Weekly Update - March 15th

Happy Friday! 

Next week we will be working on the following topics: 
ELA: We will continue Journeys working on Lesson 21. In lesson 21 we will review main idea and details and inferring/predicting. We will review adjectives and dictionary entries. Our spelling focus will be on words with er. We are continuing to read Roald Dahl's Matilda...the kids are LOVING it.        

Math: Next week we will resume Saxon focusing on subtracting 10 from a 2-digit number, measuring and drawing line segments to the nearest half inch, adding 2-digit numbers with a sum greater than 100, representing and ordering numbers using base ten blocks.

Science: We will continue our unit on weather. We will focus on clouds and the water cycle. Rocket Ryan is coming again on Friday, March 22nd!!         

Friend of the Week: Siraj Mahmood

Click on this link to see the F.O.W. schedule for the entire year: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_iR7kLmmMpdGw0RC1hZmlIeWtPWDd3NTE0QmV4SVE#gid=0

  Reminders/F.Y.I:  

• P.E. days next week are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. 
• Wedding - I will be out from March 20-29th for my wedding and honeymoon. Mrs. Bacharach will be my substitute. She knows the ins and outs of how my classroom runs, so I expect it to go very smoothly. If you need to inform her of any thing please send in a hand written note. 
• No Computers/Technology - Teachers will not have computers or internet access the week of March 25-29 and phones may be down. Please be sure to send in a handwritten note if you need to contact administration or teachers. Thank you for understanding. 
• Recycled Art Project - Look for information coming up in an email about a portion of this project your child will need to complete at home and bring to school on March 26th.  
• 2nd Grade Ball - This will be a culminating activity for our unit on Cinderella Around the World. Students are asked to dress in their fanciest clothes. Students may wear their fancy clothes to school all day. This will be from 2-3 p.m. on March 27th. 
• Science Fair - The date has been changed to Thursday, March 28th from 9-11 a.m.
• Fun Run - March 29th...Commitment forms are due Friday, March 22nd. Pledge money is not due until after spring break. 
• Early Dismissal - March 29th. Please pick your child up at 12:00 p.m.
• Spring Break - April 1-5