Despite our patience, the moment we've all been waiting for arrived over Memorial Day weekend. Our three butterflies have hatched into beautiful painted ladies! Ms. Brown and Ms. Derreth will release them on Wednesday into their natural habitats.
It's been a GREAT year! Don't forget to come visit us next year, but remember - Ms. Derreth will be Mrs. Smith!!!!
June 2nd & June 4 10:00 a.m. until Noon
June 9th & 11th 10:00 a.m. until Noon
June 16th & 18th 10:00 a.m. until Noon
In addition to the Unit 27 Spelling Test on Monday, there will be an end of the year test that reviews words learned throughout the year on Thursday, May 22. A study guide will be sent home on Monday. Please work with your children to review these words.
The Animal Showcase will be Thursday, May 22 from 9:30-10:30 in the Media Center. We hope you'll be there to view the students' animal models and reports and to ask the experts!
Due to the fun and festivities today, the spelling test has been postponed to Monday, May 19. So, keep studying!
Our tadpole has just been named! Rachel has successfully persuaded us in her letter that SNICKERS is a suitable name. With its sweet personality and brownish-blackish skin, SNICKERS fits the characteristics of our tadpole. Good job Rachel!
With only 10 school days remaining, we have a busy two weeks ahead of us! In math, we've been reviewing previously learned skills through games such as Place Value Picnic and Poppin' Place Value. To continue refining our place value skills, we'll be exploring numbers to the thousands by completing Name That Number centers and working in small groups to locate magazine pictures of items that estimate to be approximately 10, 100, or 1,000 of a particular object. (M2N1.a and b)
In reading, we'll finish taking notes for our animal research projects and continue writing our reports. WOW! It's been amazing watching the students write 5-paragraph reports and become the experts on their animals! (ELA2W1.t)
In language arts, we've been reviewing pronouns through games such as Treasure Chest of Pronouns and Professor Pronoun (ELA2W1.n and o). Furthermore, we'll be using a Flee Map to plan for our summer writing project and write a paragraph describing Our Summer on an adorable flip flop template using grade appropriate conventions (punctuation and capitalization) (ELA2W1)
By now, you've surely heard of our class butterfly larvae and tadpole! The exciting news is that our larvae is beginning to form a chrysalis, and our tadpole has front legs!! We're all anticipating its tail getting shorter. We had a blast using pasta in an art project to represent the various stages of the butterfly's life cycle. This week, we'll be creating colorful butterflies from coffee filters and clothespins and reading and understanding information on a moth's life cycle and how it compares to that of a butterfly (S2L1.a).
Wednesday, May 14: K-2 Field Day
Thursday, May 15: Laughing Matters Performing Arts Program
Friday, May 16: End of year centers from 9-10:30 a.m. AND Celebration Night from 6-8 p.m.
Thursday, May 22: Animal Reports / Models due, Animal Showcase in Media Center (9:30-10:30), PAWS AND Yearbook delivery
Friday, May 23: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
This week, we will conclude our Sitton Spelling with our last unit, Week 27. Woo hoo! Please complete the Dear Parents sheet for homework on Monday and prepare for your last spelling test on Friday, May 16!
Next week, we'll play various spelling games such as Spell n' Toss and Spelling Sparkles to review the words we've learned this year.
