Week ending May 10, 2019



                        in room 15, we strive to be
FOCUSED AND RELAXED
Weekly Update
for the Week Ending
Friday, May 10
                                                                                                                        
Dear Room 15 Families,
                 
As you noticed, homework is different this week.  Your child has chosen an animal from the rainforest to study.  During this week, please devote time to helping your child explore the resources that are shared via his/her Google Drive account and record what was learned.  We will be checking in throughout the week to help kids stay on track on home. 

Get ready for our 2nd annual Mustang Maker Night on Wed 5/15 from 5-8pm, an evening packed with hands-on tinkering, robotics, crafts, and all kinds of fun experiments.  Local businesses that specialize in providing children with maker activities are enthusiastic to return, and we have amazing parent-led booths planned for all ages.  Food trucks will be on site for easy dinner!
We hope that you are able to join us on Thursday from 2:15 – 3:00 for the second grade music concert.  We will be in the MPR.

We are continuing our math routine focused around MATH FACT FLUENCY. Continued progress may require practice at home.  There are many resources to help build this skill.  In addition to flash cards and various workbooks, https://gregtangmath.com is a personal favorite and offers a whole bunch of options.  These include online games, printables, books and puzzles geared to help build math fact fluency in fun and productive ways.

•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!

Please visit our blog here:  http://focusedandrelaxed.blogspot.com From there, you can click on our DAILY BRIEFINGS tab to check out what we’re up to.  This updated most days.

What We Did:
Reading
• We explored reading nonfiction books and websites about rainforest animals.

•We took notes about several animals before we chose the one we will be studying.
Writing
•We learned how to take notes in bullet point format.
Math
•We started to build conceptual understanding of multiplication.
•We continued our math routine focused around math fact fluency.
Science/Social Studies
•We started to learn about the rainforest and the unique habitat.
Other stuff
•We completed our Mother’s Day gift and Hajra taught us how to make an origami card.
•We heard great speeches about each other.

What’s Coming Up:

• We will learn about how seeds grow. 

•We learn about animal classifcation.

•We will learn about the strata in the rainforest.

•We will grow our understanding of multiplication.

•We will meet with our buddies and begin building a timeline of the work we’ve done together this year.
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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.
         •ALENA       •EITO            •ELLA             •HARPER                     •MAX        •MIA         •TOMMY         •WILLIAM
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These students completed the optional
HOMEWORK PLUS.
Yikes!  The wrong directions were copied onto the Homework Plus last week.  SO SORRY!!!
 [ X2 = both Homework Plus options were completed]
Anastasia (X2)         Connor (X2)              Ella (X2)           Jackson (X2)            Max (X2)       Mia (X2)              Oliver (X2)                Tatum (X2)      Tommy (X2)    Victoria (X2)
Abby        Eito          Harper       Nico                  
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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