Weekly Update for the week of 01-30

Reminders:

·      The 100^th day of school is on TUESDAY! I am looking forward to reflecting on the year, we have grown in so many ways.  Thank you for the delicious snacks, if you have not sent your item in yet, please do on Monday.

·      I have about 50% of the parent responses thus far, one last and final push to fill out the parent survey. PLEASE fill out if you have not already done so.  I appreciate the responses as we move forward with the year, thanks for your continued support and effort! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P7MGGPW

·      I received feedback for more math support at home, we had a GREAT parent resource online at http://www.fusd1.org/Page/10086 . I will also be placing a blue Parent News Letter in HW folder on Monday to help with strategies found at the start of Module 5.  I hope this helps! Your support at home is extremely important!

·      The annual science fair is quickly approaching, 2^nd graders may conduct an experiment and create a presentation. It is optional but we would love to see the curiosity sparked at home.  All projects need to list the materials, form a hypothesis, list the steps, and have a conclusion.  Pictures and evidence are always helpful. Projects are due February 10^th. 

·      Collecting all BOX TOPS!

·      Save the Date:

o   Feb 1^st- PTO @ 6:30

o   Feb 10^th- Science Fair projects due

o   Feb 15^th – Family Night Science Fair @ 5

o   March 7^th- Zoo Field Trip (details to be sent home in a couple of weeks)

·      I look forward to having what we had planned for this week put into play next week!

Next Week:

Literature

·      We are integrating our science into our literature time, next week will be all about the Arctic!  From reading and conducting experiments about the Northern Lights and Blubber to animal adaptations.  This will be a fun week! I look forward to starting our next habitat: the tundra.

Science

·      As a class we will be conducting an animal adaptation experiment: the insulating factor of blubber on artic animals.  We will be following the scientific process as we conduct our experiment and will also display our findings on a poster board that can be found at the science fair!

Social Studies

·      We will be starting the studies of our next Indus Valley country, Japan.  

Math

·      Starting Module 5, adding and subtracting within 1,000.