Mrs. Keebler's Blog

As you all are probably aware, there is some significant weather predicted for this Friday.  At this time, it is uncertain if we will get heavy snow or if we will just get rain. Our students and teachers have worked very hard to prepare for the sing-a-long and I don’t want to risk us not being here to enjoy it.  For these reasons, we are going to reschedule the Sing-A-Long for this Thursday, December 22 at 9:30 a.m.  I appreciate all of your understanding and am looking forward to celebrating the holidays with you all on Thursday morning.  

Thank you, Mrs. Fournier

We will still have pajama day on Thursday and dress up day on Friday.

Candy Grams are due on Monday, December 19th.

Gingerbread House party in the cafeteria – Monday, December 19 2:00 PM – Helpers arrive by 1:30, check in with office then come to the classroom for directions.

Book Reveal Party – Monday, December 19th 3:15 PM – in the cafeteria

Spirit Week –

Holiday Week Activities  2022

Monday, December 19th: *Color block Monday! Wear holiday colors!

Tuesday, December 20th: *Hat/Holiday Headwear day!

Wednesday, December 21st: *White Out Wednesday! Wear white and hope for snow!

Thursday December 22nd: *Pajama Day

Friday, December 23rd: *Dress your best for the New Year and sing along!

Virtual Sing Along – Friday, December 23rd – More information will be posted later in the week.

Hello Howe Families!

The Candy Cane Gram sale has officially begun! Please talk with your child tonight about  how many candy cane grams they would like to make for friends. These are $1 per gram again this year. In folders each child has an order form you and your child to decide how many you request and have paid for.  You have until next Monday, December 19th to color and add a thoughtful message to the person receiving it. Turn in to your child’s teacher when finished. If you have any questions please let us know!

Have a great Monday.  

Star of the Week – Ana will continue to be Star of the Week next week and will bring her sharing, favorite book, and a letter about what makes her amazing from her family. Arlo will be Star of the Week starting on December 19th. He will prepare his poster, and sharing, book and letter for that week.

Recorders and Yearbook order forms went home on Friday 12/9.

December 14 – Picture Retake day – if you want the pictures retaken – please return the unwanted pictures with directions on how you would like the new pictures to be taken.

National Ugly Sweater Day is Friday, December 16 if we want to participate)

Holiday Spirit Week – December 19-23 We will have an all school Holiday Spirit Week, December 19 – 23.

Pen pals update – We have been enjoying writing letters back and forth to our pen pals. Monday we had a fun treat of meeting our pen pals on Zoom and playing a science game together online. Everyone was very excited to see each other and enjoyed the game!

Academics Next week –

Math

Here is the link to the practice test – Mid-Module Practice Test – you can practice as many times as you wish.

Monday – U3 Lesson 8

Tuesday – U3 Lesson 9

Wednesday – Mid-Module Practice Test

Thursday – Mid-Module Math test

Friday – U3 Lesson 13 (please omit lesson 10, 11, and 12)

ELA

We will be working on Benchmark Unit 4 Week 2 – Students will be reading the stories and completing page 19 in the Benchmark magazine. The Spelling words this week all end in -le. Here is a link to the spelling words, remember they can always be found on Schoology/ELA/Spelling folder. Students will be completing the Grammar and Spelling Pamphlet.

Writing – We will continue working on our Autobiography of a Snowman Unit. Last week, we completed the interview, alliteration, idioms, and onamonapias. This week we will work on similes, narrator’s point of view, writing in the 1st person, and our story map.

Science – We started our new unit – Power of Flowers with our Anchor Phenomenon last week. We will continue with Mystery 1 Exploration on Monday and Activity on Tuesday. Mystery 2 – Exploration on Wednesday and Activity on Thursday.

Homework – Each night students should study their spelling words and math facts, finish math homework, read and IXL – Practice.

Gingerbread House donations and Party 12/19- thanks for all the gingerbread house donations, if you have not send them in please send them ASAP so that I can see what is missing. Gingerbread house party is 12/19 at 2:00. If you are helping to set up please arrive by 1:15 so that we can prepare a separate plate for each student. I’m a little worried about being short on white frosting, students often will use almost 1/2 a can each.

Book Reveal Party – The BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED – students are very eager to see them! We will have our book reveal party on Monday 12/19 at 3:15 after the Gingerbread house party.

Julia 1st place, Joshua 2nd place, Amir Y 3rd Place. Julia will go on to the district spelling bee in February. Congratulations to everyone.

Congratulations to the 4th grade winners – Layla in 1st place, Ali S in 2nd place and Muhammed in 3rd place. Layla will go on to the district spelling bee in February.

Congratulations to our 5th grade winners: Elena is 1st place, Celine K is 2nd place and Eleanor is 3rd place. Elena will go on to the district spelling bee in February.

Ana will be our Star of the Week.

Spelling Bee will be postponed until Wednesday, 12/7

Late Start on Wednesday – please arrive at 9:55.

Green Team sale after school on Tuesday outside the gym – they will be selling spinning tops and baked goods.

Mrs. Keebler – will be out, I’m not feeling well.

Gingerbread house and Book reveal party is Monday 12/19 – 2 PM Gingerbread houses, 3:15 PM Book Reveal party. Don’t forget to sign up to bring 2 items. You may start sending in items as early as Tuesday 12/6. Parents are invited and encouraged to come!

Academics:

Math – We will be starting on Unit 3 Lesson 4. We didn’t have time to get to that last week.

Science – We are continuing to learn about Life Cycles.

ELA – We are starting a new Benchmark Unit about Comparing Points of View.

Writing – We are writing a story from the perspective of a snowman.

Dates to remember :

12/14 Picture day

12/24-1/8 No school winter break

1/16 No School – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1/20 End of Marking period

Don’t forget – reading logs were due today and popcorn Friday is tomorrow.

Book Reveal and Gingerbread house making party – our books will arrive soon and I would like to get together to celebrate our accomplishment of being published authors. I also have a tradition of making Gingerbread houses with my class each year. We will do this as one party. Both parties will be on December 19th. At 2pm we will do Gingerbread houses and at 3:15 we will do the book reveal party. Here is the SignupGenius to help with the supplies for the gingerbread houses.

Recorder money due – 4 students still need to turn it in student number 1, 2, 7, 9. Please send $6 and return your form.

Recorder Money – due tomorrow 11/28 – each student needs to purchase a recorder. They will all be playing them in the spring concert. They are $6. If you need financial assistance with the price contact Mrs. Reed.

Howe School Spelling Bee – December 5th and 7th – 3rd Grade Spelling Bee Practice List

Hadi – Will continue to be Star of the Week

Math – We will begin Unit 3 – Multiplication and Division with Units of 0, 1, 6–9, and Multiples of 10. This week should be:

Monday – Lesson 1 Must Do Problems: 1(b), 2, 3(a), 3(g)

Tuesday-Lesson 2 Learn Must Do Problems: 1–3

Wednesday-Lesson 3 Must Do Problems: 1, 3 and Topic A quiz

Thursday-Lesson 4  – Must Do Problems: 1, 4–5

Friday-Lesson 5 – Must Do Problems: 2, 4

Science – We will we working on Life Cycles this week to transition into our Plants and Heredity unit.

Social Studies – we will continue our Government unit.

ELA – We will continue Unit 3 Week 3 – Government for the People – spelling words are closed syllable patterns. We will finish our Benchmark Magazine and Grammar and Spelling Pamphlet.

Book Reveal and Gingerbread house making party – our books will arrive soon and I would like to get together to celebrate our accomplishment of being published authors. I also have a tradition of making Gingerbread houses with my class each year. We will do this as one party. Both parties will be on December 19th. At 2pm we will do Gingerbread houses and at 3:15 we will do the book reveal party. Here is the SignupGenius to help with the supplies for the gingerbread houses.

Green Team Sale December 6th– The Green Teamers made spinning tops and baked goods that will be on sale after school on December 6th at 3:45-4:15.

Dates to Remember –

12/2-Popcorn Friday

12/7- Late Start

12/14 – Picture retakes – if you would like a retake please send your pictures back with directions on what you want different.

12/24-1/8 – Winter Break

Today is the big day! We are heading to Lansing! Please wear your red Howe school shirt or just red. Please pack a lunch and 2 snacks. Chaperones check in with your teacher so we know you are here and then wait in the cafeteria. If you bring money for the gift shop, bring no more than $10 in an envelope or zip lock bag with your name, school and teacher’s name written on it. If you need to reach me text me in Class Dojo.