Blog #34

May 2-6, 2016

Mary Jane, Liam and Finn help with recycling at lunch!

Kaiden, Lauryn and Parth volunteer to help with recycling!

Tyndall, Nadia and Eleanor help with recycling at lunch!

Noah, Bennett, Cole and Jesse volunteer at lunch time!

Julia, Rose and Maya help to recycle at lunch!

Congratulations, Noah, for earning an XtraMath certificate!

Piper and her K-4 buddy deliver May
baskets to Shorewood residents.
See pics. 

Zhi and Finn participate in an EL
protocol called Back to Back,
Front to Front. See pics. 

   Our Crew continued to work on kindness this week as we were still working on our Crew and individual goals.  Crew members started to lead the greeting and activity.

    Students reviewed parts of speech and wrote cinquains. They also created Mother's Day poems and cards. They also learned the difference among "to, too, and two" and read nonfiction articles. 

     

Tristan, Jaire and Olivia review geomety
with tic-tac toe games.  Ms. Sakai's crew
also took an assessment and started
fractions. Mrs. Malloy's math crew
reviewed and assessed, plus they
finished the Forward testing.  Seepics. 

     

     In Social Studies, students are learning about regions of WI and creating maps. 

Nadia, Jesse, Aiko, Julia and Matthew
work on their invasive species poster.
See pics. 

    The Rookies attended an Orchestra demo to learn about different instruments.  This week, they will see a band demo.  

Brain Breaks~see pics!

Mindfulness-see pics. 

Greg Leitich Smith, author, asked Parth
and Kaiden to show how long a dino-
saur is!  Thank you to Mr. Karbel for
arranging this author!  See pics. 

Notes for Parents: 

   Thank you so much for a wonderful teacher appreciation week!  I loved Wednesday grazing day and the thoughtful notes from the crew!  I definitely feel appreciated!

 

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

2.  With the cold and flu season, we are on our last boxes of tissues.  I'll bring some in and if you have any to spare at home, we'd appreciate it!  

3.  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!


4.  End of the year book:  Thank you to Teddy's parents for volunteering to bind the end of the year books!

Important Dates

Monday, May 9th-Thurs. bag, reading log and fact packet or Xtramath due

Tuesday, May 10th:  Trash Free Tuesday and band lessons and lunch rehearsal

Wednesday, May 11th:  

Thursday, May 12th:  orchestra lessons, Atwater Celebrate Clay Night 

Friday, May 13th: 

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

Thursday, May 19th;  orchestra lessons, MAP testing, PrinciPals

Friday, May 20th;   

I am grateful that I could spend some time with my extended family in CA to celebrate my grandma's 102 years of life.  I hope that you had a wonderful Mother's Day!


Thank you,

Deb