Half-Days and Student Led Conferences This Thursday and Friday

Room A-2 students use hand lenses to examine the seeds they discovered around the school.

I hope all of you enjoyed having your children home for Spring Vacation.  Maybe it was the pajamas they wore today but they all seemed very rested.  Here is the update for the week:

Spirit Week
This is Spirit Week!  Here is the schedule, slightly updated from what I originally sent out:

Monday 4/13: Pajama Day
Tuesday 4/14: School Spirit Day
Wednesday 4/15: Hat Day
Thursday 4/16: Crazy Hair Day
Friday 4/17: Wacky Day

Silver Springs also uses Spirit Week as a fundraiser.  If possible, students should bring $1 for each day they would like to participate or $5 at the beginning of the week to participate every day.  All of the donations will go to help support this year’s Lorax Project.  This is a great way to have some fun and support a great cause!  Brought to you by the Community Service Student Lighthouse Action Team.

Thursday and Friday are Half-Days of Instruction
Student led conferences are set for this Thursday and Friday, April 16th and 17th.  If you haven't already, please sign up for a time to come in and have your child show you their work and progress.   I created an online sign up which you can access here.  To accommodate the conferences Silver Springs will have half-days of instruction this Thursday and Friday.

Curriculum Overview
Literacy and Writing - In both literacy and in writing we will be studying poetry.  We will study and emulate different types of poems and different techniques used by poets. 

Math - We are currently finishing a unit on money.  This week we are specifically focused on real world math problems involving money.  We will have an exam this Wednesday.  A study guide went home today.

Science - In Science we are continuing our study of the plant life cycle by examining seeds.  Last week we searched for and found seeds and seed pods around the school.  This week we will be dissecting seeds and learning about their different parts.

Social Studies with Mrs. Heron - We are reviewing natural, human, and capital resources which are are needed to produce goods and services.  We are also learning about how our economic wants are satisfied by businesses.  Students are also creating a business directory page for a local business.

Word Study with Mrs. Sepich - Classes will be receiving their new sort this week (the old one will come home in the Monday Envelope) as well as beginning to work with the vocabulary words using games.

Leadership - Keeping our leadership notebooks up to date.  Preparing for student led conferences.