Field Trip FUN!

Dear 2B Families,

We survived our Field Trip! WOO HOO! Thank you to all of our parents who chaperoned today! It was a BLAST! We couldn't have done it without you! Here are a few pictures...I'll share more soon!

Next Week in 2B...

Writing and Grammar: We will start a new unit on dictionary skills! We will be Dictionary Daredevils! We will become alphabetical order experts, and learn to use guide words. We will also read a few tall tales!

Literature: Please send in a copy of our newest novel: Little House in the Big Woods. We will discuss the setting and how it relates to us in Arizona. We will outline the 5 main characters in the story. After reading we will discuss how Laura’s house and our homes differ. We will learn the steps of food preservation. Ask your literature master what the vocabulary word ‘headcheese’ means!

Spalding Words Next Week:
Monday: Mrs. = Mis tress, Mr. = Mis ter, Miss, husband, amount, human, view, clerk, though, o'clock = o(f the) clock
Tuesday: support, does, goes, Tuesday, regard, escape, since, which, witch
Wednesday: length, long, strength, strong, destroy, newspaper, daughter, naughty, caught, taught, answer

Math: This week are officially beginning our new unit on capacity. We will begin discussing various units of measurement beginning with liters and then moving toward cups, quarts, gallons, etc.!

Science: We will be assessed on our understanding of magnets. We will fill out a study guide on Tuesday. Please help your child review. We will take a short quiz on Thursday.

History: We had the best field trip to the Pioneer Museum! We will wrap up with a test over Westward Expansion on Wednesday. Look for a study guide coming home on Monday. Our next unit will be about the Civil War. The first lesson will be on slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Harriet Tubman.

With a Grateful Heart,

Mrs. Dombrowski

Q4 is HERE!

Dear 2B Families,

Quarter 4 is HERE! Can you believe it? Miss Smith and I are hoping to start and finish this quarter on a strong note. Thank you for reinforcing this idea at home ~ hard work and dedication will get us to the finish line! We are not spending time worrying about the future (or talking about 3rd grade) but focused on the present and how we can be our best self right NOW in this moment together. Have patience...we're not finished yet :-). It will be a great end to our year together!

Field Trip: Our field trip to the Pioneer Living History Museum is on Thursday, March 29! We will be leaving at 8:15 am and returning around 2:00. Please be sure your child brings the following: 

• Sack lunch (everything should be able to be thrown out after eating) 
• Disposable water bottle 
• Wear tennis shoes and sunblock 
• Hat & sunglasses (optional)

Next Week in 2B...

Literature: Sarah, Plain and Tall, has come to an end! We will review important events we read about. Please send your child to school with a copy of our last novel: Little House in the Big Woods. Don't forget that book reports are due April 9th!

Writing and Grammar: We will continue to practice all parts of speech by classifying sentences and apply these skills to our writing. Our story for next week is from Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jeansson. We will focus on the use of commas in direct quotes and how adverbs modify verbs.

Spalding Words:
Monday: importance, important, carried, carry, loss, fortune, empire, mayor, wait, degree
Tuesday: prison, engine, visit, guest, guessed, guess, department, obtain, family, favor
Wednesday: REVIEW *No School Friday, Test Thursday

Math: We are officially completing our unit over time and will take our unit assessment on Wednesday. Be sure to keep an out for a study guide coming home on Tuesday to review with your child before the test. Thank you!

History: Your child will learn about early jobs in the wild west this week: ranchers, cowboys, and miners. We will also talk about the negative impact westward expansion had on the Native American tribes living in those territories. As we wrap up this unit, we will travel to the Pioneer Living History Museum!

Science: Our exploration of magnets will continue as we investigate magnetic fields through using iron filings. We will also explore how magnets attract and repel.

Love,

Mrs. Dombrowski

Happy Spring Break 2B!

Dear 2B Families,

Happy Spring Break! I hope you all enjoy this time with family and friends!

Scholar Shout-Outs:

We will miss you Lyza! Thank you for being a friend to everyone in 2B!

Happy Birthday to Kaelyn (3/14)! Thank you for the cupcakes today!

We designed leprechaun traps in Science using all of the simple machines we've learned about! Their group designs were impressive!

Field Trip Time!

Our field trip to the Pioneer Living History Museum is on Thursday, March 29! We will be leaving at 8:15 am and returning around 2:00. Be on the lookout for a permission slip coming home in your child's homework folder. If you would like to chaperone this fun field trip, please email me by Monday, March 19. Please be sure your child brings the following:

• Sack lunch (everything should be able to be thrown out after eating)
• Disposable water bottle
• Wear tennis shoes and sunblock
• Hat & sunglasses (optional)

Literature: After Spring Break we will read Chapters 7-9 of Sarah, Plain and Tall. We will talk about what it means to be homesick and learn what the word "ayuh" means. We'll also find out why Sarah wants to learn to drive the wagon.

Writing and Grammar: We will jump back into paragraph writing when we return from Spring Break!

Spalding Words Next Week (20 words only due to No School on 3/19):
Tuesday: enjoy, awful, awesome, awe, usual, usually, complaint, complained, complain, auto
Wednesday: vacation, beautiful, beauty, flight, travel, rapid, repair, troubling, trouble, entrance

Math: We are going to spend a little more time this week reviewing our current unit on telling time before we begin a new unit on capacity.

Science: We will start a new unit about MAGNETS! See if your child can notice the many ways magnets are used at home.

History: Upon our return from Spring Break, we will learn about why and how pioneers traveled west. Your child will discuss the Oregon Trail, California gold rush, and the Transcontinental Railroad. Ask your child how the Pony Express worked. Our Pioneers are gearing up for their field trip to the Pioneer Living History Museum on March 29!

Love,

Mrs. Dombrowski

P.S. Last weekend my mom, grandma, and I enjoyed the Phoenix Symphony!

March is HERE!

Dear 2B Families,

Welcome March! What a fun week we've had in 2nd grade! Our cursive is really IMPRESSIVE! Only one more week of school until SPRING BREAK which means the end of Quarter 3! This year has FLYING by!

Scholar Shout-Outs:

Happy Birthday Sydney!

Miss Smith has been doing an incredible job teaching us about Simple Machines in Science! Here are a few fun photos to share of the experiments they've been conducting!

Book Reports are due Monday! We will also assign new chapter books and books next week.

Literature: What has your child been sharing with you about Sarah, Plain and Tall? Next week we will learn more about the characters through reading chapters 4-6. We are working on context clues with new vocabulary words, and we will write an advertisement (WANTED Ad) for someone we would love to have in our own life. This assignment is sure to be quite interesting :-).

Writing and Grammar: We will read an excerpt from The Elephant's Child and practice classifying sentences.

Spelling Words Next Week:
Monday: holiday, holy, knee, lemon, lying, lie, nails, needle, nobody, oar
Tuesday: palace, penny, regular, repeats, sailor, sentence, shining, shine, surface, sweeping, sweeps
Wednesday: thief, waist, waste, waiting, weary (weak), writing, writer, write, spend

Math: We begin a new unit this week on time! We will begin to tell time to each 5 minute interval, the quarter and half hour, and we will also discuss the importance of being able to tell time. "Better late than never!"

History: Your children took home a study guide for the War of 1812 on Friday. Please help them study for Monday's test. We will be starting a new unit on Wednesday! Welcome to the Wild West! We will begin our study of Americans moving west. Ask your pioneer about different ways people traveled during this time.

Science: We are finishing up our simple machines unit with a closer look at some machines that your child might be familiar with around your neighborhood! If they have a bicycle, skateboard, or other ways to get around, have them point out the parts they have learned in class. They are all connected!

Love,

Mrs. Dombrowski

P.S. Auntie life is awesome!!!