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