Post 21

January 24-27, 2017

Winter Sing!  The crew worked so hard and presented a spectacular Winter Sing performance! Thank you to Mrs. Griffin and Mrs. Travanty for helping with the crew that night. Thank you also to Mrs. Brown for your help with Winter Sing and to all of the families that supported your children!  The students also had a practice and dress rehearsal, plus watched the 4-6th grade dress rehearsal-busy week! See pics. 

A shout out to our crew for earning the Golden Spoon last week for keeping the floors clean and sitting appropriately for dismissal!

Levi, Henry and Jacoby took notes in crew and shared
their ideas about "Service and Compassion" at PrinciPals
with Mrs. Russick. They also reported to our crew after the meeting. 

Angela participated in the All School Spelling
Bee. Way to go! Thank you to Mrs. Brown
and Mr. Nodolsky for running the bee!

Petra participating in the All School Spelling
Bee. Great job!

Petra shared a key chain from
her trip to Washington, D.C. for the Women's
March. 

Daphne and Nadia dress up for Mismatch
Spirit Day!  See pics. 

Jacoby chooses who sits on our green wobble
stools as one of our weekly jobs. 

Our crew is creating greetings for our crew meetings.
Owen and J.P. teach the crew one.  Ms. Sakai also read
The Last Stop on Market Street by M. De La Pena. 

We have Fun Friday during our Crew meetings-here we
are playing mumball. 

Some our crew members before the Community Crew
about Service and Compassion. See pics. 

Cleo and Kaiden play games with their K-4 buddies. They
worked on playing fairly, taking turns and being a good
sport. See pics. 

Henry and Louis play a multiplication game during math.
We also discussed and handed out the science fair poster
information pack (in Thursday bags.) See pics. 

Mary Jane, Daphne and Tristan read books that they picked
out about Medieval Times. They are recording information
about Medieval Times and comparing it to today. They
are also looking for answers to questions that they wanted
to know. See pics. 

Tristan and Owen created a catapult that
flew a cotton ball for 16 feet! Students
revised their catapult or trebuchet and
 tested them  to see how far the cotton
ball flew. See pics. 

Auguste, Jacoby, Liam and J.P. add details to their Medieval
Lego castles. In art, the crew drew and glued their castles
together. The work on this unit with Mrs Hayes is part of
their ACE project. See pics. 

Daphne and Owen prepare to collect more data on playgrounds
for the AWIM "How does form affect function?
 case study. See pics. 

Geoffrey and Mary Jane collect data on a slide on the east
playground and on another slide on the west playground.
See pics. 

Emily and Masha collect data about a tire swing on the
east and west playgrounds for the AWIM case study. See pics. 

Angela leads Mindfulness. See pics. 

Cleo, Aiko and Kaiden at recess. 

The majority of the crew chose a dance party over recess
at the end of the day on Friday. See pics.

Other Activities


researchers adjusted desks to height of students, band and orchestra lunch rehearsals


Notes for Parents

Last Monday, I met with Meg Malloy, Kris Cryns and Mike Hamann to work on our "A World In Motion" (AWIM) case study.  We also met last Wednesday after the early release day. Meg and Kris will teach the crews about reading nonfiction text, taking notes, learning about people who contributed to the field of "form vs. function" and inventions. Mike and I will teach the crews the AWIM unit (same as last year) but with more learning targets, rubrics, data collecting, etc. Besides the connection to Johnson Controls employees, we are also working on bringing in other professionals. We have started data collecting, will work on team building and then begin the language arts and AWIM kits the week of February 6th.  Our AWIM competition is on Friday, March 24th.  We were grateful for the longer blocks of time to work with our teams, plus we are all working on our case study at other times, too! We are excited to make the AWIM case study the best it can be for our crews!


1.   Reading Log : Reading Logs are due totaled on Monday.   Please ask your child to total his/her minutes before s/he brings it to school.

2.  XtraMath :  practice three times a week

3.  Labeling Snow gear: PLEASE LABEL ALL SNOW GEAR with last name or initials :)  We have been spending time every day finding the owner of snow gear and we want to return it to the rightful owner.  Thank you so much!

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. Advanced Learning Dept. info:

 Word Masters (if your child chose to participate)

The new lists are 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. They also received a crossword puzzle. 

 The next competition in in Feb.    Online practice: www.quizlet.com. Most students tried this at school so they know how to log in.

7.  Science Fair: new date is Thursday, March 23rd from 7:00-8:0 pm. Vets:  will not complete science fair projects. Our entire crew will participate in "A World of Motion" case study (like last year but more in depth and will include more reading and writing.)  Rookies:  will participate in the case study and will also complete science posters. Information was in Thursday bags.  

Rookies: Questions are due on Thursday, Feb. 2nd.

The science fair posters will be on display during the science fair.

8.  Recipe for salt dough from Mrs. Malloy: 2 c. flour, 1 c. salt and 1 c. water. Add more of the ingredients until you like it!

9. Penny Wars will begin on Monday, January 30th. 

Calendar:

Monday, January 30-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, January 31- band lessons and lunch rehearsal

Wednesday, February 1-

Thursday, February 2- Orchestra Lessons and lunch rehearsal. Rookies: Science Fair ? due

Friday, February 3- 

Monday, February 6-reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, February 7-  band lessons and lunch rehearsal

Wednesday, February 8- 

Thursday, February 9-  orchestra lessons and lunch rehearsal

Friday, February 10-  Vets Junior Art Docents 12:20-2:00 pm

Monday, February 13-Teacher Inservice-No School

Tuesday, February 14- band lessons and rehearsal, Reading Log, XtraMath 3 times and Thursday bag due, Valentine Party

Wednesday, February 15- Band-o-rama rehearsal 12:15-3:00 pm, Band-o-rama 7:00pm SHS Arena
Thursday, February 16- orchestra lessons and rehearsals, BOB Battles begin
Friday, February 17-  Rookies Junior Art Docents 12:20-2:00 pm

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  

Deb

Post #20

January 17-20, 2017

Wonderful job by our Vet Spelling Bee participants Kaiden,
Liam, Andrina, Mary Jane, Nadia and Daphne! They were
incredibly supportive of each other! Thank you to Mrs. Brown
and Mr. Nodolsky for running the bee and to Mrs. Hammerlund
and Mrs. Russick for supporting the students. See pics. 

 

Congratulations to Angela (1st place-3rd grade). Petra
(5th place 3rd grade and Nadia (4th place 4th grade.) They
are all advancing to the All School Bee on Wednesday!

Way to go, Levi, for earning a Xtramath
certificate!

Congratulations Masha for earning a
XtrMath certificate!

Wonderful job, Finn, for earning a
XtraMath certificate!

Congratulations, Daphne, for earning a
XtraMath certificate!

Way to go, Liam for earning a
XtraMath certificate!

Showing their Packer Spirit!

Cleo and Nadia help Aiko celebrate her birthday! See pic. 

Our HarborChase trip was amazing! We visited the residents
to continue our relationship that we began last year.
 It also fit into the EL Design Principle: Service and Compassion
but it was so wonderful for us, too!
Auguste and Tristan presented a HarborChase resident with a
card and smiled for a picture. See pics. 

Eliza and Nadia read a book (that they practiced) to two
HarborChase residents. See pics. 

After reading, Finn and Geoffrey talked with a HarborChase
resident. The crew was absolutely engaged in conversations with the residents and vice versa. After returning, we debriefed our trip and shared how wonderful our experience was for us.  We hope to return there every month!

The students enjoyed a delicious pizza snack
made in HarborChases's pizza oven. Thank
you to Donna Imme and her incredible staff.
Thank you to Mr. Christiansen, Mrs. De
Weerdt and Mrs. Rosenberg for chaperoning
the trip and helping out! See pics. 

Owen and Levi brought a basket of Welcome
cards for new students to Mrs. Kristopeit
that our crew made with our buddies. This was
 part of our Service and Compassion month.
Our crew has discussed that compassion
is empathy + lending a helping hand. I have
been so impressed with their acts of
compassion in class and on the playground. 

For initiatives, we played People to People and Trio
Travel. See pics. 

Forrest and Jacoby play a square multiplication game. The
math crew also practiced scaled graphs. See pics. 

   In science we started to explore the question, "How does form affect function?" with objects and short videos of cat paws, a sofa being made and tiny apartments with many configurations. Students took notes on a note catcher. This is the beginning of our A World in Motion (AWIM) case study. 

Mae, Henry, Owen and William write traits/properties of
different science fair posters (i.e. color, text, 3-D effects,
pictures, resources.) The math crew then continued to rotate
through six posters from past years and discussed how we
could assess them. After their ideas, we tried a couple of
them, then they circled which traits they think are important
to assess. I will create a rubric using their ideas. Rookies
will bring home a science fair poster pack this week. See pics. 

This is a ? is a fun brain break! Go Noodle and dancing were
also fun! See pics. 

J.P. leads Mindfulness. See pics. 

Other activities this week:

Winter Sing practice, switching desks and tables (the second part of the desk study begins next week)
  

Notes for Parents

1.   Reading Log : Reading Logs are due totaled onTuesday.   Please ask your child to total his/her minutes before s/he brings it to school.

2.  XtraMath :  practice three times a week

3.  Labeling Snow gear: PLEASE LABEL ALL SNOW GEAR with last name or initials :)  We have been spending time every day finding the owner of snow gear and we want to return it to the rightful owner.  Thank you so much!

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. Advanced Learning Dept. info:

 Word Masters (if your child chose to participate)

The new lists are 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. They also received a crossword puzzle. 

 The next competition in in Feb.    Online practice: www.quizlet.com. Most students tried this at school so they know how to log in. 

7.  Winter Sing:  Thursday, Jan. 26th (Grade 3 and 3/4)-Dress Code: Dressy, Drop off no later than 7:30 pm in the music room, Performance:  7:45 pm

8.  Science Fair: new date is Thursday, March 23rd from 7:00-8:0 pm. Vets:  will not complete science fair projects. Our entire crew will participate in "A World of Motion" case study (like last year but more in depth and will include more reading and writing.)  Rookies:  will participate in the case study and will also complete science posters. Information will come home this coming week.  The science fair posters will be on display during the science fair.

Calendar:

Monday, January 23-No School-Inservice for teachers

Tuesday, January 24- reading log due, Thurs. bag due, band lessons

Wednesday, January 25- All School Spelling Bee 12:00-1:00  (Angela, Petra and Nadia)

Thursday, January 26- orchestra lessons, PrinciPals (Henry C., Jacoby, Levi) Winter Sing 7:45 pm (students should arrive at the music room no later than 7:30 pm in dressy clothes) Drop off in music room without jacket and pick up in west hallway right after the performance. Thank you!

Friday, January 27-

Monday, January 30-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, January 31- band lessons

Wednesday, February 1-

Thursday, February 2- Orchestra Lessons

Friday, February 3- 

Monday, February 6-reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, February 7-  band lessons

Wednesday, February 8- BOB practice battles during lunch time

Thursday, February 9-  orchestra lessons

Friday,February 10-  Vets Junior Art Docents 12:20-2:00 pm

Last Monday our professional development was about Raceworks and this Monday we're working on Expeditionary Learning. I'm looking forward to working with my team!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  

Deb

Post #19

January 9-13, 2017

Congratulations to Masha for earning an
Xtramath certificate!

Congratulations to our third grade spelling
bee participants: Masha, Petra, Eliza and Angela!
Angela earned 1st place and Petra earned 5th place
so they will compete in the Atwater All School
Bee on January 25th!  Shout out to all of the
participants for positive sportsmanship through-
out the spelling bee! Thank you to Mrs. Brown
and Mr. Nodolsky for moderating and to Petra's
mom for supporting the spellers! See pics .

We watched Cleo and Eliza in a "fishbowl" as they review how
to greet each other. See pics. 

Pass the Clap-see pics.

Henry is taking notes during our Crew meeting as we discuss
service and compassion. He will attend PrinciPals with Jacoby
and Levi later this month.

Finn leads Never Have I Ever.

Thank you to Mr. Levick for being a Mystery Reader! He read
There's An Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer. and
answered questions about his reading habits. See pic.

In Social Studies, the crew created salt dough landforms and painted them with Mrs. Malloy.

In Science, the crew helped dry supplies from the rock and mineral unit so we can prepare for our EL case study, A World In Motion! What a great act of service!

In math, Gauri and Henry explore area and scaled graphs. See pics. 

Levi, JP. and Geoffrey create a block castle using what they
learned about castle architecture, watching a castle video
and their note catchers. See pics. 

Liam, Auguste and Owen read Medieval Times 3-D books.
How to become a knight was a popular topic. See pics. 

Owen and Tristan demonstrate how their
catapult works. STEAM and grappling
were a huge part of this activity. See pics. 

Aiko and Daphne work together to complete a  castle
challenge. This puzzle included a lot of grappling! See pics. 

Mary Jane, Nadia, Kaiden, Eliza and Cleo created a Lego
castle using what they learned about castle architecture. Our
crew also started sketching their castles in art with Mrs. Hayes.
We will read nonfiction books about Medieval Times next week
and Mr. Boyer shared that this will be our ACE mini project this
year!  Plus, we've listened to Medieval music. See pics. 

Kaiden leads us in "I'm Going on a
Picnic. "

Jacoby leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Friday end of day impromptu Dance Party= FUN! See pics.

Notes for Parents

1.   Reading Log : Reading Logs are due totaled on Monday.  The minimum amount of days is five days for this log 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 :  practice three times a week

3.  Labeling Snow gear: PLEASE LABEL ALL SNOW GEAR with last name or initials :)  We have been spending time every day finding the owner of snow gear.  Thank you so much!

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. 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. 

Fourth grade bee-Tuesday, Jan. 17th

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

The new lists are 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. They also received a crossword puzzle. 

 The next competition in in Feb.    Online practice: www.quizlet.com. Most students tried this at school so they know how to log in. 

6. HarborChase Field Trip: Friday, Jan. 20th-10:!5-12:15- pm -We will be taking a HarborChase bus, reading to the residents and eating a pizza snack. There is still room for another chaperone if you would like to join us.


7.  Winter Sing:  Thursday, Jan. 26th (Grade 3 and 3/4)-Dress Code: Dressy, Drop off no later than 7:30 pm in the music room, Performance:  7:45 pm

Calendar:

Monday, January 16-No School-Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. Day-Inservice day for teachers on Raceworks

Tuesday, January 17-  band lessons, reading log, Xtramath and Thurs. bag due, Vets spelling bee

Wednesday, January 18- 

Thursday, January 19-  orchestra lessons

Friday,January 20- field trip to HarborChase 10:15-12:15 pm

Monday, January 23-No School-Inservice for teachers

Tuesday, January 24- reading log due, Thurs. bag due, band lessons

Wednesday, January 25- All School Spelling Bee (Angela and Petra)

Thursday, January 26- orchestra lessons, PrinciPals (Henry C., Jacoby, Levi), Winter Sing 7: 45 pm (students should arrive at the music room no later than 7:30 pm in dressy clothes)

Friday, January 27-

Monday, January 30-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, January 31- band lessons

Wednesday, February 1- 

Thursday, February 2- Orchestra Lessons

Friday, February 3- 

Enjoy the Packer game if you're watching!  

Thank you,

Deb