Sunday, March 19, 2017

March 18th

MUM
Monday, March 19th I will introduce radius and diameter of circles.  Tuesday the students will do a review to prepare for the interim on Wednesday and Thursday.  Friday, the students will not have MUM.  I have started this trimester if a student forgets their homework  they will be staying in during recess Monday thru Thursday to complete the missing assignment.

MUR

Monday and Tuesday the students will be taking their interim.  When all the students are done most likely Thursday we will review the interim.  Friday, is the Read-a Thon so there will not be MUR.  We will continue to read A Wrinkle in Time.  There is no spelling homework or test this week, I will hand out the spelling homework to the students on Thursday.

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Sweets and Sweet Cakes
(2nd and 3rd Grade Event Only)
Friday, April 7
2:45 - 3:30 pm

All 2nd and 3rd Graders
are encouraged to invite a ‘Sweet’
(mom, grandma, aunt, neighbor, friend, etc.) to join them!
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Enjoy some time exploring the classroom, reading, playing games, etc.  Sweets will be provided.

Guests may arrive at school at 2:45. Please use the center (south) door, not main entrance. Students leaving with their guest will be dismissed at 3:15, others will follow their normal after school routine. 

If your child (or siblings) is getting a ride home with their visitor, please notify the teacher(s) by April 6.

Saturday, March 4, 2017

March 4th

MUM
 The students have been working on Geometry for the last few weeks.  Finding the area of a composite shape is very challenging for all students.  We have worked on this for a few days and are going to take a break and go back and review the basic of a lines, angles, triangles, polygons and quadrilaterals.  After reviewing I plan to give a test either Wednesday or Friday.  It depends how much we cover in the review before the field trip on Thursday.  Then I will go back to area and perimeter of square, rectangle and composite shape.

MUR

The students have been reading many stories and determining the text structure of the stories and citing text evidence and key words to support that type of text structure.  Last Monday, Mrs. Peterson came in an observed the class and participated in a card game that I created involving text structure.
We have worked mainly on Chronological order, cause and effect and problem and solution.  This week we will hit hard compare and contrast.  We are continuing to read A Wrinkle in Time , this is a challenging novel for the students.  This being a fantasy with time travel and  taking place in the early 60's when space exploration.