Color Fun Run This Friday

Students used the flower pens they made to write to their mothers for Mother's Day.

Color Fun Run
The second annual Color Fun Run fundraiser is scheduled for this Friday, May 18th.  The Color Fun Run is a mini-marathon for students where they can run laps to earn money for the school's Parent Teacher Organization.  While they run, colorful cornstarch is thrown in the air marking their laps.  If you would like to donate you can create an online fundraising page here.  If you would not like to create an online fundraising page, please bring any donations in an enclosed envelope to the PTO drop box. Please include your child's name and write ROOM K-3/LUXON on the envelope. Make checks payable to: A2 STEAM at Northside PTO.  If you would like to volunteer and help out with this event please sign up here. 

The money raised is used for many great things that directly benefit students.  One example is our upcoming field trip to the Health Exploration Station--admission and transportation for students is completely funded by the PTO.

Color Fun Run Clothes
Make sure your students wear clothes and shoes they can run in this Friday.

Field Trip on Thursday, May 17th
If you inquired about chaperoning I sent you an email last night.

Book Bags
Bring in your Home Reading ziploc book bags this week so I can send some fresh books home.

Curriculum Overview
Science - We are currently in the middle of a Project Lead The Way unit on the structure and function of the human body.  This week we will study how broken bones heal.

Math - This week we will be focusing on computation, both story problems and direct math sentences.  We will study skip counting, how it relates to the idea of multiples and multiplication, and add that that to our understanding of different types of computation.

Literacy - We are reading fiction books, analyzing the feelings of characters, and seeing how those feelings change across the story.  Ask your students about Knuffle Bunny.

Writing - This week we will study poetry and write more simple poems.  We will also do some writing about the bones in our hand on Seesaw.

Word Study - This week students are working on different word sorts aligned with their academic next steps.  

Making our flower pens.

Making our flower pens.

Students writing to their mothers for Mother's Day.