Mrs. Keebler's Blog

We will be having a test on Unit 1 for the 3rd graders.  The study guide will go home on Tuesday, please return it on Wednesday.  We will review the answers on Wednesday and take the test Thursday.  If you are interested in working with your child to prepare for the test sooner.  Here is a copy of the Study Guide.  Unit 1 Pretest

Permission slips-3rd Grader will be going to the Fire Smoke House on Tuesday.  The permission slips went home today and must be returned on MONDAY , OCTOBER 3RD for your trip on Tuesday, October 4th!  If you would like to chaperone please make sure that you have all you chaperoning paperwork returned.

Missing Work/Extra Recess – All students who had all the work complete got an extra recess today.  If your student didn’t get extra recess, please check Parent Connect to see what is missing.  Most assignments are attached to my lesson plans.  If you need help finding something please let me know.  Most assignments are part of the report card grade and will become a zero if not completed.  We will try to give extra recess each week, help your student to keep on top of their work so they can earn it next week if they missed it this week.  Thanks!

Popcorn– Each week students who have good behavior all week will earn a bag of popcorn.  If they didn’t earn popcorn this week talk to your students about what they can do to earn it next week.

Book Bag problem– This week we switch book bags so that each student would have the write number bag since we switch numbers this week.  Unfortunately, not everyone returned their bag, so we had some students missing their new bag because another student forgot to return it.   Everyone please return your bags on Monday and we will try to get it straightened out.  They will be returned and due again on Thursday as usual.

Extra prize donations- I will be giving prizes each week for good behavior and completing all your work.  It would be wonderful if some parents were willing to donate small trinkets, toys or candy for our prize box.  Thanks in advance for your support!

The kids had fun experimenting with invisible forces.  We used Hopper Poppers to help us understand push and pull.  The blurs are the Hopper Poppers flying in the air.  I have covered the faces of the or left out the  children that didn’t turn in their photo release paper.

2nd Grade Tests-The 2nd graders will be having a math test this Thursday. I will be sending home a practice test today. Please take some time with your child tonight or tomorrow night to work on these concepts together or apart. Check over your child’s work and please keep this practice test at home. I do not need them returned. Thanks!

The 2nd graders will also be having a Social studies quiz on Thursday. Please review week 18- Government online for this quiz.

Calendar-I am SOOOOO excited!!  I am finally able to add a full calendar to my blog!  I’ve been wanting to do this for years!  – The calendar has, no school dates, field trips, Star of the Week, assemblies, I even added the upcoming tests.   I will continue to update this calendar so watch it for changes.

Links and Passwords – I have updated the Links and Password page.  I put everything in a grid format.   Hopefully, this makes it easier to find things.  I will continue to add and update the blog.

The Blog -We are no longer sending notes home.  The blog a great resource.  It has almost anything that you could want.  Please explore!

Here is what  you can find on the blog:

• Links and Passwords – links to many websites to use for extra practice of skills, extra work, extra reading.
• Parent Connect – Link to get to Parent Connect – keep track of your student’s grades and assignments.
• About Mrs. Keebler – learn more about Mrs. Keebler
• Calendar – see above
• Class Information – Daily Schedule and specials, school supply list, Information on Star of the Week, Class policies and procedures, curriculum information,  link for book orders.
• Parent Information – printable form for chaperoning and volunteering, parenting articles
• Lesson Plans and Homework – this tab has Reading logs for printing, Social studies information, Spelling words and homework, Science standards, Penmanship information and printable practice sheets, Math fact printable practice sheets,  Homework expectations, Link to the Lesson being taught each day-The lesson plans have all the assignments attached for printing- If your student is ABSENT you can see what was taught and print the assignment to complete at home.
• SRAs and Towers – there are some SRAs and Towers available if your student needs to complete one at home.
• Missing Assignment Tab – I will sometime post the missing assignment report here.

New Student – We had a new student start yesterday.  His name is Mohammed and he is a 3rd grader from River Oaks.  Please make him feel welcome.

Class Student Number – You might have notice a number in the upper right hand corner of your students papers.  I do this to help identify paper that students forget to write their names.  Because we have a new student and it is still close to the beginning of the year, we are changing all the students number in my class and in 3rd grade math.  This might cause a little confusion the first week with people getting thee wrong papers.  If you get any papers that are not your student’s papers please return them to school.

2nd Grade Social Studies quiz-2nd Graders will have a Social studies quiz near the end of this week on Thursday or Friday.  They will be quizzed on the material from Studies Weekly Week 18 – Government.  They can review this material online, by going to StudiesWeekly.com, log in is FirstLast name, password First name.

3rd Grade Fire Fighter visit/field trip – This week the 3rd graders will have a visit on Wednesday from a fire fighter to discuss fire safety.   Next week on Tuesday, October 4th the 3rd graders will be visiting the Fire Smoke House.  They will get to practice what to do if there were a real fire.   If you would like to chaperone please have your papers completed with the office.  If your child has asthma please indicate that when the permission slip comes home.

Completing Work – Please check your student’s Parent Connect account on a regular basis.  Most grades will be put in by Friday.  Students will earn a prize on Friday if they have completed all of their assignments.

• Please do not throw away any assignments unless you see that it has been recorded on Parent Connect.   I have had several students tell me that their parents have thrown their work that needed to be redone in the garbage.
• If an assignment says REDO, students are expected to correct the incorrect items and turn it in again.
• Finished work will have a grade (1-4) with a circle around it.
• If it has a check in the upper right hand corner, then it is recorded in my grade book and can be viewed on Parent Connect.  If it comes home without a check it is not recorded and should be returned.
• Most assignments are part of your students report card grade.

I’m Sorry!!

I posted that the 3rd Graders should complete the Week 14 test tonight for homework.  We are actually on week 6.  I apologize for the confusion.  If you had trouble finding it we will complete the test in class tomorrow (Friday).

2nd Graders Social Studies Test will go home today.

3rd Social Studies test – this test is taking longer than we expected.  We have been very busy with the NWEA MAP test this week and have less time than usual.  It is now going to be homework.  It is an open book test so students may use their Studies Weekly Week 14 to complete their test.  No parent help please.  They will complete it online by going to StudiesWeekly.com login with their first name and last name as the username and first name as the password.  Capitalize the first letter of each name:

For example:

Katie Keebler

Username: KatieKeebler

Password: Katie

Open House – Thank you to everyone who came to the open house and supported the Green Team with donations or buying baked goods.  The Green Team raised $128.  The money will be used for projects this year to help make the school a greener place.

Parent-Teacher Conferences – Will be on November 10th, 16th and 17th.  We signed up for Parent – Teacher Conferences at the Open House.  If you didn’t sign up please stop by the classroom before or after school.  The sign up sheets are on the door.

Parent Connect – Everyone should have gotten the direction on how to start using Parent Connect to see your students grades and assignments.  If you are having problems getting set up please let me know and I would be very willing to help you get started.

Please Return Hopper Poppers – We made our Hopper Poppers today in science and used them to study Physical Science – force, push, pull, motion, action, reaction.   The kids were very excited and wanted to bring them home, so I agreed they could bring them home.  However, I realized their is one more activity we need to do with our Hopper Poppers.   Please return the Hopper Poppers to school tomorrow.  Thanks!

3rd Grade Fire Station Field  Trip – October 4th – The 3rd Grade will be going to the Fire House for a talk on Fire Safety.

3RD Grade Social Studies quiz – rescheduled – We didn’t have enough time to finish our social studies test online on Tuesday.  We will complete it in class tomorrow.  Students can study by rereading their Studies Weekly Week 6 online.  The test is still open.  You can review the actual questions with your child, but I would like them NOT to complete the test at home.  They should complete it in school tomorrow.

Please Return Hopper Poppers – We made our Hopper Poppers today in science and used them to study Physical Science – force, push, pull, motion, action, reaction.   The kids were very excited and wanted to bring them home, so I agreed they could bring them home.  However, I realized their is one more activity we need to do with our Hopper Poppers.   Please return the Hopper Poppers to school tomorrow.  Thanks!

Social Studies Quiz Tomorrow – Both 2nd and 3rd Graders will have a social studies quiz on Tomorrow – Tuesday.   Please log into Studies Weekly and reread all the material to review.

2nd Grade – Log in to Studies Weekly and reread Week 14.  Here is a study guide with additional information for the 2nd graders, you will only need page 1 of the study guide.

3rd grade will only be tested on the material in Studies Weekly Week 6:

To log in to Studies Weekly: go to StudiesWeekly.com

User name: FirstnameLastname (must have capital first letter for each name, no spaces)

Password: Firstname (must be capitalized)

Tomorrow – Open House

5:30 – Green Team Bake sale – please help support Green Team by donating  baked goods or buying them at our sale.

6:00 – Open House visit all your students teachers and classrooms.  Pick up your Parent Connect information and learn how to use Parent Connect.

7:00 – PTA meeting in the cafeteria.