Blog #13

November 21-22, 2016

Our crew practicing the chant for the Atwater Community Crew! See pics.

Eliza, Finn and Daphne share their collaborative foil
and pipe cleaner project. See pics.

In the spirit of the EL Guiding Principle Collaboration
and Competition, Auguste, Henry, Tristan and Henry
play Scattergories. See pics. 

Congratulations to Owen for earning an XtraMath certificate!

Cleo, Liam and Nadia add their gratitude leaves to the
Gratitude tree made by Mr. Hamann's Crew and their
field student, Mr. Wagner. See pics. 

Mae, J.P., Auguste and Rowan skip counting. See pics. 

 

Petra and Rowan playing division arrays with remainders.
See pics. 

Making arrays to practice multiplication. See pics. 

 

Angela and Owen are comparing strategies on a math
problem. See pics. 

Nadia leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Other activities:

writing and starting to word process a personal narrative in a Google doc, took a science assessment on rocks and minerals, started to read Stone Fox by J.R. Gardiner and write about characters



Notes for Parents:

Thank you for your continued support this year and for trusting me with your wonderful children. I am so grateful to be a part of the Shorewood School District community as a staff member and parent.

1.  Revised Reading Log for this week: Reading Logs are due totaled on Monday.  The minimum amount of days is four  days and students should read at least 100 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.  Revised XtraMath this week:  Mrs. Malloy's and Ms. Sakai's crew-Please practice Xtramath two times (three different days) each week. The week runs Mon.-Sun.

3.  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 should also work on them at home. Some students are working splitting 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 challenge is on Dec. 1st (new date) during Guided Study. They may go to www.quizlet.com and search on Advlearnig to access word lists.

4.  Dollar for Honor:  Thank you to all of the families that donated towards this cause. Atwater raised $250.00 to donate towards an Honor Flight.  We are half way there!  Please consider donating $1.00 for Honor-we are still collecting!

5. Rock, Mineral and Gem Gallery Walk: Wednesday, Dec. 14th:  Please see note in Thurs. bag. This is an opportunity for students to bring in up to five specimens to share if they would like. A note catcher needs to be completed by Friday, Dec. 9th on each specimen in order to share.  It's not much but it will help students decide which specimens (up to five) they would like to share.  

Note catcher due: Friday, Dec. 9th (All students received reminder note last Tuesday.)

Specimens due: Tuesday, Dec. 13th

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

7. Box Tops: If you have any Box Tops, please send them in. We are collecting them! Thank you!

8. Spelling Bee: There was a note in the Thurs. bag about your child joining the spelling bee. Once they sign up, they will receive a list of words to study.  Please talk with your child about whether s/he would like to sign up. Some crew members have already done so.

Calendar:

Monday, November 28-Reading log, XtraMath 2 times and Thurs. bag due

Tuesday, November 29-  band lessons

Wednesday, November 30- 

Thursday,December 1-  orchestra lessons, Word Master-test #1 (new date)

Friday,December 2-No School-Record Keeping Day for teachers

Monday, December 5-Reading log, XtraMath three times and Thurs. bag due, book fair

Tuesday, December 6- band lessons, book fair

Wednesday, December 7-book fair

Thursday, December 8- orchestra lessons, book fair

Friday, December 9-Vets-Junior Art Docents to art museum, book fair, note catchers due for Rock and Mineral Gallery Walk

Monday, December 12-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, science assessment

Tuesday, December 13- band lessons, specimens due for Gallery Walk

Wednesday, December 14- Rock and Mineral Gallery Walk, BOB Check-in

Thursday, December 15- Orchestra Lessons, PrinciPals

Friday, December 16-

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it!)

Thank you,

Deb

Blog #12

November 14-18, 2016

Daphne and Kaiden took notes at our Crew meetings
about the EL Guiding Principle: Collaboration and
Competition. They also reported to the crew after the
PrinciPal meeting with Mrs. Russick. Here they are
displaying their certificates.  See pic. 

Congratulations to Masha for earning an XtraMath
certificate!

Congratulations to Angela for earning an Xtramath
certificate!

Masha earned two certificates in one week-way to go

Owen dresses up for Backwards and Inside
Out Spirit Day!  See pics. 

Tristan and Geoffrey participate in the EL Back to Back
protocol to discuss collaboration.

JP, Liam and Nadia work on the EL Guiding Principle:
Collaboration to create a themed project with aluminum
foil and pipe cleaners. See pics. 

Henry, Henry, Auguste and Tristan take a Gallery Walk
to see the other group's collaborative project. Groups
also started to share. See pics. 

This is the quote that prompted discussion about EL's Guiding
Principle about competition.

The crew has been working on zooming into the most important part in a personal narrative story, creating bold beginnings, acting out step-by-step moments and writing a story.

Rowan and Auguste play Roll to 1,000. See pics. 

The math crew form different arrays. See pics. 

Angela and Evan play Array Division. Understanding
and using different strategies to solve multiplication and
division problems, along with revising their solutions, was
a huge focus. See pics. 

Jacoby, Owen and Tristan study for the rock and mineral
assessment. See pics. 

J.P., Daphne, Mary Jane and Masha make kale chips with
some kale from the garden plot. See pics. 

Cleo, Petra and Jacoby enjoy a healthy snack of kale chips,
apples and caramel.  They watched and listened to two
Patricia Polacco stories  Thundercakes and ChickenSunday.  They watched for characteristics of personal
narrative stories. See pics. 

Some of the crew taking out the plants from
the garden plot to prepare for winter.
See pics. 

Daphne leads the crew in Mindfulness. See pics.

Aiko reads a fairy tale to a K-4 student in our buddy class
on the Reading Train. Our K-4 buddy class is putting on
a fairy tale play as their EL Case Study. See pics.

Other Activities this week:
The crew made Mr. Anton get well cards, they completed leaves for the Gratitude tree, MOD students competed, the Rookie Junior Art Docents wen to the art museum-thank you to Mr. Christiansen, Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Spheeris for chaperoning!

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.  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 should also work on them at home. Some students are working splitting 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 challenge is on Nov. 28th during Guided Study. They may go to www.quizlet.com and search on Advlearnig to access word lists.

4.  Dollar for Honor:  Thank you to all of the families that donated towards this cause. Atwater raised $250.00 to donate towards an Honor Flight.  We are half way there!  Please consider donating $1.00 for Honor-we are still collecting!

5. Rock, Mineral and Gem Gallery Walk: Wednesday, Dec. 14th:  Please see note in Thurs. bag. This is an opportunity for students to bring in up to five specimens to share if they would like. A note catcher needs to be completed by Friday, Dec. 9th on each specimen in order to share.  It's not much but it will help students decide which specimens (up to five) they would like to share. 

Note catcher due: Friday, Dec. 9th (please see note in Thurs. bag)

Specimens due: Tuesday, Dec. 13th

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

7. Box Tops: If you have any Box Tops, please send them in. We are collecting them! Thank you!

8. Spelling Bee: There was a note in the Thurs. bag about your child joining the spelling bee. Once they sign up, they will receive a list of words to study.  Please talk with your child about whether s/he would like to sign up. Some crew members have already done so.

Calendar:

Monday, November 21-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, science assessment

Tuesday, November 22- band lessons

Wednesday, November 23- No School

Thursday, November 24- No School

Friday, November 25- No School

Monday, November 28-Reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due

Tuesday, November 29-  band lessons, Word Masters

Wednesday, November 30- 

Thursday,December 1-  orchestra lessons

Friday,December 2-No School-Record Keeping Day for teachers

Monday, December 5-Reading log, XtraMath three times and Thurs. bag due, book fair

Tuesday, December 6- band lessons, book fair

Wednesday, December 7-book fair

Thursday, December 8- orchestra lessons, book fair

Friday, December 9-Vets-Junior Art Docents to art museum, book fair

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Thank you,

Deb

Blog #11

November 7-11, 2016

Levi is presenting an American flag to his father
 at the Veteran's Assembly. It was a beautiful assembly
to honor the Veterans. A special thank you to Jan Zehren
for organizing this event and to all of the people presenting
and performing. 

Levi is presenting a flag to his grandfather at the
Veteran's assembly. Thank you to all of the Veterans!
See pics. 

Congratulations, Owen, for earning a XtraMath certificate!

Way to go, Jacoby for earning a XtraMath certificate!

Masha earned a Xtramath certificate!

Geoffrey shares his XtraMath certificate!

Auguste shows us his XtraMath certificate!

Congratulations, JP, on his XtraMath certificate!

Way to go, Liam, on your Xtramath certificate!

Henry earned a XtraMath certificate!

Henry, Aiko and Henry wait to say their number during
a Crew Greeting for the EL Guiding Principle-Collaboration
and Competition. See pics. 

Auguste and Finn review and reflect on their first trimestergoals. We also brainstormed for "I can" statements for
expectations on Monday and reflected on them during 
the week. See pics. 

Cleo and Kaiden are "tent partners" during a crew meeting.
See pics. 

Mary Jane practices reading a fairy tale to read on the K-4
Reading Train on Monday. We are helping our K-4 buddies
with their EL case study. See pics.  

Noah read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein as a
Mystery Reader. See pis. 

Angela and Eliza play Roll to 1,000. See pics. 

Petra and Cleo take a Brain Break in math to do 1,2,3,4,5. See pics.

Mae, Rowan and J.P. completed a division problem, then
walked around to see if they could make sense of repre-
sentations that others use, compare strategies
 and model real world situations
in different ways. See pics. 

Damian and Geoffrey play Array Bingo. See pics.

Checking out our Garden Plot. See pics. 

Tristan is looking at rock and mineral websites. See pics. 

Daphne is testing the hardness of a mineral during a science
lab. See pics. 

Cleo leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Liam leads us in Seven Shakes. See pics. 

Kitty High Five. See pics. 

Jacoby and Masha participate in 1,2,3. See pics. 

Other Activities:

Read aloud: The Healing of Texas Jake,
The Vets attended a Spanish field trip to the
Latino Arts Center-thank you to Mrs. Hammer-
lund for chaperoning the trip, brainstormed
for personal narrative stories, read More
Stories to Solve: 15 Folktales from Around
The World by G. Shannon

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.  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 should 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 challenge is on Nov. 28th during Guided Study.

4.  Dollar for Honor:  Thank you to all of the families that donated towards this cause. Atwater raised $250.00 to donate towards an Honor Flight.  We are half way there!  Please consider donating $1.00 for Honor-we are still collecting!

5. Rock, Mineral and Gem Gallery Walk: Wednesday, Dec. 14th:  Please see note in Thurs. bag. This is an opportunity for students to bring in up to five specimens to share if they would like. A note catcher needs to be completed by Friday, Dec. 9th on each specimen in order to share.  It's not much but it will help students decide which specimens (up to five) they would like to share. 

Note catcher due: Friday, Dec. 9th (please see note in Thurs. bag)

Specimens due: Tuesday, Dec. 13th

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

7. Box Tops: If you have any Box Tops, please send them in. We are collecting them! Thank you!

Calendar:

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

Tuesday, November 15- band lessons, MOD for Vets if participating

Wednesday, November 16-BOB check in

Thursday, Novermber 17- orchestra lessons, PrinciPals (Daphne and Kaiden), Word Master games

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

Monday, November 21-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, November 22- band lessons

Wednesday, November 23- No School

Thursday, November 24- No School

Friday, November 25- No School

Monday, November 28-Reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due,

Tuesday, November 29-  band lessons, Word Masters

Wednesday, November 30- 

Thursday,December 1-  orchestra lessons

Friday,December 2-No School-Record Keeping Day for teachers

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Thank you,

Deb