It's almost May!

Zoo field trip

Don't forget about our zoo field trip on May 20th!  Keep those permission slips coming in! Due to COVID regulations, staff and students will ride the bus, and chaperones will have to drive themselves and meet us at the zoo.  We will arrive at the zoo that day at 9am, and leave around 1pm.  Permission slips are due April 30th.  If you have any questions, please let me know!

Field day/shirts

More great news!  We are having a simplified field day this year to celebrate the end of the year!  It will be on Friday, May 21st.  Stations will be run by school staff members instead of parent volunteers this year.  In your child's folder today, there is a bright yellow half sheet of paper.  Please fill out your child's shirt size, donate $5 if you can, and return to school asap.  All students will get a shirt to wear on field day.  Thanks PTO!

Early Release

Don't forget tomorrow is Early Release Day!  That means dismissal will start at 1:40.

Writing

Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• poetry

• April is National Poetry Month! We will be reading and writing lots of poems the next couple of weeks. At the end of the month, we will be bringing home a book of poetry that we wrote!

High Ability

Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• persuasive writing

• analyzing stories

• making connections

• reading-- The Music of Dolphins

Math

Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• comparing products of multiplication facts
• multiplying and dividing with multiples of 10
• using mental math to multiply and divide

Wonders Reading

Here is what we are working on this week in reading:

• essential question--How do we use money?
• genre--expository text
• phonics--closed/open syllables
• Grammar--abbreviations
• vocabulary---paragraph clues
• writing--research report
• writing--generate questions
• writing--paraphrase
• comprehension--summarize
• comprehension--problem and solution
• text features--subheadings and graphs
• Spelling test on Friday!

Upcoming Dates

 

Here are some upcoming dates to add to your calendar!

• 4/27--PTO meeting @6pm
• 4/30--field day t-shirt forms and field trip permission slips due
• 5/10--NWEA testing
• 5/11--NWEA testing
• 5/14--DIBELS testing
• 5/20--Zoo field trip!
• 5/21--Field Day 
• 5/26--Last day of 2nd grade!  (Even though this is a Wednesday, it will NOT be an early release day!)

Have a great week!!