Tuesday, February 21, 2017
4 Makes A Dollar
We are learning about the quarter. We found out that we need 4 quarters to make a dollar. We played a game where we spun a spinner with quarters. We had to color in the quarters to make a dollar.
Friday, February 17, 2017
From the Thorson Office
February 16, 2017
From the Thorson Office
Kindergarten Music Program- February 17th, 2:30-3:15
Dad’s Club of Thorson Elementary School Presents its 2nd Annual Dodgeball Tournament, Sunday, February 19th. See flyer for more details and sign-up.
Great America Reading Logs – Due Friday, February 17
This is a reminder to all K-5 families that the Six Flags Read to Succeed Reading Log is due Friday, February 17th. If your child has read six hours, please fill out the dates and times and sign the reading log. Return the completed reading log to your child’s teacher. You will receive a free student ticket to Great America before the end of the school year. Keep on reading!
TJRFH/HFH Donations due by 2/17- Special Thank You from Ms. Kestell
For those that have collected donations for JRFH/HFH, the deadline for turning in the envelopes is February 17th. Please help us to wrap up this event in a timely manner, so that I can send the donations off to American Heart Association. I would also like to ask that those who collected online donations, please make a copy of your online donations and include it in the envelope.
I truly appreciate all the support you have given for both events! Ms. Kestell
Bus 307- Bus 307 is at max capacity. Riteway will not be allowing any students to go home with friends as a guest rider. Other arrangements will have to be made if a friend is going home with a student that rides that bus.
Thorson Health Room Volunteer Calendar – Looking for volunteers who can clean scrapes and cuts, take a temperature, monitor kids as they rest or call home to have a sick child picked up early. Click here to view the volunteer calendar or call the school office (376-6705).
From the Thorson PTO
Box Tops for Education
Thank you to everyone was turned in the Box Tops, as a school we collected 5,100!! The winning classroom with 712 labels is 2nd grade, Mrs. Kowalkowski classroom, tied for 2nd place with 630 labels, 1st grade Mrs. George and 5th grade Mr. Lubbers.
Father/Daughter Dance - Saturday, April 29th, 6:00-8:30pm - See flyer for additional information. Register NOW and SAVE! Click here for registration form
Thorson Dad's Club
Change for our Playground! - February 20th-27th
Bring your pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and yes dollars and help reach our goal for a new play structure for the playground. Winning classroom wins a PIZZA party. See flyer for additional information.
From The Cedarburg School District
School Newsletters – Cedarburg Community Scholarship Fund - (CCSF) Bagging for Bucks
Come join the fun on Saturday, March 4th for Cedarburg Community Scholarship Fund’s Bagging for Bucks. This fun-filled event takes place from 10 am to 2 pm at Olsen’s Piggly Wiggly. You will be able to meet the celebrity/guest baggers and team mascots and enjoy the popcorn and brats that will be served throughout the day. This year music will be provided by CHS Jazz Band, A Cappella Choir, Bella Voce, String Ensemble and Webster Middle School Jazz Band. The proceeds from this day allow CCSF to grant many scholarships this coming May. See you on the 4th!
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District Nurse Letter:
Cold and Flu season is officially in full swing. In an effort to keep all of our staff and students healthy please keep the following tips in mind from our district nurse.
From the Community
2017 Writing Contest - Imagine you are a person from times past. Tell us a story about your life - see flyer for additional information. Deadline is March 24th.
Pancake Breakfast - February 19th at the Cedarburg Community Center - see flyer for additional information
Cedarburg Children's Theater - Now casting for Beauty and the Best - see flyer for additional information
Fitness for Moms & Kids - Are you ready for a fitness class that might just be unlike anything you’ve ever tried before? See flyer for additional information
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Special Guest Reader
R was our special kindergartner of the week. He invited his dad to read the story "Otis and the Puppy" We all loved it! Thank you so much for coming!!
Read To Succeed is Due Tomorrow!
Turn in those blue sheets with your 6 hours of reading for a free ticket to Six Flags! Sheets may not be turned in after the deadline!
Kindergarten Music Program
Just a reminder- the kindergarten music program is tomorrow at 2:30pm in the gym.
This program will replace the program that used to be held at the end of the school year.
If you have any questions, please contact Judy Plaster, our music teacher.
Newsletter-Our Week In Review
Dear Parents,
Thank you to all the families that helped out with our Valentine's Party! The children had a wonderful time!
This week we talked about the ai spelling pattern. We found out that the ai work together to make the long a sound. We sorted out short a words and long a words that had the ai pattern. We made words that contained the ai spelling pattern like rain, pail, sail, tail, and snail. We also learned the sight words "big" and “blue”. We reviewed these words in the stories, poems, and writing we did this week. We continue to review all words and assess through the year! Please continue to work on these words with your child. Please remember that I test Star Words on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The story this week was Roses are Pink Your Feet Really Stink While listening to the story, students were working on the strategies of predicting, retelling, inference, making connections, and stating their opinion. Ask your kindergartner what their favorite part in the story was.
Here is a video link to the story to enjoy!
In writing, we continue to work on our how to writing. We talked about how to spell larger words. We need to say it out loud, clap the syllables, and then spell it out. We found that if we can spell big words when we break them up to smaller words. Try this out at home!
In math we are starting to work on money. Students are expected to be able to identify and know the value of the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter.
Reminders:
Jaguar Jump Start is on Monday. Please wear your Jaguar clothes or the color blue.
Thank you for all of your support!
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Better late than never...
As I was uploading and creating the Animoto video for our Valentine's Day party, I noticed I still had pictures from Christmas on my iPad that I never shared with you all! Rats! So, enjoy a little bit of holiday cheer from a few weeks ago. As they always say... better late than never!
Happy Valentine's Day!
We had a great time celebrating Valentine's Day in kindergarten yesterday! Thank you so much to Mrs. Schueller, Mrs. Martino, Mrs. O'Connor, Mrs. Sonnenberg, and Mrs. Duffey for organizing fun and games at our party. Thank you to the families who donated items so our party could be a success! The kiddos had a FANTASTIC time!
Enjoy the video of our party!
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Friday, February 10, 2017
Special Guest Reader
H was our student of the week. He invited his dad to read us a Magic School Bus story. We really loved hearing about how the kids learned about computers. Thank you so much for coming!!
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Newsletter- Our Week In Review
Dear Parents,
This week we talked about the ay spelling pattern. We found out that the ay work together to make the long a sound. We sorted out short a words and long a words that had the ay pattern. We made words that contained the ay spelling pattern like hay, ray, pay, tray, and say. We also learned the sight words "me" and "where". We reviewed these words in the stories, poems, and writing we did this week. We continue to review all words and assess through the year! Please continue to work on these words with your child. Please remember that I test Star Words on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The story this week was Abe Lincoln's Hat. While listening to the story, students were working on the strategies of identifying the problem and the solution, retelling, inference, making connections, and stating their opinion. Ask your kindergartner what their favorite part in the story was.
Here is a video link to the story to enjoy!
In writing, we continued working on our how to writing. We worked on adding sequence words to our writing, like First, Next, Then, Last.
In math we have been working on number bonds and working on creating equal groups.
Reminders:
Children can bring in their Valentines on Monday, February 13th
Please LABEL your child's cold weather gear. We have lots of friends who have similar items.
Jaguar Jump Start is on Monday. Please wear your Jaguar clothes or the color blue.
Thank you for all of your support!
From the Office
February 9, 2017
From the Thorson Office
***For the safety of all students, please do not drop off your students in the left lane for morning drop off. ***
Kindergarten Music Program- February 17th, 2:30-3:15
Great America Reading Logs – Due Friday, February 17
This is a reminder to all K-5 families that the Six Flags Read to Succeed Reading Log is due Friday, February 17th. If your child has read six hours, please fill out the dates and times and sign the reading log. Return the completed reading log to your child’s teacher. You will receive a free student ticket to Great America before the end of the school year. Keep on reading!
Thorson Veggie Taste Test of the Month
Thorson students had a chance to taste test Kale Chips this week, courtesy of the partnerships we have with Fuel Up to Play 60, Wellspring Farm to School program, Thorson PTO and our CSD Food Service program.
The results from our taste test are in!
167 Love it!
72 Liked it!
76 Not their favorite!
We sampled roasted kale chips yesterday and Thorson students loved them! It was fun to try something different, and I loved hearing from several students that someone has already made these at home. Great for a healthy snack! Be sure to check out the recipe for making your own kale chips at home! http://allrecipes.com/recipe/176957/baked-kale-chips/
JRFH/HFH Donations due by 2/17- Special Thank You from Ms. Kestell
Family Wellness Night and Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart are almost completed for this school year! Wow, what a ton of fun! I hope your kids have had a great time participating in both events. I know that I could not do either of these events without parent volunteers, so I want to send out a huge THANK YOU to all of my Family Wellness Night parent volunteers, and to those who helped out with Jump Rope for Heart. It makes such a difference to have you all so involved in these events. I truly appreciate all of your time and efforts to help out!
For those that have collected donations for JRFH/HFH, the deadline for turning in the envelopes is February 17th. Please help us to wrap up this event in a timely manner, so that I can send the donations off to American Heart Association. I would also like to ask that those who collected online donations, please make a copy of your online donations and include it in the envelope.
I truly appreciate all the support you have given for both events!
Ms. Kestell
Bus 307- Bus 307 is at max capacity. Riteway will not be allowing any students to go home with friends as a guest rider. Other arrangements will have to be made if a friend is going home with a student that rides that bus.
Thorson Health Room Volunteer Calendar – Looking for volunteers who can clean scrapes and cuts, take a temperature, monitor kids as they rest or call home to have a sick child picked up early. Click here to view the volunteer calendar or call the school office (376-6705).
From the Thorson PTO
Next PTO meeting is scheduled for Monday, February 13th at 7:00 PM
Mrs, Little will talk about class sizes and a short discussion will follow
Winter Carnival – The Thorson Winter Carnival that was held on Saturday, February 4th was a tremendous success! Thank you to everybody who donated, volunteered, and attended the 2017 Carnival! Thank you for everyone’s hard work and dedication for this event, we couldn’t have don’t it without you. Kim Timm
From the PTO President - Thank you so much to everyone who helped to make the 2017 Winter Carnival a success! We have heard of many families to went and who had a great time. Thanks go out to all of the room moms, teachers and students, high school volunteer workers and parents both generous in their time and finances. I'd be remiss not to mention that none of the Winter Carnival's successes would have been possible without Kim Timm and her hard-working crew of volunteers! Their dedication, time, effort and coordination made this year's Carnival a hit, and put Thorson well on its way to being able to replace the outdated and increasingly dilapidated playground equipment. Thank you!!!
Welcome back, Mrs. Winter! We and our children have missed you and are so happy to see you back!
From the Silent Auction Committee
The Silent Auction Committee would like to thank the families, businesses, teachers, and staff for all the generous donations, support and BIDDING! We had so many wonderful items up for bid and, as a result, the silent auction was a great success!
If given an opportunity, please thank the donors who gave so generously and support the businesses who support our school!!!
Didn’t get a chance to bid? Couldn’t make the auction? Don’t despair, we still have a few great items remaining …
Box Tops for Education
Time to gather all those box tops and labels you have been collecting. Click here for additional information. Tomorrow is the last day to turn them in.
Classroom Valentine Parties - February 14th at 2:30pm
Lego Club - February 16th at 8:00am in the east ½ of the gym - all are welcomed!
Father/Daughter Dance - Saturday, April 29th, 6:00-8:30pm - See flyer for additional information. Register NOW and SAVE! Click here for registration form
Thorson Dad's Club
Dad’s Club of Thorson Elementary School Presents its 2nd Annual Dodgeball Tournament, Sunday, February 19th. See flyer for more details and sign-up.
From The Cedarburg School District
4K and 5K Kindergarten
Parents ~ Do you have an incoming 4K or 5K student for the 2017-18 school year? Be sure to look for the on-line registration beginning on January 30th! Go to the District’s website, and click on the upper tab labeled “Families” Then click on Registration & Enrollment for more info.
4K & 5K Kindergarten Registration: February 14, 2017, 9:00AM – 6:00PM. Proof of Residency Needed; (even for children of current Thorson families) – See flyer for additional information. For further information visit our district website.
District Nurse Letter:
Cold and Flu season is officially in full swing. In an effort to keep all of our staff and students healthy please keep the following tips in mind from our district nurse.
From the Community
Pancake Breakfast - February 19th at the Cedarburg Community Center - see flyer for additional information
Cedarburg Children's Theater - Now casting for Beauty and the Best - see flyer for additional information
Fitness for Moms & Kids - Are you ready for a fitness class that might just be unlike anything you’ve ever tried before? See flyer for additional information
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