Ms.Reger's Nest

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

What a Day!

Happy birthday Arizona, happy Valentine's Day, happy Disney Day, and happy Random Acts of Kindness.

Today has been filled with celebrating our beautiful state, writing friendship poems and compliment cards!

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Weekly Post for Feb. 13th

Reminders:

· Next week is RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK!!!

o The week has themed spirit days, I would like our class to show KINDNESS and SPIRIT! I look forward to seeing you all participate; the spirit days are:

§ Monday: PJ Day

§ Tuesday: Disney Day

§ Wednesday: Sports Day

§ Thursday: Superhero Day

§ Friday: Marshall Pride Day

· Ms. Reger will be gone tomorrow, Friday, the 10^th.

· Collecting all BOX TOPS until the 17^th!

· Save the Date:

o Feb 13^th- Boxes due to decorate for Valentine’s day!

o Feb 14^th- Valentine’s Day! We will pass out Valentines

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

o Feb 20^th- No School

o Feb 24^th- Field trip slips and $10 due

o March 1^st- PTO @ 6

· Valentine’s is on Tuesday. We have 25 students and there will need to be a valentine for each child if your child chooses to pass them out.

· Field trip permission slip, chaperone slip, and $10 fee is due by February 24^th. We will not be taking any more chaperones after that day, we will need to check for bus room and update chaperones on the transportation plans.

Next Week:

Literature/ Science

We are integrating our science into our literature time, next week will be all about the desert!! We will be reading about the desert and also celebrating Arizona’s birthday! Students will learn about plant and animal adaptations of those who can survive in the harsh desert environment.

Social Studies

I am looking forward to our week long literature study! As a class we will be reading “George Washington’s Breakfast”. Throughout the week we will analyze character emotions, sequence events, write poetry, and make text-to-self-connections.

Math

We dabbled a bit into graphing and data analysis, and measurement using inches. The students will be using personal rulers as we perfect our measuring skills.

Ms. Denny did a super fun and engaging lesson on the culture of the people of the Tundra, they got to enjoy some Arctic treats after! Akutaq ice cream, made of Crisco (blubber) sugar, and berries! MMMM!

Friday, February 3, 2017

Post for the week of Feb. 6th

Reminders:

· 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!

· SECOND GRADE SURVEY, I only have about 10 responses and am looking for more, PLEASE complete. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P7MGGPW

· Save the Date:

o Feb 10^th- Science Fair projects due

o Feb 13^th- Boxes due to decorate for Valentine’s day!

o Feb 14^th- Valentine’s Day! We will pass out Valentines

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

· Valentine’s class list is being sent home on Monday. We have 25 students and there will need to be a valentine for each child if your child chooses to pass them out.

· Field trip information will be sent home on Monday! We are looking for chaperones and a small fee to attend. Please read and send back A.S.A.P. Can’t wait!

Next Week:

Literature

We are integrating our science into our literature time, next week will be all about the Arctic! We will be conducting an adaptation science experiment as a class and work on our display for the science fair. We are looking for square boxes, please send in if you have them!

Science

As a class we will be conducting an animal adaptation experiment: the insulating factor of blubber on arctic 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!