Consider Donating to Color Fun Run!

The vertical garden is still growing and it has been needing an impressive amount of water.  It is amazing that our school is able to fund projects like this garden.

Color Fun Run
Please consider donating to the Color Fun Run fundraiser.  The money helps our school provide an excellent academic experience for kids.  Even a small donation of $5 helps our work.  To donate you can send in a check in an envelope and write ROOM K-3/LUXON on the envelope.  You also create an online fundraising page here.

This flyer has a bit more information.  I also wrote about the Color Fun Run in last week's blog post.

The principals are challenging the school with these incentives: $20,000 - Principals on the Roof for a day!, $18,000 - Mrs. Stidham dyes her hair blue!  $15,000 - Mrs. Fenech gets duct taped to the wall!  $10,000 - Mr. Hatt wears a crazy wig for the day.

Thursday, June 6th, Library BOGO Book Sale
Ms. Reader is having a buy one, get one book fair on Thursday June 6th.  More information can be found here.

NWEA Testing
This week students will be taking the NWEA assessment test.  We will take a manageable portion at a time, if a student misses a day makeups are no problem.  Just remind your children to their best and try their hardest.  We will not take the NWEA on days that I am out (see below), or during the Color Fun Run.  Most students finished the reading portion of the exam last week.  I believe we will start up again on Wednesday of this week with the math portion.

Mr. Luxon Out for Training on May 28th.
I am out for science training on Tuesday, May 28th.  Ms. Thomas will be teaching in my place. 

Spirit Week is This Week
Here are the themes for each day:
5/28 - Career Day (dress like a job you’d like to have when you grow up)
5/29 - Swap Day (teachers dress like students, students dress like teachers)
5/30 - Classroom Challenge - Wear Superhero Shirts
5/31 - Spirit Day (School and/or Color Run/Field Day gear)

Curriculum Overview
Science -  We are continuing our study of weather.  Students will be observing the weather, watching the temperature and recording their observations.  We are trying to find patterns in the weather we've seen this year.  We are also trying to understand why meteorologists study weather.

Reading -  We will read some fiction books where we watch character's feelings change across the text.  This is something you can discuss at home when you are reading fiction books with your kids.

Writing - Students will record weather observations and write about what they find.

Math - Students are learning about addition with multiple addends and how to look for a ten fact to help you.  (i.e. 2 + 5 + 5 = 12).

Word Study - We are studying synonyms and antonyms as well as vowel sounds.