Special Homework Journal Assignment This Week

Ms. Kerwin from Community Federal Credit Union conducts a Junior Achievement lesson on production and the assembly line.

Hello!  I hope you are well.  I've been really impressed with the work Room A-2 students have been doing in class.  I read through every student's writing over the weekend and was really excited by their stories.  Here is what's new this week:

Homework Journal Special Assignment
I did not send back student homework journals today because of some extra meetings I had today.  I will read them this evening and send them back tomorrow.  I will also send home a 'Home Journal Special Assignment' on bright yellow paper.  This paper explains two specific assignments for this week.  One involves using contractions, the other asks students to respond to a poem we read last week.  If you have any question or need any help please let me know.

Silver Springs Restaurant Night
Dine at Brann’s Steakhouse and Sports Grille this Thursday, January 29th.  Brann’s will be donating 15 percent of all sales back to our school!  Make sure you tell them you are from Silver Springs Elementary.  Brann’s is located at 39715 Six Mile Road in Northville.

Curriculum Overview
Literacy - In reading we are learning about and making inferences.  We studying how a reader can infer something even when it is not directly stated in a text.

Math - Students have been learning when to add and when to subtract in different real world situations.  We began an exam this morning.

Writing - This week we will continue two new writing projects.  We will be writing the words for a wordless picture book by Tomie DePaola titled Pancakes for Breakfast.  We will also begin a unit on opinion writing where students will have the opportunity to write reviews.

Science - Thank you for helping your students review with that Science Study guide last week.  Today we began a new science unit on measurement.

Social Studies with Mrs. Heron - Last week we reviewed why we need laws and also focused on how governments were organized. We will be learning about the three branches of local government; the mayor, city council, and court as well as the jobs of each one.  We began this week by learning about the job of a mayor.

Word Study with Mrs. Sepich - This week we will work on sorting activities for the words that were introduced last week.  We will finish adding our new vocabulary words from Johnny Appleseed to our vocab journals then begin to play games & activities to reinforce and practice them.

Leadership - Getting ready for Leadership Day.  Applications went home today.