May 9-13

We hope you had a great Mother's Day weekend! 

Here are some updates for this week...

1) This week we have STAAR testing.. on these days there are no visitors or volunteers allowed on campus! 

    May 9th - 3rd and 4th Reading, 5th retesting

    May 10th - 3rd and 4th Math, 5th retesting

    May 11th - 5th grade retesting

    May 12th-13th - STAAR makeup days (but visitors may return to campus!

2) On Thursday we have a special program in the library about Life in Classical Greece that coincides with our study of Ancient Greece for Winds of Time!

3) May 12th is Gallery Night! Mrs. Cummings has worked hard to display works of art from our HCE students! This starts at 5pm and the art will be displayed in the cafeteria.. Don’t miss it!

Here's what we are learning this week:

Reading: We will continue our study of book series and characters!

Writing: We will continue to write SFML's and our bird books!

Math: We will begin shapes and patterns!

Science: We will continue our bird books!

Social Studies: We will finish up economics and start Winds of Time!

May 2-6

Happy May!

Here are the important dates to remember for May! J

May Events

9- STAAR 3^rd & 4^th Math (no visitors on Campus)

10- STAAR 3^rd & 4^th Reading, 5^th Science (no visitors on Campus)

11- STAAR make-ups

13- 5^th grade iHistory Museum (we will visit these in the 5^th grade classrooms)

23- Publisher’s Picnic (YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!) I believe the 2^nd grade time is 10:30 J

25- 3^rd grade Chariot Races

31- Winds of Time Parade

Here's what we are learning this week:

Reading: We will continue our series books study! We will be looking at characters over the series.

Writing: We are writing our Stories from my Life AND our Bird Books!

Math: We will continue to learn to tell time to the minute!

Social Studies: We will continue economics!

Science: We are researching birds!

April 25-29

Sorry for the late post this week!

A special thanks to our Law Week reader yesterday, Mrs. Lukin, who came to read to the 2nd graders to teach them about the upcoming elections in the fall! Our students learned a lot and had fun, too! Thanks Mrs. Moore for coordinating this for us! :)

Here are some important updates:

1) Second grade has collected enough toilet paper and paper towel rolls for our Winds of Time costumes! THANK YOU to anyone who contributed!

2) Progress reports went home yesterday. Please sign and return!

3) Please (if you haven't already) continue to send your pillow cases for our Winds of Time togas! We will have parent volunteers cutting them Tuesday, May 3rd so we need them by then! Thanks for your help!

Here's what we are learning this week:

Reading: We will look at series books! We will use series books to study characters, their traits and feelings and how characters generally stay the same over a series!

Writing: We will continue our SFML unit!

Math: We are starting TIME! Yay! Look for the yellow "math to home connection" letter to see what we will be learning!

Science: We are starting our bird research for our bird books! Ask your student what bird they will be studying and come to publisher's picnic later in May to see the final product!

Social Studies: We are wrapping up our economics unit!

April 11-15

We are almost half-way through April!

Here are some important announcements :)

1)    April 20th is our Zoo Field Trip! We need TWO parent volunteers to ride the bus with us – these parents will have their zoo ticket paid for. Anyone else who would like to chaperone is more than welcome – you will meet us at the zoo and you can either pay for your ticket or use your zoo membership if you have one! Please email me if you want to come so I know how many parents we will have joining us! The first 2 parents to email me will be the two who get their ticket paid for and ride the bus! We would love to have you! Permission slips will be coming home so please fill it out and return it ASAP J

2)   Please start sending your King Size white pillow case for our togas/tunics for Winds of Time! We need these by April 19^th so you can begin sending them now! (Each student needs ONE.. please label in a ziplock bag OR on the packaging in permanent marker with their name. This is for our Winds of Time Parade costume! We will do all the work at school!) I know sometimes these come in sets of 2 so if you want to “partner up” with another parent that works as well!

3)   Also, if anyone has any extra paper towel rolls (empty) or toilet paper rolls (empty) that they would like to donate for part of our costume – please send them with your student! We will use these for Winds of Time too!

4)   Our Customary Measurement Math Test will be Wednesday so please be looking for a completed review coming home on Tuesday!

Important Dates for April and May:

        4/12 – PTA Budget Voting Meeting at 6:00 PM

        4/20 – 2^nd grade Zoo Field Trip

        4/26 – Progress Reports come home

        5/23 – Publisher’s Picnic

        5/31 – Winds of Time Parade

Here's what we are learning:

Reading: Plays - Readers use voice and volume, stage direction and expressions!

Writing: What makes a good story? We will make a criterion chart!

Math: Customary Measurement - we will test on WEDNESDAY!

Social Studies: Jobs, Income, Spending, Saving, Supply & Demand

Science: We will finish up plants!

April 4-8

Wow! Happy April!

We hope you enjoyed our Birds of a Feather play! The students loved practicing and performing for you! If you came to a performance we really appreciate it! :)

Don't forget that this THURSDAY AND FRIDAY are noon dismissal for our Spring Parent Teacher Conferences! These conferences are optional but the dismissal is at noon! The students WILL have lunch time so they will have eaten before they come home unless you tell your child's teacher otherwise. If you plan to take them to lunch or have lunch at home please send a small snack for them to enjoy during lunch instead!

Here's what we are learning this week:

Reading: We are continuing our study of plays! We are taking familiar books and making plays of our own. We are using our knowledge of voice, volume, stage directions and expression!

Writing: We will continue to look at Stories from my Life! This week we will talk about: what makes a strong story and what makes a not so strong story? We will be creating a criterion chart to help us critique these stories!

Math: We will continue Customary Measurement! We plan to have our test on Friday but that is subject to change and we will keep you updated!

Social Studies: We are continuing to study Economics. This week we will talk about jobs, spending and saving!

Science: We are beginning to learn about plants!

March 28 - April 1

Wow! We can't believe this week is going to be April!

Don't forget we have a couple important things coming up!

Our BIRDS PROGRAM is this Thursday at 6:00pm! Your child needs to be in their classroom to get ready at 5:30 - this is when doors will open for you to get seats as well!

Also, please make sure if you want a Parent Teacher Conference for April 7th or 8th you sign up on your teacher's signup genius. These can be done in person or on the phone and they are optional!

Here's what we are learning this week:

Reading: We will be taking familiar books and turning them into plays! Readers are able to navigate plays, read dialogue, interpret stage directions and present their play!

Writing: We will review craft elements!

Math: We will wrap up Metric Measurement - our test will be on Wednesday so look for a Chapter Review coming home on Tuesday!

Social Studies: We will wrap up our Economics unit!

Science: We will wrap up our Life Cycles unit and start plants!

March 21-25

WELCOME BACK! We hope you had a wonderful Spring Break! We are happy to see your students' smiling faces!

Please remember that FRIDAY is a school holiday for Good Friday!

We will not be having NEW spelling words this week but we will be reviewing our words from last week and taking another test on the same words. We will take this opportunity to dig into vocabulary with these spelling words!

We are excited to be starting our Birds program rehearsal this week!

Here's what we are learning this week:

Reading: Readers notice that some nonfiction texts give directions that can be followed! We will be studying procedural texts such as recipes, manuals, map instructions, building directions, game directions/rules, science experiments, and assignment directions.

Writing: Writers will work on publishing their poems!

Math: We will be learning about metric units of measurement: centimeters and meters!

Social Studies: We will continue to study economics: needs vs. wants, goods vs. services and jobs!

Science: We will continue to study life cycles!

We hope you have a great week and a wonderful long weekend coming up!