Tonight (11/20) the W-E SOI PTO is having a fundraiser family night out at the Willoughby Brew- ing Company from 5:30-7:30 pm. All families and friends are invited. Tickets for the event itself, for the Chinese basket auction, and for the 50/50 raffle are available for purchase online. It's the end of the week, so don't bother cooking. Just get your tickets now, stuff the kids in the minivan, and head to the Willoughby Brewing Company. Your ticket price includes pizza, meatballs, egg rolls, salad, and veggie trays. Soft drinks and coffee are included as well, and a cash bar is available for adult drinks. Donated baskets are from: Willoughby Brewing Company, LuLaRoe, Arbonne, The Downtown Willoughby 5k, Scratch-off Ticket basket, Zumba classes, Custom Cleaning and Maintenance, and more! Children are more than welcome and will receive an activity book at the door to keep them occupied, so you can focus on stuffing your face with food, and auction bins with tickets. Go to: https://www.picatic.com/wbcevent to BUY tickets or go to: https://www.facebook.com/WESOIPTO for more information! A message from Mr. Patrick The W-E School of Innovation The Spark Remark Important dates: 11/23 Blue Day W-E SOI PTO Meeting 7:00 pm 11/24 Green Day 11/25 White Day Humane Society drive deadline 11/26-11/30 NO SCHOOL Happy Thanksgiving! 12/1 Blue Day Classes Resume Stocking turn-in deadline 12/2 Green Day 12/3 White Day 12/4 Blue Day Inside this issue: Important news updates 2 Grade 3 page 3 Grade 4 page 4 Grade 5 page 5 Encore page 6 W-E SOI PTO page 7 More SOI News and Pictures! 8- #WEMATTER Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOInnovation Follow us on Twitter: @WES_Innovation Contact the office by phone: 440-942-1525 Contact the office by e-mail: [email protected]
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Tonight (11/20) the W-E SOI PTO is having a fundraiser family night out at the Willoughby Brew-
ing Company from 5:30-7:30 pm. All families and friends are invited. Tickets for the event itself,
for the Chinese basket auction, and for the 50/50 raffle are available for purchase online. It's the end
of the week, so don't bother cooking. Just get your tickets now, stuff the kids in the minivan, and
head to the Willoughby Brewing Company. Your ticket price includes pizza, meatballs, egg rolls,
salad, and veggie trays. Soft drinks and coffee are included as well, and a cash bar is available for
adult drinks.
Donated baskets are from: Willoughby Brewing Company, LuLaRoe, Arbonne, The Downtown
Over the past 5 years, Willoughby-Eastlake students have partnered with the Cleveland
Police Department, District 2 officers to give stockings filled with goodies to children in
need in Cleveland. We have been able to donate 50 - 200 filled stockings each year!
This year, School of Innovation students will have the opportunity to fill a stocking (or two)
using a list of suggested items. Of course, this is an optional activity, but if every student
filled at least 1 stocking we would be able to donate 225 stockings...the most donated in one
year ever! It’s also okay if family members want to help out too!
All of our stockings have been adopted! Remember to send the filled stocking back in to
school no later than December 1st. Thank you for helping us bring joy to children in need!
SOI is a paper recycling school!
Holiday Stocking Stuffer Service Project
The School of Innovation has received an Abitibi Paper Recycle container in the back of the school. Please deposit the following items in the container to help our planet and make the school some extra money: Newspaper Magazines Catalogs Mail Envelopes Folders Fax and Copy Paper Colored Paper No limit! Deposit daily!
In social studies students have been working
in groups to create a timeline of all of our re-
search for our capstone project. They have
also been researching the history of inven-
tions and their impact on the community as
well as talking about using fractions to create
a timeline for capstone. In math students are
using the design process to design a bracelet
and review fraction concepts at the same
time. Student also had to follow certain con-
straints with fractions to design a bracelet
Some conversation prompts for you to ask your
child:
“What invention or inventor are you re-
searching?”
“What machine did you use in the FAB
LAB to cut out your stickers?
“Who are your group members for your
timeline and what does each letter in the
word GROUP stand for when working to-
gether? “
3rd grade Weekly Update
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and a bridge with a partner. Also, we are
learning strategies for multiplication -
arrays and equal groups. In ELA we ae
covering reading skills- Rereading, Point
of View for Informational Reading, Pre-
fixes, Genre Focus-Informational Text.
Grammar Skills- Irregular Nouns and
Collective Nouns, and in writing—
Working on researching an invention/
inventor for capstone.
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On Thursday Dr. Steven Adkins and Mr.
George Brown from the Willoughby Rotary
Club stopped by to hand our brand new dic-
tionaries to every 3rd grade at the School of
Innovation! They also taught us some of
what the thousands of Rotary clubs around
the world do in the name of service to peo-
ple. Thank you both for giving our students
the gift of knowledge!
Willoughby Rotary Club
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This week fourth graders designed a healthy cafeteria menu. They also be-gan new chapters in math and were re-shuffled based on their needs. So your child MAY have a new math teacher for the time being. As we discussed at con-ferences, we redesigned the math con-tract to make it more user friendly for the kids. Therefore, it is on paper this time and will be completed at school.
The students had fun designing maps of Ohio showing where the Native Americans settled. Biography notes are due Wednes-day of next week. Look in your child’s folder this weekend for a rubric. We asked students to look over the rubric to deter-mine if any more work was needed for their notes. The video information will be shared with the kids next week.
Some conversation prompts for you to
ask your child:
“Where is your biography rubric and notes?”
“What meals did you suggest for the cafeteria menu?”
“How can you fit more physical fitness into the day at SOI? What were your suggestions?”
Hot Topics
4th grade Weekly Update
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5th grade Weekly Update
The students presented their Civic Issue pro-jects this week. Everyone did a great job! The students also started brainstorming for their next design challenge involving the Earth’s movement. With a partner, the stu-dents will have to make a model to demon-strate how the Earth’s movement creates pat-terns. Each group will present to their teacher individually. In ELA, the students continue to read their novels and are working on their Cornell notes for their Biography .
Remember the Biography Tea is Tuesday, De-cember 8th. Last, the students are continuing to work on their Google Slides for Cap-stone. Their Capstone Slides are due Friday, December 4th. Fifth grade students learned about how risk is analyzed by playing Progres-sive Parkway with some staff members of Pro-gressive! Future 6th grade teachers Mr. Wernet, Mrs. Zampini and Mr. Bonick were at SOI on Tues-day visiting! They are excited about 16-17!
Hot Topics
Some conversation prompts for you to
ask your child:
“What will you use to make your model of the Earth’s movement?”
“How was your Civic Issue Presenta-tion?”
“What is the difference in terms of insurance rates and risks if you live in an urban area or a rural area?”
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Next week we will be writing our music based on can-dy. Bring in some small pieces of candy to share if you have not done so already (all music students, except band mem-bers). Ideal kinds include bags of Candy Corn, Skittles, M & M’s, Hershey Kisses or other small kinds of candies.
MUSIC
The 4th graders started a one month fitness challenge on 11/19/15 and ending on 12/20/15 where they will attempt to accumulate the steps as a class to walk around the United States ( 10,420 miles). The students are using the www.peclogit.com website to log all their progress and will be taken on a tour of the United States going threw all the States capi-tols. Have your child show you the virtual USA map on the PECLOGIT site and show you the progress our our 4th grade has made over the past 2 days. Each student is responsible for their share of the work and we will be able to achieve this challenge if they work as a team. Please remind your child to log onto the PE classroom site daily and log their progress and reset their pedometers.
All classes have designed a project using Corel Draw. Third graders are finished cut-ting their project on the laser. Fifth graders are cutting and assembling their project this week and next. Fourth grad-ers will be cutting their pro-ject on the laser when we re-turn from Thanksgiving Break. Ask your student what robust means in terms of design.
The School of Innovation welcomed Dr. Steven Norris today. Dr. Norris stopped by to talk to our students as part of the professional speaker series. Dr. Norris is a teacher at South HS, a professor at Lakeland Community College and a Willoughby Councilman. He spoke to our students about our community and his passion for service to his constituents. His daughter Emma even introduced him!
Thank you for visiting us Dr. Norris. You gave us lots to think about in regards to government, spending, and helping others. All great lessons!
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Heinen’s has accepted the School of Innovation into the Teaming Up for Education Program. Heinen’s will contribute 1% of whatever people spend at a Heinen’s store back to the school simply by patrons signing up for a Heinen’s Tasteful Re-wards Card. Register the card to our school online and then shop. It is that easy! Anyone can register the School of Innovation, even other family members like aunts and grandmothers! Go to www.Heinens.com or call 1-855-475-2300 Ext 2337 for more info. Thank you for supporting the School of Innovation!
Heinen’s Grocery Store Rewards
Giant Eagle Rewards Program
Giant Eagle has accepted the School of Innovation into the Apples to Apples Pro-gram. Giant Eagle will contribute a portion of whatever people spend at a Giant Eagle or Get N Go store back to the school simply by using your Giant Eagle Ad-vantage Card. Register your card to our school online (SOI CODE: 5922). Scan your card whenever you make a purchase and a portion of your purchase will be given back to the school! It is that easy! Anyone can register the School of Inno-vation, even other family members like Godmothers and soccer coaches! Just register your card at ANY Giant Eagle, Get in GO or Market District store. Thank you for supporting the School of Innovation!
We are 25% of the way to our goal of $1,250.00 in
Box Tops. Did you know that you can find Box Tops on
many of the brands that you use to make Thanksgiving
dinner, from potatoes to crescent rolls? Remember to
clip those Box Tops and turn them into school They
really add up! Thanksgiving is also a great time to col-
lect extra Box Tops from family and friends as you
gather together for the holiday weekend. For a list of
all participating products, go to BTFE.com. Another
collection sheet was given to your child this week.
Please fill it up and return it to school. Feel free to
make copies! Thank you.
Box Tops for Education Drive
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Progressive STEM math outreach
Recently our friends from Progressive Insurance visited the SOI 5th grade classes to discuss insurance, problem-solving skills, and real world situations involving math. Fifth grade students learned about how risk is analyzed by playing Progres-sive Parkway with some staff members of Progressive. Ask your fifth grader “What is the difference in terms of insurance rates and risks if you live in an urban area or a rural area?” Students then worked in collaborative groups to solve problems using a board game. The students loved the game and the Progressive Team! Thanks for the visit!!
