Thursday, April 13, 2017

Weekly Update for April 17th

·      Save the Date:
o   April 19th- Spring Carnival from 5-7. Ms. Denny and I will be running a photo booth in our room, stop by and enjoy the night with us!
o   April 29th- Sights and Sounds festival at the mall. Marshall's 2nd graders are invited to perform with their violins on Sat. April 29th for the FUSD Sights and Sounds event from 10am-4pm.  The first 25 2nd graders to sign up will perform from 3:30-3:50pm closing out the event.  
o   May 3rd- PTO at 6:30
o   May 4th- Suzuki concert in the square @ noon (permission slip needed)
o   May 1st- 5th- teacher appreciation week
·      Literature Studies coming up! You can order a copy for your child,
·      The Core Value for the month of April is, Perseverance. I would like the students to persevere through their school work even when they might feel like they want to give up.  Also, persevering through the school day as our energy levels may decrease.
·      Keep an eye out for information about our end of the year play and party!  

Next Week:
Literature./Science
Next week we be focusing on our plant and in which ways we can help keep it beautiful! We will be reading about 6 different fiction and non-fiction stories as we focus on story elements such a cause and effect and main idea and detail.  The week will conclude with an art project. Again, we don’t have RTI of AZMerit testing. Instead as a class we will be having an author’s study on Patricia Polacco. This week we will be reading My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother and completing a character traits art project.

Social Studies
We have been introduced to our Westward Expansion unit. We will be reviewing the influences of Thomas Jefferson and will be introduced to Lewis and Clark! The kids are VERY excited.  Next week we will learn about both of their strengths and how each of them helped with the exploration.  We will also review the three goals they had in mind as they were on their journey. 

Math
We have assessed fractions and will be introducing time in relation to telling time using fractions. Time is such an essential skill and I highly encourage you to talk with your child about the hands on a clock and 5 minute intervals.

We are quickly approaching the end of the year and I cannot believe we are closer to THIRD GRADE than ever! 

Happy Easter!


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