Blog #37

May 23-26, 2016

Eleanor, Jesse, Bennett, Rose and Piper performed a wonder-
ful band concert for Atwater!  See pics. 

Nadia and Liam releasing our painted lady butterflies. See pics.

Liam, Piper and Bennett burying one
painted lady butterfly.

Thank you to Mrs. Talley for being our Mystery Reader. She
read a segment from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis.

Rose leads us in a crew
activity. See pics.

Aiko and Kaiden participate in a perse-
verance activity in Crew.  See pics.

Matthew shared his Publishing Center
story. 

Rose and Maya shared their Publishing
Center story.

     Students are working on their rough draft of their end of the year writing prompt. We took the end of the year math fact assessments in math and the MAP assessment. 

Lauryn and Julia help with field work
in the barn.  See pics. 

Matthew and Zhi help with daily chores
at Pioneer Village. See pics. 

   We had a wonderful day on our trip to Pioneer Village and Stony Hill School! Thank you to all of the chaperones for joining us: Mrs. Aldana,
Mrs. Brown, Mr. Levick, Mrs. Loomis, Mr. Schroeder, Mrs. Shanks, and Mrs. Talley.
Please check out the great pics!

Mary Jane, Aiko, Mr. Levick, Julia
and Eleanor enjoy lunch at Pioneer
Village. See pics. 

Tristan helps out at the Trading Post.
See pics. 

Teddy, Finn, Bennett, Noah, Cole, Liam, Zhi, Tristan,
Matthew, Jesse and Rose at Stony Hill School. See pics.

Mrs. Shanks, Maya, Tyndall, Nadia, Julia, Kaiden, Rose,
Eleanor and Aiko inside Stony Hill School. See pics. 

Tyndall leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Matthew and Liam create a "We're
going on a picnic."

Notes for Parents: 

1.  Thursday bags due by Tuesday.

2. Thursday, June 2nd-Betty Brinn Children's Museum to learn about animation (11:00 am-2:00 pm.)   We are eating lunch early and hot lunch will be available before we leave.  Students may bring a snack and eat it when we return. Thank you to Mrs. Aldana, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. DeWeerdt, Mr. Evans, Ms. McNeal and Mr. Travanty for chaperoning.

3.  Wednesday, June 8th-we are walking to the Shorewood Public Library to learn about the summer reading program.  Some crew members received letters about library cards.  Please return by Monday, June 6th so we can send them over before our visit.

4.  Thursday, June 9th-we are most likely going to Atwater Beach from 1:00 pm-3:15 pm.  I will have a half personal day that afternoon because I'll be attending Miya's 6th grade recognition ceremony that afternoon.  I will have a sub, plus Mrs. Malloy's crew are also going to the beach.  I'd love to take some extra parents. If you are interested, please let me know. (If it rains, the crew will watch a movie.) Renae Aldana and Amy Kalkbrenner are joining us so far-thank you!

5.  Aiko Levick's family offered to water and weed the garden this summer.  If you are interested in helping out (or helping when they are out of town), please let me know. You are welcome to any vegetables that are ready to eat during the summer. 

6.  Go Noodle:  Here is a parent letter, Bingo Game and link if you'd like to sign up for GoNoodle over the summer! 

https://s3.amazonaws.com/nash-production-assets/parent_invite_pdfs/gonoodle_parent_invite_en.pdf

7.  All due dates and other important dates are below. :)

Important Dates

Tuesday, May 31st:  Trash Free Tuesday, Thursday bag due

Wednesday, June 1st:  Vets: Spanish homework, SRB and template due, MOD popsicle party

Thursday, June 2nd:  orchestra lessons, field trip Betty Brinn (11:00-2:00pm), playground dedication 2:45 pm

Friday, June 3rd: No School (Record Keeping Day for teachers)

Monday, June 6th:   Thursday bag due, Shorewood Public Library letters (if you received one) due, band pizza party

Tuesday, June 7th: Trash Free Tuesday

Wednesday, June 8th:  Shorewood Public Library-may bring library card to check out books

Thursday, June 9th;  Atwater Beach (1:00-3:15 pm), Last day of school for students

Hope you had a wonderful weekend-the weather was fantastic! I spent time with family, walked in two state parks, prepared our class garden plot for planting and picked up over 1,200 pictures for the crew's end of the year book. Your chid will start scrapbooking this week!

Thank you,

Deb

Blog #36

May 16-20, 2016

Our Mystery Readers were Parth and his mom!  They read
Hachiko by P. Turner.

Maya and Rose display their PrinciPal certificates from Mrs.
Russick! They took notes, attended PrinciPals to discuss
perseverance and reported to our crew. 

We have 11 painted lady butterflies! Thank you
to Mr. Z for giving us the caterpillars. 

Mrs. Swartz (Anna's mom), Mr. Tokarek, Ms. Forseth and
Ms. Miller joined us this week to talk about standing desks
and the research opportunity we will have next school year!
(We would only use standing desks for half the
crew at a time, there would be stools with each desk
and they would need parent approval.)
More information to follow in the Fall!

Finn leads the Crew in a greeting! We
are checking in with our individual
perseverance targets.  See pics. 

Matthew, Maya, Kaiden, Noah and
Lauryn participate in a crew activity.
See pics. 

Julia, Mary Jane, Lauryn and Noah
cheer on Zhi and Tristan in Rock,
Paper, Scissors. See pics. 

Jesse reads his Publishing Center story.

We are using this for words
and actions.

Tristan shares his Publishing Center
story.

THINK:
Is it true?
Is it helpful?
Is it inspiring?
Is it necessary?
Is it kind?

Paul, Mary Jane, Finn, Piper and Aiko
help us with fractions in math. Mrs.
Malloy's math class is also working
on fractions. See pics. 

     To prepare for Pioneer Village and Stoney Hill School, students watched two short videos.
They also played "Button Button"
and Cross Questions and Crooked
Answers. Our read aloud is The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich.

Cole, Finn, Liam Mary Jane and
Lauryn study for the SS assessment.
Our crew took the assessment
 this week. See pics. 

Piper and Tristan finish their invasive
species posters. Students are also
researching seeds. See pics. 

Nadia, Rose, Bennett and Maya
showing electrons repelling each
other at UEC. See pics. 

Our Crew waiting to enter the Urban
Ecology Center! Thank you to Mrs.
Aldana, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Kalkbrenner
and Mrs. Wiseman for chaperoning our
trip! It was so much fun! See pics. 

   

Noah and Bennett try out an electricity
station at UEC.  See pics. 

Eleanor, Tyndall and Nadia try out
the Van de Graaf at the UEC. See pics. 

UEC outside-beautiful day! See pics.

Maya using a rain stick during Mindful-
ness. 

After the crew practiced reading  a
poetry book out loud, Teddy, Kaiden
and their K-4 buddy read on the reading
train. See pics. 

Brain breaks (narwhal!)  See pics. 

Aiko and Nadia show their
spirit day spirit! See pics. 

Julia and Mary Jane help Maya celebrate
her birthday! See pic.

Zhi shared pictures from Sanibel Island
and the Magic Kingdom.  Thank you
for the beautiful shells that you gave to
our crew!

Notes for Parents: 

1.  Thursday bags and reading logs due by Monday.

2.  Xtramath 3 times or packet due on Tues. Also, math homework due on Tues. from last week. 

3.  Monday, May 23rd-Field trip to Pioneer Village and Stony Hill School (8:30-2:00 pm.) Bring a bag lunch and drink, plus dress for the weather (sunny and 69 degrees!) Students may also bring a camera, phone or DS to use for the camera only (and not on the bus.) I'm also sending separate email about trip. 


4. Thursday, June 2nd-Betty Brinn Children's Museum to learn about animation (11:00 am-2:00 pm.)  We need 5 chaperones for this trip.  We are eating lunch early. Permission slips due Thursday, May 26th. The trip is free!


5.  Wednesday, June 8th-we are walking to the Shorewood Public Library to learn about the summer reading program.  Some crew members received letters about library cards.  Please return by Monday, June 6th so we can send them over before our visit.


6.  Thursday, June 9th-we are most likely going to Atwater Beach from 1:00 pm-3:15 pm.  I will have a half personal day that afternoon because I'll be attending Miya's 6th grade recognition ceremony that afternoon.  I will have a sub, plus Mrs. Malloy's crew are also going to the beach.  I'd love to take some extra parents. If you are interested, please let me know. (If it rains, the crew will watch a movie.)

7.  Corrina Trettin, one of the teaches that received a gift card from our crew during staff appreciation week, wanted me to extend a thank you to the families! She really appreciated the gift card-thank you!

6.  All due dates and other important dates are below. :)

Important Dates

Monday, May 23rd-Thurs. bag and reading log  due, Pioneer Village/Stony Creek School field trip-bring a disposable bag lunch and drink, dress for weather and may bring a camera, Classy Class Picture orders due

Tuesday, May 24th:  Trash Free Tuesday and band rehearsal 12:45-1:45, 2:00 band concert Atwater, evening band performance-7:00 pm ATW cafe, Xtramath or packet and math homework due

Wednesday, May 25th:  

Thursday, May 26th:  orchestra lessons, MAP testing, perm. slip to Betty Brinn Children's Museum due, book orders due in school

Friday, May 27th: No School (unless we have a snow day) and book orders due on-line

Monday, May 30th-No School Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 31st:  Trash Free Tuesday, Thursday bag due

Wednesday, June 1st:  

Thursday, June 2nd:  orchestra lessons, field trip Betty Brinn (11:00-2:00pm), playground dedication 2:45 pm

Friday, June 3rd: No School (Record Keeping Day for teachers)

Monday, June 6th:   Thursday bag due, Shorewood Public Library letters (if you received one) due, band pizza party

Tuesday, June 7th: Trash Free Tuesday

Wednesday, June 8th:  Shorewood Public Library

Thursday, June 9th;  Atwater Beach (1:00-3:15 pm), Last day of school for students

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  We are busy with family this weekend and trying finish things for the end of the school year!

Thank you,

Deb

Blog #35

May 9-13, 2016

Our Crew, including Mrs. Russick and Mr. Isaacs for Parth's last day!

Matthew helps Parth hold up a gift from us-a 100th Anniversary t-shirt!
The Crew also presented him with the 2015-2016 yearbook (the first student
to receive one!)  Thank you to Mrs. Kenney, for giving one to Parth as a keep-
sake and for giving it to us early so we could all write messages in it.  Parth
also received Auggie and Me: The Three Wonder Stories by R.J. Palacio.
Today was the day that I saw the most remarkable culmination of EL and Crew
come together.  After Parth answered questions, crew members could say
something to Parth.  The crew's comments were reflective, kind, thoughtful,
honest and heartfelt.  There were compliments for him, laughs and even tears.
Remarkable children! It was an amazing time for our crew and I am so grateful to have been a
 part of it. Thank you to Mrs. Russick and Parth's mom, Ms. Desai, for joining us.
At the end of the day, the students started to sing "The Good-bye Song" to Parth.
He will be missed! See pics. 

Congratulations to Shawn Brown for receiving a Spirit of Shorewood
award!  She won the award for volunteering her time to Atwater School's
students by dedicating and running the Jackson Knoernschild Publishing Center.
Mr. Bryan Davis presented the award to her.   Many students have become
published authors through her dedication and care! Thank you!

Happy Birthday, Mary Jane!  Thank
you to Mr. Isaacs for the pic!

Happy Birthday to Parth!  The crew
enjoyed the chocolate chip cookies!

Noah and Liam help Bennett celebrate his birthday! Thank you
to Mr. Isaacs for the photo!

The crew has been leading the greet-
ings. Liam leads us in a yarn toss
greeting. See pics. 

Our crew has also been leading us in
activities. Noah leads this one. See pics. 

An EL protocol: Fishbowl to demon-
strate Rock, Paper, Scissors. 

Tristan and Nadia play Rock, Paper,
Scissors with supporters cheering
them on.  Ask your children about
this! See pics. 

After brainstorming in groups, the crew
used an EL Protocol: GoGoMo to get
ideas from other people about perse-
verance. Crew members wrote an indiv-
idual perseverance goal on a note card. 

Rose and Maya take notes about what
perseverance looks like for the Princi-
pal meeting next week.  

Zhi, Bennett and Tristan at Library
Book exchange. See pics. Students
also worked on shape poems and
poetry inferences. 

Eleanor, Piper and Mary Jane research-
ing vegetables to plan for our garden
plot. See pics. Students are continu-
ing to work on their invasive species
posters. 

     In Social Studies, students created WI region maps along with researching vegetation, minerals, topography, etc. of each region. The maps are hanging outside of our room.

Bennett found this great website that
tells when to plant certain vegetables
in Milwaukee, WI.  

Olivia and Finn are using fraction cards
to find equivalent fractions.  Both crews
are learning about fractions.  See pics. 

Brain Breaks! See pics. 

At indoor recess, Kaiden shows
an origami bird made by Piper.
See pics. 

Cole leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

While the Rookies were in a band demo
with Mr. Hughes, the Vets took part
in some fun activities! See pics. 

Notes for Parents: 

1.  Thursday bags, reading logs fact packet or Xtramath 3 times due by Monday.

2.  Thank you to Aiko's family for volunteering to help weed and take care of our garden plot over the summer!  We will plant soon!  If you would also like to help with this, please let me know.  You will also be able to pick and eat any veggies that are ready in the summer!


3.  There will not be a SS assessment on Wed., May 18th per email.


4. We have the Urban Ecology field trip on Wed. , May 18th from 1:10-3:15 pm. Please dress for the weather. The chaperones are Amy Kalkbrenner, Marilyn Wiseman and Shawn Brown. It will be fun1 Thank you!

Important Dates

Monday, 16th:  reading log, Xtra Math or pack and Thursday bag due, ATW PTO Fundraiser at Culver's from 4:00-8:00 pm

Tuesday, May 17th: band and Trash Free Tuesday, ELL field trip to Boerner Botanical Gardens (Teddy)-bring lunch and drink

Wednesday, May 18th;    Urban Ecology field trip-please dress for the weather (Amy K., Marilyn M. and Shawn B. chaperoning), 4th grade orchestra recital 6:00pm

Thursday, May 19th;  orchestra lessons, MAP testing, PrinciPals-Rose and Maya

Friday, May 20th;   

Monday, May 23rd-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact packet or Xtramath due, Pioneer Village/Stony Creek School field trip-bring a disposable bag lunch and drink, Classy Class Picture orders due

Tuesday, May 24th:  Trash Free Tuesday and band rehearsal 12:45-1:45, 2:00 band concert Atwater, evening band performance-7:00 pm ATW cafe

Wednesday, May 25th:  

Thursday, May 26th:  orchestra lessons, MAP testing

Friday, May 27th: No School (unless we have a snow day)

Monday, May 30th-No School Memorial Day

Tuesday, May 31st:  Trash Free Tuesday 

Wednesday, June 1st:  

Thursday, June 2nd:  orchestra lessons, field trip Betty Brinn, playground dedication 2:45 pm

Friday, June 3rd: No School (Record Keeping Day for teachers)

Thank you so much for keeping all this information organized!  Have a wonderful weekend!


Thank you,

Deb