Wea Ridge Elementary May 18, 2018 Timberwolf Tales Upcoming Events May 21 Book Swap May 22nd PTO Restaurant Night - Pink Walrus - 5pm to 8pm Must show flyer or picture of flyer May 25th All School - Field Day - Student only event
May 29th 5th Grade Final Walk - 3pm Students Last Day of School June 4 - June 22 Summer School - Woodland Elementary - 8:30 - 11:00 July 16th - July 27th Online Registration to be completed by parents/guardians for any TSC student attending in the 2018 -2019 school year August 2 New Student Registration 12 - 7pm August 3 New Student Registration 8am - 1pm August 10th Open House 4 - 5:30 August 14th Student First Day of School
PTO NEWS VOLUNTEER - The PTO looking for volunteers. We will need additional people to help chair some events next year. Please see the attached PTO volunteer sign up sheet. Contact Michelle Harding if your are interested or have any questions at harding.3@hotmail.com.Thank you!
POP TABS - We collect and save these to give to the Ronald McDonald House in Indy for Riley's Children's Hospita
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2nd Grade News Field Trip On May 14th, the second graders visited the Columbian Park Zoo to learn more about Growing Up in the Wild. While there they learned how we can help the rainforest by shopping smarter and looking at the labels. Students also learned the importance of protecting the animals habitat. We were able to pet and learned facts about a blind possum, a tree frog, and a bearded dragon Students were able to explore the zoo with their small group to see wallabies, eagles, otters, and many more animals! During the second part of the field trip, we visited with a naturalist, Mrs. Cutler at the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park. Mrs. Cutler taught us about the life cycle of a tree and the parts and functions of a tree. Then we took a walking tour to see the different trees in the park to see each stage of growth. Finally we were able to explore the park and see the different things nature has to offer! Feel free to visit both parks over the summer. Both are a hidden treasure in our community and are FREE. Thanks to PTO for funding this learning trip! Go West Young Man!
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Mrs. Wright's Fifth Grade Sponsors a Book Swap
For our Lifelines for May, we will be talking about Responsibility! Responsibility is being accountable for your actions, choices, and belongings. It is doing what you'll say you do. Responsibility is something that is regularly spoken about at school. It's something that we strive each student to demonstrate but many times is something students don't completely understand. An engaging activity to try to drive home what responsibility is is "What's At Stake?" Give your students a simple scenario and ask them to stand after they think of someone who might be a stakeholder in the decision. For example: Who are the stakeholders if you show up late to pitch a baseball game? Expect students' answers to include the catcher, backup pitcher, teammates, umpire, coaches, parents, fans, other team, concession manager, and so forth. Once students see this visual representation of how many people have a stake in their decisions, they start to understand the importance of thinking things through and not making decisions haphazardly. To help our students make informed and responsible choices, we use a four-step decision-making model: Stop to give yourself time to think. Look at all your options. Think about the consequences of each option. Decide what's best for the most people involved. Responsibility is also a skill learn important for life outside the classroom as well. Chores are also an important part of being responsible. The best way for children to get better at taking responsibility for their actions is by giving them responsibilities and then getting out of their way. At home, chores are daily tasks that need to be done like folding laundry, setting the table, or making a bed. At school, chores can be helping with classroom management or simply completing homework and projects. The ultimate goal of the virtue of responsibility is to raise young people who show self-control, self-discipline, self-management, and self-regulation.
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