Contact Information

Phone: 414.604.4100 ext 1308
Email: Teamsoar3@gmail.com

Monday, January 26, 2015

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!


Thursday, January 22, 2015

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!

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

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