Week Ending April 5, 2019


                
                        in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED
Weekly Update
for the Week Ending
Friday, April 5
                                                                                                                        
Dear Room 15 Families,
                 
I hope you are your family had a wonderful spring break.  It was great to get to see what some of you all were up to.  If you have photos or video clips to share of how you spent your week, please send them my way.  We are hoping to spend some time on Monday watching these.
                 
The spring is a great time to get outside and I know SO MANY of our second graders are doing just that during organized sports and activities.  I love to make it to at least part of a game/performance if it’s possible.  If you think my attendance would be ok with your child, please share a game schedule (or equivalent) and I will try my best to make it.  It really is so valuable to see these kids outside of school.

SAVE THE DATE:
Here is flyer about an upcoming music performance organized by our music teacher Elizabeth Robertson.

•REVISION INQUIRY: We would really love to have you come in and share your experience about how you use mistakes in your life.       More info here

•Please consider checking out these ways to help our school community:  Car Line/Lunch Line Volunteer Sign Up
Our CENTERS schedule has been updated:  Check it out here!


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What We Did:
Reading
• We joined fable groups.  We will be performing these for you—stay tuned for a date.

•We are identifying the story vs. the message of the fables and other readings.
Writing
•We started publishing our All About book. 
•We are adding to the fable script. 
Math
•We completed the Mid Module assessment task.
Science/Social Studies
•We tested glues.
•We each made up our own glue recipe and set up a test to analyze after we return.
Other stuff
•We met with our buddies.
•We had fun on our field trip to Old Dixie Schoolhouse.

What’s Coming Up:

•We will continue our engineering study of glue.

• We are comparing several versions of the fable we will be performing in small groups. 

•We will continue to publish our All About book.  This will include adding an introduction, a conclusion, specific non-fiction features and revising for points of clarity, spelling, punctuation and capitalization.

•We will complete our current math module.

•We will meet with our buddies.
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CONGRATULATIONS
These students showed PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT on the
Weekly Math Review
(made up of mixed computation problems)
as compared with the previous week.
We took an alternate version of a math review last Friday.  Comparisons with the previous week were not recorded.
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These students completed the optional
HOMEWORK PLUS.
 [ X2 = both Homework Plus options were completed]
Anastasia (X2)         Connor (X2)     Eito (X2)     Ella (X2)        Harper (X2)       Jackson (X2)          Max (X2)          Nico (X2) Noah (X2)        Oliver (X2)       Tommy (X2)            
Abby        Alena        Victoria              Will          William   




ALL homework, including Homework Plus, should be returned inside the yellow homework folder and should be completed in PENCIL.

in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED







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