Personalized Learning!

It's the last day of March; that is hard to believe!

Nelson House continues to strive to offer personalize learning.  Jenna chose to completed a Wanted Poster on a character in her Book Club Book!

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Aluminium Foil Challenge!

Hello!

In TEAM we started an Aluminum Foil Challenge!  We had to use at least 4 pipe cleaners and 1 sheet of aluminum to craft something spring related!  Here is progress from Day !.

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

PBIS-student reflection

Happy Spring Break!

On Friday, we had the opportunity to reflect on how we follow PBIS!  Each student needed to pick 3 adjectives that best describes themselves or adjectives that that best illustrate positive attributes they have for traits.  We used Padlet to have them share anonymously.  Next, students got to choose whose three adjectives belong to whom.

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Demonstration Speeches-A Taste of Personalized Learning

Hello!  Today we did our demonstration speeches!!!!  WOW, I am so proud of all creative and inspiring 21st century learners who personalized their speeches through voice, choice, path, and pace.

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

St. Patrick's Day Reader's Theatre

Hello!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Today we did a Reader's Theatre!

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Yarn Web

Hello!

This morning we used yarn and tossed between students to make a Yarn Friendship Web!

We then had to try to untangle the web by throwing it back to the person who through it to us.

Smiles,

Ms Wenzel

Fluency Practice

Happy Monday,

Today we practiced our fluency with a fluency buddy.  Our buddy listens to us and gives us positive feedback and comments to support and encourage our expression, accuracy, infliction, voice, pausing, and phrasing.

Smile,

Ms. Wenzel

Main Idea, Details, and Summary!

Hello!

Today we continued learning about main idea, details, and summary.  We used non-fiction texts, Scholastic News, and Achieve to read articles and texts and then completed graphic organizers on main idea to show understanding of the skill.  Students also made main idea bags.  Students filled the bags with 4 "details" and students had to guess the main idea.

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Main Idea, Details, and Summary Structure

Hello!!!

Today we used marshmallows and pretzel sticks to make main idea, details, and summary structures.

Smiles,

Ms.Wenzel

Personalized Learning Book Club Book Puzzle

Hello!!

Today one of our readers brought in a puzzle that was cut into pieces.  The pieces were events in her Book Club Book.   Her peers needed to put the pieces together.    She choose this option for Voice/Choice response for her Book Club Book.  BRAVO!

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Lunch Bunch Writers!

Hello!!!

Congrats to Nelson House for volunteering to come in at Noon and write!

Bravo!!

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Drawing on Your Head

Today in TEAM we drew to verbal directions, but were not able to look at our drawing!

What a hoot!

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Gambler's Visit for DARE

Hello!!

Today the 3 Gamblers players came as part of our March RAVES!  They talked about being responsible and attributes students need to have to be leaders and successful adults.

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

Value of Humor in Today's Classroom

Hello!

On March 5th I was blessed to present at UW-Oshkosh on humor in the classroom-Get Your Humor On!

I presented to teachers and future teachers-40 attendees!

I shared many smile moments from 214 and hopefully ignited a passion for my session participants to use humor in the classrooms!

Smiles,

Ms. Wenzel

DARE Graduation!

Hello!!!!


Today we had DARE graduation!

Congrats, Nelson House

Smiles,

Nelson House

Character Parade

Hello and Happy Dr. Seuss Day!


Today Nelson House students spent the day reading and sharing books, poems, jokes, fables, tales, and lyrics with the peers and presented in the Author's Chair!

Additionally, Nelson House could dress up like a character in a book!

Here are a few pictures from todays'  Suessical Fun!

Smiles,

Ms.Wenzel