Update to Ms. Luria

Dear Families,

NOTE: We are out of snacks in the classroom!

Click to sign up for student led conference times: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4BAFAA2BA5FB6-student

March Dates
Friday 14th Expert Speeches are due
Monday 17th - All Students share their speeches in class
Tuesday 18th - Ms. Luria at meetings
Wednesday 19th - 3:30 - 5:30 Student led conferences - come for 20 min with your child
Wednesday 19th - 5:45 - 6:45 Math OAKS information for parents
Thursday 20th - Ms. Luria at meetings, but will be back for conferences!
Thursday 20th - 3:30 - 5:30 Student led conferences - come for 20 min with your child
Thursday 20th - 5:45 - 6:45 Reading OAKS information for parents

Friday 21st - No school, spring break starts

April Dates
Thursday 10th - Run for the Arts/ Grading period ends
Friday 11th - Teacher planning day (I could use volunteers)
April 16th - Late open
April 30th - Jefferson Dancers field trip ?? I will need adult volunteers

May Dates
9th - Jet boat field trip

This was our last rotation for the first bridges lesson. After spring break students will start their second rotation for bridges. 

Student led conferences: Students are preparing for their student led conferences this week. They are reflecting on their learning in the areas of reading, writing, spelling, mathematics, friendship skills and behavior. Students are also choosing one goal to focus on for the rest of the year to share with you at the conference.

If you have not attended student led conferences before, here is how they work. Students will have a portfolio of their work. They will share with you both their reflections as well as some work samples. They will talk with you about their strengths and weaknesses. This is a very powerful process that helps students reflect and make positive changes for the future. At the end, you can check in with me if you have any additional questions.

In non-fiction reading we continue to work on find sentences to prove our statements. Students read an article about the first electronic only library in the United States. Ask them about if they think there should be electronic only libraries!

We also took a fun walking field trip to the Albina library. Students learned about what happens once a book is checked in. They also learned about different jobs that people have in libraries.
In math, we started exploring gallons, pints, quarts and cups. Ask your child to draw gallon man for you! What does gallon man say about his hands?

In spelling, we continue to work on our spelling rules, dictations and high frequency words. They are working on applying the rules they've learned in their writing. 

Finally, please check out some of the student writing on the blog.  Your kids would love to share with you some of their writing and read some feedback too! 

Have a wonderful week,
Sacha