We went to art. We watched Cat and the Hat Came Back. We watched it because next week is Dr. Seuss' birthday. Mrs. Collins was absent. Our substitute teacher was Mrs. Sack.  Max said, "We had fun with Dr. Seuss".

We had recess at the end of the day. If you want to go on the snowbanks, you need snowpants and boots. It was kind of warm but kind of cold too. It was very sunny. We couldn't go on the swings because there were puddles. The weather is getting nice and the snow is melting. We are getting closer to Spring. Sophia's dad thinks 24 more days until Spring. Aubrey said, "Me, Lizzie, Deja, Jocelyn and Brookelyn were playing on the little snowbank and Deja made a slide."

Teacher Talk

Hi Families,
We celebrated the number 100 this week. We made 100 hats, we wrote to 100, went on a 100 heart hunt, wrote in our journals about 100 and made a 100 book. 100 is a fun number.  We will start counting down to the last day of school. We have 68 more days. Wow! Summer will be here before we know it.

We will be holding a open house on Tuesday March 5th from 4:30-7:30. You will have an opportunity to meet with each teacher and also see the wonderful work your child has been doing so far this year. A note went home on Friday. Please send it to school and let us know if will be attending.

Progress reports were sent home on Friday. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Enjoy your week.
Team Inspire Teachers

Bring Your Family to School

 

What is a whale?

In Math, we did the same activity as Mrs. Galewski's class. There were 100 hearts on a page. We had to write in the numbers. We wrote to 100. We had to use a pencil and get all the way down to 100. If they were all right, we had to color it in with markers. We had to write the numbers inside the hearts. Tomorrow we will get to 100 on our 100's chart. It's really fun having the 100th day. Alissa said, "It was a good day."  

Long Weekend Fun

Nathaniel watched Wreck It Ralph.
Evan went to Country Springs.
Sophia went to her Gram's house.
Deja went to her grandma's house for 3 days.
Jasmine went to the pet store and got 2 birds.
Jocelyn played card games with her grandma.
Trinity went to Chick-Fil-A.
Aryana went to Disney on Ice.
Kamahdi went to the mall and bought new shoes.
Zachary went to his dad's and played his wii.
Brookelyn saw pictures of her sister's baby.
Nathan played with his sister.
Jacey played with her brother, sister and dad.
Alyssa went to Laser Tag.
Kacey got an angry bird tatoo.
Lizzie went to the hospital to visit her grandma.
Mason played with his Legos.
Ariana went to a new day care.
Gavin went to the store to get candy and a drink.
Maggie went to the Pirate exhibit at the Museum.
Christian got a new kitty named Snuffles.
Lavel played video games.
Samantha had fun.
Elizabeth played on her mom's 3DS.
Sofi played with her Auntie's cat.
Alissa went to the movies.

Valentine Party

We had a Valentines party. We passed out our Valentines in the morning. We had different kinds of Valentines. We had fun. We also played friendship Bingo. AJ brought cupcakes on a stick and Ninjago cards. Aryana brought in three different kinds of cards. Lizzie said, "We got to make our own bags for the party."

We are having Valentines centers this week. We are making a candy graph. We are making a "Where are my Mittens" book. We are weaving a Valentine placemat. We made Valentine animals.  We made Valentine bags. They are for our Valentines. We had a fabulous day. We are having a Valentines party tomorrow. Mason said, "We are having fun making Valentine stuff." Hooray! 

We can walk down the hall the Jefferson way. We walk silently. We keep our hands to ourselves. We use walking feet. Mrs. Gengler said, "I am happy when the class walks politely".

mom dad is awesome Wisconsin baby it the blue my

We can spell words.  One of the words says, "mom" and one of the words say, "baby". The harder words are "awesome" and "Wisconsin".

We can fix spelling. The word the was spelled wrong.

Dear Families,
      We had a very snowy week! The children are having lots of fun in the snow as you can see from our pictures below. The children can only go on the snow hills if they have snow boots and snow pants. It's also a good idea to leave an extra pair of mittens and hooded sweatshirt at school. Please feel free to send those things to school so we can keep them dry and warm.
      We are also finishing up our Inquiry Unit on Whales. The children are bringing in so many interresting things from home. We have watched some really cool videos from Sea World.
       The children are continuing to show us how much they are learning in Math. We have been working on our Math Assessments for counting and adding larger numbers. Next we will be moving onto more adding and subtracting concepts. You can help your child at home by practicing counting to 100, then counting by twos and fives, then counting backwards from twenty. These are skills we will be testing on eventually.
       Our Valentine's party will be this Thursday. You can send in Valentine cards whenever they are ready. It will be a fun day for the children. They have so much fun passing out cards with their friends.
       We are really enjoying having our student teacher Ms. Stevenson here. She is doing a great job and the students are having fun working with her.
                                                                                       Have a great week!
                                                                                       Your Team Inspire Teachers!
                                                                                                



      

Winter Fun

We had PE today. We played on the scooters. The teacher let us play a race with the scooters. We had to race when the teacher called the color of our scooter. We got to ride on our stomachs or our bottoms or our knees. Mr. K had a meeting. Christian said, "We had fun playing in gym."

We had fun with math.  We learned about equal and greater than.  We had to write the alligator mouth or equal sign.  We used white boards. We used the ten towers and one blocks. Janaii said,"We had a lot of fun."

We had recess. Some of us went on the snowbanks. You need snowpants and boots to play on the snowbanks. Some of us stayed inside. We colored in coloring books or played in the room. Kacey said, "It was a fun day".

Brr!

It was another cold week with indoor recess. Although the kids enjoyed the little extra free time, it was hard being stuck inside all day. We continued to learn about whales. The kids are still so engaged in learning about them. I  hope they are bringing home interesting facts to share with you. On Feb. 21st, you will have your first chance to come in to see all the great work about whales hanging in the hall. Feb. 21st is "bring your family to school" day. On March 5th, we will hold an open house in the evening where you can also view our whales. Information about both days will come home at a later date.

I (Mrs. G) spent Thursday and Friday this week at a district sponsored seminar about diversity. It was very interesting and I feel that the diversity of our families is one of the very best qualities of the West Allis school district.

Please remember to dress your child for playing in the snow everyday no matter what the weather. The kids are always so disappointed when they can not play in the snow piles with their friends because they do not have snowpants or boots.

Lavel was our star today. He brought cupcakes for snack. The cupcakes had sprinkles and frosting on them. There were two flavors to choose from. It was chocolate and vanilla. We didn't have enough chocolate for everyone but we had enough of vanilla. More people wanted chocolate. But we really liked the cupcakes anyway. Thank you Jackie. Lavel said, "I loved being the star."