Blog #26

February 29- March 3, 2016

Parth, Eleanor, Liam, Maya, Lauryn, Rose, Nadia, Teddy
and Bennett received a voucher for a Milwaukee Buck's
basketball game for 100% Attendance in February!

"The Loco Lizards" aka: Maya, Lulu and Rose are the Atwater
4th Grade Battle of the Books Champions!  They will compete
in the regional competition later this month!

Mrs. Malloy's and Ms. Sakai's Rookies showing their ribbons
that they earned for creating amazing science fair posters!

     

Please click on any bold/blue or brown caption for more pics. 

     

Liam shares his quote during Crew
time.  Our Crew reviewed responsi-
bility norms for guest teachers.
March's Crew topic is empathy.
We watched a short video clip and
 had thoughtful discussions about crew quotes. 
We are also continuing to share
 "step ups and "shout outs."

Kaiden and Teddy lead our Crew in 
an activity. 

1. Kaiden and Eleanor use an EL protocol
called BBK (Building Background Knowledge)
starting with a Mystery text called
"Elm Farm Ollie Took to the Skies. "

2. Some of our Crew work on sequencing
 8 steps about how milk starts with the cow
and eventually ends up at a store.

3.  Alice in Dairyland (Zoe) visited
to teach us about Wisconsin's resources
and dairy farming through a slide show,
short videos and a game.

4.  (We started the EL Boxing protocol
with brainstorming prior knowledge about
dairy farms in January and then the dairy
presentation was rescheduled.)
After steps 1 and 2, students filled in
the middle box, followed by the outer
box after the presentation while listening
to "Cow Tunes" by Brent Holmes.

Noah and Jesse work on a LeapYear
 fun pack. 

Julia (leaping) participates in a Crew Leap year activity.

Rose and Tyndall lead us in a
Leap year brain break. 

Mary Jane, Piper and Olivia work
on a Leap Day math challenge.

Jesse, Tyndall and Tristan research
a few Leap Year questions. 

Claudia and Aiko analyze population
data in math. 

Zhi, Mary Jane, Piper and Noah
practice reading a Dr. Seuss book for
fluency and expression. They will  read
their books to their K-4 buddies next week.
Our Crew also started to write
thank you notes to the Johnson
Controls volunteers and to Mr. Knight for
helping us with the"AWIM" unit. 

Bennett, Cole, Liam, Aiko and Lauryn watch
for two Crew members to dance down the aisle during Rare Privilege'sACE ensemble. The two performers taught 100
people three different dances!  One of the performers, Maria Terres, is a former Atwater science teacher and a parent of a former student, Kristen. Maria shared with me that Kristen has her masters.

Tristan reads about DNA from a
model at the Atwater Science Fair. Each
student also completed a scavenger hunt
about posters, an experiment or a model during
the fair. 

Finn leads Mindfulness with
Tapping in. 

Zhi shows us Kitty High Five
during a brain break!

Noah draws a brain during our Mind-
fulness lesson so Ms. Janet can teach us
about our brain.

Special Notes and Friendly Reminders for Parents

I would like to say that I am very sorry for forgetting to mention Liam's dad, Mr. Travanty, from the list of parents that joined us at the "A World of Motion" Celebration last Friday.  Thank you for stopping by!

Thank you to the families for attending the science fair!  It was great to see you!

Today, I met with resource teachers to discuss shared students, worked on progress reports and enjoyed a salad and soup potluck with our staff. 

1.  Thursday bags are due by Monday.

2.  Please turn in the Reading Log (totaled) by Monday, March 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:  Xtramath 3 times or fact packet due Mon.

4.  Quote or Precept due for Empathy (March) if your child hasn't signed up yet.

5.  Please go to the link below if you would like to see your conference times on March 10th and 11th.  (Please click on "Spring 2016 Conference Schedule" and my name.)  

https://sites.google.com/a/shorewood.k12.wi.us/atwaterlink

6.  Trash-Free Tuesday is on March 8th and all Tuesdays. :)

7.  Due to the 5th grade Kindness Retreat, cold lunchers will eat in the classroom on Wed. , March 9th. Some students like to know this ahead of time. :)

8.  I'm helping Ritu Trikha with the Dining Around the World pot luck this year.  If you enjoy tasting a variety of foods,  join us on Wednesday, March 23rd in the cafe. The pot luck sign-up is below.  This event is combined for the first time with the ACE Family Night featuring The Julie Wood Quartet. 

5:00-6:30 Dining Around the World potluck and 6:30-7:30 ACE Family Night-Juli Wood Quartet

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4ba9a628a3fc1-dining1

Important Dates

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

Tuesday, March 8th:  band lessons, "No Trash Tuesday"

Wednesday, March 9th:  First  Stage workshop, cold lunchers eat in room, Adv. orchestra practice; 2-3 (Julia, this was decided today), Riveredge Nature Center perm. slip due 

Thursday, March 10th:  No School for students-Conferences begin at 12:30 pm

Friday, March 11th: No School for students-Conferences begin at 7:30 am

Monday, March 14th:  reading log, Xtramath or fact packet and reading log due, First Stage permissions slips due

Tuesday, March 15th: band lessons. BOB invitational (Rose and Maya)

Wednesday, March 16th;   orchestra rehearsal at SHS in the afternoon, Dist. Orchestra Festival 7:00 pm

Thursday, March 17th;   all orchestra students arrive at LB at 8:00 am for LB assembly, ATW assembly-10:00 am, orchestra pizza lunch 11:00 am

Friday, March 18th;   First Stage field trip to see "The Snow" 

Miya has her first duet dance competition tomorrow-the dance season officially begins!  

Thank you and have a wonderful weekend, 

Deb