If your student has a change in their health or has a healthcare need at school, please contact Susan Martin via email at susanm.martin@oshkosh.k12.wi.us. or contact the office at 920-424-0165.

If your student will need to take a medication during the school day, please have your child’s provider fill out and sign the appropriate form below. These can then be returned to the office or faxed by the provider to: 920-424-7583.

Over the Counter Medication Form *parent signature only required

Prescribed Medication Form 

Inhaler/Asthma Action Plan  

Epipen/Allergy & Anaphylaxis Form

*Reminder: The directions on the medication bottle/box must match the written order on the medication request form.*

REMINDERS:

• Stock Epi-pens do NOT go on field trips. 

• Please fill out an Emergency Epi-Pen/Anaphylaxis Plan even if you don’t have a personal Epi at school.

• PRN medications (Ibuprofen, Tyelnol, Tums etc.) must come in a New and  unopened Bottle.

• Is your child up to date with their immunizations? Please contact the doctor for physicals and immunizations! All students at Jefferson are required to have their Tdap, Polio, MMR, Varicella and Hep B! Please check with your doctor to see what wellness requirements are needed for your child.

May

 

Asthma Awareness:

To help reduce asthma a healthy diet may be suggested.  A diet rich in fruits and vegetables has shown potential to reduce the risk of asthma; namely, vegetables with high levels of vitamin A like carrots, leafy greens, broccoli, and sweet potatoes. It has also been suggested that more vitamin D may help reduce asthma attacks in children, so parents may want to incorporate more milk, eggs, and salmon into their childrens’ diet.

Be careful of Bees/Wasp Stings:

Jefferson Bee/ Wasp Stings 

Heat Awareness:

 

Play it Safe in May:

The weather is starting to warm up and the kids are getting more excited to play on the playground, riding bikes, rollerblades/roller skate/skateboards and playing various spring time games.  It is extremely helpful, kind and safe to wait your turn when using the playground equipment.  

Slides - Sit down when going down the slide and use the stairs to walk back up to slide down again.  

Swing Sets - Sit down on the swing and watch when swinging that you are careful with holding on tight.  Very important to wait until the swing comes to a complete stop to get off the swing. Give swingers plenty of room, so as not to get kicked or hurt.

Monkey Bars - When using the monkey bars please make sure you are all going one way and waiting patiently to take turns.

Climbing Equipment - It is important to take turns when climbing, everyone should go the same way and watch your step carefully.

Bikes/Rollerblades/Roller Skates/Skateboards - Make sure that your shoes are laced up, wearing a helmet when using your equipment helps keep your head and body stay safe.

 

 

 

 

In art at Jefferson we are learning about spring time, bumble bees and new art mediums! 

In Kindergarten and First Grade we are learning about the importance of bees in our environment and how they benefit our lives. We are creating our own bees that we are drawing and then cutting out and piecing together like a puzzle. We are then gluing these onto a stamped background piece of paper which will get us talking about printmaking and stamping! After we finish our bees we will be moving onto a project called Color Theory Birds where we will learn all about the primary and secondary colors! 

In Second Grade and Third Grade we are learning about spring time now that it has finally come to visit us! We are creating garden landscapes that have veggies, fruits, flowers, animals, bugs and anything else students can think of. This gets us talking about words like Foreground, Background and Horizon Lines which creates our landscapes. We also get to talk about the importance of being outside and how it positively affects our physical and mental health! After this we will move onto making Monochromatic Paper Scultpures where we can experiment with tempera cakes and manipulating cut paper! 

In Fourth Grade and Fifth Grade we are working on our Stuffed Paper Sculptures. This lesson we can pick anything we want and we draw it two times on large paper, trace each with permanent marker, paint both pieces, and then staple and stuff them! This gets us working on a larger scale, and thinking about proportions and our compositions. After finishing up on these we will move onto working with clay, making our own personalized Chia Pets!

 

REMINDERS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

With warmer weather on its way, please remember sandals and crocs are not appropriate shoes to wear in the gym and all students need to have a SEPARATE pair of gym shoes to wear for Physical Education class. If your student wears sandals, please make sure they also have socks for their gym shoes! Ideally, they should have a separate pair of shoes for the gym no matter what shoes they wear to school. If this is an issue, please contact me so that we can work something out. Also, please ask your student(s) if their shoes still fit! Elementary students grow quickly and their gym shoes may not fit them the entire year. You may see reminder notes coming home with students that pertain to these items.

 

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION?

Students at Jefferson finished up basketball skills in the month of April and moved on to bowling. In today’s world, when we go to a bowling alley, the scores automatically come up on the computer, so students are learning what those numbers mean and how to keep score on paper. Do you know how to score a strike and a spare?

 

WHAT’S NEXT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION?

In May, students in Kindergarten through 2nd grade will complete a few more cooperative/sportsmanship heavy activities and then finish the year out learning field day games so we are ready for the big day. Grades 3-5 will be bowling before they also learning this years’ field day games. 

 

KIDS HEART CHALLENGE

The tortilla challenge is scheduled for Thursday May 11th! Mrs Patza and Mrs Lange will go against each other while Ashur Briggs in 5th grade will go against Mrs Glewen. It’s going to be a fun event. 

 

FIELD DAY

If you are interested in helping out with our field day, May 30th, please email Mrs Lange and she will give you the information and times. Volunteers are needed to help run stations.   taylor.lange@oshkosh.k12.wi.us

Opera for the Young was a huge success! Thank you to the Jefferson PTO for funding the show, to our student performers who put in a ton of time and effort to make it a success, and to our Jefferson families who supported our students by coming to watch the performance!

This month in music, all of the students are very excited to be using their chromebooks to explore music, and, starting early May, playing keyboard (electric piano).

 

 

 

 

With summer approaching, it’s always a great time to start thinking about how to keep reading and writing skills strong over break. Here is one fun activity to keep kids learning all summer long!

The Oshkosh Public Library is offering the

Mark Gruenwald Comic Book 

Creation Challenge

Complete information and details here.
The Mark Gruenwald Comic Book Creation Challenge is a creative writing/art contest that's open to all ages. Challengers can go solo or work in teams of up to four to complete a comic book by the Aug. 31 deadline. There are different page and word requirements depending on your age, so make sure to check the "Requirements" page under "About" to see categories and guidelines!

Date: 

Saturday, May 6, 2023 - 8:00am to Thursday, August 31, 2023 - 8:00am

Event Type: 

All Ages

                                    

 

It is exciting to look back to the beginning of the year and see how much your child has grown in his or her understanding of mathematics.  

 We use mathematics in our lives each day.  Be on the lookout for continued opportunities to “talk and think” math with your child in the context of their everyday experiences.  

To get you started, here is a list of games you may have at home that involve mathematical thinking.  On the next page, I am also including information there to access Bridges math resources. 

 

Games to Play that Practice Math

We hope you use these ideas throughout the rest of this school year and during the summer!

Go Fish – Students recognize and identify numbers

Cribbage- Students make combinations of 15 and also count to 31 by using combinations of numbers

Phase 10 (card game) – Groups numbers with same number, puts numbers in order

Kings Corners- Played with a deck of cards. Puts numbers in descending order King to Ace while following a color pattern

Farkle or Yahtzee-adding point values for the rolls of the dice you get

Sorry-counts spaces on a game board

Solitaire- Played with a deck of cards. Putting numbers in descending order and ascending order

UNO – matching numbers

Slap Jack or Speed– Played with a deck of playing cards.  Knowing the number that comes after or before a number that is played.

Numeral Identification Bingo - Make a bingo board on a piece of paper with four rows and four columns.  Put random numbers on the board.  As you are driving in the car, watch out the window for numerals printed on signs, license plates, buildings, etc.  When you see a numeral that matches on your card, mark it.  4 in a row -Bingo!

Make 5 or Make 10 - In the car or anywhere, look for combinations of 5.  For example, 3 horses and 2 cows, 4 balloons and 1 vendor, 5 yellow shirts and 0 blue shirts.

Count Around - Start at any number and count up or back.  Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, or any other number.

Salute - Three people can play.  Use the number cards from  deck of cards. Add in the Jacks for 0.  Two people take a card and put the card on their forehead like a salute without looking at their cards.  The third person then adds, subtracts, or multiplies the numbers that the two other players have.  Based on the number each person sees on the other person’s forehead, the players figure out which number they are holding on their own forehead.

Bridges Math Resources FOR PARENTS:

There are many great family math resources available for you at the Math Learning Center Website. Please see the link below for more information.   

• Go to www.mathlearningcenter.org

• Click on For Families

• Click on Bridges 2nd Edition Support

• Choose your child(ren) grade level (s)- you will find unit overviews, apps, and additional resources

 

     An additional resource cited from the Math Learning Center Blog

Introducing…Math Talk!!
To encourage daily math discussions, families may also enjoy  Bedtime Math. This site posts a new problem for children to discuss each night, just as they might engage in a story before bedtime.

Enjoy your summer!