Sunday, April 21, 2019

Week of April 22 - 26

Morning Meeting Schedule: Each student will have a time where they can share.  We will start with a greeting and then students will have two minutes to tell a story, show or talk about something they would like to bring to share with the class.  They will ask for three questions or comments.  If they are bringing in an item to share, it must fit in their backpack.
Here is our schedule:

Mondays: Davis, Nolan, Audrey, Connor
Tuesdays: Lizzie, Brayden, Josiah, Elias
Wednesdays: Emmy D., Owen, Julia, North, Brianna
Thursdays: Genevieve, Alonso, Emily O., Caden, Rory

Fridays: Jackson, Kaia, Rein, Amelia, Barbara 

Our lesson from SecondStep (Social and Emotional Learning) and MindUp: We will be talking about Mindful Movement.

Ms. Rasicot's Spelling Words - List 26 (-ge)
cage page judge lodge large barge bulge change range hinge


Mrs. Weber's Spelling Words - List 26 (-ge) - does all 20 words
cage page judge lodge large barge bulge change range hinge
charge fudge smudge exchange largest hinge bridge grudge indulge angel

Mrs. Spanjers' Spelling Words - List 26 (short vowels)
room fish pen way tug wax puff sill wish fan


           Practice spelling words on: spellingcity.com


Reading & Writing
Unit 9 - Skill: Make Connections & Determining Cause and Effect
We are heading into our final week of unit 9.  The Reader’s Theater will be a fable called Androcles and the Lion.  Students will build fluency through echo-reading, choral-reading, and repeated reading.  We will work on reading with appropriate stress and emphasis as well as read dashes.  There will be a strong emphasis on analyzing characters, comparing and contrasting, drawing conclusions, making connections, and making judgements.

The Daily Five in Reading:
*Read to Self:  Read! Read! Read!
*Read to Someone: Reading to someone
*Listen to Reading: Working on RazKids, Reading Eggs
*Work on Writing: Spelling City, write spelling words in sentences, write a story using our spelling
                             words, finish a writing prompt
*Word Work - working on fluency with reading passages and work on Sight Words. 

In Math:
We started Unit 11 - We are working on place values and 3 digit adding and subtracting. 

In Genius Hour: Students will continues to do research based projects.  They will be deciding on a topic and checking out books from the library to do research.  They will be making posters so they can present their research to the class.

This Weeks Specialist Schedule:
Monday:       Day 3
Tuesday:      Day 4
Wednesday: Day 5
Thursday:     Day 6
Friday:          Day 1

On Day 1 we go to: Gym and Media
On Day 2 we go to: Music
On Day 3 we go to: Media and Gym
On Day 4 we go to: Art (Please have your child bring back their library book so they can 
                                      check out a new one on Day 5)
On Day 5 we go to: Gym and Media (Check out day)
On Day 6 we go to: Art and Music

Help your child remember to bring back their Friday Folders on Monday and bring a healthy snack every day!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
4/22  Earth Day
5/6   2nd grade Reading FAST Test
5/8   2nd grade Math FAST Test
5/13-17  Makeup day for FAST Tests
5/17  Three Rivers Naturalist 1:15
5/18  Westonka Color Run
5/20  PTA Meeting 6:30
5/24  Super Team Day 9:00 - 3:30
5/27  No School - Memorial Day
5/28  Grades in Skyward
5/30  2nd grade Field Trip to Regional Park 11:15 - 3:15: Bus leaves Shirley Hills at 11:15 am.  Students play on Park playground and each lunch between 11:30 - 12:45.  At 12:45 classes walk to Regional Park's Center and participate in program from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Load buses at 3:10 and back to school at 3:25.
Any parent can go on this field trip (sorry no siblings), no fee and program includes one hour hike. Let me know if you would like to come!

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