Mrs. Keebler's Blog

Star of the  Week – Maya

Field trip – Our field trip to the Green Living Science Recycling Center is this Wednesday, 10/14/15 –

Our bus is scheduled to arrive between 9:15 and 9:30.  Chaperons please check in with the office and get a visitors pass then check in with your teacher so that she knows that you have arrived.  Then please wait in the cafeteria.  There is a Tornado Drill scheduled for 9:15 AM.  My hope is the bus will arrive early and we can leave before the drill.  If not we will need to wait until it is over to leave.  Remember if you do not have your ICHAT form in the office you will not be allowed to attend this trip.

Keebler Cash -The students have been starting to track their Keebler Cash.  Each week they will be paid for completing all of their work in “Keebler Cash”.  They will get $25 for each week.  They will loose $5 for each missing assignment.  They will earn $5 for 100% on a spelling test or getting a gem for good behavior.  At the end of the marking period we will have a party to celebrate all our good work.  The students can all bring in old or unwanted toys from home.  They can sell them to each other for their “Keebler cash they earned.

Missing assignments – all previous missing assignments are due by Friday 10/16/15.  If they are not turned in by Friday they will get a 0.  From now on all missing assignment from the previous week are due by the following Monday or they will get a 0.  The zero assignment scores will be lowering the report card grades.  Please help your child keep up with missing assignments by watching your Parent Connect.

Book Bags should start this week – Mrs. Auon will be our book bag mom.  She will be coming in on Tuesdays to switch out the book bags for new books.  Please use these books to help complete the reading logs.  Reading logs will be due on Mondays with the book bags.

3rd Grade Math test-   will be on Thursday, October 15, 2015.  A study guide went home last Thursday.  Below is a copy of the study guide in case your student didn’t show it to you.   Completed study guides are due on Monday, 10/12/15.  Unit 1 covers the following standards:

3.MD.1  Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by representing the problem on a number line diagram.

3.MD.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.

Unit 1 Study Guide

Parent Connect PINs– I now have a list of all the Parent Connect PINs.  If you need your PIN again please email me and I will email it to you.   You will then go to Parent Connect from the link on my blog or the district website, put in your PIN and click forgot password.  It will email you a new password.    Please check Parent Connect once a week to make sure your student has completed all of their work.

Our Instructional Coach, Arrwa Mogalli will host an informational session on the Daily 5 and CAFE for parents this Thursday, October 8 from 3:00-3:30 in the media center. As part of the session, Ms. Mogalli will provide a general overview of Daily 5 and the CAFE menu and provide parents with general information about ways they can support literacy instruction in the home. All parents are invited, however we prefer that young siblings do not attend as childcare will not be available. We hope to see you here!

Late start tomorrow 10/7 arrive 1 hour later at 9:35.

Yogurt town fundraiser tomorrow 10/7 .  See flyer going home tomorrow.

Reading log went home today.  Due on Monday 10/12

3rd grade math homework – Work on Measurement and Data section of Front Row.  All students should be up to lesson 20.  We will be having a test next week on Unit 1 lesson 18 and 20.  Students who finish their homework will get a sticker!

All chaperones for the trip must have completed their chaperone papers.  They can be found on the blog under parent information.

Star of the Week – Please make sure you check the Star of the Week schedule, so you know when your child is star of the week and what you need to do.

Parent Teacher conferences – if you have not signed up for a conference please contact me right away,  I will assign you a time if I don’t hear from you.

Reading – Each day your child should be reading at home for 20-30 minutes.  They have a reading log to fill out each day.  We will be doing the Pizza Hut book it program and they will get a coupon for a free personal pizza each month they turn in all 4 reading logs.  As soon as I have finished reading test for all students we will start sending home book bags.  Until then they should read what ever book they would like.  All students check out 2 books from the library each week.  They may also read using MyOn and MobyMax.   Please see the links section of my blog for how to log on.

Math Facts– It is very important to memorize their addition and subtraction (in 2nd grade) multiplication and division (in 3rd grade) facts.  These should be practiced on a regular basis at home.  Moby Max is one of the programs we will be using to practice and test their Math Facts.  I suggest using this program 5-15 minutes each day and we will be using it to test math facts once a week.  The information on how to log on at home is in the links section of my blog.  We will be doing this instead of the Math Facts paper tests.

3rd Grade Math – This is the Math Homework. We are currently in Unit 1 – Measurement and Data.   We have tested all students with the Front Row Math program on this unit and quite a few students are working below grade level on this unit in math.  I am teaching the 3rd grade level state standards in class, however it is important that the students learn the standards that are below their level also.   You may log in as a parent and see your child’s grade level and progress.    If they are below grade level please have them use this program 15-30 minutes each day to try to catch up.   We will be having a test on unit 1 soon.   Please have your child practice at their level in the Measurement and Data section.  We will be testing on Lessons 18 and 20 soon.  Below are the passwords and  instructions on how to set up your Front Row account to view their progress.  They may also use MobyMax to practice math at home.

Front Row Parent Passwords

Spelling – Each Friday I will pass out the new spelling homework.  They should study the spelling words each night by completing one of the assignments on the homework.  Please complete the work on the back of the Tic tac toe form.  The Tic Tac toe form is due on Thursday.   They will also have a spelling sort due on Wednesday.

Missing Assignments – I have had quite a few missing assignments already this year.  As parents I would like you to help your child remember to complete any missing assignments and turn them in.  If any work is not completed in class it becomes homework and is due the next school day.  Please check your Parent Connect for any missing work and have your student complete it at home.  Most of the work is available on my blog if they have lost the paper.  If you can’t find the work please email me and I can tell you where to locate it or I will email you the assignment.  If you are having trouble getting on to Parent Connect please let me know and I will try to help you.

Field Trip – I am still missing 2 permissions slips.  Please turn these in on Monday.  If you are a parent that would like to attend the trip please make sure you fill out the Chaperone Forms that are on my blog under Parent Information.   If you do not have your Chaperone Papers turned in to the office you will not be able to attend our field trip.

Green Science Trip on 10/14 from 9:15-1:30.

I’m still missing slips for student number: 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18.

If you miss placed your copy and need another one, here is a link to print it:

Green Living Science Field trip slip

If you are interested in chaperoning, please fill out these forms and return them to the class or front office.

Parent Forms for Chaperoning

Short week – We will be on break starting Wednesday 9/23-9/27

Reading Logs – Reading logs were passed out today.  Students can read any book they would like.  They should read for 20 minutes each day as homework and fill out their log each day.  They need to answer the questions on the back in complete sentences.

Parent Connect – All parent should have their parent connect PIN now.  If you did not get your letter please let me know.  Please check parent connect once a week for your student’s progress.

Parent Teacher Conferences – The conference sheets are on the classroom door please be sure to sign up for a time.

No Spelling this week – I will pass out the new spelling tomorrow (Tues)  nothing is due until the week we get back.

Volunteers – Thank you for all the volunteers who signed up.  I will be contacting you soon by email to talk about the specifics.

Book Bags – We will be starting book bags after I have done reading assessments for all the students and know their current level.   I will then have a volunteer fill the bags and we will send them home.

Volcano pictures– We had a wonderful time last week with the Montessori Great Lessons that ended in the explosion of the volcano!  Ask your students about our volcano.   I will try post the pictures soon on : https://mrskeeblers2nd3rd201314.shutterfly.com/pictures

If you do not want your child’s picture posted on this private member only site.  Please let me know right away!

Star of the Week for the week of September 28th will be Zahraa Alsaghir.   Please make a poster of your child’s life and read the information on the blog about all the things you will do next week.   I will be making a list soon.  We will go in number order for each week.  I will try to make sure each student has a full week.

A few students didn’t finish writing their science journals.    Please have them finish copying the work below in their science journals.

Autumn Equinox

1. The leaves change color.
2. Day and night are equal.
3. The birds start to migrate south.
4. The animal start storing food for the winter.
5. It happens around September 22 each year.
6. The days will now start getting shorter.

Thank you everyone who came to the open house tonight.  We had a great turn out.  Next time we have a school event or presentation, if your child is making noises, please bring them to the hall so that everyone else can hear the presentation.  Thanks! 🙂

If you missed the presentation tonight please review my blog.  You will find lots of important information.  You also missed signing up for Parent Teacher Conferences.  I will post them on the classroom door for a couple of weeks if you still need to sign up.

I was talking to one of the parents about things that you can do to be a Montessori home.

Maria Montessori taught the child to be independent.  Teach them how to do things for themselves instead of doing things for them.  Give them chores to do to help around the house.  Let them cook with you.  Children of this age can prepare many food items for themselves.  Put things on low shelves so your children can help themselves or get things on their own.

Here is the link to a good book about teaching Montessori at Home:

Teaching-Montessori-Home-School-Years

If you are interesting in chaperoning on our field trip on 10/14 please print out the chaperoning forms, sign them and return them to school.  They can be found under Parent information.

NWEA – We started NWEA testing last Friday and we will continue it this week.  Please make sure your child eats a good breakfast and arrives on time to school.

Star of the Week-  We will be doing Star of the Week this year.  Every child will  have a chance to make a poster about their life and be the Star for a week.  Please see the blog for more details.  I will post a schedule soon.

Open House– This Thursday 9/17  is our Open House.

6:30-6:50 Welcome Message from Mr. Burch (Please assemble in the Gym)
7:00-7:20 Classroom Presentation 1 (in your student’s classroom)
7:25-7:45 Classroom Presentation 2 (Please visit Mrs. Polster’s room)
7:45-8:00 General Meet and Greet

Parent Connect- This year you will have access to Parent Connect.  You will be able to check your student’s progress and help them keep track of their work and assignments.  We will be setting this up and discussing at Open House.

Field trip-We will be going on a field trip to Green Living Science Recycling Center 10/14/15 9:30-1:30

Help me get to know your child-On Friday I sent home a get to know your child form.  Please feel free to share any information that you think could be helpful get to know your child better.

PTA meeting will be Tuesday 6 PM in the cafeteria.

Sibling Pick up and Drop off – The office would like all of the younger siblings to go to the class of the older siblings for pick up.  So all younger sibling will come to our room and be pick up in the back of the school.

Late Lunch– Our lunch is not until 12:35 this year.  Please have your child eat a good breakfast and send a healthy snack for the morning.

Emergency cards – Some students got the emergency cards today.  Please review all information and make sure that everything is up-to-date.  Please sign the cards and return them to the school as soon as possible.  If you have not gotten your card it should be coming home soon.  We are still waiting for computer services to send over some of the cards.

Welcome back letter/Communication Folder – hopefully everyone got their Communication folder and welcome letter.   Please send this folder to school each day and check it each night for notes or homework.  Please go to my blog – www.iblog.dearbornschools.org/keebler and add your email to my subscription box.  This will insure that you get all my communications.  Please read the different areas of the blog.  There is a lot of important information.

Greetings from Howe PTA!  –Welcome to the start of another great school year at Howe Elementary School. We welcome our new principal Mr. Clayton Burch and we wish him an easy year!