May 28-31

WOW!  I can't believe we only have 4 more days until summer!!  Please see the party day schedule at the bottom since there are many changes that day.  

*Please send a large shopping bag by Wednesday.  We will be cleaning out our desks and need a bag to put our supplies in to take home. 

Writing and Reading:
We will finish up our Time Capsules and take them home this week.  We will reflect on our year in second grade with some writing activities.  Since summer is right around the corner, we will also work on some fun summer writing.  We will not have spelling this week or Life Journals.  Daily 5 will continue this week.

Math:
We will review math skills that we have learned this year such as multiplication/division, rounding, time, money, and place value.  We have a fun Game Show computer game to play and various other games to practice these skills throughout the week.

Social Studies/Science:
We will wrap up our unit on the past vs. present and then work on some science experiments.  We also have some thank you notes to write for the presenters from Career Day.  

Reminders:
May 27th- Holiday
May 30th- Party day!
May 31st- Last day of school

May 30th- Schedule for Second Grade:

• Second Grade Party 8:00-11:15
• Lunch 11:15-12:00
• Recess at the park playground 12:00-12:30
• Signature party (send yearbooks) 12:45-1:30
• Specials 1:45-2:35

May 20-24

We are walking down memory lane this week! We will remember how far we have come in second grade, comparing what we knew in the beginning to what we know now. We will be writing notes to old and new friends. We will also look to the future and remember to dream big with Dr. Seuss's Oh, The Places You Will Go. All of these activities will go into a time capsule that you and your child can open and enjoy in a few years.

We are working on becoming future thespians while wrapping up our drama unit. We will work on distinguishing between genres and picking out morals. We will even get to perform our own play at the end of the week, practicing reading with fluency and expression.

In math, we will continue to practice rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. We will continue our review of math skills with some fun stations, focusing on expanded form, graphing, number order, and subtraction.

We are learning from the past this week as we interview someone older than us. We will ask questions based on how technology, transportation, communication, and recreation have changed over their life time. These interviews were sent home Friday and are due by Tuesday, May 21st.

Reminders:
May 21st- Parent volunteer breakfast
May 21st- Student interviews due
May 27th- Holiday
May 31st- Last day of school

May 30th- Schedule for Second Grade:

• Second Grade Party 8:00-11:15
• Lunch 11:15-12:00
• Recess at the park playground 12:00-12:30
• Signature party (bring your yearbooks) 12:45-1:30
• Specials 1:45-2:35

Mother's Day Video

Enjoy our Mother's Day Video!

May 13-17

Writing:
We will work on Veggie Tales this week!  That means we will choose a vegetable and give it human-like characteristics and a problem to solve.  On Monday your child will bring home a plan and ask you to help them provide their supplies, including a real vegetable! 

Reading:
Our end of year reading assessments are over and I'm proud of everyone's reading!  This week we get to focus on reader's theater which is always a hit!  We will use plays such as A Wild Day and Frog and Toad to study theater.  We will continue to review reading skills learned this year with our "Reading A-Z" booklets.

Spelling:
Your child will receive their words to practice at home on Monday and we will check for understanding on Friday.

Math:
We will revisit comparing fractions,equivalent fractions, and rounding numbers this week.  We'll also spend some time with a few "Springy Stations" to review other math skills we've learned this year.  Math homework will come home on Tuesday and should be returned on Wednesday as usual.

Social Studies:
We are looking at how communities change with transportation, communication, and recreation.  We will work on interviewing someone to gain more information as a homework assignment.  This will come home on May 20th and be due on Tuesday, May 21st.  If you have an "old-fashioned" game like (jacks, hopscotch, checkers, etc.) that we can use to demonstrate the difference in gaming from the past and present please send it our way. 

Reminders:
Optional Parent Input Sheet- Due Monday, May 13th
Career Day- Friday, May 17th
Volunteer Breakfast- Tuesday, May 21st
Holiday- May 27th
Party Day- May 30th
Last Day!- May 31st
Report Cards go Home- May 31st

May 6- 10

Reading and Writing:
We are working on a very "sweet" writing assignment for our mothers this week.  We will also work on contractions and suffixes.  Our writer's workshop will take us from first drafts to publishing.  We will revisit reading skills that were learned throughout the year in our "Reading A-Z" books.  We will have our end of year reading assessments and Daily 5 as well.  

Spelling:  
Our spelling will focus on words with prefixes and suffixes.  Your child's new words will come home Monday. Since we did not have a spelling check last week, this week's check will feature 5 words the prefix list and 5 words from the suffix list. There will be no surprise words.  

Math:
We will review math facts with addition and subtraction strategies this week.  We will play games and work on multi-step math word problems.  Double digit addition and subtraction will also be practiced.  Math homework will go home on Tuesday and is due on Wednesday.  

Social Studies:
We will continue our economics unit this week by discussing producers and consumers and the steps to take a raw product to one that will sell.  On Thursday we will have a special Reptile Show with live animals to revisit our animal unit.  

Reminders:
Library- Thursday. This is turn-in week. All books need to be turned in so the librarians have time to inventory everything by the end of the year. We will have our Spring Book Fair the following week.