Blog #15

December 5-9, 2016

Congratulations to Mary Jane for being awarded
"Artist of the Month!" She earned this for being
helpful, compassionate and for showing empathy
in art class!  

Congratulations to Eliza for earning a
XtraMath Certificate!

Congratulations to Henry for earning a XtraMath certificate!

Liam and J.P. help Henry celebrate his birthday! See pic. 

Nadia and Aiko present Cleo with a certificate, pencil and
Scholastic book coupon for her birthday! See pic.

Some of the Crew making a collaborative scene with the first snowfall
that they could build from at school. See pics. 

Look what a few Crew members created!  See who they
are in this pic. See pic.

Levi and Tristan discuss "What Kind of Smart
they are" in Front to Front, Back to Back.
We learned that everyone is smart in different
areas, we have strengths in some areas and
we can work on some, too. See pics. 

As a way to focus on the EL Principle: The Having of
Wonderful Ideas", each student created a movement for
Bippity Boppity Boo. We leaned that in order to have ideas,
we have to have knowledge about it beforehand. Owen D.
leads the activity with his movement. See pics. 

Masha gives Owen a compliment before she hands him his
progress report. We worked on giving specific compliments,
eye contact and manners. See pics. 

Mary Jane and Daphne enjoy Library Book
Exchange.

Our Crew listens to Mrs. Gulbronson
at the book fair. We also watched the
Book Fair DVD. We spent time reviewing
and discussing activities from the Advanced
Learning Dept. See pics. 

The Math Crew making arrays to practice multiplication
and factors. Mrs. Malloy's and Ms. Sakai's classes reviewed
and assessed . See pics.

Angela, Finn and Owen use previous mineral labs (i.d. luster
test, hardness test) and observations to identify the ten
minerals by name. They also made observations about
rock specimens. See pics. 

Tristan leads us in Mindfulness with the Mindful jar. See pics. 

Brain break-volleyball!  See pics. 

Eliza leads us in Seven Shakes. 

Rock, Paper, Scissors-one of our favorite crew activities!
See pics.

Other activities:

writing and continuing to word process a personal narrative in a Google doc, finished reading Stone Fox by J.R. Gardiner, students took surveys about standing desks and researchers were observing, Vet Junior Art Docents went to the art museum



Notes for Parents:

1.   Reading Log : Reading Logs are due totaled on Monday.  The minimum amount of days is five days and students should read at least 140 minutes.  Please ask your child to total his/her minutes before s/he brings 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. Rock, Mineral and Gem Gallery Walk: Wednesday, Dec. 14th:  If your child brought his/her notes in by last Friday, s/he can bring in the specimens Mon. or Tues. I'm so impressed with the note catchers and specimens!

Specimens due: Tuesday, Dec. 13th

4 . No School and Conference Dates: There is no school for students on Thursday, March 9th and Friday, March 10th.  The district calendar says differently. Your child is leading the conference so please plan to have your child join us. 

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

6. HarborChase -Young Reader's Program-Tuesday, Dec. 20th (10:30-12:30 pm) We will be walking to HarborChase to start a Young Reader's program with the residents and continue our wonderful relationship with them. Our plan is to visit once every month. This time, they are also providing us with a pizza lunch. If your child does not like pizza, s/he can bring along another lunch.  If you would like to walk to HarborChase with us, please let me know.


7. Advanced Learning Dept. info:

A.  Spelling bee lists: (if your child chose to participate)

The lists are in a pack-e.g. Rookies start with third grade list, after you learn that, continue to fourth grade list, etc. The spelling bee will begin with third grade (or fourth grade for Vets.) Once, the word list is finished, the spelling bee will continue with the next grade level. 

Third grade bee-Friday, Jan. 13th

Fourth grade bee-Tuesday, Jan. 17th

B. Word Masters (if your child chose to participate)

The new lists came home yesterday in manila envelopes. I thought it would be easier to keep them in those. Your child should also add the "word posters" from the previous challenge to the envelope as those words are used again. There is a new word study sheet this time and extras are available in the classroom. Your child will have some time to work on it in class and the rest should be completed at home. Envelopes should be kept in your child's binder. The next competition in in Feb. 

C. Geography Hunt: 

There is a note coming home in the Thursday bag and the questions are on-line. The questions are available on-line.  www.ShorewoodAdvancedLearning.weebly.com  Due: Friday, Jan. 6th.

Calendar:

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

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

Wednesday, December 14- Rock and Mineral Gallery Walk, BOB Check-in, HarborChase perm. slip due

Thursday, December 15- Orchestra Lessons, PrinciPals-Petra

Friday, December 16-music recital slip due, progress report envelope due, Spirit Day-PJ Day

Monday, December 19-Reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due, music recital 1:45 pm

Tuesday, December 20-  band lessons, HarborChase walking trip-10:30-12:30 pm 

Wednesday, December 21- 

Thursday, December22-  orchestra lessons, Winter party

Friday,December 23-No School-Vacation 


Winter Vacation: Friday, Dec. 23-Monday, January 2nd- Enjoy!

Monday, January 2-No School

Tuesday, January 3- School Resumes, reading log due, Thurs. bag due, band lessons

Wednesday, January 4-

Thursday, January 5- orchestra lessons,

Friday, January 6-Geography Hunt due

I'm sorry that this is so late! Miya had a birthday party in Shorewood on Sat. night so I had some work time in my classroom and she also had a huge fund raiser at her dance studio today. Thank you so much for reading!

Have a great week!

Deb