First Grade Math Update

First grade students have worked hard this Fall to learn strategies for solving addition and subtraction facts through 10. We are now adding a piece to our curriculum to work on memory and speed in recalling facts. Two or three times a week your student will participate in 4 minute timed drills on fact recall. These "timings" will follow addition and subtraction patterns and the results will come home in Take-home folders. A "pass" is considered to be only one problem incorrect. If a student doesn't pass a quiz, please use that sheet as a study guide because the "timing" will be retaken at the next opportunity.

Here are the speed strategies the children are being taught:
1. Solve math problems by row or column, but don't skip around.
2. If you make a mistake, cross it out and write the new answer, don't erase.
3. If you get stuck on a problem, circle it and keep going.
4. If you finish your sheet before the timer goes off, check over your work and
rework any circled items.

Thanks for your support! Miss Tracy & Miss Brenda

November Reading Calendars are due!

November reading calendars will be due on Monday, November 30th and the December calendars will also go out on that date. Please read, read, read, over the Thanksgiving holiday! Miss Tracy

"Kids Who Care" is a huge success!

To date, our kids have donated 228 items to Central Kitsap's Food Bank since late September. We will deliver our last 108 items this Monday before Thanksgiving. Our next goal is 50 items by the winter break. Thank you for supporting our community!

Science Update

The students and I had a wonderful experience this Fall learning about Air and Weather. These past few weeks we have talked about meteorologist's tools used to communicate about weather and we have created and explored with many wind instruments. On Friday, November 20th the students will complete science with a quiz and after reviewing their folders, I will send all this information home on the 30th. Thanks for your support during this science unit. The kids really enjoyed it and I looked forward to our next directed Science unit later this year! Miss Tracy

Halloween with Miss Nancy & Miss Tracy

Last year at Silverwood's auction in March, Miss Nancy(Fancy Nancy) & Miss Tracy(Miss Matched) offered up a Halloween adventure as a dream date. Jacquie and Todd Daykin won the event for their second grade daughter Katelyn. Katelyn was allowed to bring 2 other guests. She chose Madeline, another second grader from Silverwood, and a soccer pal named Brady. We had a wonderful evening! We picked the girls up at 4:30 and went to the haunted walk put on by the neighborhood of 3 of our families, the Stewart's, Paulson's and Ritscher's. From there we went to a new little diner in downtown Bremerton for dinner and back to Miss Nancy's home in Dockside for an evening of "Trick or Treating"! We hope you enjoy the pictures from the evening and be on the look out for what this year's dream date will be at the auction in March!

Silverwood's Halloween Fun!

Let's hear it for the Navy Band!

Today was quite a treat for Silverwood! The navy band was here to perform in honor of the upcoming Veteran's Day holiday. Miss Carol did a wonderful job educating the students in the different musical instruments being played. Silverwood students that are part of girl & boy scout troops led us all in the pledge of allegiance before the concert began. Katelyn, Aidan, Jake & Jack were part of this color guard. The music was lively and the kids couldn't wait to guess what selection would be played next. Our very own Mariko and Riley even got to conduct the band! Hope you enjoy the photos!