This past week was awesome! From learning about the great thinkers of Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great to the four different types of tissue found in our bodies there were so many exciting things to discover and discuss. It was so nice seeing some of you at the Daddy Daughter Dance! Here is some information about upcoming events:
Tax Credit Drive Contest:We have not yet reached our Tax Credit goal so we will be holding a "Royalty for a Day" classroom contest! The classroom that brings in the most TC dollars by GREAT HEARTS DAY will have their teachers crowned "Royalty for a Day". Teachers will receive a special gift card prize, and the entire class will be able to wear spirit shirts on the royal day to celebrate. We'll also give your children something extra special too! More details will be coming home with your child. If you have not had the chance to donated your Tax Credit quite yet, please give today!
Field Day Information:Athletic Field Day will be held Friday, February 2nd from 8:30-11:00AM! This fun event will be held on campus on the field and in the gym. It is going to be a long busy day, so no school lunch will be provided on Athletic Field day. Please send your child to school with a lunch.
Attire: Each student will need to be dressed in the color shirt assigned to their class to match their classmates, which can be decorated with the Greek City State their class is representing. Our section is A so our color is Red. Our Greek City State is Macedonia!
Volunteers: In order to assure that Athletic Field Day is fun and runs smoothly, Coach Gethings and Coach Warren need your help! Volunteers are needed for setting up and running the event. If you are able to come in on Friday, February 2nd and help, please use the following link to sign up.
We need a few volunteers for class to help with donating a cooler and snacks. Please sign up hereto volunteer for our class.
This week in 2A:
Literature: We will read chapters 4-5 of The Cricket in Times Square, answering comprehension questions after each chapter. We will also use context clues to figure out meanings of unknown vocabulary words!
Writing and Grammar: We are starting paragraph writing next week! Our first type we will learn about is called explanatory.
Spalding Words Next Week:Monday: cheerful (keep), chicken, driving, drive, echoes, echo, fairy, knock, leather, linenTuesday: mixture, nation, pause, peace, permission, rough, social, society, steal (weak), steelWednesday: strange, trophy, voices, voice, eight, ate, afraid, uncle, rather, comfort
Math: We are going to continue practicing multiplying and dividing our 4's, 5's, and 10's fact families this week! Quick mental math tip/idea: Ask your mathematician how many 4's, 5's, and 10's there are in a given number. Example: How many 5's are in 20? How many 4's are in 20? How many 10's are in 20?
History: We are wrapping up our Ancient Greece unit! Look for a study guide to be sent home on Monday. This was a long unit with a lot of information. Please help your child study for their test on Wednesday. We will be celebrating on Friday with a small classroom party!
Science: We will continue learning about the human body by studying the digestive system and excretory system (insert giggles and laughter from our 2nd graders)! We will also be conducting a fun (and maybe a little gross?) demonstration of the DIGESTIVE system PLUS we will be making a MODEL of the excretory system using some common items! Please ask your child what they remember about cells, tissues, and organs!
Warmest,
Mr. High
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