Peek at the Week 4.23-4.27

Here’s a peek for next week!

Responsive Classroom/Positive Discipline: The Importance of Patience

Phonics Family Words: summertime, playground, honeysuckle, firefly, ladybug, sailboat, sunglasses, watermelon, thunderstorm, blackberries

Phonics: review

Reading: Daily 5 implementation - story elements, problem/solution, compare/contrast

Mentor Sentence: “”Fletcher, the birds, Porcupine, and Squirrel hurried off again.” -Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms

L.Arts: grammar within mentor texts - contractions

Writing Workshop: Writing samples - opinion, small moment, informational; creative writing

Science: Animal habitats

Math: Rounding and Elapsed Time Review

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Homework

1. Study Phonics Family Words/Sight Words
2. Finding the Evidence: The Butterfly Garden

READ! - Headsprouts practice/”Book in a Bag”

*Students should read their “Book in a Bag” the night it gets sent home, and then bring it back to school the next day for reading groups.

Summer Reading

Reading over the summer helps prepare your child for next school year and helps prevent the dreaded “summer slide”!

This is a great link for book title ideas - https://imaginationsoup.net/2nd-grade-summer-reading-list/

Field Day T-Shirt

We are excited to be selling t-shirts for our 2018 Field Day! All proceeds will go towards funding field day and new P.E. equipment.

Please fill out the form (via the link below) completely and return it along with payment to the school. If you have more than one child please fill out separate forms. Please make checks payable to RBES!

DEADLINE TO RETURN is April 27, 2018.

Shoe Tying

If your child hasn’t mastered this skill yet, please practice at home.

Snack Reminders

We have a ten minute snack break every morning after our Daily 5 reading block. Please send in a small, healthy (low in sugar) snack with your child every day.

Upcoming Events

Willy Wonka Field Trip - April 30th

Quarterly Coffee with Administration - May 1st at 8:00AM

MAP Reading -April 23rd!

Bear Hollow Field Trip - May 3rd

MAP Math - May 8th

K-2 Field Day - May 10th

Last Day of School - May 18th