Dear 2B Families,
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable Winter Break! Like I told the kids this week...
I think they were excited about the scented donut erasers!
Happy New Year from Team Dombrowski (Paisley included)!
Scholar Shout Outs:
Happy Birthday Megan on December 29th! It's GREAT to be 8!
Happy 1/2 Birthday to these sweet scholars: Andrea on January 5th, Thomas on January 6th and Kodie on January 10th!
Next week in 2B...
Language Arts: We will be moving from Reading Logs to Book Reports! I'll be sending chapter books home next week with your scholars. We will start with historical fiction and assign the "hand report" which you will see in your scholar's folder on Monday. Your child will have 3 weeks to finish, reading 20 minutes each night. If they finish early please have them do the report and we will assign them the next book. Thank you for your help with this!
Literature: This week in literature we will be reading from our new book, The Cricket in Times Square. If you have not already please send the book in with your child. We will discuss what it is like to move from one place to another. We will also have a group discussion about a time we wanted something really badly and our parents wouldn’t let us have it. I will ask the kids if they were able to talk their parents into it, or if they realized why their parents told them no. We will read chapters 1-3 in the book and continue to discuss characters. Ask your student how Paul the shuttle conductor was nice to Mario!
Writing and Grammar: In grammar we will continue to diagram sentences! In writing we will use our prewriting map from last week to write a rough draft of a paragraph on our favorite colors!
Spalding Words: We will only have 19 words next week since there is no school on Monday.
Tuesday: dozen, there, their, they're, tax, number, October, reason, fifth
Wednesday: baking, bake, bowl, cheap, cheerful, chicken, driving, drive, echoes, echo
Math: Next week we will continue our unit on mental math! The students are doing a wonderful job on this challenging unit! We had a great discussion and came to the conclusion that mistakes and challenges make our brains learn best! Next week we will be working on adding and subtracting two and three digit numbers mentally!
History: We will continue with our unit on Ancient Greece learning more about Athens, the golden age, and Pericles. We will also learn about some arts in which Athens excelled. Ask me what I learned about the Olympic Games and the Persian War!
Science: Next week students will learn how all living things are made up of microscopic cells. We will describe the relationship among cells, tissues, organs, and systems. Ask me about the body systems at home! What are they and what functions do they perform?
Wishing you a wonderful new year! I know it's going to be a great 2nd semester!
Love,
Mrs. Dombrowski
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