EVENTS:
Happy Birthday to Everett – May 20
Happy Birthday to Shawn – May 15
Hat Day on Monday June 3 and Tuesday June 4
Zoo Trip on Wednesday June 5- RAIN or SHINE Please dress appropriately
 MATH:

·        Measuring mass and weight, working on pictographs and bar graphs

 Please look at our Mitchell Blog under library to find many web sites that focus on math skills.
READING: 

·        Infer meaning to teach how to use context clues and text evidence to understand new concepts and vocabulary.

·         Gathering key information and separating interesting details from important details.

WRITING:

·        Writing paragraph using interesting nouns, verbs, and adjectives.

·        Continue to edit and revise our work.

INQUIRY:

·        Students exploring insects.

NEWS UPDATES: 

·        Keep bringing to school box tops, Campbell’s soup labels, etc...

·        June 5, Zoo Field Trip

Super Job!!

EVENTS:

Students did a wonderful job on their MAPS testing. Thank you for your support. I am proud of their accomplishments. I will be baking brownies very soon.

Congratulations to Alyssa Kompas – 1^st place for Poster for Humane Society

PARENTS- Thank you for coming in for conferences. I appreciate your flexible and involvement.

The last weeks have been busy with notes home and responding with calls to the numerous events.

Last week’s field trip to the Planetarium was successful and a wonderful way to end our inquiry on space. Field day and High Interest Day was also full of positive energy.

 ZOO FIELD TRIP PERMISSION SLIPS went home last Friday and are due this week. We would love to have Many Chaperones if you are available.

MATH:

·        Measuring temperature, time, elapse time, weight in ounces, pounds, and tons

·        Ask your child about Mr. Gallon Man

 Please look at our Mitchell Blog under library to find many web sites that focus on math skills.

READING: 

·         Infer meaning to teach how to use context clues and text evidence to understand new concepts and vocabulary.

·          Determine Importance by finding main ideas and detailed facts.

WRITING:

• Working on three paragraph informational paper on space.
• Continue to edit and revise our work.

INQUIRY:

• Students exploring animals.

NEWS UPDATES: 

• Keep bringing to school box tops, Campbell’s soup labels, etc...
• Thank you for supporting our spaghetti dinner and viewing our inquiry projects.
• June 5, Zoo Field Trip
• June 6, Spring Fling

EVENTS:
Happy Birthday to Miguel.
Maps’ testing will begin on Friday, April 26. Please make sure your child gets a good night sleep and healthy breakfast. We want them to be in top testing mode.
Thank you my 3^rd grade friends for the lovely WELCOME BACK cards. They made me so proud and happy to be your teacher. I am glad to be back with you!
MATH:

·        Measuring the area and perimeter of object.

·        Relating area to the operation of multiplication and addition.

On Tuesdays, we will have MM test on fluency of division. Fridays MM test will be multiplication and mixed number sentences. They will need to complete both multiplication and division as Homework over the weekend.  Please look at our Mitchell Blog under library to find many web sites that focus on math skills.
READING: 

·        Understanding information from multiple print or digital sources.

·        Integrating information on the same topic to be able to speak or write about subject.

·        Working on prefixes

·         Antonyms

WRITING:

·        Working on organization within our writing

·        Writing persuasive paragraphs.

INQUIRY:

·        Students exploring space.

NEWS UPDATES: 

·        Keep bringing to school box tops, Campbell’s soup labels, etc...

·        Thank you for supporting our spaghetti dinner and viewing our inquiry projects.

·        April 30, 2013 Parent/Teacher Conferences

·        May 2, 2013 PTA-6:00pm

Congratulations on your victory 1st place in State!!!

Totally 80’s Dance Party
………………………………… Volunteer Sign – Up
Put on your leg warmers and tease up your hair!
Let’s Breakdance and Moonwalk! Be there or Be Square!
Like When? Friday, February 22
Like What Time? 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Like Where? Mitchell Elementary
Like how much? Free for PTA Members or $5 per person
Like Duh, kids don’t forget to
bring your grown-up. Food – Sundae Bar – Music – Photo Booth Work 6-7 pm Work 7-8:30 pm Work 6-8:30 pm Set-Up
Bring a Treat Donate Drinks Donate a Raffle Prize Clean-Up
Name(s)
Phone: e-mail:
Please return form to your child’s teacher by Feb 15th. Questions, call Tara at 414-467-6573
or Deyana at 414-406-3034. Thank you for helping make the dance a success.

EVENTS:
Happy Birthday to Abigail.
Please label LUNCH Boxes, winter coats, boots, hats, mittens etc…Students share lockers and items are easily misplaced, so it truly helps having everything labeled.
Maps’ testing has started and your children are giving 100% to do their best.
MATH:

·        Multiply and divide within 100

·        Determine unknown whole number

·        Multiplying 3 digits numbers and understanding place values

On Tuesdays, we will have MM test on fluency of division. Fridays MM test will be multiplication and mixed number sentences. They will need to complete both multiplication and division as Homework over the weekend.  Please look at our Mitchell Blog under library to find many web sites that focus on math skills.
READING: 

·         Determine the meaning of words by using context clues.

·         Students are making inferences as they read and support with details from their stories.

·         Working on suffixes

·          Synonyms

WRITING:

• Working on organization within our writing
• Writing letters to our buddy class in Texas and Mr. King

INQUIRY:

• Students exploring magnets.

NEWS UPDATES: 

• Keep bringing to school box tops, Campbell’s soup labels, etc...

MESSAGE FROM MR. HILL- PARENTS PLEASE READ!

The cold weather is fast approaching.  We ask parents to dress their youngster as warmly as possible prior to their leaving for school.  Even though some children ride the bus to school, they still will be spending a considerable amount of time outdoors on the playground, particularly during the noon hour.  Our school district policy states that when it is not raining or when the temperature is 10 degrees or above, pupils are not permitted into the building until the usual time of 8:25 AM (unless they are having breakfast) and 12:45 PM for 4K so be sure to dress your youngster for our Wisconsin winters.  On rainy days or when the temperature is below 10 degrees, pupils are permitted to enter the building at 8:15 AM and will spend the noon hour indoors.  A red flag will be placed on the doors indicating early entrance due to inclement weather.  Please be sure your child has a hat and a pair of mittens.  PLEASE LABEL THEIR ITEMS SO IT’S EASIER TO RETURN IF THEY ARE LOST.

PILSUNG!

Joseph Hill Principal

General Mitchell Elementary

414-604-4511

hillj@wawm.k12.wi.us