Blog #9

October 24-27, 2016

Aiko and Cleo talk with a visiting French student during a
Crew meeting. Seventeen high school studensts and two
teachers from France joined us during Crew. We did a
High Five greeting in Frnech and English. Members of
our Crew used an EL Fishbowl Protocol to teach the
greeting.  We greeted elbow partners.
Other Crew members demonstrated  the
EL Protocol Back to Back, Front to Front before our
crews tried it together. This gave us an opportunity
to learn more about each other. It was a fantastic time!
See pics. 

The visitors returned later in the morning.
Nadia read one version of Stone Soup to a French high
school student. Students also worked on a Stone Soup
rhyming poem together. We enjoyed our time together.
See pics. 

Congratulations to Auguste for passing an Xtramath level!

Henry is reading another version of Stone Soup. Some of
the versions from different countries
 were Stone Soup by Marcia Brown,
Stone Soup by Ann McGoversn, Stone Soup by Jon Muth,
Mama Panya's Pancakes by Mary Chamberlin, and
Nail Soup by  Eric Maderra.  See pics. 

Mary Jane and Daphne are creating their own recipe for
Stone Soup. Students also created an art work of their
Stone Soup. See pics. 

Rowan and Jacoby are problem solving together in math.
See pics. 

Owen, Angela, Mae, Geoffrey and Louis find the mass of
different objects during Math Workshop. See pics. 

Owen, Tristan, J.P., Henry, Levi, Petra, Masha, Kaiden
and Eliza  prepare for our Buddy Crew meeting next week.
Our crew has two groups and wil each lead a buddy crew.
The crew divided responsibilities for the crew meeting
and practiced a lot. See pics. 

Levi and Geoffrey, along with Owen and Jacoby practice
two dice games that they will teach their K-4 buddies.
See pics. 

Our closing Crews focused on the visiting French students and
the prorgress on planning for the buddy crew meetings.
frustration and grappling turned into easier and fun.

Levi leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Liam adds his vegetable to our Stone Soup. Everyone brought
a vegetable of his/her choice to add to our soup.
Thank you to Mrs. Johnson for helping! I sent you the recipe
for our Stone Soup which includes how much of each vegetable
was in it.  Thank you everyone for contributing to our delicious
soup! See pics. 

Auguste, Tristan, Owen and J.P. enjoy our Fall party. We
ate the Stone Soup and crackers earlier due to specials in
the afternoon. We also watched two versions of Stone Soup.
Our afternoon treats were apple juice pouches, apples,
pears, caramel dip and homemade yummy strawberry galettes
made by Lora Caton.  Thank you to Auguste, Jacoby,
Eliza, Masha, Petra and  Levi for supplying party treats.
See pics. 

Our K-4 Buddies visited us with their wonderful costumes.
See pics. 

Other Activities:

Wrote an invite to parents for
Open Housea and worked on SS maps
Lots of reading and writing around Stone
Soup

Notes for Parents:

1.  Reading Logs: Reading Logs are due totaled on Monday.  The minimum amount of days is five and students should read at least 140 minutes.  Please ask them to total their minutes before they bring it to school on Monday. An example reading log is in the Parent Orientation booklet. 

2.  XtraMath:  Mrs. Malloy's and Ms. Sakai's crew-Please practice Xtramath three times (three different days) each week. The week runs Mon.-Sun.

3.   Vets-Junior Art Docent trip-Tuesday, Nov. 1st

4. Urban Ecology Field Trip-Thursday, Nov. 3rd-Please dress for the weather-we will be outside part of the time

5.  Open House: Thursday, November 3, 2016 from 6:00-7:00 pm. Please come to school so your child can show you what s/he has been working on!


6. Rookies-Junior Art Docent-If you are interested in joining, please look for the note and permission slip in the Thurs. bag. We talked about it. :) The permission slip is due on Thurs., Nov. 3rd. 

7.  Word Masters:  Your child should have brought home his/her Word Master packet home with a note attached with important information and dates. Your child will have some time to work on the "word posters" at school and may also work on them at home. Some students are working spltting the words up so I'll give them time to teach the words to each other. Their packet should be kept in their binder so they can work on it at school.  The practice is on Wed., Nov. 2nd during Guided Study. The challenge is on Nov. 28th during Guided Study.

8. Picture Retake Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8th: If you would like a retake  or didn't have a picture taken at Picture Day, Picture Re-take day will be Tuesday, Nov. 8th. If you already purchased a package, your child will need to bring the complete photo-package to have the picture re-taken and a new photo-package printed at no cost.   

9. Veteran's Day Assembly: Thurs., Nov. 10th at 1:45 pm.  Please see the note that was in the Thurs. bag with important information, especially about honoring Veterans at the assembly. Please also consider donating to the "Dollar for Honor Fundraiser" to send a Veteran on an Honor Flight.

10 . No School and Conference Dates: There is no school for students on Thursday, March 9th and Friday, March 10th.  The district calendar says differently. 


11.  Wednesday Meeting: We meet every Wed. for Professional Development after the students leave. Last week, we discussed how the Common Core math Standards relate to our progress report, what is going well in math and what is challenging.

12. Inservice Day last Friday: We spent the day with an enthusiastic speaker, Dr. Paula Kluth,          about inclusion in the classroom. It was a worthwhile day and I learned a lot. I also enjoyed lunch with staff that I don't often see for more than a couple of minutes a day. 

Calendar:

Monday, October 31-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, November 1- band lessons, Vets: Junior Art Docents to art museum

Wednesday, November 2- Word Masters practice

Thursday, November 3- Orchestra lessons, Rookies-Juionr Art Docent perm. slip due, Urban Ecology field trip am, Open House: 6-7 pm

Friday, November 4-

Monday, November 7-Reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due

Tuesday, November 8-  band lessons, Picture Retake

Wednesday, November 9- 

Thursday, November 10-  orchestra lessons, Vets: Latino Arts  Spanish field trip (9:00-12:00 pm), Veteran's Assembly-1:45 pm

Friday,November 11-

Monday, November 14-Reading log, XtraMath three times and Thurs. bag due

Tuesday, November 15- band lessons

Wednesday, November 16-BOB check in

Thursday, Novermber 17- orchestra lessons, PrinciPals

Friday, November 18- Rookies-Junior Art Docents to art museum

Have a wonderful weekend,

Deb