Dear Parents,

It was so nice seeing most of you at our second grade socials and Art festival. Thank you for bringing your children in for a fun gathering. Thanks for supporting the school. This is the fourth week of our fourth quarter.

Here is a quick look at our 32nd week for the school year:

LANGUAGE ARTS

SPALDING –We will continue our spelling words this week. Encourage your scholars to continue to practice writing their cursive. We will continue practicing in class as well. Students are not mandated to write in cursive now.

List 1: cheap, cheerful, chicken, driving, drive, echoes, echo, fairy, knock, leather

List 2: linen, mixture, nation, pause, peace, permission, rough, social, steal, strange

List 3: trophy, voices, voice, eight, ate, afraid, uncle, rather, comfort

READING – READING STRATEGY: In comprehension, we will focus on Sequencing. Students will retell the order in which a story is told. We will help them make connection to writing paragraphs and the importance of keeping their writing in a logical sequence.

POETRY: Title: “Harriet Tubman” by Eloise Greenfield. Students will do their recitals during the last week of school.

SAYING: Our saying this week is, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks."

GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY – We will focus on Antonyms and the four types of sentences. We will also introduce transitional words. Your child will come home with a list to practice with at home.

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. We started writing paragraphs officially this week. Students learned that a paragraph is made up of at least 3-5 sentences. It must have an introductory sentence, three support sentences, and a closing sentence.

LEVELED READERS – Your scholar will bring home a chapter book to read. Please, encourage them to continue to write their reflection logs. Please, have them take care of the book as well.

MATH

This week, we will begin learning how to tell time. This is usually a difficult concept, so we ask for parent support with reinforcing this skill through meaningful use at home. The goal of this week’s lesson will be to tell time to 5 minutes interval, and tell time as minutes after, or minutes past the hour.

SCIENCE

We will continue studying Magnets. The, we will explore magnetic fields, and North and South Pole of magnets. Our focus will be on the vocabulary: attract and repel. Students will learn about compass and its magnetic component.

HISTORY

  In History, We will continue the study of The Civil War. Students will learn about the two war generals: General Lee and General Grant. They will learn about the death of Abraham Lincoln, and also the roles of women during the war.

VIRTUE OF THE MONTH – Responsibility/Humility

To not be proud or arrogant, but to have a modest sense of one’s importance.

Let OTHERS go FIRST.

       

"Humility is royalty without a crown. Humility is greatness in plain cloth.”

                                                                     -Spencer W. Kimball

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• There will be neither reading nor Math groups this week due to the AZ merit testing. Our second graders are not doing this test though.

  Your child went home last week with a brochure that outlines all of the exciting camps being held, here at Archway Arete, during the Great Hearts Summer Academy. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Posner atjposner@archwayarete.org. 

• You are encouraged to try out this wonderful Math Resource KhanAcademy.org
• Current students will need to complete a mandatory re-enrollment packet for the 2015-16 school year. This packet is due back to the front office by April 17th and can be found here. Please direct any questions to the front office manager, Rachele Holcomb.
• The PSO Appreciation Dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29th at 6:00 p.m. The teachers at both Archway and Prep are very excited to show their gratitude toward these incredible volunteers who gave their time during the 2014-15 school year. More details to come.
•  The used uniform drive is underway. If you have any uniforms that you would like to donate or exchange, please fill out this form and drop off your items at the front desk. Please contact Dee Ulano with any questions. T

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Toyin and Ms. Peterson