October 19-23, 2015
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| Welcome Lauryn to our Crew! We are happy to have her with us! |
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| Tyndall, Matthew and Aiko hold certificates from Mrs. Russick for attending PrinciPals. They discussed and shared about self-discipline. |
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| Tristan and his sister, Isabella, were one of four winners from the Club's Choice Fundraiser. They had a SillyString Event with Mrs. Russick. The other winners were Claudia and Calvin. |
(Here is a short video clip from the Silly String event. If Google doesn't work, try another browser to see it.)
http://www.two4kids.net/room210review/videos/videos.html
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| French students, staying with Shorewood families, visited Atwater onTuesday. They joined our Crew meeting and spent some time with our kindergarten buddies. |
It was a a very productive and fun week! (Please click on any bold or brown caption above or below for more pics.)
In Crew, we focused on the PrinciPal trait self-discipline. Check out some of our Crew activities.
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| Our Crew is cooperatively body drumming. |
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| Liam, Kaiden, Parth and Eleanor share their self-discipline precept that they created. |
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| Our Crew is playing the gameTelephone. |
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| Mrs. Bennett introduced the poster "Whole Body Listening" language which is one of our targets. We participated in an eye contact activity. |
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| Cole and Noah practice acting out and describing Show Not Tell details before they write them. |
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| Zhi, Lauryn, Julia and Finn practice Edutyping. |
played for the students before we learned about what kind of dialogue to use and how to write it. Here is "You Talk Too Much" by Joe Jones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GOYYbiEul0
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| A former Vet, Katy, was our first Mystery Reader. She read Harry and Willy and Carrothead, a book about a boy with a prosthetic, by Judith Caseley. |
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| Anna, Mary Jane and Nadia play Roll to 100 in math. |
In Math ,in Mrs. Malloy's class, students reviewed computation
algorithms and played review games for their assessment on Monday. Ms. Sakai's class learned about extended facts and What's my number? boxes. They also started Math Workshop.
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| Maya and her K-4 buddy are looking for items on their Fall scavenger hunt. |
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| Brain Break-playing Beach volleyball. |
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| Jesse and Zhi attempt to line up in birthday order without talking. |
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| Piper leads us in Mindfulness. |
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| Rose is dressed up for Mismatch Spirit Day. |
Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents
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, October 26th.
3. Important Math Fact information: All Rookies and Vets should be enrolled in XtraMath. Rookies: You have chosen to complete Xtramath 3 times or complete a packet of math facts. These are due every Monday. Vets, you will begin soon.
4. JR Books and Book Wizard: Thank you for your cooperation in helping your child read a JR book at both home and school. If your child would like to look up a level, please go to http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard, choose "Guided Reading A-Z" and type in the book title. I reviewed this with the students this week. If there isn't a level, they can write a ? on their log and I can help them at school.
5. On Wednesday, November 11th, we are taking a trip to the Bradley Center in Milwaukee to see an Admirals Hockey Game and participate in some STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) activities. We could also use at least one other chaperone on this trip. Permission slips for the trip were due on Friday, Oct. 23rd.
6. The Atwater Crew is collecting non-perishable items to help the Hunger Task Force. There are boxes in front of the office.
Important Dates
Monday, October 26h-Thurs. bag, reading log (totaled) due
Thursday, Oct. 29th-Fall Party (If you are scheduled to bring a treat, you received an e-mail from Ellie Travanty, Monster Mash 5-8 pm
Friday, October 30th-No School-Teacher Inservice Day for teachers
Tuesday, November 3rd-Picture Retake Day
Wednesday, November 4th-Atwater Open House 6:00-7:30 pm- Hope to see you there!
Tuesday, November 10th-Veteran's Assembly
Wednesday, November 11th-Bradley Center field trip from 9:30 am-2:00 pm-Please bring a cold bag lunch and drink.
Monday, November 16th-No School-Inservice Day for teachers
Friday, November 20th-New date for Madison field trip-Please bring a cold bag lunch and drink
Wednesday, Nov. 25-Friday-Nov. 27th-No School
Monday, Nov. 30th-Thursday, Dec. 3rd-Atwater Book Fair
Friday, December 4th-No School-Record Keeping and Planning day for teachers
Thank you for your continued support and have a wonderful weekend!
Deb
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