February 5th through 9th
Keenoy’s Pups News 2-9-18
Dear
Parents,
I
hope that everyone had a wonderful week!
Unfortunately, two more Keenoy girls did catch Gabby’s stomach bug over
the weekend. Everyone has recovered and
Caleb and I are still hanging tough.
Hopefully with 5 days passing, we are out of the woods. Knock on wood again……although it definitely
did not work last week.😊 I will try and keep this brief since we’ve
only had a couple of school days since my last letter. I look forward to seeing you during our
conferences. If you ever have any
questions, please do not ever hesitate to email me.
The
class seemed to really enjoy the movie/celebration last Friday. Thank you for getting all of the permission
forms back in such a timely manner.
Keenoy’s Pup of the
Week…….ME😊
Hello
families, my name is Dan Keenoy. I have
an amazing family that I love more than anything. My wife Jessi and I have been married for 18
years and met in college (Missouri State University). Jessi was accepted into graduate school at
the University of Missouri, which brought us to Columbia. We fell in love with the people, schools,
friends, and decided to stay here instead of moving back to St. Louis (which is
where we are both from). I absolutely
love teaching and greatly enjoy this extremely kind class. I would never consider changing professions,
but have always had an interest in meteorology.
My friends have given me the nickname, Dopplar Dan. My emails and texts blow up anytime there is
a snow event predicted. In fact, I’ve
responded to three already this morning about the upcoming weekend snow.😊 My wife and I feel like chauffeurs most
evenings, but I find time to enjoy the Blues games and an occasional fishing
trip to property that I own south of St. Louis.
The
next Pup of the Week is Briana J. Please bring any pictures or items that you
would like to put on our bulletin board that is located outside of our
classroom.
Conferences
I
look forward to meeting with you next week during conferences. Please let me know if our scheduled
conference time needs to be changed.
Valentine’s Day
Celebrations
Thank
you to the parents that helped with our Valentine Party. As a reminder,
students will be passing out valentines on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Students may
bring valentines for their classmates. This is not required. However, if
students choose to bring valentines, there should be one for each student in
the class.
Progress Reports/Grade
Cards
These
will come home on Tuesday. Please keep all the papers inside the envelope but
do return the envelope back to school. We reuse the envelope each trimester.
Writing
Most
students are typing their 3rd draft from the informational charity
report. I’ve met with each student in
the last couple of days, and everyone set very good goals for improvement. Each student should have a nicely written or
typed draft to share with you at conferences.
Math
As
you know, students took an assessment over topic 4 last Thursday and
Friday. These were scored over the
weekend and will be shared with you at Parent/Teacher conferences. I was blown away by the success students
demonstrated on this assessment.
Fourteen out of nineteen students earned a score of 90% or above! We have a classroom full of wonderful
mathematicians and I’m so glad that they demonstrated it on this
assessment. I do not like to call
assessments, “Tests.” Instead I often
refer to them as “Show Offs” or “Fun.”
They definitely showed off all of the information that they learned and
I am proud of them.
Science
We
completed our experimental design friction testing this week. I will share student graphs/results during
our conference.
Reminders
*Feb.
12-16...Conference Week
*Feb.
16...No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
*Feb.
19… No School - President’s Day
*Feb.
27...Literacy Night at Paxton
*March
15...Spring Pics
*March
26-30...No School - Spring Break
Sincerely,
Dan
Keenoy
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