Fabulous February!

Dear 2B Families,

We are trucking right along in the 3rd quarter and doing great! Please don't forget about some important events next week:

Tuesday, February 14: Great Hearts Day
Thursday, February 16: Class Pictures

Friday, February 17: Field Day ~ Our Greek City State is THEBES and our color is YELLOW! Please wear a YELLOW shirt. Students may decorate their shirts with their team name and/or symbol of their Greek City State.   Students should wear athletic clothing free of pop culture references.  Sports team and brand logos are acceptable on clothing.  Athletic shoes are mandatory (any color).  Hats and sunglasses may be worn.  Sunscreen must be applied at home.  Please see pg. 52 in the family handbook for more detailed information. NO lunch is offered on Field Day so please PACK a lunch Friday!

Thebes

The links have a sign up genius if you wish to volunteer/bring something check them out!

Wish List: Several scholars are missing their scissors and we are also fresh out of glue sticks. If you are able to donate these items we would greatly appreciate it! 

New Book Reports: Great job on the Magic Tree House "Hand" reports! Your scholar received either a Boxcar Children book or A-Z Mysteries. Our next report is this BINGO board. Please let me know if you have questions! These will be due March 6th.

Scholar Shout-Outs:

Check out our amazing and awesome mathematicians! They are working SO hard with multiplication and division!

Announcements from our Room Moms:

We are still in need of volunteers for Athletic field day: 
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4fadac2ca4fc1-athletichttp://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4ea8af2e5-2bathletic
Also, here is the March lunch volunteer sign up: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0544a8a629a6fe3-march2
An order form went home for families to purchase a School Spirit Shirt that can be worn on February 24th. Though we need to have ALL orders in by February 10th, so we are asking you forward this to families, with a subject line of "ORDER YOUR SPIRIT SHIRT BY FEBRUARY 10th"
No online payments accepted, only cash or check with order form.
Below is a sizing chart to also send with the order form.

Curriculum Next Week:

Spalding: Next week we will learn CURSIVE! The students are SO excited to start on the adventure. We were fortunate enough to have an introduction lesson from Mrs. Clouse on Thursday. Did your scholar come home telling you about it? Here is a picture:

We will not have spelling words next week and Spalding homework will be to practice cursive letter formation. A packet will be coming home Monday night for parental reference as well. As we move forward students will choose whether they want to write in cursive or manuscript, but Mrs. Lacsa and I will switch to writing in cursive. In third grade they will have a cursive refresher at the beginning of the year, but will be expected to be able to read cursive from the get-go! 

Literature: We will finish up Cricket in Times Square! It has been so wonderful to watch the students fall in love with the characters. 

Grammar: We will continue to diagram sentences and work on writing paragraphs.

Math: We will finish up our unit on multiplication and division with a test on Thursday. Wednesday math centers and Wednesday night homework will provide great review and practice for our test on Thursday. On Friday, the students will be introduced to our new unit: MOENY! We will review of coins and their value.

History: We will continue learning about the formation of our Constitution by learning about James Madison, the Bill of Rights, and we will recognize the opening words of the Constitution through looking at and reciting the Preamble. Please help me with this recitation at home! It was sent home in my folder on Wednesday.

Science: Next week we will review and take our test over the Human Body. Please help your scholar review their study guide at home and ask them to tell you how much they remember about each body system, healthy eating, cells, tissues, and organs!

Love,
Mrs. Dombrowski