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Upcoming Events10/22 Green Day 3rd grade AIR Testing I
10/23 White Day 3rd grade AIR Testing II
10/24 Blue Day
10/25 Green Day
10/26 White Day
10/29 Blue Day
10/30 Green Day Conference Day #1 3-6 pm
10/31 NO COLOR DAY Halloween parties
11/01 White Day
11/02 Blue Day
The School of Innovation Elementary School Spark Remark
10-19-2018
SOCKTOBER TALLY as of 10-19 (goal is 5,000)
Grade 3: 167 Grade 4: 224Grade 5: 283 Grade 6: 68Grade 7: 49 Grade 8: 62
TOTAL: 853 pairs so far!
It is starting to get chilly outside, even at recess time. We will attempt to go outside every day if both the air temperature or wind chill are above 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Please make sure your child has proper outerwear for recess.
Conferences are almost here. Please make an appointment with the appropriate grade level coaches to meet about your child’s progress during this first quarter of school. This meeting is important to a student’s success for the rest of the year.
NEXT WEEK IS ELEMENTARY RED RIBBON WEEK!
Follow the schedule on page 3 of this newsletter.
Have a great weekend! GO BROWNS!
W-E SOI PTOW-E School of Innovation PTO Officers
President: Erin SikoraVice-President: Craig RoweTreasurer: Hannah OrehCommunication Secretary Christine BradyRecording Secretary Dr. Stephen Atkins
Thank you for your willingness to volunteer and support our students!http://www.wesoipto.org
September Meeting Minutes
SOI High School updateThis week 7th and 8th grade parents met with Mr. Thompson to discuss the SOI High School, which will open in the 2019-2020 school year. Class offerings, sports, facilities and transportation were some of the topics discussed. As we open the high school (located in the same building as the middle and elementary schools) we will keep you informed of its development and successes!
Red Ribbon WeekOctober 22-26, 2018
Monday Voting for my future to be Drug Free - Wear Red, White, and Blue
Tuesday Too Bright for Drugs - Wear neon/sunglasses
Wednesday Your choices are the key to your
DREAMS - Wear pajamas
Thursday From head to toe, I am Drug Free - Crazy hair and crazy socks
Friday I am a Jean-uis...I am Drug Free - Wear Jeans
The purpose of Red Ribbon Week is to present a visible commitment to living a safe,
healthy, and drug-free life. The campaign is designed to create awareness concerning the
problems related to the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs and to support the
decision to live a drug-free lifestyle.
CONFERENCESPlease contact your teaching team to pick a date and time!
Conference date #1: Tuesday, 10/30/18
Conference date #2: Wednesday, 11/07/18
Conference date #3: Thursday, 11/15/18
Important Levy InformationWilloughby-Eastlake Schools is on the ballot on November 6th. Issues 4 and 5 are renewal levies and their passage will not increase your taxes. Issues 4 and 5 support daily classroom programming and comprise 14.4% of the district's annual budget.
These funds are NOT used for building new schools, and are critical to daily instruction. Please remember to vote on November 6th.
Levies are for learning! Thank You! www.supportweschools.org
SOI SMILE AMAZON UPDATEWhat is AmazonSmile?
AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon that lets customers enjoy the same wide selection of products, low prices, and convenient shopping features as on Amazon.com. The difference is that when customers shop on AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.com), the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to the charitable organizations selected by customers.
The W-E School of Innovation PTO is in the process of setting up their account so amazon shoppers can shop and the 0.5% donation will go to the PTO to support the students of SOI! We have already had over $30 in donations. That doesn’t seem like much, but it is a start, and it is residual earnings that come from purchasing families already are doing!
This is no cost to you, and prices are the same as amazon.com. Please consider this easy way to donate to SOI. ANYONE can sign up and help us!
THIRD GRADE HAPPENINGS Updated 10/18/18
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- AIR ELA testing is Monday and Tuesday, October 22-23 in the morning. Please be sure that your child gets plenty of rest and eats a healthy breakfast on test days!
- Conference Presentation- Students will begin to work on a presentation to share with you at your conference. Remember to bring your child with you and please try NOT to peek at this presentation before your scheduled time.
- Scholastic Book Orders are due Friday, October 26. MATH with Mrs. Wadsworth
M1 and M2- We will be moving on to multiplication and division strategies and relationships between each other. These will be the basics of multiplication and division and we will be getting more in-depth as the year goes on. M3- Will focus on subtraction soon. We are finishing up working on addition strategies right now. Ask about your child’s Million Dollar project we started this week in class.Practice those facts at home! We are still assessing them bi-weekly. We will start assessing multiplication and division soon too!
DISCOVERY with Mrs. Reed
Our soil study using samples from the Watershed Property is underway! We are using a Growth Experiment and Drainage Experiment as well as observations with our eyes and hands to help identify what type of soil we found. We will use the information from the experiments to write a paragraph making an evidence-based prediction on the type of soil we located. Next week, we will begin to look at the processes of weathering and erosion as we finish our unit on rocks and soil.
LITERACY with Mrs. Rosciszewski
We’ve been working very hard to build a great foundation for writing this quarter. We focused on learning nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and
prepositions and the function of each. We are working on using the parts of speech to write “spicy” sentences and well developed paragraphs. We have also
been using what we learned about character traits and text evidence to support our ideas about the traits of our characters. We’ve also been working on using
context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. We finished reading Charlotte’s Web this week.
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Announcements
● Please make sure you have checked your dojo messages and have signed up for a conference. We will be sending confirmations next week.
● Sockober is this month! Don’t forget to bring in socks to help those in our community. There is a pizza party for the winning grade level!
● 4th graders are collecting Box Tops this month! Let us know if you would like another collection sheet.
● Scholastic Book orders are due October 19Th! Make sure to submit your order online.
● The assignment notebook link can be found in Class Dojo weekly.
MATH
Mrs. Goodrich’s math class is working on multiplication and division word problems and will finish the chapter next week. Miss Leyde’s and Mrs. McKIto’s classes just finished our chapter on dividing by a one digit divisor. We began our new chapter this week and are dividing by two digit divisors. All classes are continuing to do weekly timed tests each Friday. Many students are beginning to make progress! Please continue to make sure your child is practicing his/her facts regularly at home.
ELA
All classes are wrapping up their first novels of the year. Ask your child about the 4 corners activity we did on an article about Ernie Davis. We are continuing to do daily language practice with a quiz each Friday. Your child should be looking over the weekly practice on Thursdays to get ready for Friday’s quiz.
Science/Social Studies
In Science, we just finished our unit on weathering, erosion, and deposition. We will begin into our ecosystems unit next week. This week in Social Studies, we are continuing our unit on Prehistoric Native Americans. We are beginning to learn about the Archaic Tribe.
PBL
● 4th grade is working to develop and set up a Makerspace here at SOI. We have successfully received our storage bins and will be continuing to layout how the room will be organized! Keep an eye out for a list of materials we will be collecting for supplies.
Fourth Grade Updated 10/19/18
The BAM FAMSOI 5th Grade 2018-2019
Updated 10/19/18
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Important Announcements● On Wednesday, the students began a science investigation at home. Over a 12 day period, they
need to record their observations of the bread at least 6 times. ● Conference sign-ups were sent out through Dojo. Please make sure to check dojo and sign up for a
conference date. Thank You!● Second quarter brings a new round of Connect4 book responses. Please remember that there isn’t
a page number requirement. We just want the students reading a variety of genres at their reading level.
Science/Social Studies/PBL Social Studies: We are on Grid #2, Regions of the Western Hemisphere. Students are locating all of the countries of the western hemisphere and learning some cool things about them. Make sure you read the update on Grid scoring I sent through class dojo.Science /PBL:The students are identifying the dependent and independent variables in scientific investigations. They also are learning how to write a hypothesis as well as using data to state a conclusion. Upcoming Content: We will begin learning about space in a week or so. For the invasive species PBL, students are continuing to revise and edit their posters in the fab lab
ELAAlvord: The students were introduced this week on how to write a 5 paragraph essay. This is something we will continue to practice this quarter. At times, they may write an expository or argumentative piece that requires them to include text evidence. We also are about ⅓ of the way through Pax. During our reading, we are focusing on character traits, how the setting affects the characters and will begin working on theme.Bonick: Students did their first book talks and we are closing out the first class novel. They are really enjoying their quick writes, you should check them out in their digital journals!McCullough: We completed our novel and have been working on theme and plot activities, along with comparing the “real life Ivan” with the “story character Ivan”. We continue to practice grammar and language skills while assessing these skills each Friday.
MathAlvord: We are beginning the chapter on division. The students have used base-ten blocks to show how to divide using manipulatives. We also have introduced long division with one-digit divisors. Mastering multiplication facts is key to this chapter. On Monday’s, I am assessing students on these facts. I have provided flashcards for the students as well. Please have them review this nightly. Accelerated Math (McCullough): We have been practicing multiplying/dividing with fractions and mixed numbers. We will have a final test next week before moving into Ratios and Proportions. .(Bonick): Reviewing 5th Grade fractions to get ready to learn about ratios and proportions. Their decimal projects were entertaining...check them out!
SOI ENCORE PAGE
P.E NEWS 3rd; We started with some small game activities introducing soccer and the skills of dribbling, passing and kicking in class. We will continue with these skills in October and practice in game play.
4th/5th: We Started the week with an intro to Yoga and basic Yoga poses. The students worked on their breathing while stretching and were taught that the breathing activities can be used in other sporting activities or in situations where they are stressed out. 2nd class of the week we started into Pillow Polo, which is a lead up game to hockey. We will continue with Pillow Polo for 2 weeks.
Middle School: We finished our Pillow Polo Unit and crowned 4 Champions: Congrats to 6th Grade winners THE GRIFFENS, 7th Grade winners: PEANUTS & GOODBURGER.and 8th Grade Winners: THANOS CAR. We will be starting Hockey on MOnday.
Grade 3: The students listened to the story One and Only You and are creating their own fish. Students are working hard to put their work on Artsonia. Keep checking to see their work!
Grade 4: The students finished their color wheels and are now working on their Which Witch project. Look for work on Artsonia.
Grade 5: The students finished their PBL posters. Now we are working on our Spooky tree art project!
MUSIC NEWS
The first concert is Monday, November 5th. It is a traditional band concert. It will feature the 7th Grade, 8th Grade and Jazz Bands.
The second concert is Monday, November 12th. It is titled Mr. Ferris and His Wheel and will feature the 4th grade, 5th grade choir and 6th grade band. The students are working on creating songs and artwork for the performance.
The 5th grade band will not be performing on either of these two concerts. Their first concert of the year is Saturday, March 2nd at noon at South.
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Look for all work on ARTSONIA!!!!
What’s Going On In The Fab Lab?
This week the third graders lasered the rocks that they brought in from home. We are a little more than halfway through this project. Fifth graders are working on their posters.
Follow our WE Fab Labs!
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