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November 2012 Dates to Remember:
Nov. 14– Late Start
Nov. 22-23 No School
Dec. 3-PTO 6:30 pm
Dec. 12– Late Start
Dec. 18-Elementary
Christmas Concert at
2:00 pm
Dec. 20-Rotary
Christmas Party at
12:30 pm
THANK YOU
The PTO would like to thank
all of the parents and teachers
who volunteered to help out
with the PTO Halloween par-
ty! We would also like to
thank the students for attend-
ing that night! We hope you
all had a great time!
Do you have thoughts or sug-
gestions for next year??
Please contact Annette Wol-
ler or Sheryl Young!
2nd Grade Social Studies
In social studies the past 2 weeks we’ve
been pretty busy talking about the elec-
tion and how to become president.
We’ve talked about the different pets
the past presidents have had in the
White House. One president had silk
worms as a pet! We made a past presi-
dent wheel and learned fun facts about
previous presidents, like they’re favor-
ite foods. We also found out that the
White House has 35 bathrooms! It’s all
been very interesting.
FESTIVAL FOOD
RECEIPTS
Festival Foods has informed
us that the Festival Foods
Receipt program for schools
is no longer active. The pro-
gram ended in the middle of
October. The PTO thanks
any of you that were helping
out by saving these for us.
The program to replace the
receipts is a Scrip program…
More information will be
available in the coming
Election Day!
Granton Elementary students got into the
election spirit this week! Organized by
the 5th grade, the elementary held their
own election for President of the United
States. To give the students a sense of
ownership, the elementary also voted to
decide what charity event they would
have this spring. The students voted be-
tween the American Heart Association’s
Jump Rope for Heart and the American
Cancer Society’s Mini-Relay for Life. 5th
grade students made powerpoint com-
mercials for both events and each class-
room watched these throughout the week.
The students also made posters and had
commercials during the morning an-
nouncements. Each class was assigned a
certain number of electoral votes accord-
ing to the grades’ population. Although
the popular vote for president was within
8 votes, Barack Obama won the electoral
vote quite easily. The Mini-Relay for
Life was the winner of the charity event
and students are looking forward to sup-
porting this cause in May.
Fifth Graders work on their election commercial.
Voting on Election Day!
PTO WANTS YOU!!
The PTO is looking for fresh,
new faces as we start off 2013!!
We need new ideas! We need
new faces!! We need YOU!!!
PTO meets every first Monday
of the month with meetings at
6:30 (December - cafeteria) and
the remainder of the year at 6pm
in the IMC.
Mr. Bones the Skeleton visits 4-K
Last week Mrs. Hanson’s 4-K class learned
about bones and skeletons. Some of the
facts they learned are: Our skeletons give us
shape and support, bones can break and heal,
bones can grow, and bones protect our or-
gans. Mrs. Aumann’s Fifth graders had also
been learning about the skeletal system.
Some of the fifth grade students brought
“Mr. Bones”, a real skeleton to visit the 4-K
classroom. The 4-K students were able to
see what a real skeleton looked like, and al-
so touch and feel the bones if they wanted.
The fifth graders told the younger students
the names of certain bones, and then showed
them where in their body the bone was locat-
ed. They shared things that they learned and
also let the 4-K students ask questions. This
was a Great learning experience for the 4-k
class! Thank You Fifth Grade!
Family History
The Granton Fifth grade learned about
the importance of history in Social
Studies class recently. To wrap up the
unit, each student made a history pro-
ject. They chose between making a
family tree, interviewing a senior citi-
zen or making a timeline of their lives.
Each student then presented their pro-
ject to the class. The projects turned
out great and it was apparent that the
students and their families put a lot of
time and effort into these projects.
Great job 5th graders!
Fifth Graders show off their history projects.
Mr. Bones visits the 4K!
After-School Learning Zone News
The after-school program is a busy place to be! In November we
started a new component called “Clubs.” This gives the students
a choice between three different activities to participate in each
night. The students are helping to pick the club ideas. Some of
the upcoming clubs are: stamping, chess or checkers, woodwork-
ing, drama, card making and legos. Students also still have
SPARK, homework time and a chance to get extra help in math
or reading. Enrichment classes have also started for students who
are looking for an extra challenge. You can sign up for the
Learning Zone by filling out the monthly calendar or calling Em-
ma Pucker at school.
Title I News
Changing Seasons, Changing Genres One of the age old sayings is that “time changes everything.” Well, sometimes time doesn’t change everything. We are all creatures of habit and sometimes need to push ourselves to try new things. As the weather gets colder and the nights get longer, take some time to make some changes to your reading habits. The fall and winter months offer great opportunities to build reading stamina. In or-der to build reading stamina, we need to have an enjoyable book. How about branch out and try reading another genre? Or set aside your favorite author and give another a chance. Who says we need to read only fantasy or realistic fiction? There are many great books out there waiting to be read. After all, “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go (Dr. Seuss).” I challenge you and your family to choose a new reading genre and share the experience together. Take time to ask questions and share connections with the text. The more you interact with the text the greater the experience becomes.
Happy Reading! Mrs. Maguire
COMMUNITY EVENTS: Thursday, November 15: 6:30pm
Presentation on GED/Placement Testing and classes at MSTC
Looking to get your GED? Or thinking of furthering your education through Technical School? Come listen to Xiong Vang from MSTC discuss these items and how adults and students can begin this process. He will leave time for questions at the end. Location:Granton Area High School, Mr. Devine's classroom.
Monday, November 26: 6:30pm
Presentation on Government Services Offered in Clark County
A speaker from Clark County will be coming to discuss services and programs available for resi-dents of Clark County. These will include programs such as Badger Care, Food Share, Home Ener-gy Assistance, and others. Location: Granton High School, Mr. Devine's classroom
Granton-Past and Present!
The Third graders have been working really hard this
past month! In Social Studies we have been learning
about our community. We started by finding our state
and our community on a map. Then we found our county
on a Wisconsin map and labeled the name of our county
and where Granton is located in the county. We spent a
day using the mini-laptops to research information about
Granton such as its population, elevation, and other fun
facts. We used the book Granton Community Memories
1856-1976 to locate buildings in our community. A few
days later we walked around town to find the buildings in
the pictures and to see how they have changed over time.
The third graders then conducted interviews about what
things their parents liked to do for fun, in and around the
places they grew up in. We have learned so much about
our community that we are using the information we’ve
collected and are creating our own books about Granton. The third grade students on our walking field trip to see how the
places and buildings in our community have changed over time.
Want to Volunteer????? Granton School is always looking for volunteers to help
out. This could be weekly in an elementary classroom,
once a month or just for a special event. If you are inter-
ested in being put on a volunteer list, call Karen Tyler,
volunteer coordinator!
4th Grade News
The 4th graders have just finished up reading 2 novels:
The Whipping Boy, and The Enormous Crocodile. Both
groups completed projects covering characters, setting,
problem, and solution. They are displayed in the hallway
outside our classroom. Stop by and check it out!
We’re enjoying our new unit in science on light.
We just finished up our monthly newspaper on explorers
to Wisconsin. In English we’ve been working on writing
paragraphs. In math we learned about mode and median,
as well as reviewed place value, and addition and subtraction
of large numbers. Our next focus will be on multiplication
facts.
4th graders collect data to complete bar graphs and find
median, mode, maximum, and minimum.
First Grade Field Trip
The first grade class was so lucky to go on a field trip already
this fall! With Mrs. Larson, Anna Kayhart’s mom (Julie Kayhart),
Aydin Sternitzky’s mom (Heather Sternitzky), and Mrs. Gauvin,
we all got on a bus and had the first grade tour at St. Joseph’s
Hospital in Marshfield. We had a wonderful time learning about
different places in the hospital such as the rehabilitation center,
the pediatric unit, and the radiology department. All of us got to
participate in something neat! Some of us got to dress up and pre-
tend to be a doctor or a nurse! We even got to play pretend with
some of the tools that real doctors and nurses use! The rest of us
had the opportunity to take a ride on the X-Ray machine where we
got to see how they actually take pictures of the insides of our
whole body! Don’t worry…it doesn’t hurt as we found out! It was
more like an amusement park ride! We had fun and learned a lot
on our field trip to the hospital and some of us even want to be-
come doctors or nurses when we grow up. However, we really
don’t want to visit again anytime soon because that would mean
that we are sick! And we don’t want that! Doctors or First Graders??????
REMINDER: Our Elementary Christmas
Program will be Tuesday, December 18 at
2:00 p.m. Ask off work, tell the grand-
parents, charge the video camera, …..