Mrs. Keebler's Blog

This week we will be studying theme in ELA and we will not start our new Benchmark lesson or pamphlet we will be finishing up our Benchmark lessons from last week. We will not have a spelling test on Friday, we will have one next Friday so please use the extra time to learn the spelling words mentioned in the last post.

Chess Club – meeting on Monday 11/6 during lunch to learn more about chess club. Chess club will meet Wednesdays at lunch.

Recorders – ALL 3rd graders will be learning recorder this year and should have turned in money for the recorder. Mrs. Reed would like to place the order very soon. If you have not turned in money please do so by Monday.

Mohamad will continue to be star of the week – this week he will bring in the letter from his parents telling how special he is, his favorite book, show and tell and we will finish his poster. Next week, Anna will be star of the week starting on November 13th.

Reminder – No School Tuesday, November 7th, Election Day (Get out and vote).

We are publishing a book!!! – You may have already heard from our students that we are working on publishing a book. We are working hard to finish our writing and illustrations and our publication date is November 14th. Students get so excited about becoming a published author! Here is the link to the letter explaining how to order their new book.

Academics –

ELA – We have finished our 1st two units in Benchmark and we are moving to our next unit called Government for the People. In the next 3 weeks we will be reading informational text about Government and completing page 11, 19 and 27 in our magazines. Our spelling and grammar pamphlet is Unit 3 Week 1 – Spelling – r-Controlled vowels ar, or, Grammar – Irregular Verbs. Here is the spelling practice U3W1 Spelling Practice. This week we are ar and or words in spelling. I will make copies for 4 of the pages for practice, students should be practicing at home also.

Math –

Monday – Lesson 12 – Apply must dos 1,3,4 Unit 2 Topic B Study guide – Please complete and RETURN the Topic B study guide. This helps me see what problems children might be struggling with so that I can explain them before the test on Thursday. Here are the answers to help your child understand, don’t just show them the answers.

Tuesday – No School

Wednesday – Please RETURN the study guide! We will review the completed study guide and take quiz.

Thursday – Lesson 13 – Apply all

Friday – Lesson 14 -Apply 1-6, 9-12

Social Studies – We are starting a unit on Government.

Mohamad is Star of the Week!

Conferences – Thank you for the 10 people that have signed up for conferences. I still have 6 families that need to sign up. Here is the link.

Reminders for next week:

Monday 10/30 – DON’T BE LATE – Picture day – right away 8:55 AM, Field Trip to Smoke House 9:15 AM, if you are planning on chaperoning, make sure that you have your iChat form completed with Ms. Bernadette. I will need one parent at the front door and one at the back door watching for the bus. We will be doing pictures first then getting on the bus.

Tuesday 10/31 – EARLY RELEASE – Dismissal at 2:25, Fall Festival – students may bring a small amount of candy to share. NO COSTUMES! Students may dress in fall colors.

Academics –

Math – We are beginning to learn about rounding using temperature this week.

Monday – Review Topic A quiz

Tuesday – M2 Lesson 8 Apply Must dos all

Wednesday M2 Lesson 9 Apply Must dos all

Thursday M2 Lesson 10 Apply Must dos all

Friday M2 Lesson 11 Apply Must dos all

ELA – We are working on Unit 2 Week 3 – Spelling – Compound Words, Grammar – Future Tense Verbs.

Social Studies – we are completing our Geography Unit.

Spirit Wear forms due tomorrow.

Half day of School tomorrow! We will will dismiss at 12:05.

TRUNK Or TREAT tomorrow, Oct 27th at 6pm! 

Parents to sign up to host a trunk! 

Reminder Trunk or Treat is Friday Oct 27th at 6pm! 

Come in Costume! PTA will have Pizza for Sale as well- $1/slice. 

We also need more TRUNKS!
Please sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4AA8AE2CAAF58-44604761-howe#/

We will be having Parent Teacher Conferences on November 14-15. Please choose a time slot below. I will be meeting with all parents in the fall conference.

Parent Teacher Conference sign up list

We will be having Parent Teacher Conferences on November 14-15. Please choose a time slot below. I will be meeting with all parents in the fall conference.

Parent Teacher Conference sign up list

I wanted to remind everyone that missing assignments, scores and grades can all be seen on Parent Connect. You can access Parent Connect from the district website. Just click the button that says Parent Connect. If you forgot your password, say forgot password and it will send you a link to change it to the email that you have listed with Dearborn Public Schools.

Reminders –

• Don’t forget EARLY RELEASE on every TUESDAY pick up at 2:25
• 1/2 day Friday, 10/27 pick up at 12:05
• Trunk or Treat – Friday 10/27 at 6 PM in the back parking lot. Trunks still needed. Dress in costume.
• Smoke House Field trip Monday, 10/30 – make sure your permission slip is turned in. I am still missing 2.
• Picture Day Monday 10/30, please complete your picture forms online or use the one sent home.
• 10/31 Fall Festival in class – students may wear fall colors, NO COSTUMES, students may bring a small amount of candy to pass.

What is an i-Ready pathway?

i-Ready My Path is now available! My Path instruction provides online lessons that motivate students on their paths to proficiency and growth. Each student’s personalized pathway is based on their performance on the i-Ready Diagnostic in order to meet students where they are in their learning journey! Students will be encouraged to use their iReady Pathways at home and at school! It should be something that they enjoy and it will help increase their skills and test scores on the next iReady test! Students will earn prizes for completing their iReady at home, so they can start playing today!! Just go to iReady in Clever and get started.

Academics –

Math – In math we have finish Module 1 on Multiplication and Division and we are now in Module 2 called Place Value Concepts Through Metric Measurement. We are almost done with Topic A and will have the Topic A quiz on Tuesday. Here is this week’s homework:

Monday – M2 Lesson 6 Apply Must dos 1-2, Topic A Study Guide, Quiz on Tuesday

Here are the answers. Please remember these are for you to help your child to understand how to do the problem. Not to just show them the correct answers. If they can’t do it on the study guide, they will not be able to do it on the test. If they still don’t understand after you explain it, please write me a note so I can explain it again. Topic A Study Guide Answers. PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED STUDY GUIDE. I will be checking for understanding before we take our quiz on Tuesday.

Tuesday – M2 Lesson 7 and take Topic A quiz in school, Apply Must dos 1-3

Wednesday – M2 Lesson 8 Apply Must dos all

Thursday – M2 Lesson 9 Apply Must dos 1-4

Friday – M2 Lesson 10 Apply Must dos 1-6

ELA – We are beginning Unit 2 Week 2 in our How Characters Shape Stories Benchmark magazine. We will completing page 19 in our book and working on our Unit 2 Week 2 Pamphlet in school. The spelling words focus on Long I, here is the spelling practice for the week we will do ABC order and vowels and consonant work in class. You are welcome to print the others and practice at home. U2 W2 Spelling practice The Grammar focuses on Irregular Past Tense Verbs.

Social Studies – we will finish up our Geography unit this week.

Spirit Wear

Here is the link to the new Howe Spirit Wear

This is the logo of what it will look like.

Trunk or Treat

Reminder of the TRUNK Or TREAT next Friday, Oct 27th at 6pm! 

Reminder Trunk or Treat is Friday Oct 27th at 6pm! 

Come in Costume! PTA will have Pizza for Sale as well- $1/slice. 

We also need more TRUNKS!
Please sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4AA8AE2CAAF58-44604761-howe#/

Hassan Atwi – Star of the Week starting Monday 10/17 –

Star of the Week

Star of the Week – Next week October 2nd we will begin Star of the Week – Hassan Almousawi will be our first “Star”. We will go in number order.

Star of the Week Poster – Before your week starts make a poster board filled will pictures of your child’s life.  We want to see babyhood to the present.   Show us hobbies, family, pets, etc.

Star of the Week Schedule -find your Student’s week on the calendar: The Calendar. Since we have a small class we will each get about 2 weeks.

Each day of the week will consist of an exciting event or activity to honor him or her and to help us get to know our special classmate.

Line leader – your child will lead our line where ever we travel this week.

Get to choose our GoNoodle break songs.

Monday: Sharing and Poster of pictures: Please help your child collect a few special items from home , and send it back to school with your child on Monday to share with his or her classmates. Try to encourage your child to choose items that have some sort of meaning rather than just a collection of toys. Also, please have your child decorate a poster board with pictures of him or herself from babyhood to the present. If you did a poster last year, you may use the same one, and add new pictures if you’d like. We’ll display the poster in a place of honor on our class bulletin board.

*Tuesday: Star of the Week crown – Your student will get a special crown to show they are the star this week.

*Wednesday: Parent Letter: Parents, you will write a letter to the class telling us how special your child is to you. Send the letter in a sealed envelope to school with your child, and I will read the letter to the class at class meeting. The content of the letter is up to you, but you may want to choose from one of the following ideas: describe special or funny stories about your child for the class to hear, write a silly or serious poem about your child, tell us some neat things we may not know about your child, send silly or special pictures with a letter describing the pictures, or write a short story with your child as the main character. You may also send a special video for the class to watch if you choose. (Sometimes parents have taped messages or choose to send in a funny baby video for the class to see.)

*Thursday – Favorite Book: Your star student brings one of his or her favorite picture books to read to the class (or have the teacher read to the class) at our class meeting.

*Friday – Star Friends Poster:  Your star student will be presented with a poster created by his or her classmates. The poster will include the Star’s picture, surrounded by compliments written by his or her classmates.

Email me if you have further questions.

Weather guidelines – A pink flyer was sent home with the weather guidelines. Here is a link to it, in case you didn’t see it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PDgnzX4WqFnKNLHKZdjN5Z6m1_HLamPE_uzusDFPexU/edit?usp=sharing

Fire Fighter Visit – We will have a firefighter visit our classroom on Tuesday 10/17 to talk about safety. This is in preparation for our Firehouse Field trip on October 30th. You will get a permission slip soon. This is an important trip for all 3rd grade students in Dearborn, they will learn about fire safety and what to do in a real fire.

Trunk or Treat is coming soon – October 27th 6 PM in our back parking lot.

End of Marking period – 10/27 is the last day of the marking period – 1/2 day dismissal at 12:05. All assignments due by Wednesday 10/25.

Curriculum

Math Homework –

Monday Unit 2 lesson 1- Apply Must dos 1-3

Tuesday – Unit 2 Lesson 2 -Apply Must dos 1-5 – Early Release at 2:25

Wednesday – Unit 2 Lesson 3-Apply Must dos 1-2

Thursday – Unit 2 Lesson 4-Apply Must dos 1-9

Friday – Unit 2 Lesson 5-Apply Must dos 1-5

Social Studies – We will continue our unit on the Geography of MI.

ELA – We are starting a new unit call Ways Characters Change Stories. We will do the Unit 2 Week 1 Pamphlet. We will be studying our spelling words with a new spelling practice sheets this week.

The weather has changed from hot to chilly (sigh, it’s Michigan). Your child needs to be prepared to go outside.

• CLOTHING GUIDELINES:
• 50-60 degrees: Long sleeves
• 40-50 degrees: Jacket or sweatshirt or coat
• 30-40 degrees: Winter jacket, hat and mittens/gloves and covered legs (i.e tights, jeans, pants)
• Below 30 and if snowy: Full set of snow gear to play in the snow (winter jacket, snow pants, hat, mittens, and boots)
• December – March: Bring boots and shoes daily