red shirt
• Please pack a nut-free lunch for you and your child
• Please arrive at Howe School at 8:20.
• Check in with your teacher and then wait in the cafeteria.
• Two parents are needed to watch the front and back doors for the bus. When it arrives let the classrooms know where the bus is.
• We will fit as many chaperones as we can on the bus, however we have quite a few chaperones and the rest will need to drive.
• If driving the address is  Outdoor Adventure Center, Globe Trading Company Building, 1801 Atwater St, Detroit, MI 48207

Friday 4/4/25 Henry Ford Museum Trip

We are so excited about Fridays all school field trip! We wanted to update you on the final plan so we all know what to do….

• If possible please wear a Howe school shirt OR red shirt so we can easily find each other throughout the day.  
• Please drop your child off at Howe at the normal time (8:20 am)
• Students will board the buses and leave around 9:15 am. 
• All chaperones will be meeting us at the clocktower entrance benches at 9:30 am. Your child will have the tickets for you both. 
• Teachers will hand off the students to chaperones and then people may begin entering the museum. 
• Once inside make sure you are walking around and finding other Howe friends. Work on completing the scavenger hunt!
• At 12:30 pm please meet in Lunchroom A. (This is in the hallway by Michigan Cafe).
• The only place to purchase food is Plum Market. This is on the other side of the museum so you will have to carry the food over to the lunchroom if that is what you choose. 
• *At 1:30 pm please meet back at the clocktower entrance READY TO LEAVE. (*If you want to sign out your child and not have them come back to Howe please come around 1:20 so we can sign you out before we load buses.)
• All students not signed out by a parent will be taken back to Howe and dismissed like normal at 3:20 pm. 

Please let your teacher know if you have any questions! We look forward to this experience with all of our Howe students. 

Monday 3/31- No School

Tuesday 4/1 – Spring picture day

Wednesday 4/2 – Field trip to the Outdoor Adventure Center – List of Chaperones – if you are not chaperoning have your child pick a chaperone and move their name under the chaperoning child’s name. Since we have so many chaperones there will be only 2 children per group. If your chaperoning plans have changed and you can no longer make, please let me know ASAP.

Friday 4/4 – Field trip to the Henry Ford – If your chaperoning plans have changed and you can no longer make, please let me know ASAP. – No spelling test

Busy Week – We have a very busy week this week!! Since we will only be in school for 2 of the 4 days this week we are to postpone our spelling test again this week. We will start our new unit and spelling pamphlet and finish it up next week.

ELA – We are beginning our Benchmark Unit 8 out of 10 called Weather and Climate. We will be starting 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 complete M5 Lesson 4 and 5. We will get the M5 Topic A study guide. We will try to do the test on Thursday, if we are ready. If not we will do the test next week on Monday 4/7.

Science – We will continue to study weather and climate as time permits.

Social Studies – We will continue to study Michigan History as time permits.

I-Ready testing begins soon, please continue to practice.

I have decided that I will be retiring. This has been a very hard decision for me. I love Howe school! I started working here in the year 2000!  Howe School is like my family! However, my actual family really needs me now. My 88-year-old parents are having a lot of health issues and are needing a lot more assistance from me now.  We have had many doctor’s appointments this year, so I’ve decided the time has come for me to retire. I am right now working with the Office of Retirement Services to complete my paperwork and figure out the exact date of my retirement.  I became eligible for retirement on my birthday in February.  However, for consistency, I have decided that I plan to stay until the end of the school year and at this point in time I plan to teach summer school, bearing no unforeseen circumstances. Unfortunately, I’m not in control of which days I will be absent and will probably still be absent 1-4 times a month to take care of my parents.  One of the days I need to miss is this Friday 3/21.  But you are in great hands!  Ms. Drennon will be there.  Mr. Zamora will be in charge of everything and we have lots of chaperones.  If anyone has any questions or concerns about anything, please let me know. I would be happy to talk to any parents that have questions.  It is better if you have questions to talk to me directly than to talk to other people or to talk to the principal. I am the one with the most information about what is going on in our classroom. I love your students and our school tremendously, and I will greatly miss everyone at Howe school when I am gone.

Thank you for volunteering to chaperone.  Please arrive at normal time.

1. Remember to pack a lunch for your child even if fasting – many students are hungry by mid-day.
2. Know your group letter –
   • Zamora – C, Polster-B, Keebler- A
3. There is a gift shop if you would like to visit during museum time. If you send money for the trip make sure it is in a ziplock bag or envelope with first and last name and school name. Please make sure you stick to the schedule that will be given to you.  Bring your group to the next event 5 minutes before start time.
4. Remember when packing a lunch that Cranbrook is a peanut and nut free zone.
5. On Friday when you arrive please check in with your teacher an wait in the cafeteria
6. We need 1 parent on each door watching for the bus, please inform the classroom teacher when they arrive.
7. We will have room for some chaperones on the bus, the rest will need to drive, see the link to the directions below.
8. Please limit cell phone use during the trip.

Chaperone Guidelines    Map and directions

Here are the chaperones and who is in each group: