We would like to send a shout out to the Woppert Family, Wolf Family, and Gahagan Family for their donation to our classroom tissue supply; even the smallest donation is appreciated! Thank you!
We have also collected a significant amount of non-perishable food items for the Student Council Canned Goods Food Drive already. We will continue collecting until the end of this week; Friday, November 21. The class that has the most donations will win a special prize!
As we say EVERY WEEK, reading is your child's homework and responsibility. Research has proven that a mere 20 minutes a day can significantly improve students reading abilities and comprehension. This reading counts towards the PTA reading log as well which can earn them prizes!
We have added a link to the Scholastic website, this gives you the opportunity to order books whenever you choose. The link should send you directly to our team page however if it does not and asks for our code, it is as follows: GNG28
Monday, November 17, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Hello Winter!
Good Morning Team Soar Families,
Well it may not be Winter just yet, but it sure does feel like it! Some students were dressed in clothing that did not keep them warm enough for the elements; shorts and capri pants are not sufficient during the noon hour. Students need to come to school with hats, gloves/mittens, scarves, and warm jackets. Students will have an outside noon hour regardless of the warm clothing that they bring; keeping an extra set of warm weather gear in your students back pack may come in handy! As this cold weather sets in place, we need families to be punctual in picking up students when the school day ends at 3:30pm. We will only wait outside for 5 minutes, after that point, students will be sent to the office and it will be up to you to pick them up from there.
As many of you have started to see, students have been requested to complete additional work at home. The work we send home is to reinforce the work that we have been working on in school. We are seeing inconsistent work from students in the work that we are sending home; students should be completing this work independently. The due date is typically within 2-3 days and is written on the top of the paper.
If your pick up plans have changed for your child, please be sure to not only contact our school, but also the SAFE desk as these students get paged after school.
Right now we have 48 out of 54 report card envelopes returned; 8 more! If you have not returned your report card envelope, please do so as we will use them for report cards throughout the rest of the year.
Some families have asked if Team Soar is in need of any items, well we are! If you have any gently used board games, books, and small items for our prize bin they will be put to good use. Also, we are starting to run low on tissues. If anyone is willing to donate tissues, they will be greatly appreciated.
Well it may not be Winter just yet, but it sure does feel like it! Some students were dressed in clothing that did not keep them warm enough for the elements; shorts and capri pants are not sufficient during the noon hour. Students need to come to school with hats, gloves/mittens, scarves, and warm jackets. Students will have an outside noon hour regardless of the warm clothing that they bring; keeping an extra set of warm weather gear in your students back pack may come in handy! As this cold weather sets in place, we need families to be punctual in picking up students when the school day ends at 3:30pm. We will only wait outside for 5 minutes, after that point, students will be sent to the office and it will be up to you to pick them up from there.
As many of you have started to see, students have been requested to complete additional work at home. The work we send home is to reinforce the work that we have been working on in school. We are seeing inconsistent work from students in the work that we are sending home; students should be completing this work independently. The due date is typically within 2-3 days and is written on the top of the paper.
If your pick up plans have changed for your child, please be sure to not only contact our school, but also the SAFE desk as these students get paged after school.
Right now we have 48 out of 54 report card envelopes returned; 8 more! If you have not returned your report card envelope, please do so as we will use them for report cards throughout the rest of the year.
Some families have asked if Team Soar is in need of any items, well we are! If you have any gently used board games, books, and small items for our prize bin they will be put to good use. Also, we are starting to run low on tissues. If anyone is willing to donate tissues, they will be greatly appreciated.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
November update
Good Morning Families,
We have had a busy month so far. We have launched a new inquiry unit on geography and studying different aspects of the world we live in. In writing, we have finished our personal narratives and are now learning how to write like a scientist for our informational unit. Math has shifted from numbers and base ten to operations and algebraic thinking.
Just a few reminders! If you choose to call Team Soar we request you please call with ext. 1308. Although we have three rooms, room 324 is the teacher's main room; we have more teacher time in this room and are able to check messages faster. Please keep in mind that during the hours of 8:25 until 3:40 is instructional time; it may take us up to 72 hours to respond to phone calls and emails. We cannot take instructional time away from students valuable learning at the sake of responding immediately to phone calls and emails.
Recently we have had several students bring in glass containers and bottles. Pease keep them at home! This is a safety concern as we have had glass break already in the hallway; the process to completely clean the glass up is tediuous and takes away from instructional time.
Lastly remember to keep report cards at home! They are yours to keep! We just ask that the envelope comes back signed, to school, so we can reuse them throughout the year.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Kids at Work
End of October
Good Morning Team Soar Families,
We would like to remind everyone that students do not have school next week Thursday and Friday, October 30 and 31. We know this can be an exciting time of year and we wish everyone a safe weekend!
Yesterday Team Soar had the opportunity to read to K5 and K4 classes for Read For the Record Day. Students modeled what good readers do and how they read!
Report cards will be sent home next week, please be on the lookout! Also please be sure to sign and return the envelope as soon as possible.
We a wrapping up our inquiry on communities and will be starting a science inquiry within the next few weeks. With the quarter ending we are also concluding our first math unit, numbers and base ten. Please continue to work with your child on this topic at home!
Ms. Wall had the opportunity to sit down and recieve personal training on Achieve 3000; which means we were able to sit down and also recieve updated information on this very helpful program. Students who are on Achieve 3000 are reading independently at a level "K" and have demonstrated that skill through their small group instruction as well as their beginning work on Achieve 3000. Even though there are students who are independently reading at that level they may not be on this program because they require additional support and is not an appropriate independent tool for them to use. Students who do use this program should be completing 2 articles within a week; students are given ample time in class to complete these activities, however we encourage carry over at home. These articles are meant to take several days as they are lengthy and require students to think critically when they respond. The goal and expectation is for students to score a 75% or better the first time on the quiz they take at the very end of every article. Please encourage your student to take their time and use this resource to further their own knowledge.
Last but certainly not least, Bear Wear order forms are due this FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24!!!!!!! There are no exceptions and late orders will not be placed.
Below are several pictures of Team Soar members reading to younger Jefferson Bears yesterday!
Sunday, November 2, 2014
November
Good Morning Team Soar Families,
Who read for at least 1 hour and 20 minutes over the past 4 days?! If not, there is still time today and tomorrow morning!!! Remember that, that is you and your child's homework EVERYDAY-20 minutes of reading! It's really not much, but it will significantly benefit your child's reading and vocabulary.
We hope you all had a relaxing and restful extended weekend!!! As you can tell we are shifting from brisk autumn weather to chilly winter weather very quickly. With that being said, students must wait before and after school outside, as well as go outside for recess everyday; students MUST be dressed appropriately for the weather-hats, gloves/mittens, winter coat, scarves, boots, and snow pants. We recommend keeping an extra set of cold weather clothing in your child's backpack as well as a clean extra set of clothing as when snow arrives many students get wet during the noon hour and then have to sit in uncomfortable, wet clothing for the remainder of the day.
Report cards will be going home this week. At Jefferson, we have had a VERY LENGTHY discussion on how we will be grading our reading and how it differs from years previous. In previous years, we have reported students INSTRUCTIONAL (what level students read at when they read in small group with a teacher) level, however, this year we are reporting students INDEPENDENT (what students can read all by themselves with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension) level. This level was determined by formally leveling all students in September; we acknowledge that these levels have changed since the beginning of the school year and that if there were concerns for your students reading level we expressed those concern during conferences. Please rest assured that although the summery achievement grade is one of the few letter grades, students work on a variety of different elements is what ultimately makes up their overall grade.
It has come to our attention that there has been difficulty logging onto some of our educational websites. We have listed below usernames and passwords, as well as specific school login information.
Dreambox:
School login: tfjn9/jeffersone
Username: students choose their class and click their name, first name and first letter of their last name
Password: each student has a simple 4 letter password unique to them, which they should know
Lexia:
School login: type in any one of the following email addresses to get started phillipsonj@wawm.k12.wi.us; zastrows@wawm.k12.wi.us; wakemanm@wawm.k12.wi.us
Username & password: students lunch number with warm added onto the end of the 5 digit number
Achieve 3000:
Username: 5 digit lunch code
Password: 5 digit lunch code
Mobymax:
School login: type in and find Jefferson Elementary West Allis
Username: 5 digit lunch code and wawm at the end
Password: 5 digit lunch code and wawm at the end
Who read for at least 1 hour and 20 minutes over the past 4 days?! If not, there is still time today and tomorrow morning!!! Remember that, that is you and your child's homework EVERYDAY-20 minutes of reading! It's really not much, but it will significantly benefit your child's reading and vocabulary.
We hope you all had a relaxing and restful extended weekend!!! As you can tell we are shifting from brisk autumn weather to chilly winter weather very quickly. With that being said, students must wait before and after school outside, as well as go outside for recess everyday; students MUST be dressed appropriately for the weather-hats, gloves/mittens, winter coat, scarves, boots, and snow pants. We recommend keeping an extra set of cold weather clothing in your child's backpack as well as a clean extra set of clothing as when snow arrives many students get wet during the noon hour and then have to sit in uncomfortable, wet clothing for the remainder of the day.
Report cards will be going home this week. At Jefferson, we have had a VERY LENGTHY discussion on how we will be grading our reading and how it differs from years previous. In previous years, we have reported students INSTRUCTIONAL (what level students read at when they read in small group with a teacher) level, however, this year we are reporting students INDEPENDENT (what students can read all by themselves with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension) level. This level was determined by formally leveling all students in September; we acknowledge that these levels have changed since the beginning of the school year and that if there were concerns for your students reading level we expressed those concern during conferences. Please rest assured that although the summery achievement grade is one of the few letter grades, students work on a variety of different elements is what ultimately makes up their overall grade.
It has come to our attention that there has been difficulty logging onto some of our educational websites. We have listed below usernames and passwords, as well as specific school login information.
Dreambox:
School login: tfjn9/jeffersone
Username: students choose their class and click their name, first name and first letter of their last name
Password: each student has a simple 4 letter password unique to them, which they should know
Lexia:
School login: type in any one of the following email addresses to get started phillipsonj@wawm.k12.wi.us; zastrows@wawm.k12.wi.us; wakemanm@wawm.k12.wi.us
Username & password: students lunch number with warm added onto the end of the 5 digit number
Achieve 3000:
Username: 5 digit lunch code
Password: 5 digit lunch code
Mobymax:
School login: type in and find Jefferson Elementary West Allis
Username: 5 digit lunch code and wawm at the end
Password: 5 digit lunch code and wawm at the end
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