Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Coffee with the Principal- tomorrow 11/29 – Please join us Tuesday, November 29th from 8:45 to 10:00 to fill up on a warm cup of coffee and a delicious breakfast at Howe. Our morning gatherings are designed to give you a chance to hear about what is happening here and share your ideas for the future! Bring your student to school and stay for a morning of great conversation. The focus of this month’s conversation will be our district’s literacy framework-The Daily 5 & Café. We are looking forward to our time together!

Picture Retakes – Friday, 12/2 – If you would like your students picture retaken please send back the old package of pictures.

Book order – due Wednesday 11/30 – remember if you would like these books to be holiday presents please let me know and I will keep them a secret.

Here is the website. https://code.org/about

Code.org® is a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities. Our vision is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science, just like biology, chemistry or algebra. Code.org organizes the annual Hour of Code campaign which has engaged 10% of all students in the world, and provides the leading curriculum for K-12 computer science in the largest school districts in the United States. Code.org is supported by generous donors including Microsoft, Facebook, the Infosys Foundation, Google, Omidyar Network, and many more.

3rd Grade Social Studies quiz week 16 tomorrow – Please study with StudiesWeekly.com the quiz will be almost identical to the questions that are asked online.

Reading Log and Spelling –  I will pass out the reading log and spelling tomorrow but it won’t be due until the following week because we only have school Monday and Tuesday next week.  If you would like to print another reading log for extra credit they can be found under the homework tab on my blog.

Thanksgiving Break – November 23-27

Yeah!  Angelene Beydoun volunteered to switch the book bags and do extra recess!  Thank you!

Help Needed –

• The students still need their book bags switched for this week.  I need a parent helper to come in and switch the books.
• Extra Recess helper – I need a parent helper who can take the kids out for their extra recess reward on Friday from 3:00-3:25.  This will be a substitute for my regular helper.
• Please let me know if you are able to help with either job.  Thanks!!!

Late Start Wednesday – this Wednesday 11/16 is our 1st Late Start school will start 1 hour late.

Parent-Teacher Conferences – Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening are Parent -Teacher conferences.  Your time was sent home at the end of last week.  If anyone needs to have a translator at the conferences please let me know.

High-Touch High-Tech– We are very excited that the PTA has arranged for High-Touch High-Tech to come to our classrooms.  They will be in the building on Thursday and Friday of this week.  They are a company that does hands-on science experiments with the kids.  It is exciting and fun.

3rd Grade Math Test – Because of High Touch High Tech doing science during the math time we will be unable to have math on Thursday and we be pushing the test off until Monday.  Study guides went home today and should be completed and returned by Monday 11/9.  Please review the material from the study guide with your students.  Here are the answers to the study guide to help the parents review with their students: grade3pretestunit2-answers

Socks-Due to time constraints we were unable to complete our science today and will finish it tomorrow.  We still need everyone to please bring in a pair of socks.  We are testing the thermal properties of socks, so the thicker the better.  They will be returned to you unharmed.

Each student will need to bring a pair of socks for our science this week.  Please bring them by Wednesday.

Don’t forget to vote!

School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8^th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”

If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.  Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.  Read the rest of this entry »

School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8^th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”

If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.  Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.  Read the rest of this entry »

Spelling – I apologize I did not have time to get the spelling copied on Friday.  It will be passed out on Monday.

Book Bags will be passed out Monday as well.

Reading Log – Will now be due on Thursdays.  Please make sure your student reads a different book for each day.  If they are reading a chapter book please write the chapters they read for that day.

Ms. Conway is having an after school choir.  A flyer was sent home today.

No School Tuesday 11/8 – Professional Development

3rd Social Studies Week 15 quiz on Monday – Practice with the questions on StudiesWeekly.com

2nd Social Studies Week 3 quiz on Thursday – Practice with the questions on StudiesWeekly.com

3rd Grade Unit 2 math test Friday, Study Guides will go home on Wednesday.  They should be returned completed on Thursday for a review.  Test will be Friday.  The study guide is attached if you wish to see it sooner.  grade-3-study-guide-unit-2

Parent Teacher Conferences are 11/10, 11/16, 11/17 – I will send home reminders this week with your date and time.

Book-it Calendars – are due – Students need to turn in their calendar for a free pizza coupon.  This will start counting as an assignment for next month.

Mystery Science – today for Mystery Science we pretended that we were stranded on a desert island.  We needed to create a hat to protect us from the shade.  We are learning about properties of matter and discussed the different properties needed in a hat to protect us from the sun.  The hats came home today.

Click Here to view – Mad Hatter Pictures

2nd Grade Social studies test tomorrow – study using StudiesWeekly.com