Milk and Cookies Reading Night is Next Monday

Students use a balance to compare the mass of different objects.

Milk and Cookies
You children really wanted me to let you know that Milk & Cookies Reading Night is this coming Monday from 6 to 7 PM.  I will be attending but I do not yet know if I will be reading.

Mr. Luxon Not At Silver Springs This Wednesday
This Wednesday I am attending a professional development conference and will not be at school.  Silver Springs visiting teacher Ms. Lebeis will be teaching in my absence.  She is the same teacher who taught for me a few weeks ago when I was out.  The students enjoy having her and she knows Silver Springs really well.

Curriculum Overview
Literacy - In literacy we will be reading non-fiction and seeing if we can sort out what we read to determine what information is most important.  From there we will also be working on internalizing that knowledge and summarizing it our own words.

Math - Last week we finished up our unit on Metric Measurement.  This week we are beginning a unit on Customary Measurement (inches, feet, miles, etc.).  During this unit I also want students to further develop their understanding of perimeter.

Writing - This week students will continue writing reviews of movies and restaurants.  As we write we are trying to make our reviews well-rounded by not only talking about what we love, but also include complaints and suggestions.

Science - This week we are using balances to determine the weight of different objects.  We will also begin studying liquid volume.

Social Studies with Mrs. Heron - Last week we wrapped up and reviewed Unit 3.  Your child is or already has brought home their Unit 3 packet to help them prepare for their test this week.  Please review the concepts in the packet with your child.

Word Study with Mrs. Sepich - Old sorts will be coming home today in the Monday Envelope.  Students will begin new sorts this week, as well as begin playing review games for the vocabulary words.

Leadership - Reviewing our classroom Mission Statement and writing compliments for each other.

Students share the classroom with Leadership Day visitors.