Thumbs Up for Chili!

Dear Families,

It was nice to finally have some warmer temperatures this week.  Hopefully after break, we will have more warm, sunny days!

By far the most exciting part of the week was our state float parade!  Thank you to Brandi Profeta, Jess Riina and Heather Bush for volunteering during the float building process!

This week in Farm to School we chopped celery and red onion, and peeled carrots to help make a veggie chili.  Yum!  This was our last Farm to School with Miss Meg, as she is going back to school to become an elementary teacher.  Good luck, Miss Meg!

Our read-a-thon was a huge success!  Such a fun way to go into vacation!

I informed the children today that after vacation, we will be having a new student in our class.  Klosie Cornell will be joining us from Morrisville.  We looking forward to welcoming her to second grade!

Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
~Line breaks in poetry
~One Thousand Paperclips
~Having a class conversation
~Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal

Have a Wonderful Vacation!
Katie

Fifty Nifty United States!

Dear Families,

We had a busy week in second grade! During Number Corner we began exploring a new calendar pattern exploring basic fractions concepts.  Students will be using the calendar markers to interpret a fraction as a number of equal parts of a whole and a set.

There has been a lot of excitement around state research and float building!  Our brief state float parade is scheduled for Thursday at 2:00 p.m.While we are not officially inviting families because we are aware that it is hard to get away during the school day, if you are available, feel free to stop by.  There will be plenty of photos and we will be sure to get a video:)

This month's Hands on Nature taught us about squirrels.  We learned that there are 3 kinds of squirrels in Vermont: Flying squirrels,  and gray and red squirrels.  We pretended we were squirrels hiding acorns and learned how a squirrels body helps them adapt. Special thanks to Mrs. Baer and Mrs. Clark!

Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
~Place Value Triple Roll
~Haiku Poetry
~Nonfiction reading clubs
~Ally or bystander in guidance

Have a great weekend!

Katie

Sharing Opinions

Dear Families,

It was so nice to see so many of you at parent-teacher conferences.  Thank you for taking the time to come to the classroom to see more of your child's work. 

We began a new math unit: Place Value to One Thousand.  This week the students counted popsicle sticks grouping them by 10s then 100s.

During reading workshop we wrapped up our unit by creating news bulletins sharing what we learned about reading fluently, understanding literary language and keeping track of longer books.  We will now be moving onto Nonfiction book clubs.

We also completed our Opinion writing unit by typing nominations and recording videos sharing book nominations.

Click here to hear your child's opinion writing!

The children worked very hard on their state research this week!  We are still looking for about 8 more copy paper boxes and volunteers for next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to help supervise painting of floats.  Please send back the blue form on Monday if you are able to help out!

Other Things to Ask Your Child About:
~Rectangle hunt in Number Corner
~Painting Sakura cherry blossom trees
~Poetry walk
~How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall is 1,000?

Have a wonderful weekend!
Katie