Post #33

April 23-27. 2017

Mrs. Thoreson's and our crew during the Community Crew on Success and Failure. We shared the balloon drop
initiative with a slideshow, the devices, results, reflections and a short video. Our crews did an amazing job and the older buddies took great care of the younger buddies. See pics and thank you to Mr. Stanco for many of them. 

Henry, Nadia and Kaiden were one group of pledgers
this week. They also helped with the announcements.
See pics. 

A shout out to Petra for earning a XtraMath
certificate. 

Eliza, Aiko, Mary Jane and Nadia wear hats
in support of Somalia. (I'm sorry I mentioned
the incorrect cause in last week's blog.)
See pics. 

Angela and Geoffrey help Owen celebrate
his birthday. See pic. 

Aiko uses chopsticks during a "Success and Failure" activity.
We debriefed why this activity was easier for some
and were reminded that practice has a lot to do with it.
See pics. 

A crumpled piece of paper is like someone who has had
their feelings hurt. We were reminded that we can not
make the piece of paper the same again. We can work on
being kind and empathetic and trying to repair harm.
Sometimes issues are hard to forget. A snowball fight
and throwing those "issues" in the recycling bin can
help. See pics. 

Daphne helps a HarborChase resident make a book mark.
Our crew read poems and made bookmarks with the residents.
Thank you to Mr. Forray, Mr. Hammerlund, Mrs. Rosenberg
and Mrs. Talley for chaperoning our trip. See pics. 

Mr. Hughes demonstrates an instrument
during the band and orchestra preview with
Mrs. Nolan. Rookies will have an opportunity
to try all of the orchestra instruments this
week and see all of the band instruments
next week. Rookies can wait to turn in
their instrument sheets until after the
demonstrations. See pic. 

Miya playing in the SIS Orchestra concert at Atwater
last week. All families are invited to Kidz 'n Konzert
on Sunday, May 7th at Atwater. 3:00-3:45: instrument petting
zoo, face painting and crafts. 4:00-4:30-SIS Orchestra concert.
Bring a blanket or sit on chairs. $5.00 per family.
 See pics from the SIS Orchestra concert.
Thank you to Mr. Stanco
(his camera is a lot better than my phone.)

Tristan, Eliza and Henry reading a "Cranky Poodle" poem
before we sang it to the tune of "Yankee Doodle Dandy."
See pics. 

Angela and Finn working on their May Day basket recipes.
See pics. 

Owen, J.P. and Liam at the Scholastic Book Fair. Thank you
to Mrs. Mackowski and all of the volunteers. See pics. 

Henry shares how he solves a problem in math. 

Owen, Cleo and Ryan play Salute! in math. They worked on
factors, missing factors and products. See pics. 

Louis and Jacoby play "Roll a Square" in math which
focuses on Square Numbers. See pics. 

Angela leads "Fives Shakes."

Go Noodle. 

Daphne leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Other Activities this week:

time to work on Advanced Learning opportunities, Word Master Challenge, new seating arrangement, watched book fair DVD, practiced for Community Crew, wrote Publishing Center stories. reflected on AWIM case study, recess with popsicles for finishing Forward testing, started reading Polo's Mother, `

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 : XtraMath 3 times

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

Friday, May 19th (10:00 am-12:00 pm.)    (Ben Christiansen, Anna DeWeerdt, Jen Rosenberg, and Erin Guest)

4.  HarborChase Music Recital: Friday, May 19th: Please turn in slip by Friday, May 12th (We have a few students playing and a few more practicing during recess (they sound great!) 

5 Sunday, May 7th-Kidz 'n Konzert: Atwater:3:00-3:45 pm -Preconcert Festivities (instrument petting zoo, face painting, crafts) and SIS Concert 4:00-4:30 pm-$5.00 per family-bring a blanket or chairs will be available 


6. Discovery World field trip: Monday, May 15th-Please bring a disposable bag lunch and drink


7.  Sendik's bags: If you have any large Sendik's bags that you're not using, we'll take them. We use them to hold art smocks for the year.



8. End-of-the-year books: Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Levick for offering to bind the crew's books!



9: Crew Garden plot: We will be planting our crew garden plot when it stays warmer at night-looking forward to it! Are there any families that would like to share the watering and weeding of the garden plot through the summer? In the past, three families have shared and you can pick whatever is available. Last summer, the lettuce grew very well!  Thank you to Mrs. McLellan and Mrs. Griffin for offering to take care of the garden. We could still use one more family to help out, too!

Calendar:

Monday, May 1-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, Atwater's Got Talent Rehearsal 3:30-5:30 pm (cafe)

Tuesday, May 2 band lessons and lunch rehearsal

Wednesday, May 3- Atwater's Got Talent Rehearsal (Finale only)-2:20-5:20 (cafe)

Thursday, May 4 -orchestra lessons, Atwater's Got Talent Dress Rehearsal 3:30-5:30 (cafe)

Friday, May 5-Atwater's Got Talent (7:00-9:00 pm) cafe

Sunday, May 7th-Kidz 'n Konzert: Atwater:3:00-3:45 pm -Preconcert Festivities (instrument petting zoo, face painting, crafts) and SIS Concert 4:00-4:30 pm-$5.00 per family-bring a blanket or chairs will be available 

Monday, May 8 -Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, Discovery World permission slip due

Tuesday, May 9- band lessons and lunch rehearsal

Wednesday, May 10-  

Thursday, May 11- Orchestra

Friday, May 12-Ms. Sakai will not be at school (personal day), HarborChase Music recital slip due

Monday, May 15-reading log and Thurs. bag and XtraMath due, Discovery World field trip-please bring a bag lunch and drink

Tuesday, May 16- band lessons and lunch rehearsal, Authentic Learning Showcase-SHS Arena (6:30-8:30 pm)

Wednesday, May 17-

Thursday, May 18-Orchestra lessons, PrinciPals

Friday, May 19- HarborChase music recital: 10:00-12:00 pm 

It was a little rainy but hopefully the rain will taper off for our May Day basket delivery!

Thank you for reading,

Deb