Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday!

I can't believe we only have one more day before Spring Break!  You can definitely feel the "buzz" as you walk around the school.  The kids are very excited for Spring Break.  :)  There is a lot of information in this post, please take the time to read over it.

Homework
Your student doesn't have homework tonight.  I collected it a day early.  If they hadn't finished up their reading response, they finished it this morning.  We will have homework the week after Spring Break to get back into the routine.

Friday Folder
Friday folders will not be coming home tomorrow.  Any notes from the school have been sent home throughout the week.  We will send home Friday folders home the Friday of the week we come back to school.

Spring Break
I know a lot of the students and families have excited plans for Spring Break.  I can't wait to hear about all the fun things the kids get to do!  If you have some extra time, please encourage your student to do some reading and practice math facts.  Even though it is only a week, the students can get out of the routine and getting back into it for the last stretch of 2nd grade can be difficult.  Reading and math facts are a great way to pass the time while traveling also.

Pretzel Making
We had a pretzel making class on Tuesday.  I have posted pictures under the pictures tab or you can click here.

Reading
This week, we reviewed story elements and morals of stories.  The students were able to identify the moral as well as give evidence from the story to support the moral.  These also bring up good conversations about how to treat others in different situations.

The week after Spring Break, we will work on visualizing.  This is fun because the students get to draw pictures of what they imagine as they read the book.  I tell them it is like a movie playing in their head and they get to draw it.

Writing
This week, the students did an opinion letter to you about what they wanted to do over Spring Break.  Let me know if they persuaded you to change plans.  :)  They also wrote an opinion piece about their favorite ice cream toppings.  We will be celebrating our ice cream and ice cream toppings writing with an ice cream party tomorrow afternoon.

When we get back from Spring Break, we will continue working on our opinion unit.  The students will be doing research to support their opinion. This opinion piece will be about what they think is the best pet.

Math
We took our post test over subtraction this week.  These will come home the week after Spring Break.  Please look over them with your student and then sign and return them.

We will start our geometry unit when we get back after Spring Break.  We will identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and cubes.  They will also learn different vocabulary related to the shapes.

Science
The students designed an experiment today to test if plants need soil, water and sunlight to survive.  We will be setting up the experiment after break and then testing our hypothesis that plants need all three to survive.

Lovely Missouri Weather
Please make sure your student is dressed appropraitely for the weather and has a coat.  I know that we have had some crazy up and down temperatures this week, but it was cold at recess today.  We have rarely reached the high temperature for the day by our morning recess and it can be windy and chilly on the playground.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, let me know and have a wonderful Spring Break (starting tomorrow after school :)!

Mrs. Ross