Post #22

January 30-February 3, 2017

Congratulations to Henry for completing the
Geography Hunt and earning a certificate!

Congratulations to Owen for earning a
XtraMath certificate!

Way to go, Henry for earning a XtraMath
certificate!

Levi sits on our new yoga ball chair (the
crew voted on it!) Thank you so much to
all of the families for  the generous holiday
money! (A couple more items arriving
soon!)

 

Eliza and Liam teach a new greeting to our crew See pics. 

 

Tristan, Henry, Geoffrey and Liam construct the yoga ball
chair. Many crew members helped with this! See pics. 

Aiko, Daphne, Mary Jane and Eliza work on a team challenge
for our A World In Motion case study. Thank you to Mr.
Hamann for making these challenges for us and to his crew
for putting down the painter's tape for our testing area. See pics. 

Mary Jane, Petra and Nadia debrief the challenge to help
prepare for our AWIM case study. See pics. 

As part of the EL Design Principle this month,Empathy and Caring, we discussed how it would feel if people were loud in the hallway while people are trying to work inside classrooms.To show empathy, we made thank you cards for the second floor crews and all other staff members that will be affected by our scheduleand AWIM Case Study.All crew members in Mrs. Cryns', Mr. Hamann's,Mrs. Malloy's and our crew signed the cards. See pics. 

Finn and Henry complete a Ven Diagram as they analyze
their playground data collecting about form and function.
See pics. 

Kaiden and Angela learn about Medieval Times while filling
out a note catcher. The crew is also preparing for the Forward
Exam with some language arts work. See pics. 

Ms. Sakai read A Medieval Feast by Aliki

and started a new read aloud Carlotta's Kittens and The Club of Mysteries by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

The crew also reflected on second trimester goals and made changes. 

Owen, Eliza, Auguste and Finn show their landforms
that they created in SS with Mrs. Malloy. See pics. 

Brain Break-see pics.

Mary Jane leads Mindfulness. See pics.

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 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 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.

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. Valentines:   The Valentine Party is on Friday, Feb 10th. There was a note in the Thursday bag with all the crew names on it. I'm sorry for the late notice that it is on the 10th, instead of the 14th. We changed it to end the week with a party!  

Mrs. Travanty has contacted families about party treats: Daphne, Owen M., Liam, Cleo and Mary Jane

10.  Battle of the Books (BOB) Battles:   2/20, 2/24, 3/1 and 3/7

11. HarborChase:   We have four more dates to visit HarborChase this year. I will send out a permission slip soon for all four dates. We are looking for chaperones (at least three) to join us on each trip. Please let me know if you'd like to join us! Thank you so much!

Monday, February 27th (10:00 am -12:00  pm)

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.)    

Calendar:

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, book orders due, Valentines, Valentine Party Treats

Monday, February 13-Teacher Inservice-No School

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

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

Monday, February 20-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due. BOB Battle

Tuesday, February 21- band lessons and lunch rehearsal

Wednesday, February 22-

Thursday, February 23- Orchestra Lessons and lunch rehearsal

Friday, February 24- BOB Battle

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  Enjoy the Super Bowl!

Deb