Conferences This Week

Students use the Promethean Board and personal white boards to practice addition skills during math.

Science Alive
Last Friday the Silver Springs PTA provided our class with an amazing presentation on different animals from Science Alive.  I took many photos, including photos of Room A-2 students getting 'hugged' by a six-foot-long Burmese python.  Check them out in the Room A-2 Photo gallery linked to the right.

Parent Teacher Conferences
Thank you all so much for working with me to find a time to meet for parent/teacher conferences.  I know some of you signed up many weeks ago, if you need to check on your time you can find it posted here.

PTA Reflection’s Program
Calling All Artists!  Come be a part of PTA’s Reflections program. The world needs to know your inner artist! Reflections is a National PTA sponsored art contest. Entries are accepted from all grade levels and all abilities are welcome. Choose from Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, or Visual Arts. This year’s theme is, “The world would be a better place if...” Please submit your Reflections entry no later than Tuesday, November 18th. For information find the Reflections link under our District’s website: http://www.northvilleschools.org/node/583 or contact Gina Esposito: 815-822-2809 or espy66@att.net

Cyber Bullying Parent Presentation
On Tuesday, November 11th, a representative from the Michigan Attorney General’s office will present a school-wide assembly on preventing cyber bullying.  They will also be staying that evening to deliver a presentation for parents only on this important topic at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 11th in the Silver Springs Multi-Purpose room.  The presentation will follow the PTA meeting scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. Child care will be provided.  We hope you will be able to join us.

Curriculum Overview
Literacy - Monitoring our comprehension with both fiction and non-fiction books.  Paying attention to our thinking when we read.  Asking questions and taking notes about what texts help us learn and make us think about.

Math - Students had an addition exam this morning.  This week we will begin studying three digit subtraction.

Writing - This week we will continue publishing and perfecting one of our favorite stories.

Science - We are studying erosion, why it occurs and how it transforms landscapes. 

Social Studies - We are learning about how different forms of transportation on land, air, and water are used to move people or goods from one place to another.

Word Study - The next time Mrs. Sepich sees each class there will be a short quiz on the words from the last cycle.  We will then begin to learn the following 5 words from the book "The Bee Tree" by Patricia Polacco.  commotion, sprinted, raucous, savored & pursue.  Word study continues as well with each group getting new sorts this week.  The "old" sort will come home in the Monday Envelope.  Please review it with your child by asking them to complete the sort and explain the vowel and/or letter sounds.

Leadership – Understanding Habit 2, Begin with the End in Mind.

Using scratch paper gives students the space they need to do careful and accurate work.