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Reading  and Writing – Continue research for Recycling PBL project

Math – Time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, minute
vocabulary:  time, clock, digital, analog, quarter to, quarter after, half past

Phonics – continue possessive nouns

Spelling  – We will not have a spelling test this week.  The students have the words in their planner for next weeks spelling test.

Important Information:
Early Release at 11:00 am on Tuesday.
Easter Party on Friday, April 3, 2015 at 9:00 am to 10:00 am.  Parents can come at 8:30 am to help set up for the party and hide eggs.  Please come help if you can.  We will hunt eggs outside first at the field by the Nature Center.  We will then come in to enjoy our snacks.  We will be hiding eggs with all the other 2nd grade classes.  Remember there are peanut allergies, so please do not send any eggs filled with nuts in them or chocolate that could melt.  Bring eggs by Wednesday so that we can get them numbered.  Thanks for all of your help and support!
Early Release Friday, April 3, 2015 at 11:00 am.

Homework:  Time math pages due Friday!
Read each night and get your reading logs signed!

Due to STAAR Testing being administers upstairs we ask you not to eat lunch with your child on Monday or Tuesday!  Thank you!

We sold the most chocolate thanks to you!  We appreciate you and all of your help!  We won a soccer ball chair and will have a small kid party to celebrate!

Reading:  PBL Recycle!  The students will research various questions in cooperative groups.  The students will have sites on my class blog to safely search for answers about recycling!  The students are preparing to complete a final project to display what they have learned about recycling and how it helps the earth and the future.

Writing:  The students will publish an Earth Day poem!  We will practice the complete writing process.

The students will complete the Trash to Treasure creative activity for a hands on understanding of Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!  Please send any and all recyclables by Wednesday.  We will begin these projects on Thursday.

Spelling:

New Words:  name, between, still, found, every

Review Words:  with, have, what, when, there, then, could, its, where, place, went, the, and, a, it, was, they, I, have, not, we, there, said, two, see, could, did, down, water, very, look, small

Extra Words:  clear, fish, green, hills, lake

Phonics:  Possessive Nouns – The students will learn how to use and spell possessive nouns correctly.

Math:  We will begin our unit on time.  We will learn to read an analog and digital clock.  By the end of the unit the students will learn how to tell time by the hour, half hour, 15 minute increments, 5 minute increments, and minutes.  They will learn all of the vocabulary for telling time.  Please practice at home!

Social Studies:  Recycling PBL

Bring any items that can be recycled by Wednesday.  Thanks for your help!

Homework:  Spelling practice with sentences and math homework due on Friday.

Assessments:  Spelling test on Friday.  The students usually have a simple graded assessment on a comprehension passage and/or phonics sheet on Thursday.  They also have a math assessment over skills being taught and previous skills learned in a problem solving format on Fridays.

Our reading contest started Monday.  Please make sure your child reads for at least 20 minutes each night and that you sign your initials on their yellow reading log.  Each night they read and have it signed they get a ticket to go into the drawing on May 8th for a new bike!  The more tickets they have in their the better chance that they will have to win!

I will be out on Friday, so I have moved the spelling test up to this Thursday.

We will have spring pictures taken on Tuesday, March 24, 2015!  Dress nice!

We will have an early release on March 31, 2015 for parent conferences.  I will be sending home schedules soon.  The students will dismiss at 11:00 am that day in order for us to meet with parents beginning around 11:15 am.

EASTER Party Information
We will be having our Easter party on Good Friday!  This will be our make-up day for the snow day that we had.  Our party will be Friday, April 3, 2015 from 9am to 10am.  I will send out more party information soon.  This will be an early release day and the Primary school will release at 11:00am that day!

Reading:  PBL Recycling Project
Driving Question:  Why is recycling important and how does it keep the earth clean and protected for future generations?

Writing:  Go Green Journal
We will write daily journal entries to help explain our understanding of what we are learning about recycling.

Spelling:

New Words:
great, tell, men, say, small

Review Words:
they, their, would, very, after, most, through, think, around, help, different, the, of, and, in, you, are, they, have, all, there, can, their, about, many, some, these, two, people, way, good, help(ed)

Extra Words:
names, us, women, world

Math:  Review fractions, coins, addition and subtraction with regrouping, graphing, etc.

Social Studies:  Continue working on understanding recycling.

WE HAVE TO CANCEL OUR FIELD TRIP FOR THIS WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE WEATHER.  WE WILL RESCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK AND LET YOU KNOW THE DATE WE WILL BE GOING.

HOMEWORK:  Math front and back due Friday.
Write a sentence for each spelling room.

ASSESSMENT:   We will have a Math assessment on Thursday over all the concepts that we have learned.
Our spelling test will be on Friday.

Way to go!

Laney ~ Always being a Champ!
Danica ~ Great Stories and Writing!
Mckenzie ~ Great Hall Manners!
Addison ~ Cafeteria Champ!