Reminder! All students who read the summer book, “Summer According to Humphrey” and completed the questions, please return your completed packets to the current teacher by Thursday, August 31. I hope you all enjoyed reading together. While the enjoyment of reading together is rewarding enough, students who participated will receive a special prize next week. Be sure to write your name on your packets before turning them in so we can recognize all who participated.
Weekly News
School Begins tomorrow! – I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at 9 am sharp. Please send in the 2 composition books, a backpack and send back the communication folder in case there are any new notes. Please send in a box of tissues, if you can. We always get a lot of runny noses. These are all the supplies that are needed. I will supply all the rest.
Dismissal for tomorrow and each day – Upper elementary students (3rd, 4th and 5th grades) dismiss at the back door at 12:05. Enter the school parking lot past the office parking lot and drive all the way around the building, they parking lot road curves to the right, keep following the curve to the last parking lot. All younger siblings in Kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade will line up with us and walk out to the back door with their older siblings. Normal dismissal will be at 3:55.
Please email if your child have younger siblings that will be coming out back with us. Ms. Angela already sent me a list of the kindergarten students that will join us. My email is keeblek@dearbornschools.org.
Blog – Please make sure you are receiving my blog messages. They will usually come out on Sunday. If you are not getting messages please let me know. This is an important part of our communication together. If you are not reading the blog each week you will be missing a lot of information.
Class Dojo – Make sure that you are signed up for ClassDojo. This allows us to text each other with quick messages. I will also use it to send pictures, messages, reminders and help your students daily behaviors. If you haven’t sign up click this link and follow the directions to sign up. Thank you to the 66% that have already signed up!!
Parent Survey – Please take the Parent Survey to help me get to know your child.
Routines – Routines are an important part of a child’s life. It helps them feel in control if they know something will happen the same way everyday. We will start building these routines in school this week. Please spend this week helping your child to build similar routines at home. One important routine to getting ready for school the night before. Get homework done right after school before play or games. Put the homework in the backpack, and have a set location to keep it, so it is easy to find in the morning, pick out clothing the night before and decide about their lunch choice or pack the lunch the night before. Plan a calming activity before bed like yoga stretches, calm music or reading a story. Put electronics away at least an hour before bed time. Have a set time to brush teeth, take a bath and put on pajamas. Go to bed by 9 PM or sooner. 3rd graders need at least 10 hours of sleep for their growing bodies and minds. Preparing for school the night before will help things go smoothly in the morning and make it easy to come to school ready to learn rather than being upset about a hectic morning.
Math quizzes – It is important for 3rd graders to memorize their math facts. We will be working on this everyday. Each day we will have a short quiz on a specific math fact +1s, +2s, etc. Each time students pass a quiz they get a paper ice cream scoop to go on the wall. When everyone gets all their scoops for Addition we will have an ice cream party!! Then we will move to subtraction, multiplication and division. We need to be able to recall these quickly and easily without counting on fingers, this will help us as we get to more difficult math. Please spend a few minutes each night practicing for the next day’s quiz. You can use flash cards, computer games or just ask them math questions as you drive in the car.
Need Childcare on Early Release days?
Dearborn Public Schools is surveying parents who may need assistance with childcare when early release Tuesdays start in October. English and Arabic versions of the survey are available for parents with students in grades kindergarten to eighth grade.
The district is still developing plans for how to assist parents on the days when students get out 90 minutes early.
Two options are currently being considered – a Kids Club style child care for $11 per student per early release or a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) option for $15 to $20 per student for each Tuesday.
The district is not able to provide free childcare when class is not in session.
Schools will use information from the parent survey to develop plans for how to assist families.
The first early release will be Oct. 10.
Important links
PTA picnic postponed
Due to flooding caused by the recent storms the PTA Picnic scheduled for Sunday, August 27th at Ford Field park in Dearborn is postponed to a later date.
Howe School Open House Friday 8/25 1:30-3:00
Please join us for the Howe School Open House on Friday, August 25 from 1:30-3:00.This event provides an opportunity for students and parents to see the classroom, see their classmates, and meet the teacher they will be learning with this year.
It is a great time to bring in any school supplies as well. Our new company that will support our special education students will be here to meet our special education parents and students as well.
Be sure to come to the cafeteria to say hello to the principal and enjoy a special treat!We are looking forward to seeing everyone!
Welcome to 3rd Grade – 2023-24
3rd Grade School Supplies
2023-24
Congratulations on finishing 2nd grade
- My name is Mrs. Keebler
- I’m excited to work with you next year for 3rd grade!
- I hope you have a wonderful summer.
- Since most of the school supplies are on sale during summer here is a list of what you’ll need.
- This is your lucky year! Because I’ve been teaching for 33 years I have extra supplies left over that I need to use up.
School Supplies
- Two composition books
- A backpack
- Everything else will be supplied!
Blog
- Please subscribe to my blog, so I can give you updates.
- iblog.dearbornschools.org/MrsKeebler.
- If you have any questions please email me at keeblek@dearbornschools.org.
Supply list for 4th grade
You will also get a paper copy with the report card on Thursday. You should also sign up for Mrs. Polster’s blog at https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/polstel/.
Next week if the last week!!
It is hard to believe, but we have reached the final week of school. To celebrate, we will have a spirit week and some special activities:
June 12th, Monday – Spirit Day Theme: Movie, Wear PJ’s
June 13th, Tuesday – Spirit Day Theme: Game Day, Bring a Board Game
June 14th, Wednesday – Howe Spirit, Wear your Howe shirt or Red
Summer birthday for Bilal and Goodbye party for Nash and Eisley – Feel free to send in food to share with the class.
June 15th, Thursday – Spirit Day Theme: Summer Break Here We Come! Wear your sunglasses, sun hats, and summer attire (No swimwear or flip flops)
HALF DAY OF SCHOOL- Montessori will Dismiss at 12:05
June 16, Friday- SUMMER VACATION BEGINS!
We are looking forward to a fun last week of school!
Humphry Book – We are doing another round of One School, One Book – all students got their books today. We hope that you will enjoy and read as a family. There are questions to answer for each chapter. When they return the packet in the fall they get a prize!
Handwriting books – I have sent all the handwriting books home today. If students return an a nicely completed book in the fall they get a prize.
Math Books – We have a few topics left in the last chapter of our math books. Please complete this over the summer and return the completed books for a prize.
Engineering Paper Bridges
Yesterday we designed and created bridges made entirely of paper and a stack of books. The kids then tested their strength by putting pennies on top. Our strongest paper bridge held over 1000 pennies!!! This is the most pennies any class has ever gotten. The kids had a lot of fun being engineers!! Here are the pictures: