March 31, 2017

Dear Families,

Some important dates to remember:

*April 3-7: Spring Break

*April 14: No school/ Good Friday

*April 28th: Celebration of Learning during the school day in the afternoon.  More information to come!

Reading:

Thanks to Dr. Matthews for reading at our Milk and Cookies Event! This week, we spent time this week reading Scholastic News articles, focusing on text features and main ideas. 

Writing: 

We finished up our Book Reviews and worked on writing opinion pieces about our favorite seasons, trying to persuade others to agree with our favorites! We also spent some time creating ads for our new Little Free Library, introducing it to the school and persuading kids to use it!

Math: 

We had a busy week, learning how to add four digit numbers and playing a fun game called Basketball Addition. We also spent time measuring with meters and yards and flying our paper airplanes! Please see the math review Unit 7 sheets attached to my email. We'll practice and review all of these math topics when we return from break.

WIN Time: We spent the week finishing up projects and catching up on our math workbooks!

Science: After the break, we'll begin working on our plant unit.  We're accepting donations of seeds, bags of seed starting soil and mulch for our back yard area. We'll begin our PBL project and have lots of projects starting in April. 

Also, our classroom theme for the Family Fun Night is Planting. Our basket will be all about gardening. If you're out and about during break, you might want to look for a donation to our classroom basket. I saw lots of cute garden stuff at the Dollar Store. Fairy Gardens are quite popular and are a great thing to add to our Fun Fair Basket. 

Conservation sheet for the month of April is attached to my email.

IXL SKILLS FOR UNIT 7

IXL Skills: 1^st Grade: B17, 2nd Grade: E 17, E19, G13, G15

IXL Skills: 1^st Grade: N4, N11, 2nd Grade: S2, S8

IXL Skills: Second Grade: R6, R7

IXL Skills: 1^st Grade: N4, N11, 2nd Grade: S2, S8

Have fun reading over the break!

Be sure to check out our new Little Free Library! If you're home over the break, be sure to take a couple of books from our little library and return them when you're finished. 

Have a wonderful Spring Break!

The Second Grade Teachers