A peek at our week 06/08/18

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

** Newly added dates are marked with ** for those who follow and mark their calendars every week.

Tuesday, June 12th: Color Day

Friday, June 15th: End of the Year Celebration - Poetry Slam 8:30-9:00 a.m.

Monday, June 18th: Book Swap - Please have you child bring in any donations to be dropped on in the library by June 13th.

Friday, June 22: Last day of school for students. NOON release.

NEW INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES:

Color Day:

Color Day will be on Tuesday, June 12th. Click HERE to access the Color Day information sheet if you need it.

REMINDERS FOR FAMILIES:

Poetry Slam: Please join us on Friday, June 15th from 8:30-9:00 a.m. in our classroom for our end of year celebration - Our Poetry Slam. Students will be presenting original poems and artwork. We hope to see you there to help your child celebrate his/her hard work in 2nd grade! 

ASK ME ABOUTS: 

Ask me about...

• line breaks in poetry...what are they and why are they important?  
• life cycles...what has a life cycle and how are all life cycles similar?
• our plants... what happened with the plants in the light box, window and in the dark? Why do you think they are growing differently?
• our field trip...how did my team collaborate to construct the roller coaster? 
• different sized problems...what are flat road, bumpy road, hill and mountain problems? How should our reactions match the size of our problems?  

LOOKING FORWARD:

Looking forward, we will:

• practice our teamwork and spotspersonship at Color Day
• continue reading and writing poems.  
• work in unit 16 in fundations, focusing on the vowel teams au and aw.
• learn about Ghanaian marketplaces.
• continue working with place value in math.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

A Peek at Our Week 6/1/18

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

** Newly added dates are marked with ** for those who follow and mark their calendars every week.

Tuesday, June 5th (raindate Tuesday, June 12th): Color Day

Thursday, June 7th: Children's Museum field trip

Friday, June 15th: End of the Year Celebration - Poetry Slam 8:30-9:00 a.m.

Friday, June 22: Last day of school for students. NOON release.

NEW INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES:

Color Day:

Color Day will be on Tuesday, June 5th (or Tuesday, June 12th if it rain on the 5th). A goldenrod sheet should have come home earlier this week with information about Color Day. Click HERE to access the Color Day information sheet if you need it.

The Children's Museum Field Trip: 

Our Children's Museum field trip is this Thursday, June 7th. Here are some details that will help us all prepare for our visit.

• Please send your child to school with a lunch, and write your child's name on the bag. Try to send lunch in disposable packaging.  Every student will need to bring a lunch.

• Do not send money with your child. Children will not be permitted to visit the gift shop

• It is especially important your child arrives to school on time.  We will leave promptly at 9:00.

REMINDERS FOR FAMILIES:

Poetry Slam: Please join us on Friday, June 15th from 8:30-9:00 a.m. in our classroom for our end of year celebration - Our Poetry Slam. Be prepared to be wowed by our poems and accompanying art. More info to come.  

ASK ME ABOUTS: 

Ask me about...

• similes. We discussed that similes are comparisons that use "like" or "as" when comparing the objects. Have your child share some of their similes with you and create some similes together.  
• my new learning about Ghana. What did I learn about Accra? How do they fish in Accra? What is special about caskets built in Ghana?
• our plants. What is happening with the plants in the light box, window and in the dark?
• how to count up when making change. Practice this at home!
• my inner coach...When do I use my inner coach and how can my inner coach help me? 

LOOKING FORWARD:

Looking forward, we will:

• continue reading and writing poems.  
• finish working in unit 15 in fundations, focusing on the vowel teams oo, ou, ue and ew.
• finish publishing our opinions.
• continue observing our plants.
• compare activities and events in a Ghanaian child's life to my life
• continue working with place value in math.

Have a great weekend!