March 12, 2018

Your student is well on their way to 3rd Grade! 
Our focus:
3rd grade ready in the 3rd trimester!  

Performance Shirt Orders!

Please fill out the t-shirt order form found in your student's Monday/HW folder.  We need to order our shirts this week...so please fill out the form and return it ASAP.  Shirts are only $9 each.  Our performance is tentatively for Wednesday, April 18th @ 6pm.  

​Staff Development Day
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No School on 
Friday, March 16
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This Week in 2nd Grade

Math-  We took some time to become familiar with the different coins and their values.  If you have "real" money laying around, have your child play with it, count it, identify it...this will be helpful for them as we start adding and subtracting different amounts of money.   
Science-  We will be starting our new unit on Landforms and Earth Changes.  
Reading/Writing-  Goals were identified during PLPs and I would like to shake things up a bit in our reading and writing groups in order to help kids meet there goals.  "Goal Groups" will give kids a chance to work on their goals of fluency, comprehension, vocabulary and challenging text.  
Social Studies-  This week we will be taking another look at maps and geography.  This will be a good springboard to our Landform unit in science.  The students will be expected to identify different items on a blank map of North America.
Spelling-  The students will have a new spelling list in their folders today.  I realize it's a short week, I will make sure to have extra spelling practice time in class.  They really are doing great with spelling words...I'm not too worried!  Test will be on Thursday.  

STAR Homework

I know some students have trimester goals that can be worked on at home, like reading, writing and ST Math.  Remember that your student earns one STAR for each activity completed.  Challenge your child to earn more than 12 STARS this week...even if it's a short week!  

Upcoming Events & Dates

3/8- 2nd Trimester Awards @ 8:30 am
3/16-Staff Development Day
3/30-Potential Snow Day {No School}
4/2-9-Spring Break
4/17- Science Museum Field Trip
4/18- BUGZ Performance @ 6pm
5/11- BBQ & Staff/Parent Kickball Game
​5/28- Memorial Day {No School}