Weekly Update - March 8th

Happy Friday! 

Next week we will be working on the following topics: 
ELA: We will continue Journeys working on Lesson 20. In lesson 20 we will review comparing and contrasting and clarifying. We will introduce commas in a series and the prefix over-. Our spelling focus will be on words with or and ore. We are continuing to read Roald Dahl's Matilda...the kids are LOVING it.        

Math: Next week we will take a brief break from Saxon to focus on "Gallon Man". During this short unit, students will learn about capacity and volume. Students will learn a song, dance, and create a robot to help them remember how many quarts, pints, and cups are in a gallon.  

Science: We will continue our unit on weather. We will focus on recording wind with anemometers and recording rain with rain gauges.         

Friend of the Week: Bennett Leder

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:  

• Penny War - Today is the last day for the penny war. We should know the results of which class won by the beginning of next week.  
• Field Trip - We are heading to the Children's Theater of Charlotte this Friday, March 15th. We will be leaving school around 10:30 a.m. and returning around 2:30 p.m. Your child should wear his/her CIS DRESS UNIFORM (white polo with logo and navy pants) and pack a lunch as usual. 
• P.E. days next week are Tuesday and Thursday. *The handbook A/B days calendar is wrong starting February 18th. Please check my blog for an accurate schedule of PE days each week.  
• J.A. - A big THANK YOU to Mrs. David (Taylor's mom) for stepping up and volunteering to teach  5 weeks of our Junior Achievement program to the class. She will teach session 2 this Wednesday!
• 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. 
• Recycled Art Project - A big THANK YOU to Mrs. VanDenBerg (Ella's mom) for stepping up and volunteering to lead our Recycled Art Classroom Contest for Earth Week. 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...This information is coming home TODAY...look for it in your child's folder. 
• Early Dismissal - March 29th. Please pick your child up at 12:00 p.m.