Good morning everyone! Hopefully you're enjoying your first "official" day of summer! There is a great show on the History Channel called "How the States Got Their Shapes" K19 blogged about it a few weeks ago. Well, Mr. Wagner and I have been watching it. It's pretty interesting and a GREAT extension of what we learned in our Regions Unit in Social Studies this year. Set your DVR to record it!!!! :)
http://www.history.com/shows/how-the-states-got-their-shapes
Here is the website! Check it out with your family over the summer. Comment below if you've seen the show and what you liked best!!!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
Summer has arrived
I want to wish each and every one of you a safe and happy summer. Stay balanced and remember to read, practice a little math, but most importantly be kids and celebrate life with your friends and family. I love each and every one of you and can't wait to see you as 5th graders.
Don't forget our summer picnic on July 13th. We will meet at the pavilion near the big playground at the front of the park.
Check the blog at least once to twice a week so you can keep in touch!
Love,
Mrs. Wagner :)
Don't forget our summer picnic on July 13th. We will meet at the pavilion near the big playground at the front of the park.
Check the blog at least once to twice a week so you can keep in touch!
Love,
Mrs. Wagner :)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Homework For May 25
Reading: REad 30 minutes -post summer reading title to the blog if you haven't yet!!!
Language Arts: None
Math: None
Social Studies: Fix test if you need to
Bring a bag and a rag to school tomorrow!!!!
Bring your yearbooks if you have one
Awards ceremony is tomorrow at 12:40pm
Language Arts: None
Math: None
Social Studies: Fix test if you need to
Bring a bag and a rag to school tomorrow!!!!
Bring your yearbooks if you have one
Awards ceremony is tomorrow at 12:40pm
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Homework for May 24
Reading: Read 30 minutes - Post August Book Choice to the Blog by TOMORROW! :)
Language Arts: Final Draft of Memory Essay
Math: E-2
Social Studies: Fix Test if needed
Language Arts: Final Draft of Memory Essay
Math: E-2
Social Studies: Fix Test if needed
Monday, May 23, 2011
Homework for May 23
Reading: Read 30 Minutes - Post August WEB book to the Google Doc on the blog
Language Arts: Finish RD of Favorite Memory Essay
Math: None
Social St: None
Language Arts: Finish RD of Favorite Memory Essay
Math: None
Social St: None
August Book Project
This summer, please complete on WEB project. Read a novel at your level, complete a book diary, write a summary, and do a project. You may choose any of the projects we've done this year. You may do a brochure, a poster or a diorama.
By Wednesday, May 25th please choose your summer WEB book and post it to the Google Doc below.
Your WEB project, book diary and summary are due the first day of school, August 18th.
Thank you, and happy reading! :)
Post your book choice here
Battle of the Books List
By Wednesday, May 25th please choose your summer WEB book and post it to the Google Doc below.
Your WEB project, book diary and summary are due the first day of school, August 18th.
Thank you, and happy reading! :)
Post your book choice here
Battle of the Books List
Friday, May 20, 2011
Field Day
Wow! We had a great time today at Field Day. We participated in track and relay events, completed a tug-o-war with 4th and 5th grade classes, and played some fun games in the back field.
Overall I'm very proud of all the kids, they had a great time and maintained their Westwood Character!
Boys and Girls,
Please post what you enjoyed most about today! :) Remember you can comment on each other's posts as well.
Have a great weekend,
Love,
Mrs. Wagner :)
Overall I'm very proud of all the kids, they had a great time and maintained their Westwood Character!
Boys and Girls,
Please post what you enjoyed most about today! :) Remember you can comment on each other's posts as well.
Have a great weekend,
Love,
Mrs. Wagner :)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Charts for the Social Studies Test
If you are studying for your social studies test and feel you are missing information you can access what we compiled as a class below. Remember, you can re-create your charts based off this information. But you may not print these and use them tomorrow. Good luck studying.
Midwest Region Info
West Chart Info
Southeast Chart Info
Northeast Chart Info
Midwest Region Info
West Chart Info
Southeast Chart Info
Northeast Chart Info
Homework for May 18
Reading: Read 30 minutes WEB book
Language Arts: None
Math: None
Social Studies: Region's Test is tomorrow
Language Arts: None
Math: None
Social Studies: Region's Test is tomorrow
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Homework for May 17
Reading: Read 30 minutes WEB book
Language Arts: Final Draft of Elaboration paragraph - pen/cursive
Math: None
Social Studies: 50 State Test is tomorrow
Regions test is Thursday
Language Arts: Final Draft of Elaboration paragraph - pen/cursive
Math: None
Social Studies: 50 State Test is tomorrow
Regions test is Thursday
Monday, May 16, 2011
Homework for May 16
Reading: Read 30 minutes WEB book
Language Arts: Rough draft of elaboration paragraph due tomorrow
Math: None
Social Studies: 50 State test is Wednesday
Region's Test is Thursday (Study Guide will go home tomorrow)
This Thursday is the last Box Tops collection for the school year!
Language Arts: Rough draft of elaboration paragraph due tomorrow
Math: None
Social Studies: 50 State test is Wednesday
Region's Test is Thursday (Study Guide will go home tomorrow)
This Thursday is the last Box Tops collection for the school year!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
All posts have been restored!!
Yay! Happy to say that all information that was "lost" is now back on the blog! Please let me know if you can provide some salt dough for our physical maps. :) We are also still looking for parent volunteers for Tuesday afternoon. If interested respond to the "Parent Help Needed" post below.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Maybe I'll see some of you at Fair Diddley on Sunday! :)
K5- I also think I fixed the States and Capitals link. Try it out and let me know!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Maybe I'll see some of you at Fair Diddley on Sunday! :)
K5- I also think I fixed the States and Capitals link. Try it out and let me know!
Friday, May 13, 2011
Homework for May 13
Reading: Read 30 minutes
Language Arts: None
Math: None we took the test on Fractions
Social Studies: 50 State test is Wednesday
Regions test is Thursday
Vacation Essay needs to be finished - (the writing part)
Language Arts: None
Math: None we took the test on Fractions
Social Studies: 50 State test is Wednesday
Regions test is Thursday
Vacation Essay needs to be finished - (the writing part)
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Homework for May 12
Reading: Read 30 minutes of WEB book
Language Arts: Grammar Packet due tomorrow!
Math: Finish Review - test on Fractions/Probability is tomorrow
Social Studies: 50 State Test is Tuesday, Region's Test is next Thursday.
Volunteers for Salt Dough Maps
Share Blog letter with your family! :)
Language Arts: Grammar Packet due tomorrow!
Math: Finish Review - test on Fractions/Probability is tomorrow
Social Studies: 50 State Test is Tuesday, Region's Test is next Thursday.
Volunteers for Salt Dough Maps
Share Blog letter with your family! :)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Parent Help Needed
Dear Parents -
We will be wrapping up our Regions Unit for Social Studies before the end of the school year. As a culmination to this project, we will be making physical maps of the United States using salt dough. This project will be completed in school, but thre are a cople of things we will need in order to get started:
1. Volunteers to make make the salt dough at home and send it in to school on May 16th.
2. A volunteer to call Jewel and see if they can donate the flats they ship strawberries in. We will need these May 16th and we need 27 of them.
3. Volunteers to come in and assist in making the salt dough maps on Tuesday, May 17th from 12:00-2:00pm
If you would like to help in anyway, please comment on this post. Your son/daughter can show you how. Thank you so much for your support, this really is a TEAM project and we couldn't do it without our T.E.A.M. of parents.
Thank you,
Mrs. Wagner ;)
We will be wrapping up our Regions Unit for Social Studies before the end of the school year. As a culmination to this project, we will be making physical maps of the United States using salt dough. This project will be completed in school, but thre are a cople of things we will need in order to get started:
1. Volunteers to make make the salt dough at home and send it in to school on May 16th.
2. A volunteer to call Jewel and see if they can donate the flats they ship strawberries in. We will need these May 16th and we need 27 of them.
3. Volunteers to come in and assist in making the salt dough maps on Tuesday, May 17th from 12:00-2:00pm
If you would like to help in anyway, please comment on this post. Your son/daughter can show you how. Thank you so much for your support, this really is a TEAM project and we couldn't do it without our T.E.A.M. of parents.
Thank you,
Mrs. Wagner ;)
Art Discovery Projects
Today as part of our Art Discovery Program, each student at Westwood Elementary School painted a T-shirt in the style of "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh. The students all gathered outside under the front awning and went to work to create some wonderful interpretations of this painting. Hopefully each child came home today full of excitement about their creations. :)
Special thank you to PTO and Art Discovery for funding this program and purchasing shirts and paints.
Thank you to all parents that sent in a $1 donation to help with the cost of the shirts.
Finally, a special thank you to Mrs. Wojtas and Mrs. Schramel for being our Art Discovery Parents this year. We are truly blessed to have you come into our classroom each month to work with us and artistically inspire us! :) You're the best! :)
Special thank you to PTO and Art Discovery for funding this program and purchasing shirts and paints.
Thank you to all parents that sent in a $1 donation to help with the cost of the shirts.
Homework for May 11
Reading: Read 30 minutes of WEB book
Language Arts: Grammar packet due Friday
Math: None (Test is Friday)
Social Studies: Finish all research for your "vacation" to your western state! 4-6 places needed!!!!
Language Arts: Grammar packet due Friday
Math: None (Test is Friday)
Social Studies: Finish all research for your "vacation" to your western state! 4-6 places needed!!!!
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Homework for May 10
Reading: Read 30 minutes - WEB book
Language Arts: Grammar due Friday
Math: 5-12 (Simplify)
Social Studies: Look for real photos from home - save to a flash drive.
Tomorrow is a Late Start
Language Arts: Grammar due Friday
Math: 5-12 (Simplify)
Social Studies: Look for real photos from home - save to a flash drive.
Tomorrow is a Late Start
Monday, May 9, 2011
Homework for May 9th
Reading: Read 30 minutes - WEB book
Language Arts: Grammar Packet due Friday
Math: 5-11 Remembering
Social Studies: States and Capitals test on the Western Region is tomorrow
Language Arts: Grammar Packet due Friday
Math: 5-11 Remembering
Social Studies: States and Capitals test on the Western Region is tomorrow
Friday, May 6, 2011
Wide World Of Wonder
Today was our annual Wide World Of Wonder day at Westwood School. We had wonderful weather for the day. Numerous sessions were presented by teachers, parents and community members. Students each viewed 4 sessions of their choice. We followed up with a picnic lunch outside on the playground and a wonderful assembly by the "The Power Team."
Special thank you's to everyone who donated their time today, especially Dr. Durante who presented in our classroom.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Students.....feel free to post your favorite part of today's events.....
See you Monday,
Mrs. Wagner :)
Special thank you's to everyone who donated their time today, especially Dr. Durante who presented in our classroom.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Students.....feel free to post your favorite part of today's events.....
See you Monday,
Mrs. Wagner :)
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Homework for May 5
Reading: Read 30 minutes, WEB book
Language Arts: Study for Spelling Test
Math: None
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals test Tuesday
Twin day is tomorrow! :)
All late work must be completed by tomorrow
Language Arts: Study for Spelling Test
Math: None
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals test Tuesday
Twin day is tomorrow! :)
All late work must be completed by tomorrow
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Homework for May 4
Reading: Read 30 minutes - WEB book
Language Arts: Spelling Packet due tomorrow
Math: 5-11 (Show work on seperate paper)
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals
Registration forms
$1 for Art Discovery T-Shirt
Language Arts: Spelling Packet due tomorrow
Math: 5-11 (Show work on seperate paper)
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals
Registration forms
$1 for Art Discovery T-Shirt
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Woodstock Public Library Summer Reading Program
Today we had a presentation from the Woodstock Public Library. They came in to talk with the students about the opportunities available to them this summer! The program looks pretty exciting. There will be a kickoff party where the kids will learn to juggle and receive their reading logs. For every 3 hours of reading they can come into the library and choose a prize.
This program matches nicely with Mrs. Jensen's Summer Reading program here at Westwood. By simply reading 30 minutes a day, students can be part of both programs and recieve the incentives and recognition from both. (It will be a requirement to read over the summer anyway, why not make it fun and be rewarded for all that hard work?)
Check out the link below, it attaches to the flyer from the Library and has more information!
Students - list any great books you know would make wonderful summer reads for your classmates!!!
Woodstock Children's Summer Reading Program
This program matches nicely with Mrs. Jensen's Summer Reading program here at Westwood. By simply reading 30 minutes a day, students can be part of both programs and recieve the incentives and recognition from both. (It will be a requirement to read over the summer anyway, why not make it fun and be rewarded for all that hard work?)
Check out the link below, it attaches to the flyer from the Library and has more information!
Students - list any great books you know would make wonderful summer reads for your classmates!!!
Woodstock Children's Summer Reading Program
Homework May 3
Reading: Read Web book for 30 mins
(Sign up for the summer reading program at the library)
Language Arts: Spelling Due Thursday
Math: None
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals
All Late & Fix and Return assignments are due FRIDAY!!!!!
(Sign up for the summer reading program at the library)
Language Arts: Spelling Due Thursday
Math: None
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals
All Late & Fix and Return assignments are due FRIDAY!!!!!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Homework for May 2
Reading: Read 30 mins on your WEB book
Language Arts: Spelling due Thursday
Math: 5-10 (Show work on Seperate Paper)
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals
Please bring in registration forms
Language Arts: Spelling due Thursday
Math: 5-10 (Show work on Seperate Paper)
Social Studies: Study States and Capitals
Please bring in registration forms
Week of May 2nd
Happy May Day! :)
This week in addition to our regular curriculum, we will be working on MAP testing. We will be testing in the areas of Reading, Math and Language Arts. Today, we looked at our past scores from this school year. It is our hope that each child will be able to meet or beat his or her score! Good luck to everyone. These are important tests as they will be used at the beginning of 5th grade.
Friday is Wide World Of Wonder. This Westwood Tradition is an exciting day full of teachers and guest speakers presenting a wide variety of interesting subjects. We all chose tickets last week for the sessions that most interested us and are looking forward to exciting day Friday (Full of Sunshine please!!!)
This week in addition to our regular curriculum, we will be working on MAP testing. We will be testing in the areas of Reading, Math and Language Arts. Today, we looked at our past scores from this school year. It is our hope that each child will be able to meet or beat his or her score! Good luck to everyone. These are important tests as they will be used at the beginning of 5th grade.
Friday is Wide World Of Wonder. This Westwood Tradition is an exciting day full of teachers and guest speakers presenting a wide variety of interesting subjects. We all chose tickets last week for the sessions that most interested us and are looking forward to exciting day Friday (Full of Sunshine please!!!)
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