Friday, May 22, 2015

May 25 - 29


Aaron Reynolds Comes to Elizabeth Ide!!


We had a very exciting assembly this afternoon with well known children's book author, Aaron Reynolds.  

Dates to Remember

Mon. May 25 - No School Memorial Day
Fril. May 29 - Sunglasses Day
Wed. June 2 - Pen Pal Field Trip to PV
Fri. June 5 - All School Picnic
Tues. June 9 - Last day of 2nd grade
                        Dismissal at 12:00

Positive Paw Winner - Maddie
Estimation Jar Winners - Filip, Arianna, Cam, TJ, Lindsy

Math - We will continue to work on skills needed for 3rd grade:  Elasped time, congruent shapes, measurement using capacity.  Please encourage your child to work on math facts at home!

Reading - We have received our pen pal letters from Mrs. Olsen's 3rd grade class!  Next week we will be learning about the structure of a friendly letter and reading a few books that model this process.  Then we will write our letters back to our pen pals!  Our visit to Prairieview is on Wednesday, June 3.  This is such an exciting event for our kids!  They will get a chance to talk to their pen pals, ask them questions, play a few games with them, and take a tour around the building with Mrs. Olsen.

Reading Incentive Sunglasses Day is Friday, May 29!  Wear your sunglasses to school!

Reading logs for May are due on Monday, June 1.  The class voted to have freeze pops and an extra recess as this month's reward.  Please encourage your child to return their completed log so everyone can join us!

Social Studies - We will continue to work on Map Skills this week.  We'll learn to use a compas rose, we'll make a map using symbols, and practice finding things on a map using a map grid.

Spelling  - Next Friday, May 29, will be our final spelling test for the school year.

Summer Birthdays - Ariella - June 23
                                 Gage - July 12
                                 Gio - July 18
                                 Joseph - July 28






                                          

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