May 14- 18, 21-23

8 is GREAT!

For the last 8 days of school we will celebrate with these fun activities.

Monday, May 14: Puzzles and Pets

                  The students will bring in puzzles and a stuffed animal from home.

Tuesday, May 15: Field Day and Cow Drop

Make sure your child wears his/her team color, as well as sunscreen.  We can’t apply sunscreen to students.  The students will also need a water bottle, and may wear hats and sunglasses.

Wednesday, May 16: Cartoon Day

The students will learn how to draw specific cartoons in the morning and will watch a cartoon movie in the afternoon.

Thursday, May 17: Camp Day

We will enjoy a day of reading in tents (under the desks). The students may bring in a small blanket and a small pillow, as well as a flashlight and books from home.  We will end the day with s’mores. 

Friday, May 18: Friendship Day and Pickett’s Mill Love Day

We will make a “friendship snack” in the morning, followed by “snack on the track” with our other second grade friends.  In the afternoon we will sign yearbooks and/or autograph books with all second grade classes.

Monday, May 21: Beach Day

The students may bring in beach towels to lay on while we watch Moana in the morning. Then in the afternoon we will celebrate our class with our End of Year party with yummy treats, chalk and bubbles, and hopefully enjoy the sun outside pretending to be on the beach.

Tuesday, May 22: Cleaning Day, Early Release

We will clean the classroom from top to bottom.  Everything will come home today.  Dismissal will be at 12:20.

Wednesday, May 23: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, Early Release

                  We will read Last Day Blues and try not to be blue that it’s the lastday.

Remember the students are not allowed to bring anything to school on the last day. Dismissal will be at 12:20.

                 

April 30- May 4

Market Day will be Friday, May 4 from 8- 9:30.  
Students' projects and items being sold should be in the cafeteria by 7:50. 
Parents may help set up, but this is a student only event. 😊

Upcoming events:

May 4: Last day to check out books from the Learning Commons/ Media Center

May 9 & 10: Muffins with Mom

May 15: Field Day

May 14- 23: "8 is Great"- 8 days of special fun because it's the last 8 days of school

May 22: Early Release at 12:20

May 23: LAST DAY of SCHOOL, Early Release at 12:20

This week we will:

- review addition and subtraction strategies focusing expanded form.
- continue our Fairy Tale projects
- have guided reading groups/ end of year reading assessments.

- learn about needs/ wants, producers/ consumers, etc preparing for Market Day.
- continue our narrative unit in writing.
- learn about contractions during spelling/ phonics.

April 23-27

April 23-27

This week we will:

- review addition and subtraction strategies focusing on subtracting with a number line.
- continue our Fairy Tale projects
- have guided reading groups/ end of year reading assessments.

- learn about President Jimmy Carter.
- continue our narrative unit in writing.
- review suffixes during spelling/ phonics.

April 16-20

April 16-20

This week we will:

- review comparing three digit numbers and place value.
- continue our Fairy Tale projects
- have guided reading groups/ end of year reading assessments.

- learn about the life cycle of a plant.
- continue our narrative unit in writing.
- learn about double consonants in spelling.

April 9-13

April 9-13

This week we will:

- begin learning about multiplication (repeated addition, arrays, and facts)
- continue our Fairy Tale projects
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue learning about animal life cycles.
- review verbs and learn about past tense verbs.
- begin our narrative unit in writing.
- learn about phonic rule/ spelling pattern "ch" and "tch".

March 26- 30

Happy Easter and Happy Spring Break! 

March 26-30

This week we will:

- have a compacting lesson with the other second grade classrooms focusing on money.
- begin learning about equal parts, fractions.
- begin our Fairy Tale projects
- have guided reading groups. 

- learn about animals characteristics. 

- begin learning about animal life cycles.
- learn about prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
- wrap up our opinion pieces of writing.

NO spelling this week! 

 

March 19-23

This week we will:

- have our first compacting lesson with the other second grade classrooms focusing on money.
- continue our geometry unit, focusing on 3D shapes.
- begin our Fairy Tale projects
- have guided reading groups. 

- learn about dental health

- begin learning about animal life cycles.

NO spelling this week! 

March 12-16

Early Release on Wednesday, March 14 at 12:20. 

March 12-16

This week we will:

- start our geometry study.
- learn about fairy tales focusing on The Three Little Pigs.
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue our opinion writing project.
- learn about "th", "sh", and "wh" sounds in phonics/ spelling.
- begin learning about constellations.

Wacky Tacky Wednesday, March 14. 
For $1.00, your child may dress wacky and tacky.  All donations will go for the schools I work with in Haiti. :) 

March 6-9

This week we will:

- work on one and two step word problems.
- learn about fairy tales focusing on Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue our opinion writing project.
- learn about adding -s, -es, & -ies to given nouns in phonics/ spelling.
- begin learning about stars and the sun.

Wacky Tacky Wednesday, March 14. 
For $1.00, your child may dress wacky and tacky.  All donations will go for the schools I work with in Haiti. :) 

Feb. 26- March 2

February 26- March 2

This week we will:

- work on two step word problems.
- learn about fairy tales focusing on Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty.
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue our opinion writing project.
- learn about "ou" and "ow"  words in phonics/ spelling.
- begin learning about stars and the sun.

Picture Day, Wednesday Feb 28!

Pajama Day, Friday March 2.

Feb. 12- 16

February 12-16

This week we will:

- review counting coins and solve word problems involving money.
- learn about fairy tales focusing on Little Red Riding Hood.
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue our opinion writing project.
- learn about "au" and "aw"  words in phonics/ spelling.
- begin learning about stars and the sun.

Remember to bring in your Valentine's Day box and Valentine's cards by Wednesday, February 14.

Feb. 5-9

February 5-9

This week we will:

- learn how to use a number line to subtract: "Adding in Chunks to Subtract"
- learn about fairy tales focusing on Jack and the Beanstalk
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue our opinion writing project.
- learn about "oi" and "oy"  words in phonics/ spelling.
- begin learning about stars and the sun.

Remember to bring in your Valentine's Day box and Valentine's cards by Wednesday, February 14.

January 9- February 2

January 9- February 2 

Remember to send in a note for ALL transportation changes, and please write the change in your child's agenda as well. 

This week we will:

- learn how to add and subtraction three digit numbers using base tens and number lines.
- learn about fairy tales beginning with reading different versions of Cinderella.
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue our opinion writing project.
- learn about "oo" and -ould  words in phonics/ spelling.
- learn about Juliette Gordon Low

January 22-26

January 22-26

This week we will:

- learn how to add three digit numbers using base ten models involving regrouping.
- continue learning about fables by reading a collection of Aesop's.
- have guided reading groups. 

- continue our opinion writing project.
- learn about compound words in phonics/ spelling.
- continue learning about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 8-12

January 8- 12

This week we will:

- learn about comparing 2 three digit numbers.
- begin learning about fables by reading a collection of Aesop's.
- have guided reading groups. 

- begin our opinion writing project.
- learn about soft and hard C & G sounds in phonics/ spelling.
- learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.