Monday Memo - Week of April 23

Great Things I Noticed Last Week:
*A 5th grade class discussion during Daily 5 Check-In on how important it is to keep their focus to finish the year strong (because their stamina was not as long as it had been previously and they knew they could do better).
*After learning about friction and gravity in science, 4th graders made different roller coasters for marbles to put their knowledge to practical use.
*3rd Graders put their knowledge about circuits to use in hands-on activities to get batteries to light bulbs (it is so fun to see their faces light up as they figure out how to get the light bulbs to light!)
*When a student was very disappointed to find out that her mother wouldn't be coming to the Pride assembly, several of our staff members stepped in to make it a special event for her and let her know how proud they were of her.

Events this Week:
Tuesday -2nd grade field trip
     - I will be out of the building with several teachers to visit the Title I Spotlight school in OshKosh.
Wednesday - Elementary Professional Learning Meeting after school in the Media Center.  We will be talking about our math curriculum and planning for next year.
Thursday - 4K Screening 9:30-4:30 in Mrs. Hiles/Mrs. McLeod's room and a D.O.Conference room
   -5th grade field trip to UW Madison for a college tour (I will be joining the 5th graders for this trip)
Friday -4K Screening 8:00-3:00 (same place as Thursday)
  Volunteers Recognition Tea at 9:00 in the commons. Please have thank you cards for your classroom volunteers.  I'm still hoping to find a class or group of students that would like to read a poem or something for an entertaining thank you.


Future events to mark on your calendars:

*FFA Petting Zoo for classes to rotate through outside on Thursday, May 3rd (I know this means 4th grade will miss it, but this is the day that they can organize all the animals to come).
*Olympic Day on Wednesday, May 9th in the afternoon. This will be planned by the HS Student Council again
*Tuesday May 15th will be the day for our students that sold over 25 items to ride in the Hummer Limo (more info to come) and for a Family Fun Night that evening 5:00-7:00. We will need 9 volunteers to help run the inflatable events at that party. Please let me know if you're interested so I can start a schedule.


"Nuts & Bolts" Notes
*Please have your students make cards for your classroom volunteers for Friday. You can either bring them to the office before hand or send a student down during the Recognition Tea. Let me know if you have any students that would like to read a poem or something to add some student entertainment.
*Recently a few people have asked about how to find grant opportunities.  One of the blogs I follow in my google reader posted a list of current grant opportunities here.  Let me know if you're interested in one and I can help you thought the process.

Neat Ideas I discovered on Pinterest this week:
(click on the image to go to the page that explains it)



Class Data Wall:

Fun end of year activity