

Silver Team Update
February 13-21
Family Need To Knows
Fundraiser for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
From February 5 - March 7, we will be raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The link for online donations is below. The class that raises the most money gets to take on the teachers in a staff-vs.- students sporting event, and the 2nd-place class will win a pizza party.
Donation Link - Find your student’s homeroom @ this link
Family Movie Night - March 7 @ 6:00 PM
Mark your calendars for Family Movie Night on March 7 to help raise money for this event. We will have a movie, snacks, drinks, and raffle prizes! Confirmed raffle prize sponsors include Alamo Drafthouse, Warrior Sports, Orange Leaf, Village Meeple Board Game Cafe, Blue Iguana Car Wash, Copper Canyon Coffee, Meta-Games Unlimited, La Boba Cafe, and Fleet Feet! If you own or manage a local business and are able to donate a raffle prize, please contact Mr. Kennedy at jdkennedy@spsmail.org.
Our Big and Busy Classroom
Math
- Kahn Course Mastery: 60% due Tuesday, March 11
- Football Math Super Bowl Party was a huge success! Thank you for all your support. We will continue to enjoy snack mix during other activities. S
- Unit 6: Algebra
English
- Weekly "Hello, ELA!" skills practice. This is a quarterly grade.
- Overcoming Adversity: Forming Literary Arguments
- Students will be reading Ghost, by Jason Reynolds as our anchor text. They will be analyzing the story as well as learning how to craft arguments now using both fiction and nonfiction texts.
- District Common Assessment 3/06
- Galileo Testing: 3/25
- Read to Succeed: Ground Zero , by Alan Gratz
Social Studies & Science
- Ancient Greece
- Students will have a weekly assignment due every Friday morning. 🙂
- Keep practicing all the names of our continents and oceans.
- We will continue to practice reading maps and timelines.
- Astronomy
- Upcoming Star Lab will be Thursday, Feb. 20th.
Final Thoughts
1. Unbelievably, we are in need of transparent tape for our notebooks and peppermints for all the things that ale us. For example, a peppermint helps us with stomach aches, sore throats, headaches, and can encourage stamina and improve focus. Thank you for your ongoing support! 💙