April! It's here! We can do this. Seven...more...weeks! We're all in this together. As I told one of the kids this week, it's okay that we are each at a different pace because guess what? We will ALL make it to the finish line! As it said in our Book of Virtue...
The fisher who draws in his net too soon,
Won't have any fish to sell;
The child who shuts his book too soon,
Won't learn any lessons well.
If you would have your learning stay,
Be patient - don't learn too fast;
The man who travels a mile each day,
May get round the world at last.
Got Peeps? We will be doing a STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) activity in Science next week and could really use your help with donating these fun guys! Along with rubber bands and plastic spoons! E-mail Mrs. D if you can help :-).
Scholar Shout-Outs:
We enjoyed cookies with Keegan on Wednesday for his last day. We will miss you SO MUCH Keegan! We wish you well on your move with new adventures and making new friends! Thank you for being our friend...
We enjoyed our 2nd visit from the Phoenix Symphony on Wednesday!
Kids who clean?! Thanks Ryken and Thomas for helping clean up our classroom (without being asked to).
We hope you can come see our beautiful artwork for Fine Arts & French Night! Thank you to Mrs. Lacsa for displaying our work so beautifully:
We did a great job on Thursday helping our friends revise and edit their paragraphs!
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday, April 13: Field Trip *Remember: plastic throw away water bottle, morning snack, sack lunch labeled on the outside with your child's name and teacher's name (DO NOT bring lunch boxes...they will get lost)Friday, April 14-Monday, April 17: No School R&R
Monday, April 17: Happy Birthday Abby!
Wednesday, April 19: Assembly 8:00-8:30am
Wednesday, April 26: Happy Birthday Jocelyn!
Thursday, April 27: Healthy Snack Day (Protein)
Saturday, April 29: Happy Birthday, Beatrice!
Next week in 2B...
Spalding: Scholars will have the choice to write their words in cursive or in manuscript for homework, students can also choose to switch it up and do some words in cursive and some in manuscript. I really appreciate your help and partnership in monitoring correct letter formation at home!
Monday: ocean, nephew, nineteen, noticed, notice, passengers, remained, retreating, style, subtract
Tuesday: tailor, thumb, trial, voyage, whisper, wrong, sometimes, engage, final, finallyWednesday: Test
Literature: We will read Chapter 3 of Little House in the Big Woods. Ask me about the foldable I've been creating for this novel!
We will work on identifying the central narrative thread in a passage from a story called The Real Princess.
We have finished our recitations of Lincoln (see my Friday Folder next week ~ 4/13 for your grade) and we will be introduced to a new poem next week: Harriet Tubman by Eloise Greenfield.
Grammar: Students will review classifying sentences and all parts of speech we have learned. On Tuesday, students will be introduced to a NEW part of speech, our SEVENTH part of speech: conjunctions! On Wednesday, we will review conjunctions and classify sentences containing conjunctions and compound parts.
Math: We will "measure out"/"pour out" our unit on capacity! Have your scholars been checking out containers at home to investigate their capacity? We will compare different units of measurement including a cup, pint, quart, half gallon, and gallon! We will discuss different scenarios in which using a specific unit would be necessary. Would you put cups of water into a pool to fill it up? Why or why not? We will work hard to solve word problems involving capacity and comparing capacity. We will review concepts learned in units 1-12, focusing on subtracting money and multiplication, and then on Thursday we will assess our knowledge of units 1-12.
Gallon Bot has helped us tremendously with learning about capacity! We've also been able to use "real-life" objects too!
History: We will review some concepts we learned from Americans moving west and then experience life as a pioneer on our Field Trip! Please remember to send your child to school with a LABELED sack lunch, a hat, a disposable water bottle and sunscreen. We cannot apply sunscreen at school, so spread it on thick at home!
Science: Next week we will create a catapult and see how far we can launch PEEPS! Can you help by donating some of these items? We will need rubber bands, plastic spoons, and PEEPS! Please e-mail me if you are able to help donate any of these items. Thank you for your generous hearts!
Mrs. Dombrowski
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