Post #34

May 1-5, 2017

A shout out to Owen, Henry, Liam, Nadia, Daphne and Aiko who met with
me during lunch time to prepare for the Authentic Learning Night on
Tuesday, May 16th from 6:30-8:30 pm. All are invited!

Way to go, Owen, for passing a Xtramath
level!

Thank you, Masha, for sharing Sushki, Russian
 bread rings, with our crew. 

Nadia and Nancy help Mary Jane celebrate her birthday!
See pic. 

Happy Birthday, Mr. Stingl!

Thank you to Ms. Johnson for being a
Mystery Reader! She read Flora and
Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo. See pic.

Courtney, Taylor and Mahailey shared their experiences
with Xtramath, including their challenges, strategies and
successes! A shout out to all of them for sharing with our
crew!

Kaiden and Daphne show us a greeting while we watch them
in the fishbowl. 

Levi and Owen share about "the natural
world" with front to front, back to back.
See pics. 

 

This was the image that we focused on this
week as part of "The Primacy of Self-Discovery."

 

Aiko and Nadia with a K-4 buddy deliver
homemade May baskets to Shorewood
residents on May Day! This fits perfectly
with our EL Design principle: The
Natural World. See pics. 

Geoffrey picks up puffballs during our crew initiative before
we debrief and share. See pics. 

Henry and Tristan peer critique each other's writing. This was
completed two times with different partners before they
edited with each other. This shows progress in high quality work.  See pics. 

Angela and Nancy play a fraction card game before reviewing
and taking an assessment. See pics. 

Finn is word processing in the computer lab. See pics. 

Auguste and Levi plant seeds to transplant
later in our garden plot. The crew also
observed and illustrated their pots, plus
watered them. See pics. 

Auguste, Jacoby, Mae and Geoffrey try out the violas during
an orchestra workshop. See pics. 

Eliza leads us in Mindfulness. See pics. 

Go Noodle. 

The SHS Drama Dept., led by Mr. King, performed Dr. Seuss
skits with wonderful messages. See pics. 

The SIS Jazz band, under the direction of Mr. Olson and the
SHS band, led by Mr. Castonguay. There are so many opportunities
for our students in Shorewood. See pics. 

Other Activities this week:

took Classy Class photo, enjoyed seeing former students and siblings  from the Drama Dept., SIS and SHS bands

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 (If your child is participating in Screen Free week, I will give him/her a paper copy of facts or s/he may practice another way at home)

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

Friday, May 19th (10:00 am-12:00 pm.)    ( 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!) 

The recital will start about 10:30 am as we are taking the HarborChase bus and two trips. Families are welcome to hear the recital, too! 

 Performers: please bring instrument, music and music stand (I will have one that someone can use or share. I'll talk to the crew about the stands.)

5. Discovery World field trip: Monday, May 15th-Please bring a disposable bag lunch and drink. We are looking for two more chaperones. If you could even meet us at Discovery World, that would be great. That time would be about 9:00-1:45 or 2:00 pm.)  Chaperones: Anna DeWeerdt, Nada Johnson, and Jon Talley Thank you!


6.  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.



7: 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 8 -Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, Discovery World permission slip due, Screen Free Week

Tuesday, May 9- band lessons and lunch rehearsal

Wednesday, May 10-   the Ruckus fund raiser for Atwater (4;00-9:00 pm)-20% of all sales goes to Atwater

Thursday, May 11- Orchestra, Atwater Art Night "Woven Connections"-6:00-8:00 pm

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 (8:40 am-2:20 pm)-please bring a disposal 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- Vet Orchestra Recital 6:00 pm

Thursday, May 18-Orchestra lessons, PrinciPals (Mary Jane, Nancy and Nadia)

Friday, May 19- HarborChase music recital: 10:00-12:00 pm-please bring music, stand and instrument), Classy Class order due

Monday, May 22-Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due

Tuesday, May 23 band lessons and rehearsal, band assembly 2:00-2:30 pm, band performance 7:00 pm

Wednesday, May 24- ELL trip to Audubon 111m-2:15 pm 

Thursday, May 25 -orchestra lessons

Friday, May 26-No school if we don't use it as a snow day

Monday, May 29th-No School

A beautiful weekend-hope you enjoyed it!

Thank you for reading,

Deb