Wow! Where has March gone? I can't believe that April is right around the corner! I am looking forward to our portfolio conferences this week and the chance to share your child’s growth so far in second grade.   

What's Coming Up?

Tuesday and Thursday - Portfolio Conferences from 4:00-7:30. If you ordered Gas Cards, please pick them up from the book fair table at conferences.

Running club starts this Monday. It is typically on Mondays and Wednesdays after school. If your child joined, he/she will get a calendar at the first practice.

Wednesday, March 29th - Crazy Hat or Hair Day

Friday, March 31 - PAC field trip slips and payment due

April 3-7 is KAT Week! Please continue to practice questions at home.These special events are planned for that week:

• Monday, April 3 - Sports Day 
• Tuesday, April 4 - Question or Answer Dress Up Day - Dress like a question from the KAT
• Wednesday, April 5 - Pajama Day
• Thursday, April 6 - Super Hero Day
• Friday, April 7 - Knowledge-A-Thon in the morning and field trip to the PAC in the afternoon

Wednesday, April 12 - Monday, April 17 - No School

Curricular Updates:

Math - We will begin Unit 6 this week. In this unit, students will work toward building fluency with addition and subtraction within 1,000 and mastering all addition and subtraction word problem subtypes. Visual models and real world situations are used throughout the unit to help children understand the meaning of addition and subtraction.

Reading - We continue to work in topic book clubs. We are analyzing texts, comparing and contrasting across several texts, and recording the main ideas and key details. Students have been doing the hard work of recording main ideas and key details of subtopics using boxes and bullets and using these notes to teach others in their clubs. It’s a fun unit full of learning!

Writing - Writing like a scientist continues this week as we learn how to use academic vocabulary to help teach others. Forces and motion will be the subjects and vocabulary themes we will be using to push ourselves as writers.

Word Study - We have our next high frequency word test this Friday.


Have a GREAT week!