Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Christian is Star of the Week – next week will be Mina.

End of Marking Period – The marking period is ending on Friday afternoon. All missing work must be turned in by Wednesday at 4 PM to allow time for me to grade and record the assignments. Please check your student’s Parent Connect account to make sure they have completed all missing work. Be sure to check the show all box on the right side of each section. Anything in red is missing. Here is a link to Parent Connect. If you need your log in information click this link or the one on the Parent Connect page.

Animal Research Report Notes are due by tomorrow 10/25, remember notes must be written in your own words. Animal research report will now be due Wednesday 10/27, due to grades being due early on Friday. Remember to use complete sentences, have a minimum of 3 facts and 1 picture per page, more would be better.

Academics – This week we will have the Unit 2 Mid-Module math test on Tuesday 10/26. There is a practice test on Schoology available now and we will review it on Monday. Students may try the practice test and many times as they like. Animal research due on Wednesday. We are studying Long i words in spelling and Irregular past tense. Here is a link to the spelling words and grammar. We will be continuing week 2 of Ways Characters Shape stories. We are learning about plot. In Science we are still learning about Animals Through Time.

This Week’s Work – Remember all assignments for the week can be found on the This Week’s Work folder in Schoology on the main welcome screen.  Here is a link to this week’s work.

Emergency card were sent home last week.  Please check your child’s folder for the form, make the corrections to the card, and have your child return it to school in their folder.

Book Fair Volunteers Needed – 10/26 – 10/28 – Help is NEEDED, please let us know if you can spend a hour or 2 helping out. THANKS!

Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up November 4, 9, and 11.  We encourage the conferences to be virtual. But if you request, it may be in-person (either way, I am in the classroom). I still need six parents to sign-up for conferences.

Conference Sign-up

Homework

Every day your child has to read for 15 minutes, study spelling words and practice their current set of multiplication facts  

Most days, your child will have math homework and 2 – 5 problems to do.

Dates to remember –

Trunk or Treat – October 29 – 6-7 PM – Back parking lot – Wear your costume, bring a trick or treat bag and come join the fun.

Scholastic Book Fair – October 27-29 – See and purchase great books and help support the school.

No School – November 2nd – Election day – Teacher Professional Development

1/2 Day – November 5th – dismissal at 12:05

Parent Teacher Conferences – November 4th, 9th and 11th. – Due to Covid virtual conferences are recommended, in person conferences are available upon request. If translation services are needed please let me know right away so that I can make sure a translator is available.

No School – November 24-28 Thanksgiving break – School resumes November 29th

Rida will be Star of the Week since we were virtual last week. Christian will begin his Star of the Week on 10/25.

Return to In-Person Learning

Please return all materials – Please tell your students to gather all materials, books, clock and paper and any computers borrowed this week and return everything to the school. All Benchmark packets, pamphlets and magazine should be completed and returned this week.

On Monday, October 18 we will return to in-person learning. To keep us healthy and in school, we need the support of our families to complete COVID SCREENER EVERYDAY! Here is the link the daily covid screener every monrbefore bringing or sending your child to school . Our staff also screens themselves daily before entering the school building. If you are ever unsure, it is better to keep them out and have them tested before returning to school. If you see ANY of these symptoms, please use care: COUGH, fever, shortness of breath, upset stomach, headaches, runny nose, congestion, and/or body aches are all symptoms that should be taken seriously.

Free rapid tests are available daily in the district at the following locations:

Salina Intermediate: Monday -Thursday 7:00am-8:00pm and 3:30 pm-4:30 pm .

Fordson High: Monday – Thursday from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. AND 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Edsel Ford High: Monday – Thursday from 6:40 a.m. – 7:40 a.m. AND 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Dearborn High: Monday – Thursday from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

For any students who are sent home during the school day with developing symptoms, a test continues to be required for re-entry into school. No exceptions. Likewise, if your child is identified as a close contact and is required to quarantine, all guidelines provided by the principal or covid nurses must be completed prior to return. It is critical that you notify the school if your child tests positive so that we can complete contact tracing. Please know that a person with covid can be contagious for a couple of days prior to the onset of symptoms. All of these measures are important to keep our school healthy and keep us in school. If you have questions please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Fournier at 313-827-7004.

Conferences

If you haven’t signed up, please click the link and do so. I am missing Rida, Mina, Bianca and Ali N

Keebler Parent Teacher Conferences

Academics – We finished up our Animal Adaptations Unit and this magazine should have pages 11, 19 and 27 completed and turned in on Monday along with all the spelling and grammar pamphlets. We are starting our new unit in ELA called Ways Characters Shapes Stories. Students will continue to work on their Animal Research Notes which are due by 10/25 and then complete their Google Slide Animal Project by 10/29. In math are working on a measurement unit, we had a small unit on time, now we are working measuring weight and volume. We will have a mid-module test after Lesson 11 on 10/25. In Science we continue to study Animals Through Time, and taking a quiz on Mysteries 1-3 at the end of the week.

Marking Period and Report Cards – Our marking period will be ending on 10/29. Please make sure your student is up to day will all assignment by following this link to Parent Connect. If you don’t remember your information click the button below the log in and it will help you get what you need to log in.

Please make sure you review the different sections of my blog so that you understand the classroom policies and procedures. If you have not read my blog, here is the section about completed papers and understanding grading:

Completed papers – How do you know when a paper is completed and can be recycled? I suggest having a place at home to keep finished paper until the marking period ends. Once the marking period is over, those papers can be recycled. If you keep the papers and then one is missing in the grade book, all you need to do is turn it in again. Otherwise, your student will need to do the assignments again.

Understanding the writing on a paper – When there is a has a check in the upper right hand corner then this paper has been recorded in the grade book as a report card grade. If your student gets a score less than 80% then I will usually ask them to redo it, to try to raise their grade. If there is a check in the left corner then I have looked at the paper, but it is one that doesn’t count toward the report card.

A number 1-4 in a circle is the grade:

100%-95% is a 1

94%-80% is a 2

79%-70% is a 3

69%-0% is a 4

Zoom begin at 10 am.

The following students need to finish one of their MobyMax placement tests. Bianca, Ali G, Ali N, Mia K, Zainab, Meral, Muhammad, Rida, Semaj, and Adam. Please try to finish those today.

Here is a short video explain how to login today.

Here is a short video explaining how to log in to MobyMax for the asynchronous work on Monday. We will not be holding in-person learning this week. We will start Zoom calls on Tuesday-Friday. If your student doesn’t know their Chromebook login please send me a message in Class Dojo or email and I will send it to you.

We will be having a pause in in-person learning next week. More details about virtual learning will be coming on Monday from your teacher.

We will start working on our animal research reports this week. Here is a link to all the project information. The students will:

-Choose an animal

-Take notes using the research tools provided in Schoology

-Create a Google Slide presentation using the Google Slide template in the assignment

-Present your project to the class.

Here is a link to the project directions in Schoology.

Spelling Pamphlet for Week 2 is due tomorrow. This week is purple.

Multiplication Ice Cream Challenge – We are having fact tests every day now to try to memorize our multiplication facts. Each time they pass a 20 question/60 second test they earn part of a paper ice cream cone. So far we have all but 3 students have complete x0 and x1s. 10 students have completed x2. Please help your student practice the math facts for 0-12 for x2 if they didn’t get their 2 scoop today. We will do x3 tomorrow if your child passed x2. Please help them practice 0-12 for x3. I also have math games and videos on Schoology.

1/2 day on Friday – dismissal at 12:05

Next Wednesday 10/13 is Late start – Arrive 1 hour late at 10 am.

Parent Teacher Conferences – Rida, Mina, Bianca and Ali N – Please sign up with this link.

Next week Rida is Star of the Week – the week after that will be Christian. Make sure you have your poster boards ready.