Martial Arts Vivian

Today we had Vivian's Martial Arts instructors visit our class to talk about Integrity, Respect, and Persistence in all aspects of life. It was wonderful! And we are very proud of our GREEN Belt Viv.

Angelville News, April 3, 2012

BON DIA

Week 29

Good afternoon families! This week is Holy Week! Holy Week is a time when our church remembers the important events of Jesus' life on earth just before he died. The days in Holy Week include Passion Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. We will also continue with the Satations of the Cross as we try and walk along Jesus, understanding the suffering he was going through and how at times we all go through different kinds of suffering.

*Thursday we are going to Carkeek Park to return the salmon into the creek so they may begin their journey into Salmon. We say a little prayer for each one of them as we drop them into the impression pond. The salmon are in the impression pond for a few weeks so that they can become acquainted to all of the smells of the creek, in hopes they live long enough to make their way back to the creek to spawn in the next 5 years. The Naturalists will let the salmon go at a particular time of night when there is no moon, giving the little fry all the possibilities to make their way down the creek without being spotted by predators. We will leave school at 12:40pm to return some time around 2:30pm. I want to thank all of my parents who have volunteered to drive. I currently have enough drivers, so thank you!

*Friday we have early out at 12 noon. No extended care.

This week in Writers Workshop we will work to complete our Fiction stories, so that when we return from break we can dive into Poetry.

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter with Family and Friends............and a relaxing break, and and one more thing........SUN!!

3/4 West Mad Scientists

Great Job Ladies! I enjoyed your enthusiasm for this project!

3/4 West Scientists

Who knew we had so many MAD SCIENTISTS in 3/4 West! WOW, there were many impressed people with your work. We saw all kinds of experiments from testing......... what plants like to eat best?, to is soap or hand sanitizer a better agent to kill bacteria?, over to salt breaking down ice cubes, on to whether organic fruit or non organic fruit last longer?, to blowing up things with mentos and soda.............etc. and the list goes on. Great night and a SUPER JOB well done my friends.(I am going to do my best to get all of the students up on the blog for a science project pic).

Angelville News, March 26-30, 2012

BON DIA

Week 28

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend!

The Pre-schoolers are watching butterflies go through all of their stages of life, many are beginning to come out of their cocoon. Such a miracle!

Few big things to note this week:

*Science Fair boards are due tomorrow, March 27.

*Science Fair Wednesday, March 28th from 5:30-7:30pm the 3/4 projects will be in the hall outside our rooms, students are required to be here to explain their projects.

*I have told the students that I will no longer accept papers with NO NAMES. If I receive a paper that does not have a name on it, I will place it in my grade book as a 0 (zero).

*I attended a seminar this past Friday on the Common Core Standards for each grade level in Math. These are standards that have been set for all students in each grade across the country. In my math class I am going back to check certain skills for 'mastery' For the time being I am removing math groups and going to go back to check for mastery on certain skills and then those students whom have mastered expected standards for 4th grade will continue to go on. If you have any questions about this please contact me. mizschmutz@gamil.com

-This week in Writers Workshop we are going to work on Fiction stories.

-In Readers Workshop we are looking at characters in our 'Just Right' Books. We are looking at when characters act 'Out of Character.' What does this mean? Why do we sometimes act out of our normal character?

-In Religion we continue to walk with Jesus through the Stations of the Cross, grades 2-8 will all be going to confession this Friday.

Have a great week, hope the sun shines on us all week long.

Happy Birthday Carolyn

Carolyn brought in Lemon Mering Pie for her birthday today. I had never seen so many students so excited about pie. It was a huge hit!

I witnessed Carolyn typing one of her friends papers today on the computer because she was behind getting it finished. This is just the kind of person Carolyn is. She is a quiet helper, there when her peers need her. Always one of the very first students to raise her hand to help, sharing her GIFTS. A true JOY to have in the classroom!! Hope you have a great weekend Carolyn!

Sounders pic

I was having some trouble for a few weeks posting pictures that I had taken to the blog, so this is a test, and looks like it worked.

As I said this week I had gone to the Sounders game on Saturday. I took a picture of this banner because my cousin designs and puts all of the banners together for the games. They are all so cool and I am so proud of him. Enjoy and I highly recommend a Sounders game........FUN forsure!!