Post #27

March 6-8, 2017

Petra earned a XtraMath certificate!
Way to go!

Auguste earned a XtraMath certificate!
Great work!

Cleo and Petra wrote a Dining Around the
World Announcement and read it on
the announcements.

Jacoby, Eliza, Angela and Aiko play four on the couch.
See pics. 

The number greeting. See pics. 

Daphne gives Petra a specific compliment with
eye contact, a smile and her progress report.
 Petra returns with a "thank you." See pics. 

Tristan and Levi find a tabletop partner and share ideas
during crew. See pics. 

The Juli Wood Quartet entertained us for an enjoyable
ACE Ensemble. 

On International Women's Day, students watched the Google
slideshow Doodle featuring 13 female pioneers who paved
the way. They are from a range of professions, backgrounds
and countries. They also read a short child friendly paragraph
and shared it with the crew.  This also ties in with our
case study and learning abut people.  See pics. 

Angela, Masha and Levi stand near their castles that they
created in art class with Mrs. Hayes. They are a part of
our Medieval Times unit. Please pick up your child's
castle or your child can bring it home. They are in the
the hallway below the main office. See pics. 

Owen and Rowan lead the math crew in a
2X12 array which also represents area. 

Working in clock partners, Levi and Owen grapple to
figure out rectangles that have a perimeter of 24, then
calculate their area. See pics. 

Henry and Finn complete formal testing on their JetToy
vehicle using different sized nozzles and a weight. See pics. 

 

Cleo, Angela and Nadia write about patterns that they observed
in their testing. They also completed a team evaluation form.
See pics. 

Masha and her buddy create a dinosaur from
recycled materials. Thank you families for
sending in so many recyclables! See
many of Mrs. Thoreson's and my pics. 

Brain Break

Masha leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Other events this week (3 days):

BOB competition, desk study surveys, reflect on second goals and wrote about it, self assessed different areas such as "grappling and persevering", "showing empathy and compassion"and "listening to the person talking",  continued to work on opinion writing Medieval Times and visiting the Publishing Center with Mrs. Brown






Notes for Parents

Thank you parents for meeting with me for conferences last week! I enjoyed sharing and learning more about your child!

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.  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.

4. 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)

5. 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


6. Castles: When you come to school, Mrs. Hayes said you are welcome to pick up your child's castle or your child can bring it home. 


7. 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. 



8: 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.

9. Vacations: Please send me an email if you mentioned taking days off around spring break and right after Spring Break. It will be easier for me to forward the dates to the attendance office or you can include Katie Kristopeit and Elizabeth Miller, too. If you've already sent me an email, thank you!

10. Progress Report Envelopes: Please keep the progress report, sign the envelope and return with your child by Friday, March 17th. Thank you to those that have already returned them!

11. Word Masters: The new packet was in the "Wednesday bag." There is a practice on 3/16 and 4/13. The Word Master challenge is on 4/27. 

Calendar:

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, Symphony permission slip due

Thursday, March 16- Elem. orchestra assemblies and pizza lunch (Orchestra students drop off at LB at 8:00 am), Word Master practice

Friday, March 17- HarborChase 10:00-12:00 pm (Ben Christiansen, Nada Johnson and John Spheeris), First Stage play permission slip due. progress report envelope due with signature

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

Spring Break-Saturday, March 25-Sunday, April 2nd (no XtraMath over spring break, reading log still active but shortened for vacation) :)

Monday, April 3-reading log, XtraMath 3 times and Thurs. bag due

Tuesday, April 4- band lessons. Forward Testing (10:30-12:15)

Wednesday, April 5- Mockingbird play-First Stage (9:15-12:00 pm)

Thursday, April 6-Forward Testing (10:30-12:15), BOB pizza party. orchestra lessons

Friday, April 7- 

Saturday, April 8th: 2-3 pm-Regional AWIM Competition-SHS

My parents and nephew are visiting this weekend so we all visited the Port Exploreum, a beautifully cozy restored museum that opened about two years ago and focuses on the Great Lakes. It is is downtown Port Washington. Adults are $5.00 and children 5-17 are only $2.00! 

Hope you're enjoying the sunshine!

Thank you,

Deb