Final Conferences

Dear Families,
Below is the list of scheduled conferences for out final parent teacher conference which will be held on THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2015. If you are unable to attend; please let us know immediately as a courtesy to all other Team Soar Families. Please note that if you have an upcoming RTI or IEP meeting, those meetings will be considered your conference. There will not be an open house this quarter.

Schedule

3:45 Dajuana
4:00 Ryelin
4:15 Anthoni O
4:30 Alex H
4:45 Alex D
5:00 Natalie
5:15 Iyana
5:30 Lilli

Accidents Happen

Good Morning Families,

Just like children, adults make mistakes as well. We realized after we had printed over 50 field trip slips yesterday that we wrote our field trip takes place on Friday, April 25. Obviously those dates do not match up, and we don't have school on Saturdays. We decided instead of wasting paper, we hoped that families would come to the conclusion that we had an error, and that the field trip will take place on FRIDAY, APRIL 24. We hope this clarifies any questions.

If your child needs a bag lunch provided for that day, please let us know. Additionally, if you signed up to be a chaperone, we will pick out of a hat from parents that have current background checks on Friday. We will let you know if your name was selected!

3rd Quarter Conferences

Just a reminder we have third quarter conferences scheduled with a few families, followed by an open house that will be focused on math from 5:00-5:30. Please note that open house ends at 5:30, so please come by no later than 5:15 in order to experience our student lead open house!

3rd Quarter Conferences

Good Morning Team Soar Families,
Below is the schedule for our third quarter conferences; as always if you are unable to attend please let us know immediately as a courtesy to our other students.

3rd Quarter Parent Teacher Conferences
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Scheduled conferences are listed below
3:30	Fisher
3:45	Elijah
4:00	Aiden
4:15	Angelus
4:30	Isaiah
4:45	Angie
If you are not scheduled for a private conference and would like one, please contact us immediately so that we can try and accommodate you. Open house will focus on Math this semester. Open house will start promptly at 5:00pm end at 5:30pm.

Our focus in math is still on measurement and data, however we are starting to look at measuring length, width, capacity, converting different measurement units, as well as determining area and perimeter.

In writing, we are looking at students strengths and weaknesses and placing them into focus groups to target skills they could use extra support in. Groups are divided into categories such as writing conventions, lead, endings, transitions, craft, and elaboration. 

Another piece of information that seems insignificant but your child will know what it is for!

Mrs. Zastrow: New Berlin, WI

Mrs. Wakeman: Green Bay, WI

Ms. Phillipson: Greendale, WI

Anti-Bullying Month

February is Anti-Bullying Month. In honor of this month, we at Jefferson participated in many activities to stomp out bullying; one of which you already know is to wear pink on Fridays. The second, is to create a class door that displays an anti-bullying theme. Our theme this year was thought up by Natalie Woppert. When the students were asked what a bully does to you, she very eloquently said that they, "break your heart." We ran with that theme and not only made a classroom door to represent that, but we also recorded a little song, thank you Elton John and Kiki Dee! Below are the students singing their anti-bullying song. The door pictures will be up soon!

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

TUESDAY

Our third graders are preparing for the new state test, as part of that test we are reminding everyone that stamina reading, reading for 20 minutes a night will significantly help your child!

This information may seem random, however, your child will know what it is for!

Mrs. Zastrow: University of Wisconsin Waukesha, Alverno College

Mrs. Wakeman: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Carroll College

Ms. Phillipson: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Cardinal Stritch University

Below are just a few pictures of our more recent events!

Full Class

We have just been informed we will have a new student starting tomorrow. Please make sure that if you and your child bring in a friendship treat or card that you bring in 54! The celebration will be on Friday, February 13th in the afternoon.

February Fun

Good Morning Families,

Thank you to the Gahagan/Greevenow, Hornung, and Friedrich/Morcado family for supplying our classroom with tissues! The kids do appreciate it.

Thank you to all the families who came to last weeks' Technology Based, Bring Your Family to School Day. We were so thrilled to see our students put to use programs that we use everyday. 

Read to Succeed sheets are due February 24! If they are handed in late they may not be able to be accepted. 

In regards to Valentines Day, we will have a small celebration which will focus on friendship. We have told students that they are welcome to bring in treats or cards, however they must bring in enough for every student in the class (53 students in Team Soar) or they will not be allowed to hand their items out. As this is to celebrate friendship, leaving someone out will lead to hurt feelings for a fun event. If students choose to bring in something,  they should only sign their name on the card rather than addressing cards to students; it will become tedious to sort out over 50 cards for each student. Lastly, students may bring in a decorated bag or box to put their items in, if students do not bring in a bag or box, they will be provided with a brown paper lunch bag. 

Bring Your Family to School

Today is the day! We are very excited for the annual BRING YOUR FAMILY TO SCHOOL breakfast and morning. Students are prepared to show you just how tech savvy they are! We hope to see you soon.

Please note the Read to Succed forms are due by February 24, if they are turned in late we may not be able to honor them. 

Sniff sniff

Good Afternoon!

As many of you know it is still cold and flu season, and well that keeps the facial tissue companies in business. If anyone is willing to donate tissues for the classroom it would be greatly appreciated as we are down to our last few boxes. Thanks!

We're Half Way There

We can only hope that some of you started to sing that along with us! All song lyrics aside, we had a special treat today; Angie a veteran Team Soar member, decided to celebrate her July birthday with us in a very unique way. What was Angie's treat of choice you ask; why, her favorite food of course...SUSHI! Angie and her family, very generously, made us not only sushi (no fish, just veggies!) but also treat sushi. Almost everyone in Team Soar tried the delicious healthy veggie sushi; as a result, we have many new sushi lovers in our classroom! Thank you to Angie and her family for introducing so many students, and teachers, to something new on a Monday morning.

If you have not sent back the envelope for report cards, please sign the line marked, "Quarter Two" and take out the report card before your child takes the envelope back to school with them tomorrow!

Well, going back to our title, we are half way through the school year already! It's hard to believe, however we are! Our focus in math has switched gears to measurement and data; we will be covering topics such as identifying and measuring angles, being able to read a clock and calculate elapsed time, working fluently with money, measuring using multiple different units, and reading/creating different types of graphs. Every student's literacy needs vary, however, all students should be reading for a minimum of 20 minutes a day and should be able to answer comprehension questions related to their book. In writing, we continue to write opinion pieces and are now adding in counter arguments as well as catchy endings. Inquiry this quarter will take students anywhere they want on Earth! Students were given four different topics to choose from such as weather and natural disasters and animals. From there, students will choose a subtopic, research, and then create a Keynote presentation as their final project. Ask your students what interests them!

Thank you to all families who attended open house! It was wonderful to see you all and we can't wait until our math based open house coming up at the end of quarter three! Pictures to follow soon!

Open House

Good Morning Team Soar Families,
Today is the day! Open house for Team Soar starts at 3:45pm and goes until 4:15pm, we will promptly begin our scheduled conferences after that point. Whenever there is confusion about a topic, please email or call us immediately. If a note is sent home that contradicts our blog, it trumps all, and we will update our blog as soon as possible. As a courtesy to other Team Soar Families if there is ever a time that we schedule a meeting or event that you are unable to attend please tell us immediately as you are holding open a spot for another family.We are trying to get away from cancellations and multiple emails the day of an event; we understand that things do come up however we are trying to accommodate 52 families!

We hope to see you later!

Happy New Year

WELCOME BACK TEAM SOAR FAMILIES!!!

We are so glad to be back and ready for a fresh start in this new year. Below are the usernames and passwords students need in order to use the same programs at home that we use in school. With that being said, PASS slips have been distributed and starts next week. Please take note of the times and the one session that will not be held.

This quarter for parent teacher conferences, we will be holding an open house in Team Soar focusing on literacy from 3:45pm until 4:15pm on Thursday, January 22nd. Please note that attending the open house is for families benefit, this will constitute as your conference in the lieu of you not meeting individually with a teacher. After that time, we will be having scheduled conferences for an additional hour. We will be choosing families we would like to meet with to address specific concerns for this upcoming quarter; if we do not request a conference with your family, and would like one, please let us know immediately so that we can schedule appropriately. Report cards will be sent home within the following week, again, please be advised that the reading grade reported is your child's independent level and not the level that they are instructed at when they work with a a teacher.

Remember there is no school for students on Monday, January 12 and Monday, January 19 for teacher in-service.


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