Physical Education Update from Mrs. Schlies

Hello Lakeside Families!  It has been wonderful seeing you all in your classroom zoom meetings and hearing all your wonderful stories!  Hopefully you have been able to be active and move your bodies through videos or by going outside. We have been doing a lot of biking and walking as well as strength activities together as a family to keep our bodies healthy!  If you need more ideas or activities for home be sure to check out the PE bingo cards and watch for our weekly PE challenges! I miss you all and hope to see you soon!  

Music Update from Mr. Plekan

Hello Lakeside Students!  

I miss you all and hope you are making time for music during these crazy times. Thank you to those who have sent me videos of their hand washing songs and recordings of music they have written.  They were awesome!  You rock!

Here is a link to the K-5 Music plans for May/June that were shared through the district:

K-5 Music Plans for May/June 2020

I look forward to seeing many of you next year at school when we are able to return and I wish the best to our awesome 5th graders as they head off to middle school next year.

Keep singing and dancing and you will be smiling!  :-)

Musically Yours, 

Mr. Plekan

Art Update from Mrs. Wollangk & Mrs. North

Hello Lakeside families! We hope you are all doing great! The Lakeside Art Dept. wants to encourage you to check out all the amazing art projects that are included in this link >>>>May/June Art Projects

There are many fun ideas, for all ages, including mom and dad!

ART CHALLENGE!        ART CHALLENGE !                 ART CHALLENGE !

We CHALLENGE every student at Lakeside to make 1 Art Project, and send us a picture of it at:  melody.wollangk@oshkosh.k12.wi.us  or gwen.north@oshkosh.k12.wi.us . We would love to put together a gallery of Lakesides creativity. ARE YOU UP FOR THE CHALLENGE!

Mrs. Wollangk

Mrs. North

Lakeside Art Specialists

Technology Update from Mrs. Stephany

Learning without Limits

As we wrap up the school year, students can continue to access classroom content over the summer from the OASD Student Portal at: https://sites.google.com/a/oshkosh.k12.wi.us/student-portal/ or the district website.  Students can log in using the username and password Student usernames are the first 5 letters of the last name followed by the first initial of the first name.  Then they include the last 4 digits of the student ID number.  For example, for “Sample Student” the username would be “studes5678.”  The student may want to keep the password in a safe spot and/or share with you.  A plan will be shared on how to return district devices. 

Counselor Newsletter May

Hello Lakeside Families!

I hope that this newsletter message finds your family safe and healthy. As I’ve shared before this learning at home can bring up many different emotions for everyone - including our kids. I’m going to share a book read aloud you could read with your child about feelings and some ideas to create a calming corner at home. 

 

Book Share: 

A fun book about feelings is Even Superheros have Bad Days. I found a read aloud by Chris Evans who plays Captain America. Even Superheros have Bad Days read aloud by Chris Evans

After reading this book you could ask: 

*We all have bad days - we can make good choices or not so good choices when we have bad days. 

*What is a good choice you can do when you have a bad day? 

(ex: have some alone time, talk to someone, help someone else, do something I enjoy)

*How could you be like a superhero and help someone else having a bad day? 

Creating a Calming Corner:

A strategy you could use at home is helping your child create a calming corner or calm spot. In school we call them a safe spot or safe place. This is a designated place where your child can go when they need a break. It doesn’t need to be anything fancy - just a place that they feel comfortable. It can be a chair, a carpet square, a cozy spot, or a bean bag - anything really. Then in a calming corner we usually put together some resources that they can use to help calm themselves. It can be books, feeling faces (printable), fidgets or playdough, a sequin pillow, scented lotion, putty and/or coloring/drawing notebooks. Here is a picture of the basket we made at our house. Have your child pick one activity to try for a few minutes (a sand timer can be great for this) then ask how they feel. If they feel better they can move on, if not maybe try another activity. 

Questions to ask after:

How were you feeling before you tried the calming corner? What did you try that helped? What ideas do you have for next time you feel that way?

If you like these ideas or are looking for others please follow me on Facebook. Please contact me if you have questions.

Wishing you all well,

Mrs. Melissa Palecek

Media Update from Mrs. Miller        

        How can I figure out what library books my student has checked out?

All students can log in and access their library account.

Go to: destiny.oshkosh.k12.wi.us

Click on “Lakeside Elementary”.

Click on “Catalog” at the top.

On the left side, click on “Destiny Discover”.

On the right side, click on “Log in”.

Students will use their username and password that they use to log into their chromebook.

Once signed in, click on the top left- 3 lines that look like a stack of pancakes. One of the options will be “Checkouts”. On that screen you will see everything listed that your child has checked out.

You can always email Mrs. Miller or Mrs. Dutscheck with your questions!

maggie.miller@oshkosh.k12.wi.us

julie.dutscheck@oshkosh.k12.wi.us

Math Update form Mrs. Chier

Parents are often being challenged with how to support their child when working on math concepts.  Sometimes, students begin solving problems in ways they have never seen. So, to help support the student and family, a few questions can make a difference.  These questions can help guide their learning and can help you understand why they are solving their problems differently. This is what the goal is; using varying strategies for problem solving.  Keep up the support you are giving them! We are all in this together!

 

Math Questions for Student Reflection

Check for THINKING:

1. Explain your method or strategy you used and why did you choose it?

2. Would it work if you didn’t use that method?

3. If you broke this down into parts, what would they be?

4. Can you create and solve a problem similar to this for me?

5. What do you need to find out?

6. What strategies will you use?

7. Why is your method and answer correct?

8. Could you try this with similar numbers?

9. Which words in the problem are important?

10. Where are your issues with the problem?

 

Finally,

 Where can you go for some extra help...email Mrs. Chier: stacy.chier@oshkosh.k12.wi.us

 

Instructional Support Teacher of Literacy Update from Mrs. Ruechel

                      

• https://www.oshkoshpubliclibrary.org/

• Lakeside’s resource page for online learning

• How (and Why) to start a parent-child book club 

• Little Free Libraries around Oshkosh (one at Lakeside)

The end of 2020 looks very different from other school years.  I found this list of reflection questions to help students remember what their year IN SCHOOL was like and to think of this year in a positive light.  This could be used as an opportunity for discussion, writing, drawing or even recording a video to capture memories from the past school year.                       

1. What is something we did this year that you think you will remember for the rest of your life?

2. What is something you accomplished this year that you are proud of?

3. What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this year?

4. What was the most challenging part of this year for you?  How did you overcome it?

5. Where is your favorite place in the classroom (or school)? Why?

6. If you could change one thing that happened this year, what would it be?

7. What are three things you did this year to help your classmates?

8. What are the three most important things you learned this year?

9. What is something that was hard for you at the start of the year but is easy now?

10. In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements?

11. What is your favorite part of the day in your class? Why?

12. What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this year?

13. Of the books you read this year, which was your favorite? Why?

14. What was the best piece of writing that you did this year? Why do you think it is your best?

15. What person at our school has made the biggest impact in your life this year? Why?

16. What is something the teacher could have done to make this year better?

17. What are six adjectives that best describe this school year?

18. Knowing what you know now, if you could write a letter to yourself that would travel back in time so that you would receive it at the start of the school year, what advice would you give your younger self?

19. What advice would you give students who will be in this class next year?

Adapted from Minds in Bloom:  Ideas for Educators with Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack

https://minds-in-bloom.com/20-end-of-year-reflection-questions/