February 27-March 2, 2017
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Our Feudal System simulation from the Medieval Times. Crew members randomly chose their position from pieces of paper. There was one king, two nobles or Lords (2 manors), five knights/vassals and the rest of the crew were peasants. We used Skittles to simulate how the Feudal System worked. |
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Three Knights/Vassals from one manor (J.P., Liam and Jacoby)
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As part of Black History month, we enjoyed Sista Strings, a fabulous sister
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Geoffrey earned a XtraMath certificate.
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Mary Jane earned a Xtramath certificate!
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Angela and Tristan helped Owen celebrate his birthday! See pic. |
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We discussed a quote by Dr. Seuss to start off the EL
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During Crew, we put "Truffula Seeds" on the outside of a
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Geoffrey and Owen read to one of the residents, a grandma
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Daphne and Mary Jane play Heart Bingo with George. The
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Petra shares something she enjoyed about our trip to
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Cleo and Forrest share specific similarities and differences
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Henry and Gauri show how to measure area using
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Gauri and Angela play the Area and Perimeter game.
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Mary Jane, Nancy and Kaiden test different
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Henry and Finn test their JetToy vehicle for distance and
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Ms. McQueen, a volunteer from Johnson Controls, checks
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May and Nancy at recess (before it snowed!) |
Other events this week:
orchestra lunch rehearsal, BOB competition, learned more about Medieval Times, changed seats with help from the entire crew
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.)
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: 3/6 (last one!)
https://quizlet.com/ADVLEARNING
7. HarborChase: We have three more dates to visit HarborChase this year. Thank you so much!
We could probably take one more person on Friday, March 17th. Please let me know if you'd like to join us. Thank you so much to all of the chaperones!
Friday, March 17th (10:00 am-12:00 pm) (Ben Christiansen, Nada Johnson and John Spheeris)
Wednesday, April 26th (10:00-12:00 pm) (Susan Forray, Patrick Hammerlund, Jen Rosenberg and Carrie Talley)
Friday, May 19th (10:00 am-12:00 pm.) (Ben Christiansen, Anna DeWeerdt, Jen Rosenberg, and Erin Guest)
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
10. Castles: If you come to conferences, Mrs. Hayes said you are welcome to pick up your child's castle.
11. AWIM Competition: Friday, March 24th (8:30-10:30 am)-The crews will compete in the AWIM competition for distance and speed. I will give more specific times later on. The top two teams in distance and speed (4 teams total) will advance to the regional competition.
12: AWIM Regional Competition-Saturday, April 8th-2:00-3:00 pm at SHS- Johnson Controls is holding the regional competition in Shorewood this year. The teams that advance will compete against two other school's teams (LB and a middle school.) Please come to support the teams.
Calendar:
Monday,March 6-reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due, BOB Competition, bring in recycled materials for buddy project
Tuesday, March 7- band lessons. MOD Meet
Wednesday, March 8- Progress reports come home
Thursday, March 9- No School all day for students-Conferences begin at 12:30 pm
Friday, 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 SHS (11:30-1:45 pm), Concert 7:00 pm SHS
Thursday, March 16- Elem. orchestra assemblies and pizza lunch (Orchestra students drop off at LB at 8:00 am)
Friday, March 17- HarborChase 10:00-12:00 pm (Ben Christiansen, Nada Johnson and John Spheeris)
Monday,March 20-reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due
Tuesday, March 21- band lessons, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra field trip (11:20-1:30 pm)
Wednesday, March 22- Forward Testing (Vets only-SS), Dining Around the World Pot Luck-5-7 pm
Thursday, March 23- Orchestra, PrinciPals (Angela and Masha), Forward Testing (Vets only-Science), Science Fair during the day and 6:30-7:30 pm
Friday, March 24- AWIM Competition 8:30-10:30 am, Medieval Snack party pm
Monday, April 3, 2017-School Resumes
Saturday, April 8th: 2-3 pm-Regional AWIM Competition-SHS
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