Mitchell Tech Survey

Hello Mitchell Families!

Please take a moment to take the survey. Also Mitchell staff would like you to be aware that there is no parking on the South Side of Montana from 7:30 to 4:30. If you are picking up your child from SAFE please park west of the Reserved Parking area by the 4th/5th grade doors. It is important to follow these guidelines because we have several busses that pick up students directly in front of our school everyday and sometimes they run late. After 4:30 the South side is open for parking.
Thanks for your help!

Mr. Hill

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A Message from Mr. Hill

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.

Holiday/Pajama Party

Every five Golden Awards a class earns, that class gets to choose how they would like to celebrate.  Our class voted and on Friday, December 21, we will be having a pajama party to celebrate earning our first five Golden Awards (We now have a total of 9- Mr. Hill gave the entire school an award for a great performance at last night's Winter Sing).  Also on Friday the 21st, we will be having a holiday party.  If any families would like to volunteer to bring in a drink or treat for the holiday party just let me know! 

SPARC

Dear SPARC Families,

 

SPARC will be canceled on Thursday, December 13 due to the Winter Sing Concert tomorrow night at Nathan Hale High School. Thank you for your understanding.

 

Sincerely,

General Mitchell SPARC Teachers

Winter Sing

Dear Mitchell Families,

 

Last week your child should have brought home a gold information sheet regarding the upcoming winter sing. We would like to add some more specific information to the sheet that went home last week to help clarify things and help the whole event run smoothly.

 

First Half Students: Ashenberg 138, Berka 140, Gale 130, Kendall 136, Pemberton 132, Reichert 135, Reiser 134, Richards 137, Rostermundt 125, Zelinski 124

These students/families should arrive between 6:00pm and 6:15pm. They will begin performing at 6:30pm and will be finished by 7:00pm at which point one parent should retrieve them from the cafeteria to either finish their time at the concert or join you in the auditorium for the rest of the performance.

 

Second Half Students: Carson 101W, Ceel 111, Dierbeck 108, Franz 101E, Germain 104, Graff 110, Hansen 122, Hart 106, Krupar 109, Leal 123, Nowak 121, Vasta 120

These students/families should arrive between 6:30pm and 6:45pm while the first group performs. Parents/families will be allowed to take their seats at the intermission between 7:00pm and 7:15pm but not before. The second half will begin at 7:15pm.

 

Sincerely,

Mr. Hill

Camp Upham Fundraiser Reminder

Here is a reminder for 5th grade parents that the Camp Upham Fundraiser order forms and money are due this Tuesday, December 4th.

General Mitchell Giving Tree

General Mitchell's annual Giving Tree will be beginning Monday, December 3rd.  A red flyer was sent home today with all of the necessary information on it.  December 17th is the day all gifts need to be turned into the office, if you decide to participate.

New Math Unit: Fractions

Starting on Monday, students will begin their work on the Numbers and Operations - Fractions Unit. With the beginning of a new unit, students are regrouped based on their understanding of the topic. Using the results from their fall MAPS test, we will create new groups to ensure that instruction is delivered to each student at their instructional level. In some cases, students will be working with a different teacher. It is common for students to work with multiple teachers throughout the year. As with any topic or skill, there are areas of strength and areas of weakness. We will assure your student that the changes are made to give them the best opportunity for growth.

December Scholastic Book Order

Today I sent home the December Scholastic Book Order form.  Please get your orders in online or to me by December 13th so you can receive your books in time for winter break.  If you would like to place your Scholastic order online our class code is LL9CK.  Thank you!

www.scholastic.com

Today we took a picture celebrating us earning three Golden Awards last week.

Art Party!

On Wednesday, November 28, our class has earned their first Art Party of the year.  During their art class on Wednesday the 28th, students will celebrate a job well done with some treats.  If your child has volunteered to bring in some sort of treat, please make sure it is in by 10:45.  Art class on Wednesdays is from 10:45-11:45.  Thank you!

Golden Awards!

At today's Fish meeting, our class won THREE Golden Awards!  We won awards for great positive behavior in SEL, Gym, and the Lunchroom.  Plus to top it off our class lead the Fish meeting in front of the whole school.  Students from the class volunteered to do speaking parts throughout the meeting.  Everyone did such a nice job, and I have heard from many teachers how great they thought they did.  I just wanted to let you know what amazing children you all have, and I am very thankful for having such a wonderful class! :)

Camp Upham Fundraiser

(Information from Mrs. Amy Graff)

Are you looking for a unique birthday gift?  Or maybe you have started Christmas shopping in November.  Here is an opportunity for you to do some shopping AND help out our fifth graders.  General Mitchell’s 5^th Grade Class is sponsoring a fundraiser to help with the cost of our class trip to Camp Upham Woods from May 29-31, 2013.  Nature’s Vision was selected for their wide variety of top quality environmentally themed products. The sale starts today and order forms and money are due on Tuesday, December 4^th.  Please ask your 5^th grade child for the catalog and order form that was handed out today.  A letter is also included giving you more information about the fundraiser. Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Thanks,

Mrs. Graff.

Mitchell Website Survey

Hello Mitchell Families!

The school is currently conducting a survey to better address the needs for the Mitchell website and begin to shape it for the future. Please click below to take the survey. It should take no longer than 5-10 minutes.

Thank you!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W5WTXMX

School Sickness

I just wanted to inform you that there has been a "bug" going around school since last week.  Many students in the school have become sick with flu-like symptoms including vomiting.  Last Thursday, 40 students were home or sent home due to this illness.  I just wanted to inform you in case your student has or had these symptoms.  Our classroom has had a total of 5 students with the "bug," and hopefully it doesn't spread to any more students due to a lot of hand washing and sanitizing the room.

Reading "Just Right" Books

In our class, we talk a lot about reading "just right" books.  You may be wondering, what are "just right" books.  These are books that are at your student's reading level; they aren't too easy or too hard.  Well now there is a website that allows you to check to see if the book your student is reading is at their level.  The link is apart of Schloastic and it is called "Book Wizard."  All you have to do is type in the book your student is reading and it will pop up with grade interest level, guided reading level, and lexile level.  When you receive your student's report card within the next week, your student's guided reading level will be on there.  I thought this was a great tool and hopefully you'll get some good information from it!

The website is... http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

Enjoy!

WKCE Testing Schedule

Tuesday, October 30th                    

       Reading Part 1

           9:00 4th Grade
           1:00 5th Grade

Wednesday, October 31st            

       Reading Part 2

           9:00 4th Grade
           1:00 5th Grade

Thursday, November 1st

        Reading Part 3

           9:00 4th Grade
           1:00 5th Grade

Friday, November 2nd

        Math Part 1

           9:30 4th Grade
           10:30 5th Grade

Monday, November 5th

        Math Part 2

          9:00 4th Grade
          1:00 5th Grade

Tuesday, November 6th

        Math Part 3
           9:00 4th Grade
           1:00 5th Grade

Wednesday, November 7th

        Science

           9:30 4th Grade

Thursday, November 8th

        Language and Writing

           9:00 4th Grade

Friday, Nov. 9th

        Social Studies

           9:30 4th Grade

WKCE Testing

WKCE testing is right around the corner.  As we get even closer, it is important to get students prepared for the test.  The 4^th/5^th grade teachers will be working on prepping the students for the test and getting them in test taking mode; however, we also do not want to make them nervous.  It is important that they just do their best.

 

Here are some ways you can help support your student at home:

-Express a positive attitude toward the test.

-Put the emphasis on effort as well as achievement.

-Ensure a good night’s rest.

-Provide a nutritious breakfast and a healthy snack.

-Ensure attendance on all test dates.

 

Students will also be allowed to bring gum or mints with them to school as long as they understand that it will only be chewed during the testing period. 

 

Thank you for the support at home!

Scholastic Books Ordered!

Our first Scholastic Book Order has been ordered.  If you ordered books, the books should be arriving between 7-10 days; however, if you ordered the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid book that will arrive the day it is released, which I believe is November 13.

Also a reminder that you now have the option of ordering Scholastic books online using our classroom code: LL9CK .

Halloween Party

On Wednesday, October 24, our class will be having a Halloween party at the end of the day.  Students are allowed to dress up in costume as long as there isn't blood and guts everywhere!  I have to start thinking of some costume ideas because I too will be dressing up.  :)

If you would like to volunteer to bring a treat or juice please let me know! It would be much appreciated! I look forward to seeing all of the creative costumes!

SEL Golden Award!

I am happy to announce that we received our third Golden Award this week!  This time our Golden Award was given to us by Mr. Taube, our SEL/Guidance teacher.  He explained at the Fish assembly that the reason we got this award was because our class was "being there for each other, choosing to be respectful and patient, and showing great maturity."  We are very excited to have received this award.  Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen!

No SPARK Thursday!

Due to Parent/Teacher Conferences this Thursday, October 11, there will be no after school SPARC program. Also, there will be no SPARC on Thursday, October 25 since this is a Staff Development Day and students are not in school. Thank you for your understanding. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Here is a reminder that the first set of parent/teacher conferences will be taking place this Thursday, October 11th. If any parents would like to meet our new school guidance counselor, Andy Taube, please let me know and I can ask him to stop in during our conference.  Thanks!

A Different Kind of Award!

Our class won the "Teacher With the Most Pledges Turned in Early" for Mitchell in Motion.  Because of this, our class received a new "fun" chair to use in our classroom!  Check out the classroom Twitter account to see a picture of the chair.

Scholastic Book Order

Last night I sent home the October Scholastic book order form for any students wanting new books.  You now have the option of ordering online.  All you have to do is enter my classroom's activation code.  The activation code for my class is: LL9CK  .  Here is the link if you would like to order online.

 https://orders.scholastic.com/LL9CK

Another Golden Award!

Our class has been awarded another Golden Award! This time our class received the Golden Award for our awesome attitude and behavior in Music class.  I am SO proud of their accomplishment and I hope you are too! Keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen.

Picture Re-Take Day

Picture Re-Take Day will take place on October 11, 2012.  Any student who did not have their picture taken on forms and fees day will have their picture taken then.  The photographer will also be taking a classroom photo that day as well.  Smile pretty!

Also if you wish to have your child's photo re-taken please send the original packet to school with your child on Thursday, October 11th.

Classroom and group pictures will also be taken on October 11th. (Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Band, Choir, Orchestra, Suzuki, Cadaets, etc)

Twitter

After creating this new blog, I decided that while I'm trying new things I might as well try my hand at Twitter too. So I have created a classroom twitter account.  On twitter, I will post classroom updates and reminders including homework reminders.

On the side bar of this blog, you can see our newest classroom's tweets.

Follow our classroom: @Dierbeck108

Specialist Schedule

Monday: 10:45-11:15 SEL & 11:15-11:45 Music
Tuesday: 10:45-11:15 SEL & 11:15-11:45 Gym
Wednesday: 10:45-11:45 Art
Thursday: 10:45-11:15 Music & 11:15-11:45 Gym
Friday: 1:30-2:00 Library

Welcome!

Welcome to our classroom blog! On the blog you will see what is happening in our classroom and school community. Every week I will be updating the blog on useful information for you and your student.