Post #37

May 22-25, 2017

Liam and the Elementary Band, under the
direction of Mr. Hughes,  performed a
wonderful concert for us! See pics. 

Happy Birthday, Mr. Bergmann!

Thank you to Mrs. Knoernschild, Finn's grandma,
for being a Mystery Reader. She read When
The Wind Changed by Ruth Park and helped edit
word processed stories. See pics. 

A closed eye greeting in crew. See pics. 

Daphne and Henry demonstrate a greeting in the fishbowl.

After watching a short video called "Lessons
form an ant," Angela and Nadia discussed how
they can learn from ants to apply to their own
lives. The Natural World is one of our EL
Design Principles. See pics. 

Owen, Liam,  Jacoby, Tristan and Levi play Rock, Paper,
Scissors, and not the regular one. Once someone loses,
s/he goes on to cheer on the opponent until there is only
one winner. It's quite a fun and loud initiative! See pics. 

As part of our EL Design Principle, The Natural
World, we went on a nature scavenger hunt with
our K-4 buddies. Levi and Geoffrey are here with
a K-4 buddy. See pics. 

Finn and Auguste found a way to make our
Himalayan bowl resonate better for
Mindfulness. See pic. 

Other Activities this week:

Publishing Center-thank you  also to Nada Johnson who also trained and helped out in the Publishing Center, students visited the Publishing Center, read different Scholastic News with headlines that related to children accomplishing something significant, studied the text features and created ideas for their end of the year story, Ms. Sakai had a guest teacher on Tuesday for individual reading assessments and Thursday morning for Crew Committee, ELL students went on a trip to Audubon Nature Center, worked on time capsule and achievement sheets for scrapbook, watched a short movie about the Great Lakes

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. This is the last reading log!

2.  XtraMath : XtraMath 3 times, packet or another way to practice if your child participated in 

 Free Week) This is the last week of XtraMath unless your child didn't complete it last week.


3. Hidden Figures movie permission is due on Thursday, June 1st. 

4. Thursday, June 8th: Atwater Beach (1:00-3:25 pm:) We are walking to Atwater Beach for the last day field trip.  Please let me know if you'd like to walk over with us or meet us there.  Thank you!

5.  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.

6. Summer Reading ideas from Brightly:  Here is a link to a website that sends me wonderful lists and ideas. I am not endorsing them or suggesting that you purchase from them but the lists are by age level and are diverse. 

http://www.readbrightly.com/summer-reading-central/?aid=randohouseinc46734-20&ref=PRHCE3730C70B10&linkid=PRHCE3730C70B10&cdi=124A1AB9CF662A05E0534FD66B0A493C&template_id=6327

Calendar:

Monday, May 29 -No School

Tuesday, May 30- Reading log, Xtra Math 3 times, and Thursday bag due, band lessons and  band pizza party

Wednesday, May 31-

Thursday, June 1- Orchestra lessons, movie permission slip due for Hidden Figures

Friday, June 2-No School-Record keeping day to work on progress reports

Monday,June 5 -Thursday bag due and Spanish due

Tuesday, June 6- 

Wednesday, June 7-Shorewood Library Field Trip-students may bring library card

Thursday, June 8- Last day! Atwater Beach 1:00-3:25 pm

It's almost the end of the year-thank you for all of your support and cooperation! 

Thank you for reading,

Deb