Mrs. Keebler's Blog

The 3rd grade math test has been postponed until Monday.  The students wanted a little more time to prepare.  The study guide has been sent home and they can now use the Front Row www.Frontrowed.com program to prepare.  The class code is:   vi35ks               If they get 100% on all 7 lessons they should do well on the test.  Please have them practice over the weekend.    If you sign up for Front Row parent connection I can send you a report card of their math progress.  I explained how to do this in a previous post.

M-STEP – We have the M-STEP exact dates now and they have changed slightly.  Here is when we will be testing.

May 13-14 – Math

May 19-20th – Language Arts

Please arrive on time and make sure your students have had a good night sleep (this age needs 10-11 hours) and a good breakfast (protein is best, not sugar cereals).

Don’t forget we are meeting at the Farmer’s Market

• Location –on Michigan Avenue and Mason between Oakwood Blvd and Military St.
• Please bring a lunch
• Please arrive before 9 AM and check in with your teacher to find out your group number.
• Please wear red or your Howe School t-shirt
• Please let the teacher know your plans for staying or leaving
• You must transport your child home from the Farmer’s market or make other plans for them to be driven.
• Students may bring a small amount of spending money.

Here are the Groups for Mrs. Keebler’s Class

Here is the schedule each group will be following:

Master Spreadsheet 2015

Attached is our schedule (Master Spreadsheet 2015) for Friday.  Please let me know if you are having trouble finding a way to transport your child to the Farmer’s Market.  If there is some reason you cannot stay with your child please let me know so that we can assign chaperones.  We will be divided into three groups if you have a preference for which group you would like to be in after you see the schedule please let me know and I will try to accommodate as many people as possible with the wishes.   Please let me know if your child will be driven to and from the market  by another parent so I know who will be with who as I make the groups.

Master Spreadsheet 2015

Front Row for Math – Parent account

We have been using a new software application called Front Row at school to help us learn math. The program is designed to help each student practice Common Core aligned mathematical skills at his or her level, making sure every student improves at math. You can use the code attached to the parent letters below to sign up for a parent account in Front Row! Congratulations! You’ll now be able to see detailed information about where your student is in math, and what you can do to encourage improvement!  We have been using this with all the 3rd graders but Keebler 2nd graders can use it for extra practice also.   Parent Letters

Fire Safety House on Monday 5/4 12:30

Helm’s Haven Park Trip on Wednesday 5/6 – 12:30 Chaperones are needed.  If I don’t get any parents volunteer to chaperone we may postpone for another day.

Grand Opening of the Farmer’s Market trip 5/8 – 8:45AM- Permission slips due Monday 5/4 –The grand opening ceremonies with the Mayor of Dearborn start right at 9 am.  Therefore, we will be meeting at the Farmer’s market.  You will drive your students right to the Farmer’s market.  Permission slips will go out later this week.  We will be divided in to 3 groups to do the following activities: Ribbon Cutting,  POP CLUB,  CRAFT, GARDENING WORKSHOP,  PEWABIC POTTERY DEMO,  COOKING DEMO,  YOGA,  LUNCH, we will end the day will  MARKET TIME.    It should be a fun day.

3rd Grade Math Test on Thursday – the study guide will be sent home tomorrow.  Here is a copy if you don’t get it.

3rd+Grade+Pre+Test+Unit+8

Spelling Test will be given on Thursday this week since we will be on our trip on Friday.

Upcoming Dates to remember –

M-STEP Testing – May 18th – June 4th

May 22-25 – No School – Memorial day weekend

Family Engineering night – May 28th 4-6 PM

Cultural Night – June 3rd – Ancient Greece 5:45 PM

Historical Museum – June 4th 12:30 – we will be going by bus.  (2nd Grade only)  – Chaperones are needed.

Field Day – Tentative date -? June 8th?  – more information to follow

Detroit Zoo trip is on!  We will be going on Tuesday, June 9th.  Chaperones are needed.  We will be driving our own cars.

5/4 – 2nd grade trip to the Fire Safety house – Please bring in permission slips tomorrow!!!  Here is a copy if you can’t find your copy.

Fire safety permission slip

5/8 – Grand Opening of the Farmer’s Market – Permission slips due May 4th.  If you have room in your car for other students and you would be willing to chaperone please let me know.  We are in need of a parent who can meet at the school to drive students who go to Kids Club in the morning.  Here is a link to the Farmer’s Market permission slip also.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PoZPUVN6A4m5BOKwQgERMbanSxL63Ew3ap4jcnBRgo0/edit?usp=sharing

Grand Opening Flyer

PowerofProduce_Flyer

On behalf of the Howe PTA we would like to thank the parents who brought Early Bird vouchers in this week. We would like to encourage everyone to continue to obtain more sponsorships for the Walk & Roll-a-thon.

Let’s make this happen for our students.  Since the school has moved we haven’t had a fundraiser so this one is very important to keep the PTA going and fund events throughout the school year. Such as assemblies,  Montessori materials, training and many other classroom needs. Raising money now allows us to start our next school year with the needed funds to do all this.

Let’s do this together and make our school and education for our students stronger. As parents at Howe we let our children lead the way to their future. We as parents we show how to step up and make it happen!

Thank you

Jessica Burt

Fire Safety House on Monday 5/4 – 2nd grade only – Permission slips will go home tomorrow for this trip.  Students will be taken by bus.  Please return as soon as possible.  Chaperones are welcome.

Helm’s Haven Park Trip – We will try again on Wednesday 5/6 at 12:30 for a nature walk to the park.  Chaperones are needed.

Grand Opening of the Farmer’s Market trip 5/8 – 9AM- The grand opening ceremonies with the Mayor of Dearborn start right at 9 am.  Therefore, we will be meeting at the Farmer’s market.  You will drive your students right to the Farmer’s market.  Permission slips will go out later this week.  We will be divided in to 3 groups to do the following activities: Ribbon Cutting,  POP CLUB,  CRAFT, GARDENING WORKSHOP,  PEWABIC POTTERY DEMO,  COOKING DEMO,  YOGA,  LUNCH, we will end the day will  MARKET TIME.    It should be a fun day.

Historical Museum – June 4th 12:30 – we will be going by bus.  (2nd Grade only)  – Chaperones are needed.

Detroit Zoo trip is on!  We will be going on Tuesday, June 9th.  Chaperones are needed.  We will be driving our own cars.

NWEA MAP Testing this week – We will start on Monday with math.  Make sure your child is well rested and eats a good breakfast.

Fire Fighter fire safety talk with 2nd Graders – this Tuesday.  This is in preparation for the 2nd Graders going on a field trip to the Dearborn Fire Safety Smoke house on May 4th at 12:30.  Chaperones needed.   Please let us know if your child suffers from asthma.  They can still attend the trip but they will leave the station during the part when they add the fake smoke.

Rizzo Toss or Turn Speakers coming Friday, May 1st – to talk about recycling and reusing things.

Field trip to Grand Opening Farmer’s Market or Keebler and Polster’s classes on May 8th 9 am -2 pm  – chaperones needed we will be driving personal cars.

Here is the flyer:  Grand Opening Flyer

We will be getting free coins for produce from the Power of Produce Club: Power of Produce Flyer

Upcoming Events –

4/27-5/29 NWEA Testing

5/18-6/4 M-STEP testing (3rd grade)

5/28 – Family Engineering night

6/3 – Cultural Night – Ancient Greece

6/4 – Field trip Historical Museum (2nd grade)

6/9 Possible Zoo Trip??

We are going to postpone our park trip this week due to yucky weather.  It is supposed to be cooler and rainy all week.  We will try again next week.

I just got home and had a bite to eat.  Here is the rubric.  Please read your students writing and see how they did.  Give them suggestions based on the rubric.  We will do the writing prompt on the same type of writing tomorrow.  This rubric is for 2nd and 3rd grade so we would expect the 2nd graders to be in the middle and the 3rd to be closer to the top.

Here is the link to the rubric in case your student didn’t bring it home.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6BFNI01KM2NE1ZdnpIVXRKOFlwX0k5VFVWcHhSd0J4cllN/view?usp=sharing