Bateman Broadcast #11: Tuesday, March 31st

3/31/2020

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March 31, 2020

Bateman Broadcast

Buenos dias, Bateman students, parents and staff!
Today is Tuesday, March 31, 2020.

Congratulations to each of our 8th Graders!
Nearly 60 of our 8th Graders received offers from the
high school of their 1st Choice! 8th Grade families have until April 22nd to accept their offer. Parents, please reach out to your child's teacher or to Ms. Rivera with any questions!

Happy Birthday!
We would like to wish a "feliz cumpleaños" to...

Raysean in Room 228
Jesus in Room 309
Nickolas in Room 310
Leslie in Room 307
Rebecca in Room 108

Come down to the North Office when we return to school for your birthday pencil!

Student Shout Outs

We are proud of each of our students! Keep up the great work!

To Julissa S. in Room 107! Awesome job completing the Different Shapes and Let's Write Numbers assignments on eSpark! From Ms. Williamson
To Ben P. in Room 107! Wow! Nice job logging over 3.5 hours reading and listening to assignments on RAZ Kids! From Ms. Williamson
To Jeff G. in Room 107! You're a reading rock star who has logged 2 hours and 51 minutes reading and listening to assignments on RAZ Kids, and you've completed 81 quizzes! PHENOMENAL! From Ms. Williamson
To Sebastian S., Sofia D., Quincy G., Alexa G, and Hazel S in Room 119! Great job on working on the activity sheets that reinforce your letter and number knowledge. Thank you for logging in the links that I have been providing on Class Dojo, more fun to come so don't forget to keep checking our Class Stories and Messages for more creative ideas to work on. From Ms. Rosales
To Melanie E. in 318 & Sharline R. in 316 for getting 100% on every one of the daily reading quizzes. From Ms. Noonan
To Alexis G. in Room 306 and Sara E. in Room 304! Great job for naming the mystery object....a wasp's nest, which fell from a tree. From Ms. Karavattuveetil
To Leon J, Deon J, Mauricio G, Alex B, Samantha R, Alex D, Sophia D in Rooms 202 & 212! These students have completed at least 10 challenges each on eSpark! I am so proud of you all! From Ms. Hoff
To Xeniyah D, Skyler M, and Leslie P in Room 207! Great job working on Raz Kids and completing several reading comprehension quizzes and responses! You are really showing what you know! From Ms. Nunez
To Montzerrat V., Harrison D., Sebastian S., Alexa G., Sofia D., Santiago M., Hazel S, Zia O., and Meredith U. in Room 119! Great job on continuing to complete the work packets and for also displaying the projects that you worked on with your parents. Phenomenal work! From Ms. Rosales
To Arya D., Luke S., Joseph C., Crystal D., and Charlotte V. in Room 111! Great job working hard on IXL! From Ms. Kucharczyk
To Samantha C., Lucia J., Sophia G., Madeline M. Adrian R., Ace R., and Olivia T. in Room 112! Great job logging into IXL to practice math and reading skills last week. Keep up the good work! From Ms. Lucien

Teacher Shout Outs have been individually delivered! Keep them coming!

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Core Value Challenge: Kindness

Throughout the month of April, each week will focus on a different Core Value. Join in the fun and post pictures of you doing the daily challenge! #BeBateman

Write an email telling your
teacher why you miss them!
Share your pictures and tag @BatemanES!

Show your Bateman Pride!

How proud are you to #BeBateman?

We want to show our community how proud we are to come together, albeit apart, during this time! Click on one of the images below, have your child color it, and post it in your front window or on your front door! By the end of the week, take a walk around our neighborhood and count how many you can find!

Coloring Page to Print

Coloring Page to Print with Written Message

Today, we will have Health with Ms. Walsh!

Ms. Walsh and Ms. Soto have made a video for the "Sevens Challenge"! Can your hands keep up? Try it here!

Continue completing activities from the Health calendar.
Two Brains are Better Than One! (3rd/4th).
Sensation Central (K-2)

3rd & 4th Graders Click Here for Brain Diagram

Parts of your Brain Article

Daily Read Aloud

Teacher Clues:
1. I have two cats.
2. I walk to school every morning.
3. My favorite color is hot pink.
Can you guess who it is?

Miss Spider's Tea Party

Click here to see the Big List of Authors doing Read Alouds!

Daily Brain Break

Time to move our bodies and center our brains!

Practice the skill of Positive Self-Talk from our Second Step Curriculum! Help children identify negative self-talk and discuss helpful or positive self-talk they could use instead. For example, if children are upset they have to stay inside, remind them they are at home to keep themselves and others safe. By staying at home they are doing something caring for their community.

Activity Central

Time to get busy!

Although virtual, Epic is an excellent online tool that has an extended free trial throughout the school closure! You can search thousands of books on this interest and content based virtual library! Create an log in and start exploring new books today!

Independent Work Time!

Time to grow our brains!

Students, please remember to complete your daily assignments from your teachers! Reach out to your teachers if you have any questions about your work. Also, please remember to follow the Blaze Ways: Be Safe, Be Responsible, and Be Respectful! Parents, have those Blaze Bucks ready!
Have a great day everyone! We miss you!

Stay healthy,
Ms. Davos & Ms. Kloepper

Click Here for More Resources during the School Closure

If you have any questions or concerns during this time, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]. If you have any resources, please pass them along so we can send to share with the community!
Also, if you have pictures with your Blaze Bucks, please send them so we can share them on social media!

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Bateman Broadcast #10: Monday, March 30th

3/30/2020

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March 30, 2020

Bateman Broadcast

Buenos dias, Bateman students, parents and staff!
Today is Monday, March 30, 2020.

Dear Bateman Families and Friends,

It's hard to believe that we have not all been together for two whole weeks! Although we have new platforms to interact, we hope you feel as connected as we do to our amazing school community.

Bateman has been continuously providing 130-150 breakfast/lunches to families in our neighborhood on a daily basis. We have a small team working together here to make this all possible and are forever grateful to Ms. Virginia and her team for making sure everyone’s basic needs are met throughout this unprecedented time. A big thank you to Bonnie, Betsy, Rosalva, Carmen, Maria, Emma, Mr. Charles, and Mr. Freddy for your commitment to the Bateman Family! If you see any of them, please be sure to show your appreciation for their willingness to come into the school each and every day. They are essential to making sure students are provided food and nutrition on a daily basis.

Throughout this week, Chicago Public Schools will be sharing a new plan for city-wide Remote Learning. We will be sending more details as we learn alongside you what this plan will mean for Bateman. This has been a large learning curve for our entire community but we are incredibly proud of how our educators and families have collaborated to ensure learning continues. You should expect to learn more around overall expectations, accessibility to teachers, and further clarity around student work. Although we acknowledge that learning has looked differently from home to home, many components of the Remote Learning Plan have already been established in the Bateman community. We ask for your patience and understanding as we continue to support each child to the best of our ability and that you also acknowledge the persistence, care, and hard work of each of our educators!

Last week, our teachers met with us virtually several times as Grade Level Teams, Instructional Leaders, and School Climate advisors to brainstorm our plan for continued support for our students. Teachers have been reaching out to every student via Class Dojo, Google Classroom, phone calls, and email as advised by the CPS Acceptable Use Policy. Activity packets remain available to all families at the Lunch Pick Up on Sacramento from 9am - 1pm in addition to any online materials shared with students. Each child has authentic and engaging learning tasks available to them electronically or in paper form. If you have been struggling to find learning activities for your child, please reach out to your child’s teacher with any questions.

Thank you for your patience and ongoing support during this time as we navigate this new way of learning and living.

Today and always, we are proud to #BeBateman!

Stay healthy,

Georgia and Kate