February 21st-25th

Upcoming Dates

February 18th - No School - District Holiday

February 21st - No School - Weather Day

March 3rd - Class Pictures

March 10th - Open House @ 5:30 pm

March 11th - Early Release @ 12:30 pm

March 14th-18th - Spring Break - No School

*iPads - Please remember to send your child's iPad each day to school fully charged. 

*Headphones - Please check with your child that they have working headphones/earbuds at school. Learners have many times where they are watching a video or can listen to directions and/or books and apps that need audio. Thank you so much for your help with this!

*Snack - We have a short snack time each day. It is important that they have a healthy and nutritious snack each day to fuel their bodies. We also ask that the snack you send be completely free of peanuts/tree nuts. This will help provide a safe environment for all learners.

**In-Line Skating 101**

In-line Skating is coming to our school on March 11th-31st! Our FABULOUS TCE PTO is bringing this opportunity to our PE class through our PTO grants. In-line Skating company will teach our kindergarten-2nd graders about in-line skate safety. 

On February 18th your child brought home a green permission form in their red take-home folder. This needs to be signed and returned no later than February 28th for your child to participate in this program.  

Scientist of the Week Schedule

Please make sure to check here to see when your child's assigned week is.  If they haven't signed up and would like to, just send Mrs. Shelby or Mrs. Naughton an email and we will get them added.

February Lunch Menu

 

Math

We are wrapping up our geometry unit into a nice, neat rectangular prism finished off with a bow! (See what I did there?) We will talk about geometry word problems and end the week with a review about  telling time on an analog clock, which is a 2nd grade skill. Because learners constantly use digital clocks to tell time, most of them do not practice the skill of telling time on an analog clock. They need to master this skill before we move on to the 3rd grade skill of elapsed time; some multistep elapsed time word problems will first have them tell time on an analog clock and then find the elapsed time. (Plus, it’s an important life skill to be able to tell time!) This review will include the difference between AM and PM, when they switch from one to the other, and how to tell time to the minute.

Science 

In Science we will finish up our exploration of the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun.  We will then begin to explore the Solar System, starting with the order of the planets.  The learners will use My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos to help with the order (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mar, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune)

Reading/Writing 

In reading we will focus on checking our comprehension through comparing and contrasting stories. We will analyze how different stories have similar story elements and how studying them can increase our comprehension. In writing we will continue our persuasive essays by drafting and revising/editing.

Social Studies 

In social studies we will start practicing what we have learned about economics and applying our knowledge to more real-life situations through playing an adapted version of the game of life.

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