September 8-10, 2015
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| Students taking part in "Stop Walk" (opposite) in our Crew Meeting. |
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| Cole, Zhi and Matthew explain their team name and something they learned about their Rookie or Vet buddy as they share their team flag. |
Here is our second blog!
We had a fast three days of school this week!
We continued to practice procedures and learn more about each other.
Our crew learning goals were to learn that fair doesn't mean equal. Also, we learned that we are all different and need different things at different times (band-aid activity.)
At the end of the week, we ended with a Crew "whip around." Our crew members shared our favorite activity and our goal for next week.
Please click on any caption that is bolded or a different color for more pictures.
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| Finn shares during our Crew meeting. |
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| Using phrases from their explanationof "We are Crew, not Passengers,"Maya, Kaiden and Eleanor categorize them under each of "The Four Bees "and added others. |
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| Nadia leads our crew in the "duck"activity. |
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| Parth is looking over his reading log and sharing about his book. |
In Writing, students wrote friendly letters to their parents and are eagerly awaiting their parent's replies on Monday.
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| Liam takes time to write a beginning of the year writing sample after Ms.Sakai read How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague. |
In math, in Mrs. Malloy's room, students are reviewing lines, rays and line segments, along with polygons and angles.
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| Tristan, Aiko, Adrina and Claudia brainstorm for different kinds of numbers in math class to show that they use math every day. |
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| Mary Jane explains how she found numbers about cupcakes in an ad. |
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| Piper helps us breath during a Mindfulness activity. |
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| Jesse chooses a Brain Break for our class. |
Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents
Thank you so much for attending Parent Orientation last night! It was
wonderful seeing all of you. I'm sorry if I missed speaking to someone. If you have any questions, please ask.
Thank you also for the very thoughtful "camping" card, along with the delicious Indulgence dark chocolate bars and truffles. They will not last long in our house! Also, thank you for the generous gift card to Collectivo as I love a refreshing coffee as much as I enjoy their soups and chilis. You are so thoughtful to think of me at such a busy time of the year. I had a wonderful birthday thanks to all of you!
Today we spent the morning in Crew (just like our students!) with combined teaching and administrative staff from Lake Bluff and Atwater. We also had an opportunity to delve deeper into the online Expeditionary Learning (EL) resource and create Crew meetings to use with our classes. We ended with a crew meeting reviewing our goals. We are fortunate that both Eric Norland, LB Principal, and Kayla Russick are committed to integrating the EL principles with all of us. The afternoon was spent preparing lessons and meeting with grade level teams.
1. Thursday bags are due by Monday (or the first day of the next week.)
2. Please turn in the Reading Log (totaled) by Monday, Sept. 14th.
3. Please turn in the $10.00 (check or cash to Atwater School) for Scholastic News and the planner.
4. Please turn in $5.00 for a special end of the year book to help cover the cost of pictures to Ms. Sakai (cash or check.)
5. Please check over and initial or sign your child's binder each day through September to help get into the routine of checking it each day. Thank you for your help with this!
6. I found out today that we have a new student, Breckan, joining our crew on Monday! Please mention this to your child so s/he can greet her Monday morning. Eleanor has agreed to be her Vet buddy.
7. Here is the link to the conference page. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0444a9a72da64-fall1
8. MAP testing begins next Thursday, Sept. 17th for us. We also have the other MAP test on Friday, Sept. 25th.
9. Book orders are due on Friday, Sept. 18th in class or by midnight on-line. Separate email sent.
10. I will have a sub on Friday, Sept. 18th as I have to take John Stanco to the doctor and drive him home. I will be back at the end of the day to pick up Miya and I'll be available via email during the day.
Important Dates
Saturday, Sept. 12th-Atwater's Centennial Celebration-5:00-9:00 pm.
Please check your Thursday bag for information about the Plein Air Shorewood 2015 which runs Monday, Sept. 14th-Sat., Sept. 19th.
Thursday, Sept. 17th-Finn, Matthew and Parth have a PrinciPal meeting with Mrs. Russick
Thursday, Sept. 17th-MAP testing
Saturday, Sept. 19th-Atwater will be a part of Doors Open, a citywide architectural open house, from 12:00-2:00 pm. doorsopenmilwaukee.org
Monday, Sept. 21st-Picture Day, Thurs. bag and reading log (totaled due)
Friday, Sept. 25th-MAP testing
I know that I'll see some of you Saturday at our 100th celebration!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Deb
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