WELCOME to a New School Year!

As the year begins take some time to remember the importance of reading and find some time to FALL in love with a good book.

Noetic Learning Math Contest Winners

Math Contest Winners

It is official!  You can log onto the Noetic Leanring Math Contest site to see the winners of our school's math competition.

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS!

Today the Jefferson Bear Battle of the Books winning lunch competition teams were able to compete to see who would go on a District Challenge.

Our winning teams that competed today were:

ACHIEVE TEAM 3

Alana Tracy

Nina Fernandez

Akeyatrist Townsend

Lindsey Lopez

ACHIEVE TEAM 4

Morgan Zak

Breanna Mullins

Darrin Conroy

Daniel Santiago

Trevani Martin

Melanie Dhouhy

INNOV8ORS TEAM 

Hannah Schraeder

Tammy Xiong

Naohmei Mendoza

Caryn Rea 

Anya Ricord

And the Winner's are ....

ACHIEVE TEAM  3 - 1st Place

ACHIEVE TEAM 4 - 2nd Place

These 2 teams will go on to compete on Friday at Horace Mann Elementary.

CONGRATULATIONS to all who read, and competed!

READ ON JEFFERSON BEARS!

The Jefferson Bear's 3rd Grade GCT and Enrichment Reading Group

Jefferson Way Lemonade

"Making Your Lemonade Dreams Come True"

Congratulations to the 3rd Grade GCT and Enrichment Reading Group who not only made fresh squeezed lemonade, but sold it to their classmates today for $.50.  They were able to make a 'net profit' which they are going to donate to the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer.

To prepare for the event we read Jacqueline Davis' book, "Lemonade War."  We have looked at short videos, read other books, and investigated economic concepts, like developing a business plan and their very own commercial.  Students not only had a great time learning, but also applying learned concepts to their everyday life.

Noetic Learning Math Contest

CONGRATULATIONS!

To all 47 4th and 5th grade students who came to the library yesterday to participate in the Math Contest.  It was a very challenging contest.  Students had to read and understand 20 different math problems and then proceed to answer them based on what question was asked in the problem.  For quite a few problems there were multiple steps that had to be figured out in order to be successful in solving.  Students only had 45 minutes which for some was perfect, for other it was too long and still for others it was not long enough.

This contest was great practice for upcoming end of the year math testing.  Students practiced endurance and perseverance.

No matter the outcome ALL students were winners for trying their best!  Congratulations!!!

Students can find out how they did in their specific contest by stopping by and talking to Mrs. Geibl.  Results will be posted online at the Noetic Learning Math Contest website on April 27, 2015.

Noetic Math Contest

April 15th - 11:00

Students will be given 45 minutes to solve 20 math problems that are designed to enrich and strengthen student problem solving skills. Students who succeed in problem solving will be awarded medals and be listed on the Math Contest web site.

Please visit the Noetic Learning Math Contest by clicking on this link.  It will give you more of an idea of what the contest is like.  You can also look up student scores from past contests to get an idea of how easy or difficult this contest may be for your student.  If you scroll down to WI you will also find students from Jefferson who participated in the fall.

Practice problems and permission slips will be sent home with students who have signed up to participate before Spring Break.

Please contact Mrs. Geibl through email by clicking on my name, or call me at 414-604-4100 ext. 1320.

Battle of the Books comes to Jefferson!

Let the Battles Begin!

Over Spring Break students will have the opportunity to read the following books:

Freckle Juice - by Judy Blume

Magic Tree House - Midnight on the Moon by Mary Pope Osborne

Hatchet - by Gary Paulson

Because of Winn Dixie - Kate Di Camillo

Bud, Not Buddy - Christopher Paul Curtis

Number the Stars - Lois Lowry

Students are asked to read and become experts on 2-3 of these books because they will participate in a book battle on a team of 6-7 peers with another group of students to see who knows the most about these books.

The 2 winning teams from Jefferson will go on to compete at Horace Mann Elementary to see which school is the most knowledgeable!  

Have a GREAT Spring Break and don' t forget to READ!