I cannot believe that the final countdown for the end of
our 2nd Grade year has officially began! This year has flown by, and I am
so proud of how much your child has grown this year. I was looking
through student files and found one of your child's first piece of writing that they
wrote in 2nd grade and they have change SO much as a writer. You should
be SO proud of your child!! :)
End of the School Year
Countdown
We started our End of the
School Year Countdown today - today we only had 10 days of school left this
year. For our countdown, each day we will have a small celebration.
Today the kiddos received a Blow Pop as a special treat. On Monday,
we will eat lunch outside at the new picnic tables (shh, the kids don't know yet)!
On day 4 (Monday, May 22), we
will be going on a hike to Rock Bridge State Park. This will be a
surprise to the students (we will pop this balloon next Friday). If you
are available to come and hike with us, or meet us at Rock Bridge State Park
with either water bottles of popsicles, we would love to have you. Please
do not mention this to your kiddo, but email me.
On day 3 (Tuesday, May 23), we
will be watching the movie "Matilda." Today we finished reading
the book Matilda and
the kiddos have so enjoyed the book! We thought the kiddos would enjoy
watching the movie. The movie is PG. Again, please do not share
this with your child, we are wanting this to be a surprise also.
School Year Lasts
Today, we had our final Maker
Space of the school year. The kiddos were able to choose from magnetic
tiles, Zoob Builderz, K'nex, and Legos. Lots of fun was had building
today!! :)
This week was our last week of
Word Study and homework.
Gentry Middle School
Choir Assembly
On Tuesday, Mrs. Lenz (RBE's
music teacher for the past few years) brought her middle school choir over from
Gentry Middle School. They sang a variety of songs, including songs from
Wizard of Ox, Wicked and Trolls.
Writing
The kiddos enjoyed being able
to write a variety of different types of writing this week. On Wednesday,
we had a special, small, green visitor in our classroom. We found a
turtle trying to get into the school on the way to lunch, so we brought him
into the room. The students wrote about the turtle on Wednesday, and
their stories were AMAZING!!! Here are pictures and videos.
Yesterday, each student started
writing a book that they had been wanting to write but hadn't had a chance.
Some students wrote a personal narrative, others let their creative
juices flow and wrote a fictional story, and one student even tried out a
historical fiction. You know that they are hooked as writers when over half
the class came in and wanted to continue to work on their stories during
morning work time today!
Next week, we will continue to
work on writing that we started this week and also including some different
prompts that the students will be writing to.
Reading
This week, we worked on
comparing informational resources. The students researched an animal
using two different resources (PebbleGo and an article). Next week, they will use an H Chart to show what they learned from PebbleGo, the article, and information
that was learned in both.
We reviewed compound words
again this week for grammar and the kiddos made compound word flowers.
Next week in addition to the H chart, the kiddos will be
making a reading project on a book that they really loved reading this year.
Their project will be an advertisement to encourage other students to
read the book!
Math
This week, we finished up our
graphing unit. The students made a new survey question and collected
data. This time when we collected data we kept Ms. Mottaz and Mrs. Ross's
class data. We introduced a double bar graph, and the kiddos made a double bar
from their data. Then they used the totals of both classes to make a
pictograph. We also made a double line graph of the temperature highs and
lows of last week. We have been working extremely hard on making
noticings and analyzing the graphs that we make.
Next week, we will be reviewing
addition, subtraction, and telling time.
Lunch Bunch
As a reminder, we have
scheduled an end of the year lunch bunch for Wednesday, May 24 at 11:00. If
you have not had a chance to return your child's RSVP please do so by
Wednesday. I need to let the cafeteria know how many lunches to plan
for.
Nutrition Class
We had our third Nutrition
Class with Ms. Zapata. This week, she focused on fruits and vegetables.
The kiddos learned about the importance of eating a variety of colors of
fruits and vegetables, and then we had a tasting party! Ms. Zapata
brought in red peppers, dried cherries, raisins, mandarins, sugar snap peas,
jicama, and kumquat. The students tried kumquat, which can be sour - make sure to
check out the video! :)
I hope that you have a
wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Ross
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