Hi Everyone!
   Hope you had a great weekend.  We are starting off our new week on a very fun note.
   Don't forget the field trip is Monday, April 30th. We will be leving by 9:30 a.m. for the Flandrau Planetarium.  Please send your child in a red La Paloma shirt if you have one.  They may also wear jeans.  Don't forget a sack lunch and a water bottle.
   The rest of our week will be spent on learning our 4 multiplication facts, more solar system studies, Reader's Theatre and Flat Stanley writing.
   Your child will be bringing home a Flat Stanley letter to send to some one he or she would like to send Stanley to.  Please help them find the address they need and mail it to that person if you approve.  We are hoping that the students will get some pictures back from their Flat Stanley in some really cool places.
  Have a great week!
          Mrs. Nye

Solar System, here we come!

Hi Everyone!

  I hope you kept cool this weekend! It was a warm one. Summer is on its way. Please keep your child hydrated by sending them with a bottle of water everyday. A morning application of sunscreen isn’t a bad idea, either.

  This week we will be getting back into our regular routines. Testing week is always a little bit crazy for the kids but they all did an awesome job!

   We will be working on continued multiplying using arrays this week. Language Arts will have us writing and reading about planets and Curious George! In Science we will do a quick unit on the Solar System to get us ready for our field trip on Monday, the 30^th, to the Planetarium.

    If you have not turned in your child’s permission slip or money yet, please do so ASAP. We have to pay for half of our group by Tuesday. Remember, your child will need a sack lunch, a red LaPaloma shirt, good walking shoes and a hat. Also, a water bottle and an optional hat. We will be having lunch on the U of A Mall. We will be leaving the school at 9a.m.

    Spelling words this week will be located on your homework packet. I will try to get them posted to the blog.

    Have a Super Week!

            Mrs. Nye

   

Celebrate the Earth!

   

Dear Parents,

    This week is testing week. 2^nd grade students take the Stanford 10 test. We will be testing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for just less than an hour or so each day. This means our schedule will be a little bit off, but we will basically be working on the same things as usual.

    This week we will especially be focused on Earth Day. We will read the Lorax and discuss how we can personally help the earth.

     We will have homework this week and a spelling test.

     Please turn in your field trip permission slip with money this week. We need to make a down payment for the trip

    Please be sure that your child gets enough rest each night and that you encourage them to eat a healthy breakfast at home if they do not eat at school.

     Have a super week!

Count Down!

Hi Everyone!

   I’m hoping that everyone had a marvelous break. It was our last break of the year. Unbelievable!! We are down to our final 6 ½ weeks of school.

   This week we will continue preparing for our standardized testing that will take place next week. We will also continue working on our poetry unit. In writing,  we will try our hand at Haiku poetry. In math, we will be working on 3 digit adding and subtraction as well as memorizing our 3 facts. We will finish up our ‘body systems” unit.

    We have an upcoming field trip. Please return the permission slip with money as soon as possible. We need to make a 50% down payment to the Flandrau Planetarium next week. We are super excited to go to this wonderful place and to introduce the children to the University of Arizona.

     Cookie dough orders are due on Friday. 

Have a geat week!

   Mrs. Nye

Happy April!!

   I hope you had a wonderful, restful weekend. It was a beautiful one. Our weather is warming up, the butterflies and birds are out! It’s a great time to just take a nature walk with your child and talk about everything around you.

   This week will be a short one. Don’t forget that there is no school on Friday or Monday in celebration of Easter. Enjoy the time off. It is our last break until summer.

   In class this week we will be reviewing everything we have learned this year. We start our day with a practice standardized worksheet. We are getting ready for our Stanford 10 test coming up soon. In Math we are learning about measuring the area of a shape. For reading we will continue doing fluency tests and sight word games as well as writing our own poem.  We are continuing our study of the body systems in Science

    Below is the list of words that we are working on. We will have the test on Thursday so please study.  We do have homework this week..

    Have an awesome 4 day week!