March 27-31

Hello everyone,

The blog is back! I'm very sorry for the absence!

Here's what is going on this week:
Writing:
We are continuing poetry. Students will write several types of poems, including a rhyming poem, an acrostic poem, and an alliterative poem. We will practice using our senses to describe things in a new way and learn about different rhythms poem can have.

Reading:
We're reading lots of poems this week! We will describe the rhythm, check to see if it rhymes, and break down the meaning. Hopefully reading lots of great poems will inspire our inner poet to come out during writing.

Math:
We are focusing on division. We will practice splitting things into equal groups and writing the matching division sentence. We will play games, do an I-Spy activity, and solve word problems all before taking a short assessment on multiplication and division at the end of the week.

Science:
Plants will continue when we will look at different plants that we eat and observe the part of the plant that we are eating. Are we eating the flower? The seeds? The root? We are also going to attempt to grow lima beans in baggies so we can see what the seed already has inside to help it grow into a full plant.

This week we are starting science enrichment clubs. Each of the second grade teachers is going to be teaching a special Friday afternoon club that focuses on an interesting part of our natural world. Classes will be split up and each student gets to go the club of their choosing. Some of the club options are oceans, bottle biology, rain forests, and honey bees.

Reminders:
STAAR testing on Tuesday and Wednesday: doesn't affect us, but campus will be closed that day.
Field Trip on Tuesday: more information coming soon! Thanks for sending in money and the permission form.
Family Dinner Night: April 1st- you can still turn in money if you haven't yet! It's going to be fun!
Second Grade Performance: April 4th, 6:30 pm in the cafeteria
Early Release Day: April 5th
Family Fit Night: April 7th, 6:30-7:30.
No school: April 14th.