January 25-29, 2016
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| Matthew, Mary Jane and Liam eat lunch for the Third Grade Spelling Bee! |
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| Eleanor, Noah, Jesse, Lauryn and Parth display their certificates and ribbons from the Fourth Grade Spelling Bee! |
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| Parth, Lauryn and Nadia participated in the All School Spelling Bee! Congratulations to Nadia for placing fifth for the Third Grade Spelling Bee! |
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| Julia is showing her sports wear for School Spirit Day! |
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| Congratulations to Nadia for earning a Xtra Math certificate! |
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| Bennett shares his trophy and ribbons from participating in the IMX Challenge swimming meet! |
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| Miss Janet from Growing Minds taught our first lesson on Mindful Body and the brain. She will be with us for ten weeks. Thank you to the wonderful Atwater PTO! |
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| Kaiden, Lauryn and Taylor at recess! |
It was a very busy and activity filled week! I think I will share most in pictures! Please double click on bold or brown captions for more pics.
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| 1. We begin Crew in our circle (oval.) |
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| 2. We greet at least two people every morning in Crew. These students are greeting people who like the same music style. 3. We discuss a quote, read a book. or create norms. |
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| We changed the 1, 2, 3 activity all week to make it more challenging. |
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| Mrs. Bennett also showed our Crew to change "7 Shakes" to make it more interesting!. Thank you Mrs. Bennett for being part of our Crew! |
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| 4. We have a check in (share time.) 5. We have an activity. Mrs. Bennett leads the Crew in 1, 2, 3. |
We ended January with Self-Discipline and begin February with Responsibility. Students will sign up to share a quote or a precept during a Crew meeting in February on Responsibility or March on Empathy. I showed them how to search and sign up on a Google form that I shared with them. Crew members should also think about what the responsibility or empathy quote or precept means to them so they can share it with our Crew. The quote/precept is due the day before they share.
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| In Reading Workshop, Liam and Teddy use Gogomo to share inner characteristics about Auggie from Wonder. |
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| Mary Jane, Tyndall and Noah add outer characteristics to a largeAuggie. Ms. Sakai started to read Extra Credit by Andrew Clements. This book ties in with reading work- shop lessons, responsibility and empathy. We also MAP tested in reading. |
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| Aiko, Rose and Jesse enjoy hot cocoa and marshmallows, along with the marshmallow experiment. |
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| In Writing Workshop, our Crew brainstorms for ideas for realistic fiction stories for stories they wish existed in the world. |
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| Tristan, Kaiden and Piper work on Edutyping. |
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| Our Math Crew watches Andrina and Lochlan inside a "fishbowl" as they demonstrate a game. |
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| Tristan and Olivia play Multiplication Bingo. |
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| Aiko and Cole complete a Speed Sort with their spelling words. |
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| Rose, Tyndall, Finn and Maya research for their Unwanted Poster. |
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| Thank you to all who donated to the Penny Wars to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society! |
We also enjoyed a Milwaukee Youth Concert by the Milwaukee Symphony. The theme was "Heroes" and they played some songs that the 6th graders performed at their Winter Sing. Thank you to Mrs. Aldana and Mrs. DeWeerdt for chaperoning the trip!
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| Julia, Aiko, Jesse and Nadia start to plan their Unwanted Poster. |
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| Brain Break-High Five! |
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| Brain Break-Would you rather? which also uses an EL protocol called InnerOuter Circle or Concentric Circles. |
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| While waiting in the hallway, Aiko and Nadia lead "I'm going on a picnic."
Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents
Hi Parents! Next week, we begin our labs for "A World of Motion" unit which is funded by a grant from Johnson Controls. It will integrate STEAM (science, technology, engineering art and math.) Our daily schedules will be different for the entire month of February. One of the changes is that we will have science and social studies every day, along with shortened math time. Mrs. Malloy has been wonderful about planning for Social Studies every day and she will help students complete some of the data tables and word processing. The changes to our schedule have been approved by Mrs. Russick and Mr. Tim Joynt, the new Curriculum and Instructor Director. This unit is truly a collaborative project with Atwater and Lake Bluff teachers, Mr. Ted Knight and engineers from Johnson Controls. We are excited to jump right into the unit but please be patient with us, it's our first time! Thank you!
1. Thursday bags are due by Monday.
2. Please turn in the Reading Log (totaled) by Monday, February 1st. If your child misplaces his/her reading log, s/he can write the information on a piece of paper.
3. Important Math Fact information: Xtramath 3 times or fact packet due Mon.
4. Words Their Way/Spelling. They will assess the circled words that were sent home on Monday, Feb. 1st.
5. "No Trash Tuesday"-Please encourage your child to bring their lunches and snacks in reusable containers.
6. Tuesday, Feb. 2nd-Band lessons and lunch rehearsal
6. Wednesday, Feb. 3rd-Rookies attend Art Docent-Shawn Brown is chaperoning.
7. Thursday, Feb. 4th-orchestra lessons and lunch rehearsal
8. Order forms for Gordon Korman, author that we will see on Feb. 11th, are due on Feb. 4th.
9. Friday, Feb. 5th-advanced orchestra lunch rehearsal (Julia) 10. Monday, Feb. 8th-BOB competitions begin (Bennett, Maya and Rose) 11. Wednesday, Feb. 10th-Word Masters for students who are participating. They may practice from their packet that was sent home and from the quizlet links below. (Fourth Grade) https://quizlet.com/jstanco/folders/wordmasters-4th-grade-2015-16
12. Gordon Korman author coming to Shorewood on Thursday, Feb. 11th. We will walk to Lake Bluff, weather permitting, to hear this wonderful author. Order forms for his books were in the Thursday bag. Orders are due Thursday, Feb. 4th.
13. Quote or Precept for February (Responsibility) or Empathy (March)-Please read our blog for more info.
Important Dates
Monday, February 1st: Reading log, Xtramath or fact pack and Thursday bag due, Words Their Way spelling assessment
Tuesday, February 2nd: band lessons and lunch rehearsal, "No Trash Tuesday"
Wednesday, February 3rd; Junior Art Docents Rookies and Mrs. Brown
Thursday,February 4th; orchestra lessons and lunch rehearsal, Gordon Korman book orders due
Friday, February 5th; MAP testing (Math), Adv. Orchestra lunch rehearsal (Julia)
Monday, February 8th-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact practice or Xtramath due, BOB competitions begin
Tuesday, February 9th: band lessons and lunch rehearsal, "No Trash Tuesday"
Wednesday, February 10th: Word Masters
Thursday, February 11th: Orchestra lessons and lunch rehearsal, Gordon Korman author at LB Friday, February 12th: Vets-Junior Art Docent, Valentine's Party (more info soon!) Hope you had a great weekend!
Thank you,
Deb
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