Room 210 Review: February 2017

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Post #25

February 20-24, 2017

Our updated Crew picture-also on our website

Congratulations to Liam on a wonderful
Band-O-Rama performance last week!
He has attended weekly lessons and
lunch rehearsals to prepare!

Here are our Rookie Junior Art Docents: J.P., Auguste,
Petra, Levi, Masha, Angela, Henry, Owen, Eliza and Henry.
They have visited the art museum three times this year.

These are our Vet Junior Art Docents: Kaiden, Liam, Finn,
Aiko, Nadia and Mary Jane. They have visited the art
museum three times in both 3rd and 4th grade. Next year they
will explain their projects as a Junior Art Docent.

Auguste earned a Xtramath certificate.
Way to go!

J.P., Geoffrey and Owen represented our Crew at the
PrinciPal meeting with Mrs. Russick. Before the meeting,
they took notes about caring and empathy,
then shared about the meeting afterwards.

Masha earned a XtraMath certificate!
Great job!

Henry earned a XtraMath certificate!
Super job!

Daphne earned a XtraMath certificate!
Wonderful job!

Jacoby and Petra do the EL protocol front
to front, back to back. See pics.

A shout out to the boys who won "Four on the Couch"
with three boys on the couch. Liam, Owen, Owen
and Nadia are on the couch. This is a
memory and strategy activity. See pics.

Levi and Jacoby hold up the braided heart they made for
the HarborChase residents. We made them during Crew
and on Friday afternoon. We read and discussed quotes
and Ms. Sakai read Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by
John Steptoe. See pics.

Here is the Community Crew about Caring and Empathy.
See pics.

Tristan is reading a Dr. Seuss book to his K-4 buddy.
We always practice reading the books before for
fluency and expression. See pics.

Thank you to Mrs. McDonald for teaching us how we can
take a picture of what we are reading, the ap translates it
into Mandarin (or many other languages) so our ELL
students can read what we are reading.

We always practice reading our books before our Harbor-
Chase visit. Here is Nancy reading her book. See pics.

Levi, Owen and Geoffrey determine how many square feet
are in a square yard and the perimeter of a square yard. See pics.

Owen, Damian and J.P. determine polygons. See pics.

Nadia, Cleo, and Angela test their JetToy vehicle with
a balloon motor. They also reflected about the vehicle
and their team. The students also learned about the
Engineering Design process. See pics.

Petra, Aiko and Eliza built their prototype based on
their previous research and testing which included modifications.
They also built it to hold three different types of nozzles and
weights. They are continuing to research inventors in the case
study with Mrs. Malloy. See pics.

Owen leads us in Mindfulness. See pics.

Cleo dresses up for Flashback Friday
Spirit Day! See pics.

Other events this week:

orchestra students continue to have lunch rehearsal and leave a little early for lunch, Word Masters competition, BOB competition, starting to fill a note catcher about Medieval Times opinion writing

Notes for Parents

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 3 times a week

3. Conference Sign-Up: Here is the Spring Conference Schedule for Thursday, March 9th and Friday, March 10th. Here is the Atwater Link address for conferences.

The students do not have school on either day (the district calendar says differently.)

http://tinyurl.com/atwaterlink

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.

5. Science Fair: new date is Thursday, March 23rd from 6:30-7:30 pm. 6:30-7:30 pm is a new time.

Vets: will not complete science fair projects. Our entire crew will participate in the "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.

Rookies:Posters are due on 3/13

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

6. Battle of the Books (BOB) Battles: 3/2 and 3/6

https://quizlet.com/ADVLEARNING

7. HarborChase: We have four more dates to visit HarborChase this year. Please let me know if you'd like to join us! Thank you so much!

Monday, February 27th (10:00 am -12:00 pm) (Nada Johnson, Shawn Brown and Susan Forray)

Friday, March 17th (10:00 am-12:00 pm)

Wednesday, April 26th (10:00-12:00 pm)

Friday, May 19th (10:00 am-12:00 pm.)

8. Dinosaurs and Boxes: Monday, March 6th-Please save small plastic containers, plastic utensils, toilet paper and paper towel tubes, milk carton lids, small boxes and juice boxes that could be used for dinosaurs to make with our K-4 buddies. Please make sure that all items are clean and no glass. There was a note in the Thurs. bag, too. Thank you!

9. Dining Around the World: Wednesday, March 22nd from 5:00-7:00 pm-If you like to try foods from diverse cultures, you're welcome to attend the pot luck. There was a note in the Thurs. bag two weeks ago and you can also sign up on-line. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4ba9a628a3fc1-dining1

Calendar:

Monday, February 27-reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thursday bag due, HarborChase-10:00-12:00 pmTuesday, February 28- band lessons Wednesday, March 1-Thursday, March 2- orchestra lessons and lunch rehearsal, BOB CompetitionFriday, March 3- No School-Record Keeping and Planning day for Teachers

Monday,March 6-reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due, BOB CompetitionTuesday, March 7- band lessonsWednesday, March 8- Progress reports come homeThursday, March 9- No School all day for students-Conferences begin at 12:30 pmFriday, March 10- No School all day for students-Conferences begin at 7:30 am

Monday, March 13-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, Rookie-Science Fair poster due

Tuesday, March 14- band lessons

Wednesday, March 15- orchestra rehearsal at SHST

hursday, March 16- Elem. orchestra assemblies and pizza lunch

Friday, March 17- HarborChase 10:00-12:00 pm

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Thank you for reading,

Deb

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Post #24

February 14-17, 2017

A shout out to the crew for earning the Golden Spoon last week
for being kind to one another at lunch time.

A shout out to Daphne and Henry for having their art work
displayed at the Shorewood District Art Show from Feb. 22-
April 5th. The opening reception is at the Shorewood Public
Library on Feb. 22nd from 6-8 pm.

A shout out to the BOB team, The Three Reading Emojis,
comprised of Adelais, Andrina and Mary Jane. Their
first competition went great! Thank you to Mrs. Brown
and Mr. Nodolsky for leading the competitions.

Way to go Geoffrey, for earning an
XtraMath certificate.

Great job, Angela, for earning an
XtraMath certificate!

Ashley and Lochlan talked with our crew
about helping the homeless at Joy House
and Milwaukee Rescue Mission. Our traits
this month are caring and empathy. If you
have any children's pj's or pants or men's
gloves, they are collecting until Feb. 22nd.
Thank you!

Our Vets talked about time management and how they
worked on their science fair poster to Mr. W's crew and
our Rookies. They also answered questions about the
posters.

Cleo and Liam role played how our crew
could answer adults when they are disappointed
with the answer. See pic.

Aiko, Kaiden and Petra teach our crew a greeting! See pics.

Owen, Aiko, Auguste and J.P. enjoy a special Valentine's
Day treat from Mrs. Johnson. See pics.

Tristan, Angela, Mary Jane and Daphne play a modified
game of Four on the Couch." See pics.

AWIM Case Study: How does form affect
function? Geoffrey, Owen and Levi test
their JetToy on a ramp to see if it goes
smooth and straight for at least three meters.
See pics.

Masha, Nancy, Mary Jane and Kaiden reflect on their JetToy's
results and write information in their packet. They will
use this information on upcoming lessons. See pics.

Liam, Auguste and Jacoby build a balloon powered motor and
add it to their JetToy. See pics.

Cleo, Nadia and Angela test their balloon powered JetToy.
With Mrs. Malloy, the crews are researching inventors and
inventions with a focus on diverse people and women.

Owen and Tristan test their balloon powered JetToy to see
if it runs straight and smooth for at least five meters.
See pics.

Henry and Angela work to revise and edit each other's stories
in Computer Lab. See pics.

Eliza puts up a sticky note on the line plot
graph to show how long her shoe is. See pic.

Petra, Cleo and Eliza use mass weights to find items that weigh
a certain mass. The math crew also measured items using
a ruler, yardstick and tape measure. See pics.

Levi leads the crew in a Brain Break.

Finn leads us in Mindfulness. See pics.

Nadia, Jacoby, Nancy and Liam practice reading Dr. Seuss
books (reading to their buddies on Monday) and drinking
hot chocolate with marshmallows. See pics.

Other events this week:

band and orchestra students continue to have lunch rehearsal and leave a little early for lunch, band rehearsal in the pm and Band-O-Rama, Rookies Junior Art Docents

Notes for Parents

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 3 times a week

3. Conference Sign-Up: Here is the Spring Conference Schedule for Thursday, March 9th and Friday, March 10th. Here is the Atwater Link address for conferences.

http://tinyurl.com/atwaterlink

The students do not have school on either day (the district calendar says differently.)

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.