Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Emergency cards – Today I am sending home emergency cards for 1,6, 7, 8, 12, 13,14. Please look them over to make sure all information is complete and correct, then sign the back and return by Friday at the latest. It is important that we have current information in case of an emergency.

End of Marking Period is Friday 10/28 – this will be a 1/2 for students. Dismissal at 12:05- All missing work and scores due by Wednesday. Please check Parent Connect for missing work and grades.

Permission slips for the Lansing trip are due by October 28th. We must pay for everyone at that time and we cannot add any chaperones after we have paid. Please make sure that your ichat form is up to date so that you can go on the trip, if you plan on chaperoning. Currently, I’m not seeing iChat form approvals for 1 of my chaperones on my list. Please check with Ms. Bernadette if your student’s number is 2. Missing permissions slips for student’s numbers 9, 11, 14.

Halloween Treats – you may send a small treat to pass to the class on Monday. Please remember we have allergies to eggs, nuts and artificial colors.

Book Publishing and Purchasing – WE ARE PUBLISHING BOOK!

Your child is becoming a published author! I’m very excited to be publishing another book with my students. These are high quality hard cover books! They are beautiful and make a great gift. We are working hard to complete everything to have it back be the holidays. This book will go in our school library and in our classroom library.

Our students have been hard-at-work writing and illustrating a one-of-a-kind book!

I’m sharing the link below for you to pre-order any copies of the book you’d like. It’s not necessary to purchase, but I encourage you to check it out – our class has enjoyed working on our book together! 

When you pre-order you can save up to $2 on the purchase of your child’s book copies and save on shipping.

Please be sure to pre-order a copy of your child’s book by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to take advantage of these savings.

Simply go to: https://studentreasures.com/preorder

You’ll love seeing your child’s writing and illustrations captured in this treasured keepsake and watching their faces light up when they bring home this high-quality book.

This is an exciting opportunity to showcase our student’s creativity! We are so excited to become published authors and to share our work with family and friends.


P.S. Be sure to ask your child what they’re writing about!

P.P.S. If you’d like to pay-it-forward by gifting a copy of our book to a deserving child in our class, you can do so online.

Music Conferences – Please share this with your parents: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/reedc/2022/10/25/parent-teacher-conferences-4/

Thank you!
Mrs. Celeste Reed

Dearborn Music Teacher

• Howe Montessori and Center Based Education 22940
• Becker Elementary School   
• School Voicemail (313) 827-7957

Mrs. Reed’s Music Classroom

Ryan is Star of the Week

End of Marking Period is Friday 10/28 – this will be a 1/2 for students. Dismissal at 12:05- All missing work and scores due by Wednesday. Please check Parent Connect for missing work and grades.

Permission slips for the Lansing trip are due by October 28th. We must pay for everyone at that time and we cannot add any chaperones after we have paid. Please make sure that your ichat form is up to date so that you can go on the trip, if you plan on chaperoning. Currently, I’m not seeing iChat form approvals for 2 of my chaperones on my list. Please check with Ms. Bernadette if your student’s number is 2, 3, or 7. Missing permissions slips for student’s numbers 4, 7, 11, 14.

Pen Pals – today we received our 2nd set of letters from our Florida pen pals. Both sets of students are eager to see what their new friends look like. We have shared pictures of our beautiful fall colors and they will be sharing pictures of what FL looks like in October. The picture/Zoom opt out form was sent out last week. If you don’t want your student to share pictures with their new friends please return the form by Monday 10/24.

Picture Day – November 2nd

Popcorn Friday – November 4th

Mid-Module Math test on Tuesday – Here is a practice test, from Schoology.

Geography test on Monday here is the study guide again. We ran out of time to take the test on Friday.

Academics this week –

ELA – Unit 2 Week 2 of Ways Characters Shape Stories, finish writing our Animal research reports, Spelling words can be found on Schoology, Students will be completing the Grammar and Spelling Pamphlet.

Math – Monday – Review practice test

Tuesday – Mid-Module Test

Wednesday – Unit 2 Lesson 12

Thursday – Unit 2 Lesson 13

Friday – 1/2 day no math

Science – Finish animals

Social studies – Finish Geography, Begin our Government unit

Please join us for our Howe School October PTA meeting!
The meeting will take place this Thursday, 10/20/22 at 6 pm on Zoom! 
We hope to see you there!

To join the Zoom Meeting click on the link below:

https://tgc.zoom.us/j/94149087443?pwd=ZEpjd2NiZXN6ekJzUW4yOHAwaEhDQT09
Meeting ID: 941 4908 7443

Passcode: 653729
THANK YOU!

Here are the Parent teacher conference times. If this time no longer works you may change your time to a new empty slot.

Permission slips for the Lansing trip are due by October 28th. We must pay for everyone at that time and we cannot add any chaperones after we have paid. Please make sure that your ichat form is up to date so that you can go on the trip, if you plan on chaperoning.

All missing assignments and current grades can be found on Parent Connect.

Field trip tomorrow – Fire house at 12:30. If you are chaperoning, please check in with the office and wait in the hall. Arrive by 12:00. Wear a Howe t-shirt or red shirt.

Pen pals – Photo opt out – The students are very excited about our new pen pal friends in Florida. We would like to share photos with our new friends and have a zoom call in the future. An opt out permission slip will go home tomorrow. If you don’t want your child to participate, please return the form by Monday, 10/24.

Picture Day – November 2nd

Trunk or Treat – this Friday 10/21 6:00-7:30

Semester end 10/28 – 1/2 day – all missing assignments due by 10/26.

Popcorn Friday November 4th.

Trunk or Treat – Friday 10/21 6:00-7:30 PM in back parking lot. Wear your costumes and come and trick or treat trunk to trunk.

Geography test on Friday – We will be finishing up our geography unit and beginning Government next week. Here is a study guide to prepare for Friday’s test.

Math – Today during math we did an IXL diagnostic test. IXL is designed to pinpoint the specific skills your student needs to work on to fill any gaps they may have. This will help them improve their NWEA scores and help them do better in school. There will be no math homework tonight. We will continue with lesson 8 tomorrow. Friday’s math test will be postponed until Monday.

Halloween Party on Monday 10/31 in the gym – students may bring a small treat to pass. No costumes! Fall colors and Halloween shirts may be worn.

News from our social worker:

Kids, Phones, and Social Media

The question for parents of tweens used to be: When should I get my kid a phone? Now, there’s a bigger dilemma: When are they ready for social media? By the time they hit middle school — if not before — kids are lobbying to be able to interact with their friends on SnapChat, Instagram, and TikTok. They feel left out if other kids are allowed to have access to social media and they’re not. But there’s potential for serious harm if kids aren’t mature enough to make good decisions about what to share, who to share it with, and how to handle negative feedback.

To help with those decisions, we’ve checked in with experts about how to know when kids are ready for a phone, what kind of a starter phone might be appropriate for young kids, and how to provide parental controls when kids aren’t ready for unfettered access to apps and the internet. We also discuss when and how to introduce kids to social media, along with tips for monitoring social media use.

– Caroline Miller, Editorial Director | 

News from our music teacher:

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Mrs. Reed’s Music Classroom

Assembly – We will have an assembly on how to be an Upstander on Tuesday this week.

Field Trip – We will be going to the Smoke House on Thursday, October 20th this week at 12:30.

Academics this week:

ELA – We will be starting our new Benchmark unit it is called Ways Characters Shape Time. We will continue to work on our animal adaptation reports.

Math – We are continuing Unit 2 and should be doing Lessons 8-11 and finish with a Mid-Module Assessment on Friday. Here is a link to the Mid-Module Practice Test.

Science – We will continue to study animal adaptations.

Social Studies – We will continue to study the Geography of Michigan.

Trunk or Treat– is coming on Friday 10-21 6:00-7:30. We still need volunteers to decorate your trunk and donate candy. Sign up below –  
Howe Trunk or Treat
Howe Trunk or Treat -This year Howe PTA will be hosting a trunk or treat in the back parking lot on Friday, October 21st from 6-7:30 …

We didn’t have time to do Lesson 6 in math so we will be behind 1 day the rest of the week. No math homework tonight.

Popcorn Friday is this week – send $1 for popcorn.

Pen Pals – The students are very excited to have Pen Pals from Orlando, FL. My daughter Elizabeth teacher 3rd grade in Orlando. We have paired the students up with students from Elizabeth’s class. Each child got a letter or 2 today and was able to learn about their new friend and write a letter back to them. They are very excited to be writing which is something a lot of kids are not excited to do! If you have any questions please let me know.

Star of the Week – Lana will continue to be Star of the Week, she still needs to do sharing, favorite book and a letter from her parents.

Late Start – Wednesday 10-12

Popcorn Friday 10-14 send $1 for popcorn

Truck or Treat flyers went home on Friday – the PTA still needs volunteers to decorate their trunks and pass out candy. This will be on Friday 10/21 in the evening.

Art and Music club flyers were pass out this week, if your child is interested please return by the date on the flyers.

Academics –

ELA – We are on week 3 of Animal Adaptations. Spelling words are long O words – Here is a link to the list on Schoology in the ELA class under spelling. The will complete their spelling and grammar pamphlet. Students will continue to read about animal adaptations in their Benchmark Magazine. We are writing an animal research report.

Math – We have completed Unit 1 and are beginning Unit 2 – Place Value and Problem Solving with Units of Measure. This week we should be doing:, students complete the must do problems on the Problem set, Exit Ticket and same must dos for homework. They can supplement with Zearn at home or in school as time permits.

Monday Lesson 3 – Must do 1, 2, 4

Tuesday Lesson 5 – Must do 2, 4a, 4b, 5 – Topic A quiz

Wednesday Lesson 6 Must do 5

Thursday Lesson 7 – Must do E, F, G

Friday Lesson 8 – Must do 2, 3

Science – We are continuing to study animals in science.

Social Studies we are studying the Geography of Michigan.

Next Week –

Joshua will be Star of the Week

Upstander Assembly on 10/18

Field trip to Fire Smoke House 10/20 – be sure your permission slip is turned in.

Star of the Week – Lana will be Star of the Week – she will make a poster all about her life staring with baby pictures all the way to 3rd grade. She will have her parents write a letter about how wonderful she is. Tuesday she may bring sharing/show and tell. Wednesday she can bring his favorite book, Thursday bring the letter from your parents.

Book orders were due on Friday – if you still want to order you may do so online, see link in previous post or send in exact cash on Monday.

Math Test – a study guide was sent home on Friday. Please return it on Monday completed and we will review the answer and take the test on Tuesday.

Reading logs and book bags – Reading logs for September are due. October ones were sent home. Please read 20 minutes each night and color a square for each night you read. Turn in at the end of the month for at Free Pizza Hut certificate

Fire fighter – a fire fighter will be coming on Monday to talk about fire safety in preparation for our trip to the Fire Safety house on 10/20, we are allowed 3 chaperones. If you are interested in chaperoning make sure your iChat form is up to date in the office and send me an email to let me know you are interested. I already have 1 parent and can take 2 more.

1/2 day October 7th – dismissal at 12:05

Popcorn friday starts 10/14 – send in $1 on 10/14 if your child wants a popcorn. This is a PTA fundraiser.

Late Start 10/12

Picture day 11/2

End of Marking Period 10/28 – All work is due by Wednesday, 10/26.

Schoology – I will be posting most assignments in Schoology instead of Google classroom. Your students know how to login.