May 9-13, 2016
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| Our Crew, including Mrs. Russick and Mr. Isaacs for Parth's last day! |
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| 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. |
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| 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! |
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| Happy Birthday, Mary Jane! Thank you to Mr. Isaacs for the pic! |
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| Happy Birthday to Parth! The crew enjoyed the chocolate chip cookies! |
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| Noah and Liam help Bennett celebrate his birthday! Thank you to Mr. Isaacs for the photo! |
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| The crew has been leading the greet- ings. Liam leads us in a yarn toss greeting. See pics. |
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| Our crew has also been leading us in activities. Noah leads this one. See pics. |
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| An EL protocol: Fishbowl to demon- strate Rock, Paper, Scissors. |
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| Tristan and Nadia play Rock, Paper, Scissors with supporters cheering them on. Ask your children about this! See pics. |
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| 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. |
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| Rose and Maya take notes about what perseverance looks like for the Princi- pal meeting next week. |
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| Zhi, Bennett and Tristan at Library Book exchange. See pics. Students also worked on shape poems and poetry inferences. |
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| 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. |
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| Bennett found this great website that tells when to plant certain vegetables in Milwaukee, WI. |
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| Olivia and Finn are using fraction cards to find equivalent fractions. Both crews are learning about fractions. See pics. |
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| Brain Breaks! See pics. |
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| At indoor recess, Kaiden shows an origami bird made by Piper. See pics. |
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| Cole leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. |
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| 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
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