Blog #18

Blog #18

March 12-16th and March 19-22, 2018

Henry T., Petra and Maria reprsented our
crew at the PrinciPal meeting about
Diversity and Inclusion.

Mr. Anton and his twin for Spirit Day!
See pics. 

A shout out to Levi for completing a
Xtramath level.

Auguste completed a Xtramath level.

Sam advanced to the next level in Xtramath.

Our wonderful band students: Owen M., Jacoby, Henry T.,
Geoffrey, J.P., Owen D., Cleo, Angela and Levi

Our amazing orchestra students: Petra, Auguste,
Masha, Henry C. and Eliza

The Orchestra Festival was fantastic! The students performed
in three concerts in two days. See pics. 

Henry T. and Sam lead the crew greeting. 

Our crew participates in a role modeling initia-
tive during Divsersity and Inclusion month.
See pics. 

Cleo, Levi, Cassidy, Jacoby and Maria
work collaboratively to figure out "If the
world were a village of 100, how many people
would be from each place and what languages
would the speak?" See pics. 

Xyella stands up duirng "Me too", an
iniative that shows how we are diverse. See pics. 

Auguste leads Bippity Boppity Boo. 

Some of the crew during Four Corners. See pics.

Geoffrey, J.P. and Angela solviing the dot
challenge. See pics. 

Mr. Cartier's crew teaching the All School Crew a chant. See pics. 

Lillian and Finn playkng a Fraction Equivalent
game. The Vets had Forward Testing so we had
more math and more game time. See pics. 

Bruce and Victor playing Fraction Top-it. We
also played Salute. See pics. 

Zoah and Baturalp play the Square Number Fact
game. Both math crews also reviewed and
assessed. 

Zoah, Masha, Eliza and Leo playing Mancala. See pics. 

Owen leads us in Mindfulness. 

Brain Break

Alash, a wonderful ACE ensemble from Tuva, perfomred for us. See videos.

Thank you to the parents that are helping to publish stories in the Publishing Center! Thank you to Ms. Johnson, Mrs. Hirano and Mrs. Brown! We couldn't publish stories without you!


Other activities:

Vet and Rookie Junior Art Docents visited the Milwaukee Art Museum, ochestra students had practice at SHS and three concerts, Vets: Forward Testing for SS and Science, saw the movie "Wonder" for our Spring Party-thank you to Cassidy, Masha, Levi, Henry C., Finn and Geoffrey for party treats, worked on SS project, most students visited the Publishing Center, reading lessons on Text Analysis questions

Alash, a wonderful ACE ensemble from Tuva, played for us. See pics. 

Blog #17

Blog #17
February 26-March 1st and March 5-8th, 2018

A Shout Out to Henry for completing an
Xtramath level! Way to go!

Levi and Geoffrey help Owen D. celebrate
his birthday. See pic.

A Shout out to our Battle of the Books
teams. Angela and Gauri V. are on The
Ridicuous Readers. 

Gauri S., Levi and Evan are on The Reading
Rubies. All BOB participants read many
books and competed in four battles. 

Angela and Masha are on The Ridiculous Readers.
Way to go, BOB, teams!

Thank you to Victor for bringing our crew a
treat. He won all of these cupcakes at a
Milestones Family Fun Night at the Cake Walk. 

Auguste, Cleo, Finn and Xyella work
collaboratively to make the fastest
licorice ball while competing with
other teams. See pics. 

Ms. Sakai's Cross-age Crew. All Cross-age crews created
flags and will share them at the next All School Crew.
  I'm loving our cross-age crew time!.

Isla asked Cassidy to help teach a greeting
to our crew. 

Owen D., Owen M., Cassidy and Angela
worked collaboratively on a poem before
sharing it with the crew. See pics. 

Cleo, Levi, Cassidy, Jacoby and Maria
work together on "If the World were a
Village of 100", how many people would
be from Africa, Asia, North America,
Central and South America, Europe and
Oceania? for our Design Principle:
Diversity and Inclusion. See pics. 

Eliza gives Zoah her progress report and a
compliment. We worked on eye contact,
a specific compliment about
character and using manners. See pics. 

Solitude and Reflection is ongoing all year.
Students reflected on their continuum and
second trimester goals. They also created
third trimester goals. See pics. 

Goeffrey leads us in  Mindfulness with the
Himalayan chimes. 

Our one day to make snow people last week. 

Zoah and Masha work on the final copy of their Invasive
Species postcard. We also brainstormed for places to
distribute our postcards. See pics. 

J.P., Maria, Cleo and Henry T. are enjoying hot chocolate.
See pics. 

Hazel and Charlotte play"odd or even." We
are also learning about fractions and multi-
plication strategies. See pics.

Leo, Maria and Petra work together on the
Daily Note quotes. See pics. 

Other activities:

Students heard Jazzz Age Josephine by Jonah Winter, our read aloud is Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Auguste's recommendation), Scholastic News about Georger Springer from the Houston Astros and he has a stutter and Peggy Whitson, the person who has spent more time in space than any other American, orchestra lunch rehearsals