Earth Inquiry Unit CER

Earth Inquiry Unit CER

 

Claim:  There is enough fresh water as a natural resource to last forever.

 

Evidence:

·       There is not enough water for people because the world is growing and we use   TOO MUCH water. L

·       We can’t drink ocean water.

·       You can spend money to make ocean water & dirty water drinkable.

Reasoning:

·       We think they should find cheaper ways to clean water.

·       We should save water for the future.

·       We think find a ways to drink ocean water.

·       We think we are using too much water (baths, wasteful)

                   Source:     “Water Worries” article Achieve3000, March 19, 2007

 

Summer Student Email Info

Logging into Student School Email from Home

Directions from Mr. Scheiber

iPad Instructions:

       ●   Open Settings

●   Choose Mail, Contacts, Calendars from the list on the left side

●   Under Accounts, choose Add Account

●   Choose Google

●   Put in the required information

○   name of student, just first name will do

○   email address that ends in @wawmsd.org

○   password

○   description, such as “My School Email”

●   Choose Next

●   At this point it should verify, putting check marks next to all of the required information

●   You only need to have Mail turned on

●   Choose Save

●   After it finishes adding the account, go to the Mail app and open your school email!

 

Android Tablet Instructions:

 

●      Open Settings and select Accounts & sync settings

●      Choose Add account.

●      Choose Google

●      Choose Sign in when prompted for your Google Account.

●      Enter your full school email address (ending in @wawmsd.org) as your username

●      Enter your password.

●      Select which services you'd like to sync

 

PC and Mac Instructions

●   Open a browser such as Internet Explorer or Google Chrome

●   Go to https://mail.google.com

●   Log in with your full school email address (ending in @wawmsd.org and your password

●   Compose, read, respond to email!

 

May Newsletter

Happy Spring!

• Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week!  Thank you to Longfellow and the Longfellow PTA for helping us celebrate!
• 4TH quarter progress reports came home on May 9th. 
• Our final parent/teacher conference night is Monday, May 12 from 4:30-8:00pm.  We will also have a BOGO Book Fair going on during this time...please stop by. 
• The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge has started!  Last week in Friday Folders, students received an information packet along with their user name/password to log in.  Students may choose to track their reading minutes by using this online program OR by using the paper form that was included in the packet.  EVERY student who completes this challenge will receive a Target/Wal-Mart gift card when they return to school in Fall 2014.  Please encourage your child to read, read, read over the summer!
• Just a reminder that preliminary scheduling for 2014-2015 has begun.  Parents who need more information or want to opt OUT of Next Generation Learning (NxGLC) for grades 1-2-3 next year should return their purple 1/2 sheet (sent home about 2 months ago).  If you have questions about NxGLC, please don't hesitate to contact Jessica Moe at 414-604-4300. 
• Please return our Longfellow Climate Surveys!  You can tear them out of our newsletter and send back to school with your student.  We appreciate your input. 
• The PTA meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 14 has been RESCHEDULED to Wednesday, May 21.  Please mark your calendars. 

How students use TECHNOLOGY in Mrs. Wandsneider's class

Inquiry: Planet Earth

Our next inquiry unit is on PLANET EARTH.

Our essential questions are:

*  How do humans use the earth’s natural resources in their homes, community and jobs?

 

*  Why is it important to take care of our earth?

 

 

 

 

April Newsletter

 

• There will be a School Climate Survey in our upcoming newsletter.  Please separate it from the newsletter, complete it,  and send it back to school with your child - we value your input!

• We will have a school-wide Tornado Drill on Wednesday, April 16th.  Please ask your student about the important safety procedures they learned about and practiced.  Our class wrote a short informative paragraph about tornado safety.

• Our April DOJO Incentive will be Wednesday, April 16th.  Students with 80% Positive DOJO points for the month of April will get a 15 minute extra recess at the end of the school day.  Respect Self - Respect Others - Respect Environment. 

• We have many upcoming assessments.  Spring MAPS testing will be April 8-May 16th for grades K-5.  PALS testing (Grades K-2) will be April 28-May 23.  Smarter Balanced Field Tests will be May 12- 16th for GRADE 5 and May 19-22nd for GRADE 3.  We appreciate your help and support as we monitor student progress and transition towards the Common Core State Standards and the Smarter Balanced Assessment.  Please let me know if you have questions. 

• Reminder to parents...We have seen many students dangerously crossing the street in the middle of traffic.  Please park your vehicle and walk your child across the street, use the posted crosswalks, and/or drop them on the right side of the street.  Thanks for your cooperation in keeping our children safe. 

• Our next parent/teacher conference night will be May 12, 2014.  We will also have a Scholastic BOGO Book Fair during that time. 

• There is NO SCHOOL for students Thursday, April 17th - Friday, April 25th due to Spring Break.  We will see students back here on Monday, April 28th.