Post #28

March 13-17, 2017

Nadia, Kaiden, Mary Jane, Daphne, Aiko, Finn and Tristan practiced and
performed in three concerts last week, including the District Orchestra
Festival. See pics. 

Geoffrey earned a XtraMath certificate!
Way to go!

Masha earned a XtraMath certificate!
Great job!

Thank you Aiko and her family for donating
a stability wobble cushion to add to our
alternative seating! 

I'm sorry that I forgot to show the pictures
of the stability wobble cushions that your
families donated to our class as part
of the winter gift! Thank you!

Levi is showing the other cushion.

Eliza and Henry wrote and read a Dining
Around the World announcement before
reading it on the announcements. See pics. 

Cleo leads Bippity Boppity Boo. See pics. 

Auguste leads us in a frog themed activity
for Fun Friday. See pics. 

Geoffrey, Owen and Henry practice reading a book for our
visit to HarborChase. Many of the books had a St. Patrick's
Day theme. See pics. 

Kaiden and Mary Jane read to a HarborChase resident.  See pics. 

Levi gives George a high five after he bowls during our
HarborChase visit. It was so much fun! Thank you to
Ben Christiansen, Nada Johnson and John Spheeris for
chaperoning and to Nada for taking pictures of the other
group. See pics. 

Mr. Sovol and Mr. Simon, Johnson Control volunteers
talked with our crew about their job, the engineering design
process and working as a team. 

Aiko, Daphne, Petra and Eliza discuss how they would
like to design their JetToy vehicle for the competition.
They also wrote their plan in the AWIM packet. See pics. 

Nancy, Masha and Mary Jane test their JetToy car. See pics. 

Jacoby, Auguste, Liam and Owen show their Lego castle.
See pics. 

Kaiden explains her castle to JP and Mary Jane during the
Gallery Walk. We also discussed similarities and differences
after the walk. See pics. 

Liam leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Auguste leads us in seven shakes. 

Other events this week:

The 25 Rookies in Mrs. Malloy's and our crew shared their science fair posters during crew, math and other times of the day. They each had two peer reviewers, questions and compliments. I will post the pics next time.  Mrs. Johnson gave us signs about whole body listening and explained how we can use them. Vet orchestra students had rehearsal and we watched the 4-6 grade orchestra concert plus reviewed in math.







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 :  No Xtramath for this week or the week of vacation :)

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

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

4. HarborChase:   We have two more dates to visit HarborChase this year. Thank you so much!

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. We are waiting to hear from Johnson Controls. 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. Medieval Times Snack: Friday, March 24th in the afternoon: Owen D., JP, Kaiden, Aiko and Tristan are bringing treats- we're eating a vegetarian snack to culminate our unit

10. West African Drumming and Dance Party-4-6th grade: Friday, April 7 3:30-5:15 pm (there was a note in the Thurs. bag for Vets)

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

Calendar:

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)-Lora Caton and Ben Christiansen chaperoning

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 (Owen D, JP, Kaiden, Aiko and Tristan) and Crazy Hair Spirit  Day

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

Monday, April 10-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, Buddy Success and Failure activity (note will be in Thurs. bag)

Tuesday, April 11- band lessons 

Wednesday, April 12- 

Thursday, April  13- Word Master practice

Friday, April 14-No School

The District Solo/Ensemble Competition was in Sussex on Saturday-it was wonderful to see so many Shorewood students participate in it!

Thank you,

Deb