Laura Lee Newsletter

This week's spotlight on learning focuses on Room 3, Mrs. Stuer's classroom.

Happy New Year from Room 3! 2023 was a good year for us but 2024 will be even better! In ELA , we have been determining and discussing the topic of a text, the author's purpose, and learning to distinguish between the features of literary and informational texts. We also are continuing to build our vocabulary and improve our writing skills.

In Math, we have been learning how to identify proportional and non-proportional relationships within tables and graphs. We have also been learning how to find the unit rate as the constant of proportionality as well as representing proportional relationships with equations.

In Science, we have finished studying the components of atoms and molecules, observing how different atomic combinations lead to molecular properties. Students are now learning about states of matter. By the end of the unit, they will understand that substances exist in different states of matter, which are characterized by the substance's molecular behavior. They will make observations and come to conclusions about what their observations mean for particle motion in different states.

Wednesday, January 10, 2024; District Early Release - 11:00 am dismissal

Monday, January 15, 2024; No School - Martin Luther King Day

Wednesday, January 17, 2024; 1:00 pm dismissal

January 22 - January 26, 2024; ACCESS Testing

Wednesday, January 24, 2024; 1:00 pm dismissal

Wednesday, January 31, 2024; 1:00 pm dismissal

We have incorporated daily affirmations into our school day. Affirmations are short positive statements. Affirmations become mantras when they are repeated over and over to oneself, out loud or silently. A new affirmation is posted daily throughout the school.

Here are the daily affirmations for this week:

Monday: Life is tough, but so am I.

Tuesday: I can be kind no matter what.

Wednesday: I learn from my mistakes.

Thursday: I don't need to be perfect, I am only human.

Friday: I am not alone.

(Sped PAC) is an organization run by parents of children receiving special education services through the Lowell School Department. It was created to share information about special education and promote understanding between parents and the school department.

Below is a link to the SPED PAC newsletter with dates of meetings for the school year 2023-2024. All meetings are on Thursday evenings beginning at 7:00 pm. The meetings are being held remotely.

The Lowell Public Schools has begun a partnership with McLean Hospital.

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  The McLean School Consultation Service is excited to announce our second annual “Leaders in Youth Mental Health Series.”

  For the 2023-2024 academic year, we will be hosting 7 free parent webinars presented by McLean clinical experts. The topics will focus on childhood suicidality/self-harm, childhood irritability, pediatric anxiety disorders and OCD, navigating the mental health system for youth in crisis, supporting non-binary and transgender youth, and partnering with schools for youth services and supports.

  Where can I access the parent webinars?

  All information (topics, dates, zoom links) for the 7 parent webinars can be found here: https://healthcare.partners.org/streaming/Live/McLean/McLean_SCS.html

  Note: You will use this website to access ALL live and recorded webinars throughout the year. Please bookmark it!

  When does the parent series kick-off?

  September is National Suicide Awareness Prevention Month. Next week, Wednesday, September 13th 12-1pm, Dan Dickstein, M.D., FAAP, McLean Hospital Chief and Director of Research of the Nancy and Richard Simches Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry will present “Addressing the National Emergency of Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Teens.”

  FAQs:

  1. Who can attend?

  All parents of school aged children K-12 and all school staff in your school district are invited to attend. We kindly ask that you do not distribute the website link outside of your school district.

  2. If I can’t make the live webinar, where can I watch the recorded webinar?

  All live and recorded webinars will be hosted on the same website link. The recorded webinars will found on the “On Demand” logo. Please allow up to one week from date of presentation for the recorded version to be uploaded.

  3. Do I need to pre-register?

  No pre-registration is required for the webinars.

  4. Are there Q & A time for each presenter?

  Yes! Each presenter will provide content for roughly 45 minutes with 10-15 minutes for available questions from the chat.

  
  

  
  

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