Wednesday, March 30th, 2016

Today in the second grade, we:

• painted the stairwells with our house colors
• used data from a table to solve problems
  
• visited the library to return our books
• created house-themed banners to hang in the academic building
• listened to and discussed our latest class story  (the penguins have met some performing seals!)
• watched "Penguins of Madagascar" with our lower-elementary friends

Tonight's Homework:

• Correct your holiday journal.
• Correct your science experiment paper.
• Read aloud for 15 minutes and have a parent sign your reading log. 

Announcements:

For the field trip tomorrow, the students need to wear their P.E. uniform (sports day shirts are encouraged!) and bring:

• An easy to carry backpack (small bag)
• Healthy snack
• Water bottle
• Cap
• Sunscreen
• Mosquito spray
• Change of shirt and socks (in case they get wet)
• Health Card (I will collect and keep them.)

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

Today in the second grade, we:

• started our new story in Journeys, where we started learning about the life of Helen Keller in reading and phonics class
• reviewed order words and practiced revising instructions and creating our own instructions, checking to make sure we had a topic sentence, used the correct order words, and wrote the steps in order in language and spelling class
• wrote multistep subtraction word problems and worked on subtracting one and two-digit numbers from two-digit numbers using regrouping in math class
• compared and contrasted solids, liquids and gases during science class
• met with our K2 reading buddies during ECA

Tonight's Homework:

• Complete the worksheet on primary sources (in your assignment book.)
• Read aloud for 15 minutes and have a parent sign your reading log. 

Announcements:

• Library day tomorrow: the children are reminded to bring their library books.
• We will be painting the stairwells with our house colors tomorrow morning! The students are encouraged to wear their sports day shirt and pack an extra old T-shirt to protect their clothes from paint splatter (old shoes are also recommended for this reason!) We will enjoy a movie with our lower-elementary friends in the afternoon.