Blog #17

December 21-22, 2015

Mr, Rinka helped us put our Gratitude leaves
on the Gratitude Tree created by Mr. Hamann's Crew.

Nadia, Claudia, Julia and Eleanor enjoy pizza at our
Pizza Party for 0 or 1 late slips.

*Please click on any brown captions
for more pics.*

Piper, Zhi, Noah, Cole, Aiko and Nadia enjoy
snacks for our Winter Party with Mrs. Malloy's Crew!
Thank you to  Piper, Rose, Nadia, Matthew, Noah
and Lauryn for providing party treats! 

     

Maya, Mary Jane and Bennett
discuss a self-discipline quote.

Julia helps take notes on our
self-discipline norms chart. "What
does it look like and sound like?"

Before watching, Star Wars Episode 4 at
our Winter Party, we discussed the "Star
Wars" Growth Mind Set. 

  

Kaiden, Lauryn, Cole and Bennett
balanced the boat to form a group.
They also chose their top two choices
to research and created
norms for their group.

     This is a short and sweet blog-only two days!

     In Math in both Mrs. Malloy's and Ms. Sakai's math class, students participated in fun math related activities or games.

     In Reading Workshop, students started to write their expectations down, read with a partner and wrote how their expectations changed.

Our K-4 buddies followed a clue to our
room to look for the next clue
which Matthew read.
They are looking for their
gingerbread person!

     In Science, students formed groups by balancing the boat (at least one Rookie and one Vet and at least one boy or one girl) to work on Wanted Invasive Species posters. 

Thank you for reading our blog!

Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents

   

1.  Thursday bags are due by Monday (or the first day of the week.)

2.  Please turn in the Reading Log (totaled) by Monday, January 4th.  If your child misplaces his/her reading log, s/he can write the information on a piece of paper. Reading log is adjusted for vacation. Read 7 out of the 14 days and 140 minutes total.

3.  Important Math Fact information:  No fact practice required. 

4.  Winter wear:  Please make sure to label hats, gloves, boots and especially snow pants with your child's name on them.  This will help us return to your child if they're misplaced. Please also send an extra pair of shoes for your child to change into at school, as boots stay in our coatroom, or s/he can wear his/her phy. ed. shoes. An extra pair of socks in your child's backpack may be helpful, too, as they may get wet while playing in the snow. 

Important Dates

Wednesday, Dec. 23-Sunday, Jan. 3-Winter vacation

Monday, January 4th- School resumes, Thurs. bag, reading log (adjusted for winter vacation) due

Tuesday, January 5: band

Wednesday, January 6th;   Junior Art Docent trip for the Rookies

Thursday, January 7th;  BOB check-in, orchestra

Friday, January 8th;  

Monday, January 11th-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due

Tuesday, January 12th: Winter Sing practice, band

Wednesday, January 13th:Vets-Junior Art Docents


Thursday,January 14th:  Winter Sing practice, MOD for involved students, orchestra


Friday, January 15th: No School-Inservice Day for teachers




Monday, January 18th: No School-Inservice Day for teachers

I hope that you had a wonderful holiday and are safe on this blustery day!  Happy New Year!

Thank you,

Deb

Blog #16

December 14-18, 2015

Rose shows us her braids that she had cut to donate
them to Pantene. Her braids will be made into wigs for
women with cancer. Way to go, Rose!

Zhi plays the piano at the Class Music Recital.
In the audience was our Crew, some parents
and friends and Mr. Boyer.
Please click here to see other students.

Bennett, Cole and Kaiden show their PrinciPal certificates
from Mrs. Russick after attending the PrinciPal
lunch with her.  They also shared what they discussed
at the lunch about gratitude. 

Please double click on any brown or bolded

caption under pictures for more pics. 

During Crew, we always have a greeting!

Nadia and Mary Jane (Princess Leias)
participate in an inner outer
circle during Crew.

     In Crew, we continued to discuss gratitude with quotes and activities, including completing a gratitude leaf for the Gratitude tree that Mr. Hamann's crew created. 

Piper, Liam, Noah and Nadia share
their precept that they created about
gratitude. 

Eleanor, Rose and Maya discuss
how their expectations changed while
reading a nonfiction text

Liam and Matthew discuss their
expectations while reading a
nonfiction text. 

      In Reading Workshop, students learned about looking at nonfiction text structures and make expectations before they read. After reading a short section, they discuss how their expectations changed.

Aiko completes a word sort. 

Piper demonstrates how to do a word
sort on the Promethean Board.

Finn shares his math menu about
measurement. 

     Our Writing this week included completing the grateful leaves and working on a little gift for the families for the holidays.  We also started the procedures for Words Their Way and will complete all the homework at school for the first cycle so the students practice before it is sent home.  They practiced dice, roll, rainbow. Spelling previous to this was integrated into their writing. 

     In Math in Mrs. Malloy's class, students are working on decimals to the thousandths and writing decimals. In Ms. Sakai's class, students shared their math menu, played subtraction Top-it, reviewed and assessed. 

Kaiden, Parth, Jesse, Eleanor and
Teddy work on the computers
during Guided Study. 

     In Social Studies, students continue to learn about map skills.

     In Guided Study, students continue to work on Edutyping and different skills in IXL, along with additional reading and writing. 

     

Brain Break- Go Noodle!

Our Crew playing Witch Doctor.

Noah leads us in Mindfulness.

Noah and Finn during Character
Dress Up Spirit Day!

Tristan gives Mary Jane a grateful
statement and her progress report. 

Julia reads with Teddy.

Parth, Lauryn, Teddy and Kaiden
play on the tire swing at recess. 

     

Thank you for reading our blog!

Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents

   

1.  Thursday bags are due by Monday (or the first day of the week.)

2.  Please turn in the Reading Log (totaled) by Monday, Dec. 21st.  If your child misplaces his/her reading log, s/he can write the information on a piece of paper. 

3.  Important Math Fact information:  Students should either complete a fact packet or Xtramath 3 times this week (due Monday.)

4.  Pizza Party for students with 0 or 1 late slip first trimester is Monday, Dec. 21st.  There was a letter in your child's Thursday bag.  Mrs. Malloy and I will supply two pieces of pizza.  Your child may bring extra lunch, a drink and dessert (school rules apply for these) if s/he would like. 

5.  Winter wear:  Please make sure to label hats, gloves, boots and especially snow pants with your child's name on them.  This will help us return to your child if they're misplaced. Please also send an extra pair of shoes for your child to change into at school, as boots stay in our coatroom, or s/he can wear his/her phy. ed. shoes. 

6.  Move Permission slip: Please turn in by Monday, Dec. 21st


7.  Vets: Spanish homework is due on Tuesday

8. Winter Party:  We are watching a movie and enjoying snacks with Mrs. Malloy's Crew.  Thank you to Mrs. Travanty for contacting parents about treats. These students are providing treats:  Piper, Nadia, Matthew, Noah, Rose and Lauryn. 

Important Dates

Monday, December 21st-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due, movie permission slip due, Pizza party for 0 or 1 late slip

Tuesday, December 22nd: Winter Party (Piper, Nadia, Matthew, Noah, Rose and Lauryn are bringing party treats.)  Mrs. Travanty contacted you-thank you!, Vets: Spanish homework is due

Wednesday, Dec. 23-Sunday, Jan. 3-Winter vacation

Monday, January 4th- School resumes, Thurs. bag, reading log (adjusted for winter vacation) due

Tuesday, January 5: 

Wednesday, January 6th;   Junior Art Docent trip for the Rookies

Thursday, January 7th;  BOB check-in 

Friday, January 8th;  

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend and staying warm!

Thank you,

Deb

Blog #15

December 7-11, 2015

Welcome, Teddy, to our Crew!  We are  so happy to have
you here!

Matthew and Jesse help Finn celebrate his birthday!

Lauryn volunteered to read with Teddy even before
he arrived!

Please click on any bolded or brown captions for more pics!

Maya, Mary Jane and Bennett discuss
grateful actions during Crew. 

Zhi, Finn and Lauryn discuss what
they see on the paper. Please ask
your child about this.

Nadia, Noah, Piper and Liam
brainstorm for ideas to
create a Gratitude precept.

Liam and Nadia use square foot tiles
to see how many fit on a square yard.

Jesse and Eleanor use IXL to practice
various sentence structures and
parts of speech, along with Edutyping. 

  In Writing Workshop, students have worked on writing Publishing Center stories and brainstorming for phrases to write on a get well card.

Aiko, Eleanor and Nadia look
 at a dried sea lamprey! 

     In Math in Mrs. Malloy's class, students reviewed and assessed the unit. Ms. Sakai's class continued to work on perimeter and area, along with data analysis.  They also played various fact Top-it games.

Mr. Hamann, Mrs. Cryns, Mrs.
Malloy, and I enjoyed lunch with
Mr. Newman after his presentations.

     In Science, Mark Newman, author of the Sooper Yooper books visited our 3/4 and 4th grade crews!  He is an engaging, entertaining and educational speaker!  We all learned so much and his visit is sponsored by the Wege Foundation.  He showed a slide show, a short video clip, huge colorful posters, examples of specimens and he also autographed books.

Cole, Bennett and Parth make a
Get Well card for Anna Pendleton
in Mrs. Cryn's room. 

We took out the rest of our plantings
in our garden plot.  The Vets have
seen the entire cycle of the growing
process and we all enjoyed healthy
treats earlier in the Fall. Julia and
Bennett also helped Mr. Rinka with
Mrs. Malloy's garden plot.  We also
shared our garden plot memories.

     While Mrs. Cryn's and Mr. Hamann's crews were listening to Mr. Newman in our room, Mrs. Cryns offered our Crew a place to hang out. Our crew created "Get Well" cards for Mrs. Pendleton's daughter, Anna.



 

Noah and Matthew help their K-4
buddy play Connect 4 during
a Game Day!  Our Crew quote that
day was about helping. 

Brain Break-mumball.
This wasTyndall's choice! 

Brain Break-This is a what?

   
   


     

Tristan leads us in Mindfulness. 

Thank you for reading our blog!

Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents

Thank you for your understanding about the lateness of this blog!  With being sick and progress reports, I had to make a choice. I'm feeling so much better!

   

1.  Thursday bags are due by Monday (or the first day of the week.)

2.  Please turn in the Reading Log (totaled) by Monday, Dec. 21st.  If your child misplaces his/her reading log, s/he can write the information on a piece of paper. 

3.  Important Math Fact information:  Students should either complete a fact packet or Xtramath 3 times this week (due Monday.)

4.  Junior Art Docents (Rookies):The Rookies had a wonderful trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum!  We discussed what it means to become a Junior Art Docent.  There was a note about it and a permission slip if your child would like to continue (due 12/18.)   If your child isn't interested, you do not need to turn in the permission slip.

5.  Winter wear:  Please make sure to label hats, gloves, boots and especially snow pants with your child's name on them.  This will help us return to your child if they're misplaced. Please also send an extra pair of shoes for your child to change into at school, as boots stay in our coatroom, or s/he can wear his/her phy. ed. shoes. 

Important Dates

Monday, December 14th-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due

Tuesday, December 15: 

Wednesday, December16th;   

Thursday, December 17th;  PrinciPals (Cole, Kaiden and Bennett), BOB check-in and MOD #2 

Friday, December 18th;  Rookies: Junior Art Docent permission slips due, Book or Movie Character Spirit Day, Class Music Recital 1:15 pm (students who take lessons out of school or band or orchestra in school)

Monday, December 21st-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due, movie permission slip due

Tuesday, December 22nd: Winter Party (Piper, Nadia, Matthew, Noah, Rose and Lauryn are bringing party treats.)  Mrs. Travanty contacted you-thank you!

Wednesday, Dec. 23-Sunday, Jan. 3-Winter vacation




Monday, Jan. 4th-School resumes

Have a wonderful week!


Thank you,

Deb

Blog #14

November 30-December 3, 2015

Our Rookies at the Milwaukee Public Art Museum! Thank you
to Mrs. Travanty and Mr. Rinka for chaperoning our trip!

Jesse, Lauryn and Aiko share their precept that they created about kindness.

Noah shares what he is grateful for during our Crew meeting.

      

Liam takes a survey about relational character traits
and performance character traits via a Google survey.

 One of our mindset quotes this week:  

 I Love Mondays.

 1. a fresh start

 2. the chance to set a new tone for the rest of  the week.

 3. a great day to be alive.

(Please click on any bold/brown caption for more pics.)

     In Reading workshop, students continued to read nonfiction text.  Here is how we incorporated the Expeditionary Learning (EL) Boxing protocol into reading and science.  The student's target is: I will learn important facts about sea lampreys.

1. Students write what they know
about sea lampreys
in the center box (rectangle.)

2. Students watch a three minute
video about sea lampreys and add
new information on the outside
of the "box."

3.  Students jigsaw (each one reads
part of an article) about sea lampreys.
They shared one or two facts with
their group.

4. Students add facts they learned
to the outer corners.  They also
compared what they know now to
what they knew in the beginning.

5. Students learned looked at pictures of different types of
barriers that prevent more sea lampreys from entering
the Great Lakes.  They also played Beat the Barrier game.
Next Tuesday, Mark Newman, will visit to talk about
invasive species.

    

     In Writing Workshop, students continued to write a personal narrative story and peer edit.

Maya, Zhi and Nadia use IXL.

     Students also practiced identifying different types of sentences (i.e. commands, explanations, etc.) and fragments, complete sentences, nouns and predicates using IXL.

Julia tries the mechanical machine
at the book fair. 

     Our Crew also enjoyed the wonderful book fair!  Thank you to all of the parents that helped with this, including Ms. Mueller, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Talley and Mrs. Wiseman!

Andrina, Paul and Kaiden use
crackers to learn about perimeter
and area. 

     In Mrs. Malloy's math class, students learn about alternative symbols for multiplication and division and continue work on facts. Students are starting to review for their assessment next week.

Andrina, Tristan and Piper work collaboratively
 to categorize metric measurements. 

Matthew measures objects that
are about 1 decimeter long.

Tyndall, Zhi and Nadia take plants
out of our garden plot. 

Bennett leads us in Mindfulness.

Thank you for reading our blog!

Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents

   

1.  Thursday bags are due by Monday (or the first day of the week.)

2.  Please turn in the Reading Log (totaled) by Monday, Dec. 7th.  If your child misplaces his/her reading log, s/he can write the information on a piece of paper. 

3.  Important Math Fact information:  Students should either complete a fact packet or Xtramath 3 times this week (due Monday.)

4.  Junior Art Docents (Rookies):The Rookies had a wonderful trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum!  We discussed what it means to become a Junior Art Docent.  There was a note about it and a permission slip if your child would like to continue (due 12/18.)   If your child isn't interested, you do not need to turn in the permission slip. 

5.  Buddy games:  Our K-4 buddies are visiting our room next Wed. Your child is welcome to bring a game from home to play with his/her kindergarten buddy. 

6.  Winter wear:  Please make sure to label hats, gloves, boots and especially snow pants with your child's name on them.  This will help us return to your child if they're misplaced. Please also send an extra pair of shoes for your child to change into at school, as boots stay in our coatroom, or s/he can wear his/her phy. ed. shoes. 

Important Dates

Friday, December 4th;  No School-Record keeping and planning day for teachers 

Monday, December 7th-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due

Tuesday, December 8: Mark Newman, Sooper Yooper author visiting

Wednesday, December 9th;   Vets:Junior Art Docent field trip

Thursday, December 10th;  Progress reports coming home in Thursday bags


Friday, December 11th;  

Monday, December 14th-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due

Tuesday, December 15: 

Wednesday, December16th;   

Thursday, December 17th;  PrinciPals (will determine next week)

Friday, December 18th;  Rookies: Junior Art Docent permission slips due

Monday, December 21st-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due

Tuesday, December 22: Winter Party-Mrs. Travanty will contact you if you are providing party treats


Wednesday, Dec. 23-Sunday, Jan. 3-Winter vacation





Monday, Jan. 4th-School resumes



I'm taking a personal day on Friday, Dec. 4th to be a costume mom at Miya's two Nutcracker performances for her studio.  I have learned first hand how to help girls when they need to "quick change!" 

Have a wonderful weekend!


Thank you,

Deb