Ms. Galewski taught the Innov8ors about her great great grandfather who was a Union soldier during the Civil War.

Students working towards meeting their goals during Itime!

Our Unity Tree!

Students working hard at their math centers!

Greeting Families,

The past couple of weeks in room 314 we have been busy immersing ourselves in the study of the Civil War. Students have learned about causes, the different sides, and the Underground Railroad, just to name a few. Students have shown a lot of interest in studying the various topics outside of school and have brought in a lot of information to share with the class.

In math we have been reviewing multi digit addition and subtraction but our focus has been on multi digit multiplication. We have a lot of fun projects planned leading up to Winter Break, where students will be able to show off their multiplication skills they have worked hard towards improving!

In planning ahead, the following dates will be important to remember:

- Friday, December 7th @ 2:00 Winter Sing, progress reports are also sent home with your child today.
-Wednesday, December 12th @ 2:00 BOCS concert
-Friday, December 21st, Winter Festival in Ms. McGrorty's room. Treats are welcome.
-December 24th to January 1st Winter Break, classes resume Wednesday January 2nd

Testing week has finally ended! It has been a very busy week and students have worked hard towards achieving proficiency on all of the subjects they were tested on. I am proud of the work the students have done so far this year and we look forward to accomplishing many more goals as we move forward.

Report cards were sent home today with students. A parent/guardian should sign the envelope and return it to school, with their child, on Monday.

Reminders:

Student Council is continuing their food drive in support of the Salvation Army. Please send with your child any non-perishable food items that you are able to donate to this cause. The POD team that collects the most items will win a party.

Monday: Bear Wear
Wednesday: POD color day, wear green!
Friday: Favorite team color(s)

There is no school November 21st, 22nd and 23rd.

This week in our class we have been studying for the WKCE testing that will begin on Monday November 5th. We have been reviewing reading strategies and math work that we have done this quarter. We have also been making propoganda voting posters for our governement inquiry project.
Remember to study your things at home this weekend for the tests.

Your Weekly Blog Masters,

Hayden Yearian and Justin Jarumbo

Today in our classroom we did an algebra post test, everyone did a good job improving from their pretest.

In daily 5 we read an article on Scholastic.com about who won the presidential race according to students' votes in the Scholastic election. We voted in it earlier this month.


Remember:
-Monday is pink day
-Tuesday is Jefferson wear/colors day and band members need to be at school at 7:55 for practice.
-Wednesday is parent-teacher conferences for those of you who Ms. McGrorty scheduled a    conference with.

Your Weekly Blog Masters,
Justin Jarumbo and Hayden Yearian

Yesterday at McCarty Park, Jazlyn Ramos and Robert Hernadez both got 11th place in the cross country run. Today we learned that Nathan Nobs got the top score in the state of Wisconsin on Achieve 3000!!

We continued algebra but today the concepts were a bit more challenging. Don't forget it is pod color day tomorrow so wear your green. Also in work on writing everyone finished their conference with Ms. McGrorty.

Your Weekly Blog Masters,
Justin Jarumbo and Hayden Yearian

In our class at math we continued to work on algebra and patterns. At daily 5 we did an achieve article on the economy and continued congress for kids. For wow (work on writing) today we did a conference with Ms. McGrorty on our opinion paper and for word work we completed our synonyms and added a new synonym game on our ipads.

Your Weekly Blog Masters,
Justin Jarumbo and Hayden Yearian

Today we had a PBIS/TRIBES assembly and the following students got a star power award:

Hayden Yearian and Jesse Freeland.

We continued to learn about government on the Congress for Kids website. In SEL, 5th grade worked on the individual planning conference booklet and the 4th graders did career booklets where they sorted jobs. Also, Hayden Yearian got a pat on the back award from Ms.Prekop for being a good listener the whole time in class. In reading we read an achieve article called "What's in a Name". Math was exciting today because we learned about how algebra is just like finding missing numbers and for Writer's Workshop we wrote our final drafts of our opinion papers.

Tomorrow is Bear Wear Day. Wear school colors or your spirit wear!

Your Weekly Blog Masters,
Justin Jarumbo and Hayden Yearian

It has been a busy few weeks in room 314. We are working towards becoming proficient at using the program, Achieve 3000. Students have been able to read a lot of exciting articles that have tied into our government unit. I am encouraging the students to be using the program at home to help them improve their reading skills! In math we have been continuing to review many concepts to help students feel confident going into WKCE testing. Remember that tomorrow is our POD color day so wear green!

Upcoming dates to keep in mind:

October 18th-Picture retake day
October 24th- Parent-teacher conferences from 4:30-7:30
October 25th-No school, professional development day for teachers
October 26th-No school

It has been a busy week so far for room 314. We are settling into the new school year and getting our reading and math groups started. We are continuing to practice our Daily Five skills in Literacy and have continued our government inquiry through learning about the United States Constitution and comparing it to our own rules here at Jefferson. In math we have been learning about fractions and are becoming experts on adding fractions with like denominators and changing mixed numbers into improper fractions!

Today we downloaded more apps onto our ipads and worked on positive thinking and daily five skills. The following students received prizes for working exceptionally well during daily five and completing extra credit work:

Justin Jarumbo
Nathan Nobs
Haley Czerwinski
Armando Garcia
Jesse Freeland
Kayla Bray

Thank you to these students for setting an excellent example of how great learners look in room 314.

Tomorrow is wear your green and gold day to show your Packer spirit. You can also wear other colors to support your favorite team.

Today our class talked further about all the different components of Daily five. We practiced word work by sorting our Words Their Way words and putting them into sentences. We also edited our morning journals by using more descriptive words to describe our favorite foods. Editing is part of the Writer's Workshop process, which students will use a lot.

We downloaded two more apps on to our ipads today. A calculator and a math game called Glow Burst to help us work on ordering numbers from least to greatest. We also continued to work on place value.

Remember every Wednesday is POD color day. Our color is green. If you didn't remember to wear green today, remember for next Wednesday!

Welcome to our Blog. Today is the first day that we have blogged as a classroom community. We have been learning a lot so far.

We have started working on our government inquiry. In math we have been working on division, place value, ordering, and greater than and less than.

Yesterday we made Daily 5 posters for Literacy. They are to help us remember what we are supposed to/can be working on during each component.

Today we read articles that helped us learn more about the events that happened on 9/11.

Tomorrow is POD color day. Remember our team name is Innov8ors and our color is GREEN