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