Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Social studies – Economics test will be postponed until Tuesday, April 9th.  There was a study guide passed out today in the form of a Jeopardy game.

Math – End of Module 4 Assessment will be on Wednesday, April 10th.  There will be a study guide passed out tomorrow or Friday.

We will be taking the M-STEP and NWEA tests after break.  Make sure that your student is practicing on Moby Max.  I have created a MobyMax contest and they will getting prizes for participating.

All March is Reading month and Book-it Reading logs are due tomorrow – Thursday.

Spring Break starts at the end of the day on Friday 3/29.  Enjoy your break.

Is your student missing school for a vacation? – I have had quite a few of you said that your students will be missing school around this break.  If you are going on a vacation please stop by tomorrow after school and we can go over what is needed while you are gone.   If you are unable to stop by, my lessons are on my blog.  I have all assignments attached to the lessons.  They should take their math books with them.

March is Reading Month

Monday-Dress like your favorite book character

Tuesday – Dress for a job you would like to have some day

Wednesday – Wear a hat with words

Thursday – DEAR with another class

Friday – Reading Madness Winners Announced – Pajama and Movie Day

3/26 – Hearing Screening 

3/27 – 4/5 Science Fair – 2-3 PM Students 3-4 PM parents.

3/29 – End of Marking period – all missing work will be zeros if not turned in.

Social Studies this week – for homework I am asking students to bring in an empty package for something made in Michigan and also a package of something made outside of Michigan.

Social Studies Economics test on Friday –  There is an Economics Practice on Quizlet.  We haven’t learned everything yet.  We will be learning the rest this week.  Please join my Quizlet class with this link -https://quizlet.com/join/hKQetJF5v

Bake sale – Thank you for all the donations!  Green Team raised over $200.  We still have some leftovers and we will sell again tomorrow at lunch or after school.

Picture day – don’t forget tomorrow is picture day.  Please complete your form and send it in or complete it online.

Study Guide for Module 4 Topic A Math Quiz – Tuesday 3/19

Study Guide for Math Quiz Module 4 Topic B – Friday 3/22

Mid-Module Assessment in math on Monday 3/25 – I will post the study guide as soon as I create it.

End of 3rd Marking period is 3/29 – All missing work due by 3/28.

Star of the Week is Adeline

Greenfield Village trip – Please respond to my Survey about changing the date to our trip.  I’ve only had 3 response to the survey.  Click the word survey to respond, do not reply to the blog post.

DTE Energy Survey due on Monday 3/18 – Go online and answer a few questions about your free kit and help the class win a $100 grant for class supplies.

The worksheet can be completed online at  thinkenergy.org/dte  you will need the code for your teacher:

• Katie Keebler, ID number 94682
• Leah Polster, ID number 94683
• Alexandria Jinn, ID number 94684

Book Fair – 3/20-3/22 We need more volunteers to make the fair a success.  Volunteer with this link: Spring Scholastic Book Fair!

March is Reading Month – Don’t forget your reading logs on Monday to get your basketball.

Monday – Read a fable

Tuesday – Write a review for your favorite book  – Mystery Reader (anyone interested?  Please send me an email or contact me on Class Dojo)

Wednesday – First day of Spring!  Read a book about spring.

Thursday – DEAR with another class – special ed classes

Friday – Write your own knock-knock joke, share it with a friend.

Green Team Fundraiser Sale- 3/21 After school – Help the Green team raise money for the new butterfly garden.   We will be selling milkweed seeds, crayon shapes, baked goods and pizza.   Stop by and get a treat then visit the Book Fair or make your garden stone (registration required)

Butterfly garden groundbreaking and planting (weather permitting on April 22 – Earth Day) 2 PM

Garden Stones – Here is a copy of the Garden Stone Flyer that were sent home on Friday to sign up

 to create your own garden stone to be placed in our new butterfly garden.  Ms. Dudek our Art teacher has volunteered to help.   Here is an example of what it might look like.  Pick from the following dates to sign up to create it: 3/21, 3/26, 3/27, 4/10

Spring pictures 3/22- Because of pictures we will be moving dress like your favorite book character to Monday 3/25.

Dear Parents,

We have a trip to Greenfield Village and the factory tour coming up on May 7th.  There have been some concerns about the trip being during Ramadan.  I have attached a survey to find out if you would prefer to move the trip to an earlier date (to be determined) but we will have no bus.  All students would need to be driven by their parents or you would need to arrange a ride for your child.  One advantage if we are driving our own cars is we can leave early or stay later if we choose.  The other option is to keep the field trip on May 7th and take the bus.

Survey

Star of the Week – Ali

Flashlights Monday – Only 4 student brought flash lights on Friday and we didn’t have enough time to do our flashlight reading in the dark.  Please send them on Monday and we will try again.

Vote Please – All students need to Vote for favorite book from the winners last week – Vote Here

Math tests – We all didn’t finish our Topic Quiz E and F  and the End of Module 3 Assessment so we will finish these tomorrow.  If you didn’t finish be sure to study your study guides to make sure you understand everything.  See the Eureka math section for a study guide.

Science quiz – we are also finishing our Story Skies Lesson 2 End of Module assessment on Monday.  Here is the Mystery Science Link to help you study.

March is Reading Month-

Monday – Flashlight reading and bring a board game with words

Tuesday – Mystery Reader (anyone interested?) Read a fairy tale.

Wednesday – Wear a shirt with words – LATE START arrive at 9:35

Thursday – Pi day – Read a book about math  DEAR with Special Ed Classes

Friday – Wear green – Write a story about a leprechaun.

Butterfly Garden Update:

New Location – Our previous location didn’t work out. So we are now planning on planting our garden in the courtyard in the middle of the Montessori/Special Ed wing of the building.

Garden Stones – We have planned a fundraiser the will help everyone be part of our garden.  Ms. Dudek our Art teacher has volunteered to help with this fundraiser and she is currently creating a flyer.  Students will be donate money to create an individual, family or class Garden Stepping stone.  Our current sizes we are discussing are 9×9 or 11×17.  They will be using cement and mosaic tiles to create a unique stone that represents themselves.  We will use the stones to create paths for people and wheelchairs to go in and around the garden.  Here is an example of what it might look like:

Butterfly Garden Fundraiser Sale 3/21 – at the same time as the  Scholastic Book Fair  from 3:30-4:30.  We will be selling baked goods, pizza, milkweed and flower seeds,   crandles and crayon shapes.  Volunteers are needed from  Green Team and Girl Scouts to donate items to sale, and to help sell items, set up, clean up and supervise students during the sale.  Anything that is butterfly themed would be GREAT!  Here is a volunteer sign-up sheet.

Butterfly Garden Breaking Ground event -April 22nd 2 PM– we would like to break ground on Earth Day, April 22nd 2 PM (weather permitting).  We will begin to prepare the garden for planting by digging up the grass, preparing the beds for planting and placing our new garden stones.  If it is warm enough we will start planting that day.  We need volunteers that can donate shovels and their time to help clear the land.  Here is a volunteer sign-up sheet.

If you were not able to attend the meeting and would like to help with our garden please let me know.

Today your student brought home their free DTE energy kit.  They learned about many ways to conserve energy and you were give a whole box of ways to save energy and save money on your energy bill.  DTE has offered our class a $100 grant to buy things for the classroom.    All they ask is that you submit the Home Energy Worksheet.  If we get 80% participation we will get the $100 grant.  We will be given until Monday 3/18 to complete all the worksheets.  The worksheet can be completed online at  thinkenergy.org/dte  you will need the code for your teacher:

• Katie Keebler, ID number 94682
• Leah Polster, ID number 94683
• Alexandria Jinn, ID number 94684