April 4-8, 2016
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| Cole, Bennett, Kaiden and Lauryn signed up for the Pledge. |
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| Maya, Rose, Eleanor, Aiko and Nadia recited the Pledge. |
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| Lauryn, Kaiden, Tristan and Noah said the Pledge over the speaker. |
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| Tyndall, Piper, Mary Jane, Matthew and Julia said the Pledge over the announcements. |
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| Jesse, Liam, Finn, Zhi and Parth round out the week reciting the Pledge. |
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| Finn records responses to "What does kindness look like?" Our crew also watched a short video clip showing that kindness can be unexpected and we discussed a quote. |
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| Jesse and Rose are in an EL Protocol fish bowl while they review the EL protocol back to back, front to front. |
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| Noah and Cole discuss the kindness quote with the EL protocol back, front to front. Click here for pics. |
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| Mary Jane and Lauryn are discussing their spring break with EL Mingle, Mingle. Click here for pics. |
In Crew, students learned about why we have different skin color through a Bill Nye clip and that color comes in shades while comparing shades of red and blue. Students also tasted an m+m to see if they could determine the color of it and discussed how are we like m+m's.
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| Ms. Penny, one of our EL mentors, joined us at a closing crew meeting to help choose a specific kindness goal. Our crew also participated in mingle mingle and fist to five. The next day, students voted on the specific kind- ness goal for our crew. Our Crew also chose individual goals and discussed these with our accountabuddies. Thank you, Ms. Penny! |
We played a syllable game to learn about counting syllables. Then, students listened to Dogku by Andrew Clements and One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden by Celeste Davidson Mannis before brainstorming and creating their own haikus. Students are also beginning to word process their poems.
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| Maya reads us her Publishing Center story. Click her for a pic. |
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| Lochlan and Liam create a line segment with a rope and their fists. Click here for pics. |
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| Lochlan, Sebastian and Matthew create intersecting line segments. Click here for pics. |
Ms. Sakai's math crew is also learning about polygons and angles. Mrs. Malloy's math crew is working hard on partial-quotients and solving division stories.
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| Piper, Eleanor, Parth and Tristan con- tinue to work on their draft invasive species poster using group norms, a rubric, research notes and cooper- ation. Click here for pics. |
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| Eleanor leads us during our class mindfulness time. Click her for pics. |
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| Bennett shares pictures from his trip to Florida and the Indianapolis Children's Museum. |
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| Matthew chose this GoNoodle Brain Break activity which asks questions about healthy living while the students exercise. |
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| Aiko and Rose help Julia celebrate her birthday! Click here for a pic. |
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| Tristan and Finn prepare I"m Going on a Picnic. Click here for pic. |
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| Tyndall and Julia read a dessert book during Flashlight and Lemonade reward time on Friday afternoon. Click here for pics. |
Notes for Parents:
1. Thursday bags, reading logs fact packet or Xtramath 3 times due by Monday.
2. Trash-Free Tuesday is on April 12th and all Tuesdays. :)
3. Here is the link to Atwater March's newsletter if you haven't read it yet. Zhi and Finn, along with Maya, Rose and Lulu have articles in the newsletter.
4. Practicing for Forward Exam: The link is below.
Both Rookies and Vets practice ELA Session 1 and 2 and Math.
Vets only practice science and social studies, too.
https://wbte.drcedirect.com/WI/portals/wi/ott1
Dates for testing are: Vets and Rookies: 4/12. 4/22 and 4/25 , Vets only- 4/28 and 5/4
(Testing dates may change if something comes up or someone needs to switch.)
5. Here is a rec. class that our wonderful aide, Mr. Isaacs, is offering called Mindful Acting. It is for grades 3-6. It begins on Monday, April 11th and you can sign up now. :)
https://shorewoodrecreation.org/ViewCourseActivityDetails.aspx?id=C39857
6. We are taking a buddy bus field trip to HarborChase Assisted Living Center on Wed., April 27th with Mrs. Thoreson's class. Our Crews made welcome cards for the residents and we are invited to meet them! The permission slip is due on Friday, April 15th.
7. Mr. Karbel has arranged an author visit from Greg Leitich Smith on Wed., May 4th. Order forms for his books are due on Tues., April 26th.
8. I'll be in CA on May 5th and 6th for my grandma's memorial. She passed away at the end of last year, at 102 years old, and the family waited for the memorial/celebration. I'm only mentioning this because if there's anything you'd like me to know for those two days (vacations, doctor appointments, leaving school early, etc.) please let me know as soon as possible so I can write it in my sub plans. I'll be on planes Thurs., May 5th, and Sat., May 7th, plus with family on Friday, May 6th.
Dates for testing are: Vets and Rookies: 4/12. 4/22 and 4/25 , Vets only- 4/28 and 5/4
(Testing dates may change if something comes up or someone needs to switch.)
5. Here is a rec. class that our wonderful aide, Mr. Isaacs, is offering called Mindful Acting. It is for grades 3-6. It begins on Monday, April 11th and you can sign up now. :)
https://shorewoodrecreation.org/ViewCourseActivityDetails.aspx?id=C39857
6. We are taking a buddy bus field trip to HarborChase Assisted Living Center on Wed., April 27th with Mrs. Thoreson's class. Our Crews made welcome cards for the residents and we are invited to meet them! The permission slip is due on Friday, April 15th.
7. Mr. Karbel has arranged an author visit from Greg Leitich Smith on Wed., May 4th. Order forms for his books are due on Tues., April 26th.
8. I'll be in CA on May 5th and 6th for my grandma's memorial. She passed away at the end of last year, at 102 years old, and the family waited for the memorial/celebration. I'm only mentioning this because if there's anything you'd like me to know for those two days (vacations, doctor appointments, leaving school early, etc.) please let me know as soon as possible so I can write it in my sub plans. I'll be on planes Thurs., May 5th, and Sat., May 7th, plus with family on Friday, May 6th.
Important Dates
Monday, April 11th-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact packet or Xtramath due, fact practice for Ms. Sakai's math crew
Tuesday, April 12th: Trash Free Tuesday and band lessons and lunch rehearsal, Forward Assessment
Wednesday, April 13th:
Thursday, April 14th: orchestra lessons
Friday, April 15th: permission slip for HarborChase due
Monday, April 18th: No School-Inservice Day
Tuesday, April 19th: No School-Inservice Day
Wednesday, April 20th; reading log, fact pack or Xtramath 3 times and Thurs. bag due
Thursday, April 21st; orchestra lessons
Friday, April 22nd; Forward Assessment
Thank you for reading and hope you had a wonderful weekend,
Deb
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