PTA and Student Council are doing a Hat Day on Friday for the Hall
family. Your kids will have letters in their mailboxes and these will go
home today.
PTA Meeting is Wednesday at 6pm in the library
Picture Retake is THIS Thursday make sure that the children bring back their old picture package
Popcorn Day is Friday.
Thanks!
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Sadowski update 11/10
Tomorrow is Veterans day. All Sunset 5th graders will be traveling
to the memorial park to the east of Family Fare to observe the memorial.
Please Please please have kid dress for the weather as starting tonight
it will start to get cold and snowy (Gah!) Gloves/mittens and hats
will be a must.
Also... I had a student remind me of a really cool gift idea for that hard to please child
On the World Wildlife Federation website you can choose one of dozens of endangered stuffed animals to "adopt" for $25.00. The $25.00 will get you the animal, some information cards about that species, as well as an adoption certificate for that species. All money paid will go to the preservation, protection and rebuilding of that endangered species.
The link is:
http://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/Default.aspx?sc=AWY1200WCGA4&gclid=CMms3JL68MECFU-CMgod7VgABA
Click on adoptions in the upper right corner to learn more.
Round one of conferences are done... and many parents expressed their frustration with the new math.. specifically when it came to helping out their student.
So! I'm resending the link that I sent out in September. The link will take you to a Youtube video which will help you by using your child's homework identify and find HOW each lesson was taught and what they are supposed to work on at home. This youtube link then takes you to another site called "Learnzillion" which provides videos to repeat instruction that students may not have understood in class. It will also finally give you parents a much needed resource so that you can understand they methods that they are being taught.
I had to watch the video a few times to get the hang of it... but I found it most beneficial to have the video playing on my phone so I could pause at certain points to navigate my computer screen based on the homework assignment the kids were given last week. (I had some extras).
Give this link a shot.... it will be confusing in the beginning.... but I think if you play around with it a bit, it will be a huge help!
web link below that can help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_uMvtIYhQ
Also... please remember our classroom blog.... mrssadowski.blogspot.com I post all emails I send to this site so if you forget one, or need some dates but you already deleted an email I sent, you can go here and scroll down as far back as you need to.
Spelling list for this week is as follows:
repair
aware
carpet
pardon
guard
remark
scarce
declare
argue
department
vary
prepare
flair
article
farther
regard
area
harvest
despair
flare
Also... I had a student remind me of a really cool gift idea for that hard to please child
On the World Wildlife Federation website you can choose one of dozens of endangered stuffed animals to "adopt" for $25.00. The $25.00 will get you the animal, some information cards about that species, as well as an adoption certificate for that species. All money paid will go to the preservation, protection and rebuilding of that endangered species.
The link is:
http://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/Default.aspx?sc=AWY1200WCGA4&gclid=CMms3JL68MECFU-CMgod7VgABA
Click on adoptions in the upper right corner to learn more.
Round one of conferences are done... and many parents expressed their frustration with the new math.. specifically when it came to helping out their student.
So! I'm resending the link that I sent out in September. The link will take you to a Youtube video which will help you by using your child's homework identify and find HOW each lesson was taught and what they are supposed to work on at home. This youtube link then takes you to another site called "Learnzillion" which provides videos to repeat instruction that students may not have understood in class. It will also finally give you parents a much needed resource so that you can understand they methods that they are being taught.
I had to watch the video a few times to get the hang of it... but I found it most beneficial to have the video playing on my phone so I could pause at certain points to navigate my computer screen based on the homework assignment the kids were given last week. (I had some extras).
Give this link a shot.... it will be confusing in the beginning.... but I think if you play around with it a bit, it will be a huge help!
web link below that can help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT_uMvtIYhQ
Also... please remember our classroom blog.... mrssadowski.blogspot.com I post all emails I send to this site so if you forget one, or need some dates but you already deleted an email I sent, you can go here and scroll down as far back as you need to.
Spelling list for this week is as follows:
repair
aware
carpet
pardon
guard
remark
scarce
declare
argue
department
vary
prepare
flair
article
farther
regard
area
harvest
despair
flare
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Sadowski Update 10/29/14
First! I can see the kids' mailboxes from here and judging by how
many of them forgot their mail I thought I'd email you with a Halloween
update.
Parade tomorrow starts at 2:15. No rain, we march around the bus ramp.
Rain... we march around the inside halls.
Teachers theme tomorrow is "The 80's". Please feel free to join us in this.... I know I still have a stone washed denim jacket that is just screaming to be worn tomorrow!
Kids party will immediately follow in the cafeteria. Any food or drinks you are donating will be set up in the cafeteria during recess. The auction will begin as the kids are eating their goodies. Any parents available to pour drinks and spread out food are appreciated!
Second... conference slips... I still have a chunk not back yet. If you've emailed me we're good! If not, please get those slips back as soon as possible. Students are allowed and encouraged to sit in on their conferences this year. There isn't anything that I will say to you that I haven't already told them anyway so they are more than welcome. If however you want a conference without them that is just fine too.
3rd....Spell test is tomorrow since we don't have school on Friday. Which reminds me that I didn't even email the list home this week.
Spell List for this week:
citizen
profession
governor
companion
solution
mention
common
senator
mission
section
million
oven
differ
bother
mayor
copper
dozen
motor
onion
Thanks!
Parade tomorrow starts at 2:15. No rain, we march around the bus ramp.
Rain... we march around the inside halls.
Teachers theme tomorrow is "The 80's". Please feel free to join us in this.... I know I still have a stone washed denim jacket that is just screaming to be worn tomorrow!
Kids party will immediately follow in the cafeteria. Any food or drinks you are donating will be set up in the cafeteria during recess. The auction will begin as the kids are eating their goodies. Any parents available to pour drinks and spread out food are appreciated!
Second... conference slips... I still have a chunk not back yet. If you've emailed me we're good! If not, please get those slips back as soon as possible. Students are allowed and encouraged to sit in on their conferences this year. There isn't anything that I will say to you that I haven't already told them anyway so they are more than welcome. If however you want a conference without them that is just fine too.
3rd....Spell test is tomorrow since we don't have school on Friday. Which reminds me that I didn't even email the list home this week.
Spell List for this week:
citizen
profession
governor
companion
solution
mention
common
senator
mission
section
million
oven
differ
bother
mayor
copper
dozen
motor
onion
Thanks!
Friday, October 24, 2014
Ok2say
Dear Sunset Parents,
On September 2, 2014, Michigan launched OK2SAY, a new program that enables students (and others) to confidentially report potential harm or criminal activities involving students, schools, or school employees. OK2SAY’s focus is on early intervention and prevention, acting as an early warning system to thwart school tragedies before they occur. Students (and others) can submit tips 24/7 by telephone, text, email, mobile app, and via a web-based form on the OK2SAY website at www.mi.gov/ok2say.
Tips can be filed on a wide range of issues, including: planned school attacks, weapons at school, assault, bullying/cyberbullying, threats, gang activity, and more. Upon receipt of a tip, specially trained OK2SAY operators will address the immediate need and, as necessary, forward the information to the appropriate responding agency or organization. Most tips are expected to go to schools and local law enforcement agencies, but in some instances, tips may go to local Community Mental Health agencies and/or the Michigan Department of Human Services.
If you have questions about the OK2SAY program, please contact the OK2SAY Program Director, Sue Sanford, at (517) 335-0855.
Thank you!
OK2SAY Program
Michigan Department of Attorney General
Call: 8-555-OK2SAY (855-565-2729)
Text: 652729 (OK2SAY)
Email: OK2SAY@mi.gov
www.mi.gov/ok2say
Thursday, October 23, 2014
10/23/14 Red Ribbon Week next week!
The following is an email just received from our school counselor regarding "Red Ribbon Week"
Activities include dress up days.
Monday - Wear Red hearts, bulldog or sunset lake clothing.... the idea is to love your self enough not to do drugs
Tuesday - "Follow your dreams and don't do drugs" - Pajama day
Wednesday - "Stomp out Drugs" - Mismatched shoe day
Thursday - "Hats off to being drug free" - Hat day
Friday - NO school ... records day
Email:
I am attaching the dress up days beginning Monday, Oct. 27th for Red Ribbon Week. All teachers will receive a colored copy of the dress up days to hang in your classroom. Please start making these announcements as early as this afternoon to give notice to the students of what is to come next week! I will also be sending a note home to communicate the week’s excitement with parents.
Pat thought that the original plan of 9:05 for the first assembly would be too soon…so we are going to move the start time
to 9:10-10:00 for 3rd-5th grade and 10:10-11:00 for BK-2nd grade.
At the end of the assembly, please expect to receive some hand outs. First of all, the magician will be handing out order forms that need to be returned by the next day. This is how he can offer his services free to us! However, ordering is not required.
Please remember that the magician will be passing out order forms for students to purchase a magic wand or magic book if they would like to. Each item is only $5 and he will need the students to return the order form the very next day with $.
On your way out, you will be handed Red Ribbon pencils to hand out to every student in your classroom. This will help promote the excitement of the week and also give them an extra pencil…I’m sure that is always a plus. (Thanks Pat!)
The special teachers have graciously helped out with activities in their rooms this year, so I did not think it was necessary to ask the classroom teacher to do any extra red ribbon activity in your classroom except for help promote the dress up days and the excitement for the contest..
Beth Foster had some of her classes make beautiful posters that will be put up in the hallway starting today at 5th grade recess!
Angi is working on a red ribbon theme activity for a PE class!
Patty Heintzelman is teaching the 4th/5th grade classes a Red Ribbon song with instruments!
Thanks for all that the specials teachers are doing to help support Red Ribbon Week !
Yes, the contest…there will be a drawing on Thursday PM and the top three classrooms that are drawn (based on daily participation in dress up days) will be given a small prize to every student in the class.
Activities include dress up days.
Monday - Wear Red hearts, bulldog or sunset lake clothing.... the idea is to love your self enough not to do drugs
Tuesday - "Follow your dreams and don't do drugs" - Pajama day
Wednesday - "Stomp out Drugs" - Mismatched shoe day
Thursday - "Hats off to being drug free" - Hat day
Friday - NO school ... records day
Email:
I am attaching the dress up days beginning Monday, Oct. 27th for Red Ribbon Week. All teachers will receive a colored copy of the dress up days to hang in your classroom. Please start making these announcements as early as this afternoon to give notice to the students of what is to come next week! I will also be sending a note home to communicate the week’s excitement with parents.
Pat thought that the original plan of 9:05 for the first assembly would be too soon…so we are going to move the start time
to 9:10-10:00 for 3rd-5th grade and 10:10-11:00 for BK-2nd grade.
At the end of the assembly, please expect to receive some hand outs. First of all, the magician will be handing out order forms that need to be returned by the next day. This is how he can offer his services free to us! However, ordering is not required.
Please remember that the magician will be passing out order forms for students to purchase a magic wand or magic book if they would like to. Each item is only $5 and he will need the students to return the order form the very next day with $.
On your way out, you will be handed Red Ribbon pencils to hand out to every student in your classroom. This will help promote the excitement of the week and also give them an extra pencil…I’m sure that is always a plus. (Thanks Pat!)
The special teachers have graciously helped out with activities in their rooms this year, so I did not think it was necessary to ask the classroom teacher to do any extra red ribbon activity in your classroom except for help promote the dress up days and the excitement for the contest..
Beth Foster had some of her classes make beautiful posters that will be put up in the hallway starting today at 5th grade recess!
Angi is working on a red ribbon theme activity for a PE class!
Patty Heintzelman is teaching the 4th/5th grade classes a Red Ribbon song with instruments!
Thanks for all that the specials teachers are doing to help support Red Ribbon Week !
Yes, the contest…there will be a drawing on Thursday PM and the top three classrooms that are drawn (based on daily participation in dress up days) will be given a small prize to every student in the class.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Sadowski update 10/22/14
Halloween!
Our 5th grade Halloween party will immediately follow the parade on October 30th ( Remember the 31st is records day)
All 5th graders will be assembling in the cafeteria for a treat and drink buffet. Parents can bring anything that you would like to (drink or food) and are NOT required to bring enough for all 3 classes. We find that enough people bring a classroom set of something for the kids to have a lot to choose from. For example if one parent brings in a bag of chips, another will bring in 25 brownies, another 25 cookies etc. And 2 liters are easy if you just want to bring juice or a drink. Whatever you would like to donate is fine.
While the kids are munching we will have a ticket auction and they can bid on and win any of the items that we'll have available for them. We'll explain the bidding process to them, but many of them have already seen storage wars or other type auction shows and are pretty familiar with how this goes.
The Midwest region test is ALSO on this same day during switch in their social studies class.
There will be a blank map and a "key" with all the state names .. you can actually go online and google "blank midwestern states map" and print out some nice practice sheets for your student to practice.
If all states are spelled (there is a key!) correctly and labeled correctly they will earn a 3.0. If however they are able to list as many capitol and major cities (these must be spelled correct too) for those same states they can earn a 4.0 WITH an extra credit point that can be applied to any other upcoming states test that they might not do so well on.
And FINALLY.... next week is Red Ribbon week. On Monday all students will have an anti bullying assembly in which a magician will perform working anti bullying into his work.
Wednesday the 29th, all students will travel the the PAC to catch a 10:25 musical preview of the middle school play. We should return at about 11:10. Buell's class will be traveling to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and then to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum that day due to the fact that her room will be torn apart as the district installs new document cameras etc in her room. So there will be no "switch" that day. As Mrs. Vandermei and I find out when our installation day is going to be, we will also schedule the same field trip for our students. I'll try to give you at least a 2 week heads up in case anyone would like to chaperone this trip.
Conference forms will come home tomorrow..... The return date says Friday but I've been switching some people around last minute so as long as I have it by Tuesday of next week, that is fine.
That's it! Thanks so much!
Our 5th grade Halloween party will immediately follow the parade on October 30th ( Remember the 31st is records day)
All 5th graders will be assembling in the cafeteria for a treat and drink buffet. Parents can bring anything that you would like to (drink or food) and are NOT required to bring enough for all 3 classes. We find that enough people bring a classroom set of something for the kids to have a lot to choose from. For example if one parent brings in a bag of chips, another will bring in 25 brownies, another 25 cookies etc. And 2 liters are easy if you just want to bring juice or a drink. Whatever you would like to donate is fine.
While the kids are munching we will have a ticket auction and they can bid on and win any of the items that we'll have available for them. We'll explain the bidding process to them, but many of them have already seen storage wars or other type auction shows and are pretty familiar with how this goes.
The Midwest region test is ALSO on this same day during switch in their social studies class.
There will be a blank map and a "key" with all the state names .. you can actually go online and google "blank midwestern states map" and print out some nice practice sheets for your student to practice.
If all states are spelled (there is a key!) correctly and labeled correctly they will earn a 3.0. If however they are able to list as many capitol and major cities (these must be spelled correct too) for those same states they can earn a 4.0 WITH an extra credit point that can be applied to any other upcoming states test that they might not do so well on.
And FINALLY.... next week is Red Ribbon week. On Monday all students will have an anti bullying assembly in which a magician will perform working anti bullying into his work.
Wednesday the 29th, all students will travel the the PAC to catch a 10:25 musical preview of the middle school play. We should return at about 11:10. Buell's class will be traveling to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and then to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum that day due to the fact that her room will be torn apart as the district installs new document cameras etc in her room. So there will be no "switch" that day. As Mrs. Vandermei and I find out when our installation day is going to be, we will also schedule the same field trip for our students. I'll try to give you at least a 2 week heads up in case anyone would like to chaperone this trip.
Conference forms will come home tomorrow..... The return date says Friday but I've been switching some people around last minute so as long as I have it by Tuesday of next week, that is fine.
That's it! Thanks so much!
Monday, October 20, 2014
spelling list 10/20
Spelling list for this week is as follows:
humble
angel
council
pupil
final
normal
angle
syllable
festival
panel
evil
rural
fossil
scramble
marvel
loyal
general
parcel
civil
counsel
humble
angel
council
pupil
final
normal
angle
syllable
festival
panel
evil
rural
fossil
scramble
marvel
loyal
general
parcel
civil
counsel
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