Book Fair Week + Fine Arts and French Night!

Greetings 2B Families,

I hope you enjoyed the week! It was a fun week between the Book Fair and Fine Arts & French Night!

A Note From Miss Weddle...

Our Spring Concert is quickly approaching! It will be at Higley Center for the Performing Arts on May 1st. Students’ attire for our performances is NOT school uniform. Gentlemen are expected to wear a white dress shirt, black pants, black socks and black closed toed shoes. Solid dark colored vests and ties are optional for gentlemen. Ladies are expected to wear a white top, black skirt and black closed toed shoes. Please have your 2nd graders at Higley Center for the Performing Arts by 5:00pm.

THANK YOU to Mrs. Nicole Burns for putting on a concert clothing exchange. She has collected concert attire from students who have outgrown their concert clothes. If you would like to participate in the exchange by either donating concert uniforms or receiving articles of clothing, please contact Nicole at: nikki.burns@hotmail.com

Please visit aretek-2music.blogspot.com or email jweddle@archwayarete.org for questions regarding the concert!

Book Fair:

Thank you to all who attended our Usborne Book Fair this week! It was a joy to see you and we are so thankful for your support. If you are interested in purchasing more Usborne books, please visit the link below. This link will bring you to a unique page connected to our school and will be valid until April 19th. After your purchase, you will receive contact from our Usborne Representative, Mrs. Cleary, and she will refund you the shipping cost.

Please email Ms. Modisett (bmodisett@archwayarete.org) with any questions!

https://j4938.myubam.com/1272858

Next Week in 2B:

Poetry: We are introducing our last poem of the year - Harriet Tubman by Eloise Greenfield.

Literature: Little House in the Big Woods will continue as we read Chapters 5 and 6. We will compare and contrast an important holiday in our own family to the Ingall's holiday and learn about Grandpa and the PIG!

Writing and Grammar: Conjunction junction, what's your function? We will add this last part of speech to our question and answer flow. We will also be reading an excerpt from The Magic of Oz by Frank L. Baum!

Spalding Words Next Week:
Monday: laughter, laugh, lining, line, ocean, nephew, nineteen, noticed, notice, passengers
Tuesday: remained, retreating, style, subtract, tailor, thumb, trial, voyage, whisper, wrong

Math: It is time to move our math units along to the next one! This one will be tons of fun. In fact, I am sure we won't be able to have the capacity to hold in our excitement!
Quizzes: Tuesday, Wednesday

History: This week, your child will learn about the significant contributions of Clara Barton, the "Angel of the Battlefield." Clara Barton showed much courage when rushing onto the battlefield to help sick and injured soldiers. After the Civil War, she founded the American Red Cross. The Civil War test will take place on Wednesday, April 24. The study guide is coming home On Wednesday, April 17.

Science: This week, we are learning about an important inventor named Elijah McCoy. Elijah was the son of escaped slaves and had a keen interest in engineering. He is most known for inventing an automatic lubricator for steam engines.

With Grateful Hearts,

Mrs. D and Miss Monk