Friday, March 18th, 2016

Today in the second grade, we:

• started off the morning with the social studies section of the IOWA tests
• we then listened to and discussed our latest class story (the Poppers' penguins are on the road!)
• took the science section of the IOWA tests
• answered questions from our wonderwall (How does a pearl form? Where do green snakes live? How many stars are there? How far is Pluto from the sun? What kind of animal is an orca/killer whale?)
• checked out the live webcam of a mated bald eagle pair in Washington D.C. (the first egg hatched a couple days ago, the students can check it out here this weekend to watch and guess when the second egg will hatch.)
• took the final section of our IOWA tests, sources of information (Hooray! We're done! The students did a fantastic job of staying focused and giving it their all. The results will take around six weeks to process and be returned. I'll let you know as soon as they are in.)
• started our quarter four electives
  

Spring Break Homework:

• Complete the five activities in your holiday journal.
• Complete five entries for your reading log.
• Work on and complete the experiment portion of your science fair project (in your science fair folder.) 

Announcements:

• The quarter three report cards are in your child's assignment book. If you would like to chat about your child's progress, please contact me to schedule a meeting after the spring break holiday. 

I hope you have a beautiful spring break!  I will see you all on Monday, March 28th!