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!

November Reading Calendars

It is hard to believe that we are at the end of the month already! October calendars are due beginning Oct. 30th. New November calendars will also go out that day. Here are a few of our fabulous second grade readers, Jack and Jake! Thank you parents for supporting reading at home!

How's your contract going?

This is the question being asked of the primary students daily in the Barn during Integrated Studies. The children are working very hard with the new reporting standards in place, so be on the look out for this week's contract grades on Friday and give your child a pat on the back for all his/her effort this week! Our curricular focus these past weeks have been in the following areas:
* Social Studies/Science: Time lines, calendar and Solar System
* Literacy: Rhyming words, Sequencing sentences and stories, phonetic manipulation activities
* Personal Development: Vincent Van Gogh works
* Math: Graphs, Estimations, Story Problems, Patterns, Measuring and Computation skills
We're beginning to trade out some "works", so be on the look out for new activities coming home and our next update!

Science is Fun!

Have your first and second graders been whisking through the house trying to release things in air or create air themselves to move objects? If so, then they are continuing their learning from our newest science unit on air and weather! This week's lessons have been on exploring air. The kids have learned that air is a form of matter, that it takes up space and that it can move things. They have been busy seeing how air can interact with feathers, straws and balloons. They also completed experiments that involved finding out how bubbles are made and how air can fill something to capacity and create pressure to push objects around, or to help them float like in the case of a parachute. We're loving science and can't wait until next week!

Primary have "Kids Who Care!"

This week Miss Nancy delivered 119 items to the Central Kitsap Food Bank. The second grade math students estimated the weight in pounds this morning in math class and Molly Hickam gave the closest estimated guess of 84 pounds. The true weight of our donations was 97 pounds! We appreciate all the caring and service our first and second graders are doing. Keep up the great work! Our next goal is 100 donations by winter break!

Garden Chores from Miss Sarah!

Silverwood Garden Chores

10/13 – 10/19

If you have some extra time before carpool or would like to volunteer on short notice, we have some jobs for you:)

*Know anyone with red wiggler worms or some extra hay?

Let me know...

Four Beds Outside Greenhouses

l They're weed free but need some good sifting-know anyone with a little extra energy? Send em' out! Screens are located in the garden shed and root chunks/ weed remnants can be put in the wheelbarrows to be composted later

Other Beds near Parking lot

l Weed!

l Pick any carrots that seem to be ready (and enjoy!)

l Harvest the corn stalks and put aside so we can use them for decoration this autumn. Check with Seniors to see if they want to use for Halloween Walk.

l You can weed the perennial beds closest to the parking lot but leave the perennials there. I believe there are a bunch of herbs, flowers, blueberry and raspberry bushes that would be great to see come to life again.

→ Weeds that are pulled out can be piled next to the existing yard waste bin, near the shed, to be composted at a later time.

Thanks for all your Help!

Book Fair is coming!

Next week is the Scholastic Book Fair at Silverwood and there are many fun activities planned for this week. On Tuesday your children will get to go for a preview of the books available for family shopping. On Friday your child will get to invite someone to lunch also. In your child's take home folders today (Wednesday), will be Book Fair information and the invitation to fill out for someone to come to lunch. Hope you'll take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to get books at cost and come up to Silverwood and shop! Thanks for your support!