"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires."
~William Arthur Ward

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Newsletter January 30 - February 3, 2012


NEWSLETTER WEEK: January 30-Feb.3, 2012


The children had a wonderful time during our 100th Day Celebration. We will continue to enjoy the following days!

This is what we will cover this week:

SPELLING: Patterns for /ar/. Spelling test Friday!

MATH: Fractions: Practice fractions on the mimio board. Ask your child! They are having a wonderful time. Math review and apply concepts, skills, and strategies learned. Math test Thursday.



R/W: Science fiction. Making text to text, text to self and text to world connections. Verbs.

SCIENCE: Soil tests on an unfamiliar mixture. Use of test tubes for different experiments.



DOL (Daily Oral Language): Self correct sentences.


HERE ARE A FEW REMINDERS:


MAP TESTS (Measures of Academic Progress) Tests: Our last MAP test will be applied this coming week. The area evaluated is Language usage. If you have any questions feel free to contact your child’s teacher. Second grade schedule is as follows:

Wednesday 1                  Language Test    2-A 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

                                                                 2-B 10:05 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.



Thursday 16                                          Progress Reports go Home

Friday 17 & Monday 20                   President’s Day Weekend

Have a nice week!

Ms. Muriel & Ms. Elena

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