We have a very busy week ahead of us!

 

Tomorrow starts the kickoff day for Right to Read Week!  Please refer to the handout that came home last week for the full explanation and themed days!  We will also have our illustrator visit with Steve Harpster!  The students will be learning about what it takes to be an illustrator and he will be showing them how to draw some awesome illustrations!  It's not too late to order one of his books on "how to" for animals and characters!  If you need another order form, just let me know!

 

I know we have a shortened week!  Spelling went home this past Friday!  Make sure to get their spelling and homework board out of their Home School Folders!  We will be working on vowel digraphs: oo, ea, ou, au, and aw.  We will focus on dictionary skills for vocabulary.  For comprehension, we will work on analyzing cause and effect with our leveled readers.  Leveled readers will go home on Wednesday instead of Thursday.  Please make sure your child returns their reader the very next day!

 

We are still working on "publishing" our fiction animal stories.  All students are done conferencing with me and they are ready to write their final drafts with corrections made. 

 

We will continue learning about animal habitats.  We spent last week learning about ocean habitats and the four zones.  Ask your child to name them for you and tell you some facts about each zone!  We worked in small groups and whole group to learn about some of the animals in each zone and the characteristics of each zone.  We even got to watch a Magic School Bus on how animals in the ocean depend on one another and have partnerships which fits right into our theme for reading!  We will focus on the rainforest habitat this week!

 

We will continue working on time this week as well as introducing fractions.  Students will focus on telling time with skip counting by 5's and elapsed time.  We will also work on dividing shapes into equal parts and reading, writing, and identifying unit fractions for halves, thirds, and fourths. 

 

***Important Reminders

 

Right to Read Week Themes: Monday is WACKY HAIR DAY!  Tuesday is Wear a Shirt with Words Day!  Wednesday is Hat Day!  Thursday is Color Day- 2nd GRADERS SHOULD ALL WEAR PURPLE!  We will also have cupcakes at lunch to help wrap up this awesome week!

 

Report Cards come home this Wednesday!

 

No School Friday- Good Friday!  Students will be on Spring Break next week!  I will see them all again on Monday, April 4th!

 

We will have our "Math Mastery Trail Mix" party Thursday for our fast facts!

 

Have a fantastic week! :)