Mosinee Elementary News
Volume 18
DECEMBER
MOSINEE ELEMENTARY
TOP BANANA’S
Issue 7
January, 2015
Front: Payton Murray, Regan Parlin, Olivia Hytry,
Marissa Swita, Paige Kunkel, Corrin Crockett, and Elliott
Patoka.
2nd Row: Eliana Check, Jasmine Ray, Logan Groshek,
Abigail Wysocki, Marquis Piasecki, Miranda Shnowske,
Kylie Joss, and Kieara Koenig.
3rd Row: Cole Murray, Tucker Kowalski, Addison
Braunel, Rhylee Zogata, Isabelle Olson, Brenna Dulak,
and Ava Schwamman.
Back: Anna Linley, Mason Fleming, Nevaeh Kleinert, Parker Marcott, Bruce Hintz, Jaelyn Schmidt, Ben Backman, and Principal Davonne Eldredge.
Not Pictured: Hunter Gyrion and Hailey Konietzki.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL OF YOU
“TOP BANANAS”!
NO SCHOOL
DISTRICT INSERVICE
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 2ND, 2014
The Mosinee School District shall not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation,
handicap or physical, mental, emotional or learning disability or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law in the educational programs or activities which it operates
or in employment practices.
NOVEMBER COMPLIMENT CRITTER WINNERS
Front Row: Olivia Schroeder, Paige Kunkel, Marissa Swita, Leo Ramsey, Ryleigh Rasmussen,
Madison Orlovsky, Joshua Selle, and Addy Peterson
Row 2: Athan Toboyek, Casey Polega, Zoey McLaughlin and Kamryn Boesl.
Row 3: Bella Kyhos, Alanna Ashton, Eric Schwamman, Macey Mielke, Tanner Reid
and Abby Yelkin.
Back Row Jaelyn Schmidt, Alexa Georges, Destiny Mcallister, Bryton Logterman,
:
McKalyn Rasmussen, Kolton Cherek and Sylvia Hintz.
Not Pictured: Delilah Potter and Zain Alsadi.
DECEMBER COMPLIMENT CRITTER WINNERS
Front Row: Jayden Danczyk, Tanner Brooks, Rylee Banks, Angelica Meis, Abbi Kluz,
Alexis Pasholk, Kaitlyn Garvin and Aidan Yelkin.
Row 2: Mason Mrdutt, Jace Nechuta, Karson Koenig, Cale Maahs, Isaac Lewens
and Lauren Creske.
Row 3: Maryn Nevala, Addison Braunel, Grayson Brown, Mason Fleming, Daisy Spink
and Kaitlyn Krause.
Back Row Faolan Cronk, Ava Schwamman, Kayla Schwoch, Olivia Stone, Jackson Nyman,
:
Kieara Koenig and Tristan Wicklund.
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The 100 Challenge
The Mosinee PTO and Elementary School are challenging each classroom to collect Piggly Wiggly
receipts, Box Tops, Kwik Trip Moola Milk
Caps and plastic tops, Capri Sun drink
pouches, and Campbell Soup labels during the
week of the 100th day of school. Each classroom
that has a combined total of 100 or more will earn
popcorn and juice from PTO to celebrate their 100 Challenge
Achievement!
The 100 Challenge will start on Monday, February 2nd and
end on Friday, February 6th.
The popcorn and juice will be handed out the
following week for classroom celebrations!
So talk to your grandparents, aunts, uncles, and neighbors and
bring in those Piggly Wiggly receipts, Box Tops, Capri Sun Pouches, Campbell Soup labels, and Kwik Trip milk caps. If you could
please cut around the Box Tops it would be
GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
Your teacher will have a special bag in your classroom to collect
all of your items in for the 100 contest.
Thank You for your Support of Mosinee Schools!!!
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5 Year Old
Kindergarten Registration
March 9th - March 13th, 2014
Call 693-2810
to schedule an appointment
Beginning on February 2nd, children 4 years of age on or before
September 1st, 2015, are eligible to register for the
Mosinee School District 4K Program
Registration forms can be picked up and completed at any of the 4K
Partner Sites. These sites include: Head Start, Mosinee Preschool,
St. Paul and Storybook Kids. Please bring your child's original birth
certificate and immunization record when registering.
“The Other Check-Up”
The Mosinee School District is offering
“The Other Check-Up”
a free developmental screening for children 2 ½ to 5 years of
age at the Mosinee Elementary School on
February 5 from 7:30 am-7:30 pm.
Please call Denise at 715-693-3660 ext. 2206 to schedule an
appointment.
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Save the Date. . .
Mosinee Elementary School would like families to mark
their calendars! On Thursday, March 5th we will be hosting
a Family Literacy Night and Art Show from 6:15-7:30pm at
the Elementary School.
Mrs. Ford is looking for volunteers to help prepare art for
the show. If you are able to help mount and or hang art in
late February/early March during the school day, please contact Mrs. Ford at [email protected] or call the elementary school.
Mrs.
Lang is looking for local “celebrity” readers for this event. If you or
someone you know is willing to share a book with families please contact Mrs. Lang at [email protected] or call the elementary
school.
More information about this fun family event will be coming in future months. Stay tuned. . .
SCHOOL CLOSING INFORMATION
School Closing due to inclement weather or road conditions will be made as
near to 6:00 AM on the following area stations:
WAOW-TV
WSAW-TV
WDEZ 101.9 FM
WIFC
99.5 FM
WSAU
550 AM
WSAU
99.9 FM
WRIG
1390 AM
WOZZ 94.7 FM
We are pleased to report back that the Community
Center of Hope received 546 lbs. of food in December
as a result of our families giving back to our community
through our “Mosinee Miracle Christmas Tree” drive.
Thank you to all of our families who
donated!
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KINDERGARTEN NEWS:
Kindergarten is embracing the cold this month. We are fortunate so far in not having the
wicked weather of last year! Now that most of the quarter assessments have been completed, we can focus on topics! The kindergarten hallway bulletin boards are filled with snowmen,
snow globes, and snowflakes.
The Arctic and Antarctic Regions will be explored in the coming weeks. This topic works nicely with our current
reading module of Informational Text. We will read many non-fiction stories and write about both the animals
and people who live in these regions.
Kindergarten will also look forward to several celebrations in February. We will have
our Someone Special Social on Feb. 12th and 13th. This year it will take place over two
days due to the high volume of visitors. Mrs. Neuner, Mrs. Zastrow and Mrs. Fandrey
will be on Thursday, Feb. 12th from 8:30 – 10:00. Mrs. Nelson, Ms. Bartz, Mrs. Dunn and
Ms. Jueds will be on Friday, Feb. 13 from 8:30 – 10:00.
The 100th Day of School will be Thursday, February 5th. This will mark the milestone of
completing 100 wonderful days of kindergarten. Our building will be having a 100 th Day
Challenge with milk caps, Piggly Wiggly receipts and Capri Sun pouches. PTO will be providing juice and popcorn as a treat on the 5 th. Watch for more information from your child’s
teacher.
Dental Health also takes place in February. The Mosinee Family Dental office will be giving
presentations to the kindergarten classes on Thursday, February 26 th. President’s Day will
help us learn about our current and past presidents. We will also discuss American Symbols,
what they are and why we have them. Valentine’s Day will also keep us busy writing and exchanging cards with our friends and family.
FIRST GRADE NEWS:
January began with some frigid weather. Students were anxious to get outside and release
their extra energy. With such a break from school and recess, students needed a review of
procedures and rules.
In reading, students are working on writing directions, sequencing, and distinguishing between
fiction and informational text. Students can continue to work on extending their thinking
when they read to include questions such as: How do you think the character is feeling? How
do you know the character feels that way? Why do you think that happened?
In math, students practiced writing teen numbers in a variety of formats such as picture
notation with a ten stick and extra ones (circles) and expanded form (i.e. 13= 10+3). Students
then took that essential understanding and applied it to comparing numbers. Students need
to be able to add and subtract numbers from 0-18 fluently. Students are learning strategies
to help them with their facts. Strategies include Making a 10 , Using Doubles and Doubles +/- 1. Please contact
your child’s teacher if you have any questions about these strategies or any other math concepts.
Please continue to work with your child on his/her sight words that come home
each week along with the spelling pattern for the week. Students should be able to apply
these words and patterns within their writing.
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2ND GRADE NEWS:
This January second grade has been busy getting back into
the full swing of learning with a blizzard of activities. We
have been finishing up our Folktales, Fairytales, and Fantasy
reading and writing for our language arts. Now we are ready
to learn more about informational text, as we have been
learning lots about Dr. Martin King Jr. Students will be choosing a Famous American soon, as they will then be
doing some research and writing projects about their Famous American. We always look forward to learning
some interesting facts about our Famous Americans, and work on our summary writing skills. Famous Americas
are always a super fun learning activity!! We have also continued to work on sharpening our fact fluency skills
with addition and subtraction, make sure to be practicing those at home too. On top of all of our exciting learning, we have also taken time during January to do our mid year assessments: SMI, Fontas and Pinnell reading
assessment, PALS testing, Words Their Way, and math tests. It has been a very busy month!!
Make sure to check out the date your 2nd graders class will be going snowshoeing at the
school forest in February! Snowshoeing at the forest is always an exciting adventure!
Second graders will also be going to the Grand Theater on March 19 th, to see a Flat
Stanly performance.
Finally keep on reading!!! Our 2nd grade reading program continues
through April, so keep writing down those minutes your child reads at
home, so they can be a part of our super cool reward reading celebration.
3RD GRADE NEWS:
January is an exciting time in third grade. The students are back from the winter break eager to
learn and work.
It has been observed that many children are not bringing proper winter gear to school. The children
do go outside during these cold winter months and they must be prepared. It makes for a very uncomfortable recess if they do not have snow pants, boots, winter jacket, mittens and hat.
As the year is almost half over, many students need to replenish their school supplies. Please
ask your child if they need more pencils, glue, notebooks, or erasers. Please be sure that all
of these items are labeled with your child’s name.
The following students celebrated their January birthdays AND half birthdays with a birthday lunch on January 21: Nicholas R., Olivia C., Francis W., Spencer S., Kyle R., Taylor I.,
Alyssa H., Angel B., Michael D., Bryn S., Olivia S., Alli C., Mya T., Bryton L., Garrett S.,
Gaudalupe C., Noah N., Daniel Z. and Parker B.
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ART NEWS FROM MRS. FORD AND MRS GELLING:
Save the Date!
Literacy Night and K-3 Art Show – March 5
We invite you to join us for a night of appreciation of literacy and art at Mosinee Elementary
Family Literacy Night and Art Show on Thursday, March 5 from 6:15-7:30pm at the Elementary School. This special night will be open to all students and families at Mosinee Elementary School.
Your eyes will fill with wonder as you browse the hallways filled with beautiful artworks made
by each K-3 student! Your imaginations will soar as you listen to stories read aloud! More
information about this fun family event will be coming home in February.
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Gelling are looking for volunteers to help prepare art for the show.
If you are able to help mount art or display the artworks in late February during the school
day, please contact Mrs. Ford at [email protected] or call the elementary
school.
Mrs. Lang is looking for local celebrity readers for this event. If you or someone you
know is willing to share a book with families please contact Mrs. Lang at
[email protected] or call the elementary school.
3rd Graders were already thinking….SUMMER! as they illustrated Olaf!
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LIBRARY NEWS FROM MRS. AGEMA…
Check Out These Websites!
Did you know that many of our favorite authors and characters have their own
web pages?
The Pigeon, Dr. Seuss, Gilbert, Arthur, and Fancy Nancy are just
some of the characters that can be found in books and on the web. The sites
I’ve listed below contain information about the books and characters and some
games or printable pages that relate to the stories. I’ve used some of these sites with the students in the
library and the Mo Willems site has been the favorite. Kids love to make Elephant and Piggie dance!
http://www.mowillems.com/
http://marcbrownstudios.com/
http://www.dianedegroat.com/
http://www.littlecritter.com/
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
http://www.fancynancybooks.com/
http://www.seussville.com/
http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/
http://pbskids.org/arthur/
During the month of January the third graders will be starting a
card/spine label matching game in the easy section and the non-fiction
section. Each student will see how many books they can match to spine
label cards in 15 minutes. The second graders are starting their Caldecott
units where we will compare the illustrations in many award winning books
and then create our own book cover drawing. The first graders will be
starting with our animal friends unit and the kindergarteners are starting
to find books indepently on the shelves instead of using the library tubs.
It is a very busy time in the library.
Stay warm with a good book!
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION NEWS FROM MR. MIELKE :
Tumbling Around!
Since returning from winter break all grade levels have been immersed in a tumbling
unit! Students have learned the importance of stretching and the names of numerous
muscles in their body. Some of the skills that students have learned and demonstrated are: egg roll, log roll, forward and backward rolls, tripod, headstand, cartwheel,
seal walk, army crawl, cricket and wicket walks. The students have been working extremely hard to improve their tumbling skills. After the tumbling skills have been
completed the students will be climbing the rope and the cargo net. Students that
show a great amount of strength and courage by safely climbing to the top AND safely climbing back down the rope will earn a Monkey Club Certificate!
If you are looking for some winter exercise for the whole family, consider a trip to the 9 Mile recreation area just minutes from Mosinee!
They have snowshoe and cross-country trails for all ages and levels of
experience! They even have cross-country ski equipment to rent. Follow
the web address below for prices, times, and directions to this family
fun destination.
http://www.co.marathon.wi.us/
Departments/ParksRecreationForestry/
RecreationOpportunities/
CrossCountrySkiingSnowshoeing.aspx
Or call at 715-261-1550 for more details.
Another great family fun winter activity is located at the Sylvan Hill recreation area on
Wausau’s Northeast side. Follow the web address below for hours of operation, pricing,
restrictions and other details to a great fun tubing experience!
http://ci.wausau.wi.us/Departments/Parks/WinterRecreation/SylvanTubingHill.aspx
Or call the Park Office at 715.261.1550 or Sylvan Chalet at 715.573.2424
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Warm Greetings from the Music Room
Even though the temperature outside has been frigid- the sounds coming from the music
room are full of warmth. The students have been playing, dancing, playing instruments and
singing songs to help keep warm.
This month our composer of the month is Franz Joseph Haydn. The students learned about Haydn and his music, including ‘The Surprise Symphony’. I encourage you to ask your child what the ‘surprise’ is in the
symphony and also why his nickname is ‘Papa Haydn’.
The 3rd grade students have begun working on the songs for their upcoming concert which
will take place on Friday, MARCH 6TH AT 1:30 p.m. in the Creske Center Auditorium. This
year the students are learning songs by 7 famous classical composers including: Bach,
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. These happen to be the same
composers that we are learning about each month with the rest of the grades as well.
More information will be coming home next month about the concert. Please mark your
calendars for the concert, we hope to see as many of you there as possible.
One other project the 3rd grade students will be working on before their concert is making
homemade instruments that will be displayed at their concert. Stay tuned for more information to come home on this project in the upcoming weeks.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns that you might have.
Wishing all of you warmth and health during these cold winter days and nights.
Sincerely, Mrs. Westfall
Upcoming Concert Dates 2015- both concerts held at the
Creske Center Auditorium
3rd grade concert- Friday, March 6th- 1:30 p.m.
Kindergarten concert- Friday, May 8th- 1:30 p.m
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