Dear Parents,

Welcome back to our final quarter! I hope you all had a great spring break. I am so excited to see our scholars tomorrow. Thanks to all the parents that made our field day a success!

Here is a quick look at our 29^th week:

LANGUAGE ARTS

SPALDING –We will resume our spelling words this week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We will continue practicing in class as well.

List 1: wonder, pair, pear, pare, check, prove, heard hear, inspect, itself

List 2: always, something, expect, need, thus, woman, women, young, fair, fare

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, we will focus on Main Idea and Details: Students will look for the central ideas or messages in a story. They will also find details that best support the main idea. We will continue to review all comprehension strategies learned so far. Please, have your child bring in “The Little House in the Big Woods”.

POETRY: Title: “Lincoln” by Nancy Byrd Turner.

SAYING: Our saying this week is, “Eaten out of house and home."

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will begin working on dictionary skills for development of word meaning. Our focus will be on alphabetization. We will continue to practice all parts of speech.

WRITING – As we continue working on Writing With Ease, students will continue to develop narration, dictation and copy work skills. Students will review letter writing this week as well.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book to read. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs.

MATH

This week, we will review addition and subtraction of money. We will work more on converting money from dollar to cents and vice versa. We will begin fractions this week. They will focus on identifying halves.

SCIENCE

We will learn about the importance of eating healthy. Students will be able to explain the importance of the different food groups. Students will explain the importance of eating a balanced diet, classify foods as healthy or unhealthy, and plan a balanced diet meal.

HISTORY

  In History, we will continue with our unit on Westward Expansion. Students will be able to recognize the challenges faced by cowboys, farmers, and miners in the West. They will also learn about Sequoyah, a native Indian that helped the native Indians write their own language.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Honesty

The quality of being truthful, sincere, upright, and fair; free from deceit or fraud.

Always speak the TRUTH.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.
                                                                                          - Michelle Obama

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• We do not have reading or math groups this week.
• Save the date for our grade wide event on Friday April 10th at 6pm. 
  Come meet other 2nd grade families at Peter Piper Pizza to enjoy some dinner. It will afford the kids a chance to play together too.
• Our wish list is still active:

           - Sani hand wipes

Thank you for all you do to support our class!

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson