Congratulations to Libny, Marcus, Kalob, Kimberly and Kylee! They have all met the year end goal for basic addition AND subtraction facts! We will celebrate with a pizza lunch on Tuesday.

Yearbooks will be delivered on MONDAY!! There are still just a few available and they’ll go fast. If you would like to order one, they are $12.50 cash, or check made out to Lifetouch.

Our last week will be busy!

Monday: 

• Field Day! We will be outside from 9-11:00. Wear comfortable clothing (may wish to bring a change of clothes) and SUNSCREEN!! Water bottles, hats and sunglasses are suggested.
• Financial Decision making extra recess or ice cream “purchases”.

Tuesday:

• Pizza lunch for students reaching addition and subtraction fact goals.
• PE

Wednesday:

• Summer Birthday Celebration
• Desk Cleaning – Bring an EMPTY backpack
• Music

Thursday:

• Last day of school! 
• Bring an empty backpack
• Report cards come home
• Art

Thank you so much for all of your support - we have had an amazing year! We look forward to seeing you next year at the new THUNDER VALLEY K-8!!  Have a safe and fun summer!

Thank you so much to Sheila Peck and Robert van der Hoeven for joining us on our field trip to NCAR on Tuesday.  We learned about the facility, conducted experiments about air, and enjoyed a picnic lunch before our short hike.

Thanks to Mr. Steele and our amazing PTA for another great Fun Run day last Thursday.  Our day was filled with lots of physical activity and learning about living a healthy life. Despite the rain, we had a fun day!

We will welcome volunteers from Junior Achievement on Tuesday to continue our work on financial literacy. This is a great day-long program that will further help students to understand financial decision making within a community.

The Frederick Finale is this Thursday! Please plan to join us in celebrating the closing of Frederick Elementary on Thursday evening from 5:30 - 7:30. Plan to come enjoy music, a slide show, tours and dinner provided by Lifebridge Church.

On Friday afternoon, we will be walking to the community garden, Brigit’s Bounty. We’ll be helping with planting and preparing the garden. Please be sure to return the green permission slip by Wednesday. When we return, we will attend the third trimester awards assembly.

What will we be learning this week?

With the end of our school year so quickly approaching, we are in the process of reviewing and completing final assessments in all subject areas.


Weekly Peek...

Monday: Music
Tuesday: Art, Junior Achievement
Wednesday: PE, Library, Computer
Thursday: Music, Frederick Finale
Friday: Art, Brigit’s Bounty, Awards Assembly

Upcoming Dates:
May 14th: Junior Achievement
May 16th: Closing Ceremonies for FES
May 17th: Brigit’s Bounty, 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly
May 20th: Field Day
May 22nd: Summer Birthdays Celebration
May 23rd: Last day of 2nd Grade!

Congratulations to Heaven for reaching 100 nights of reading!! She enjoyed lunch in the classroom last week!

We will participate in our 3rd annual Frederick Elementary Fun Run on Thursday. This will be a full day dedicated to thinking about and experiencing healthy choices.

What will we be learning this week?

Reading: We took our Unit 10 final assessment last week. We have begun our new unit, On the Farm. Our reading focus is Author’s Purpose and the genre is Fantasy. The vocabulary words for this theme are nourished, farming, maintain, bounty, various, and produce.

Writing: We are continuing to work on persuasive writing.

Math: We are nearing the end of our unit on double digit subtraction. After taking our final assessment, we will be focused on an introduction to multiplication as well as more work with basic fractions.

Science: We continue our study of habitats with a focus on the adaptations that plants and animals make in order to survive in their environments.

Social Studies: Through our study of personal financial literacy, students are earning “money” in order to purchase an activity. This project reinforces the concepts of needs and wants, goods and services, and abundance and scarcity as it can apply to their own lives.

Word Study/Spelling: We will take our spelling test on past tense verbs Wednesday. We will also take a pretest on words with the -ING ending.


Weekly Peek...

Monday: PE
Tuesday: NCAR Field Trip
Wednesday: Art, Spelling test, Library, Computer
Thursday: Fun Run
Friday: Music

Upcoming Dates:
May 7th: NCAR Field Trip
May 9th: Fun Run
May 16th: Closing Ceremonies for FES
May 17th: 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly
May 20th: Field Day
May 23rd: Last day of 2nd Grade!

Congratulations to Justin for being chosen as our Character Kid of the Month for Citizenship!! He will get to enjoy lunch with Mr. Steele on Monday!

Congratulations also goes to Sidney for reaching 100 nights of reading and Zanna and Justin for reaching 200 nights of reading!

Thank you to everyone that supported AVID last week. We had a great day full of new experiences and new learning. Thanks so much to PTA for bringing this amazing experience to our students!

We are excited to welcome volunteers from Eco-cycle on Friday. This will support our work around Earth Day and allow us to experience recycling, first-hand, as we get to make our own paper!

We are going on a field trip to NCAR on Tuesday, May 7th!!! All permission slips and the fee of $5.00 are due by Friday, May 3rd.

What will we be learning this week?

Reading: We have begun Theme 10, Work that Matters. Our reading strategy is visualizing. Our vocabulary words are contribute, police, volunteer, participate, influence, and emergency.

Writing: We are using mentor texts to working on persuasive writing.

Math: We are continuing our unit on double digit subtraction using multiple strategies. This is a tricky concept for many students, so any practice you can do with your child at home would be incredibly valuable.

Science: We are studying eight different habitats with a focus on the adaptations that plants and animals have made in order to survive in their environments.

Social Studies: Through our study of personal financial literacy, students are earning “money” in order to purchase an activity. This project reinforces the concepts of needs and wants, goods and services, and abundance and scarcity as it can apply to their own lives.

Word Study/Spelling: We will take our spelling test on plural words on Wednesday. We will also take a pretest on past tense words. (jumpED, walkED).

Weekly Peek...


Monday: Music
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: PE, Spelling Test, Library and Computer
Thursday: Music
Friday: Art and Eco-cycle

Upcoming Dates:

May 7th: NCAR Field Trip
May 9th: Fun Run
May 16th: Closing Ceremonies for FES
May 17th: 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly
May 20th: Field Day
May 23rd: Last day of 2nd Grade!

AVID is THIS THURSDAY!!!!! A blue note came home in Friday folders with more information for families. Students need to remember to wear appropriate clothing (we will be outside ALL day, rain or shine), wear tennis shoes, bring a sack lunch and a plastic water bottle. Sunscreen and an extra set of clothes are also advised. Also, remember that families are invited to join your 2nd grader on Thursday from 3:20 - 4:20 to see and join in on all the new experiences your child will experience. Thanks to everyone who got registered - we’re looking forward to a great day!!

We’re still collecting photos for our Closing Ceremonies on May 16th. If you have any pictures from activities at FES in past years, please send those in so we can include them on a slide show.

What will we be learning this week?

Reading: We have begun Theme 10, Work that Matters. Our reading strategy is visualizing. Our vocabulary words are contribute, police, volunteer, participate, influence, and emergency.

Writing: As we finish publishing our “All Abouts”, we will be moving on to persuasive writing.

Math: We are continuing our unit on double digit subtraction using multiple strategies. This is a tricky concept for many students, so any practice you can do with your child at home would be incredibly valuable. We will also be taking our FINAL Galileo Math Test on the 26th, 29th, and 30th. This computerized assessment will cover the standards that have been addressed throughout 3rd trimester.

Science: In honor of Earth Day on Monday, we have begun a unit on world habitats. We will be studying eight different habitats with a focus on the adaptations that plants and animals have made in order to survive in their environments.

Social Studies: Through our study of personal financial literacy, students are earning “money” in order to purchase an activity. This project reinforces the concepts of needs and wants, goods and services, and abundance and scarcity as it can apply to their own lives.

Word Study/Spelling: We will take our spelling test on plural words on Wednesday. We will also take a pretest on more examples of plural words that end with IES. We will be learning the rule that you drop the Y and add IES (ponIES, pennIES).

Weekly Peek...

Monday: Art
Tuesday: Library (in place of PE due to AVID schedule)
Wednesday: Music, Spelling Test, and Computer
Thursday: AVID
Friday: Library (in place of PE) and Galileo

Upcoming Dates:
April 25th: AVID for Adventure
May 9th: Fun Run
May 16th: Closing Ceremonies for FES
May 17th: 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly
May 20th: Field Day
May 23rd: Last day of 2nd Grade!

We are thrilled to have AVID for Adventure return to our school this spring. AVID is an outdoor education program that our students will get to experience for one day on April 25th. The program involves a huge rock climbing wall, kayaking, bike riding and an educational portion without even leaving school! Our amazing PTA is paying half of each student’s registration fee, but all parents do need to go on-line at www.fes-pta.org and click on the link to register their students and pay the remaining $10.00. Currently, our class only has 7 students registered...


We know so many of you have family members that have attended Frederick Elementary in the past. We are working on collecting pictures for a slideshow that we’ll be sharing with everyone at the Closing Ceremonies on Thursday, May 16th. If you have any pictures from your years at Frederick Elementary that you would be willing to share, we would be excited to include them! We can make a copy or you can send them electronically - whichever works best for you. Thanks in advance!!


Also, a reminder if anyone has canned pumpkin or latex gloves that you could donate to help the Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, it would be greatly appreciated. This organization operates solely on donations and we would love to help out their furry friends. Donations will be collected through TUESDAY!


What will we be learning this week?


Reading: We have begun Theme 10, Work that Matters. Our reading strategy is visualizing. Our vocabulary words are contribute, police, volunteer, participate, influence, and emergency.

Writing: We are continuing our All-About writing with a plan to publish our pieces this week.

Math: We have begun our unit on double digit subtraction using multiple strategies. Be on the lookout for the parent letter coming home this week that models the strategies your child will be practicing in the classroom.

Science: We are finishing our study of weather and the tools meteorologists use to analyze and predict the weather. We will be taking our final assessment before moving on to a study of habitats.

Social Studies: We are working on the standard of personal financial literacy. This includes concepts of needs and wants, goods and services, and abundance and scarcity.

Word Study/Spelling: We will take our spelling test on suffixes on Wednesday. We will also take a pretest on plural words. These words will all end with S or ES (friendS, girlS, dishES, glassES).


Weekly Peek...

Monday: PE
Tuesday: Music
Wednesday: Art, Library, Computer,
Thursday: PE
Friday: Music


Upcoming Dates:

April 25th: AVID for Adventure
May 9th: Fun Run
May 16th: Closing Ceremonies for FES
May 17th: 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly
May 20th: Field Day
May 23rd: Last day of 2nd Grade

Congratulations to Yarely for reaching 100 nights of reading!  She enjoyed lunch in the classroom this week.

After break we will begin Volume 2 of our math program and the kids will be receiving new math books. Since we are done with Volume 1 books, kids will be bringing these books home. They are theirs to KEEP! We encourage them to work on any of the remaining pages, but these do NOT need to be turned in. ;-)

We finished our week by watching Wreck-it Ralph as our reward for earning 2,500 Frederick Five hands!!!! Our next goal will be 3,000 hands in order to earn an end of year celebration.

All students are expected to continue reading and practicing math facts through Spring Break. Any students that fill their Spring Break reading and math log will get to eat lunch in the classroom when we return from break.

We are thrilled to have AVID for Adventure return to our school this spring. AVID is an outdoor education experience that our students will get to experience for one day on April 25th. The program involves a huge rock climbing wall, kayaking, bike riding and an educational portion without even leaving school!  Our amazing PTA is paying half of each student’s registration fee, but all parents do need to go on-line at www.fes-pta.org and click on the link to register their students and pay the remaining $10.00. Please be sure to read the green note that went home in Friday Folders this week.

Reminders:
Keep using MyOn for nightly reading! This can be recorded on the home reading log.

What will we be learning after Spring Break?

Reading: We will begin Theme 10, Work that Matters. Our reading strategy will be visualizing. Our vocabulary words will be contribute, police, volunteer, participate, influence, and emergency.

Writing: We will write a piece about one specific experience from our Spring Break, as well as continue with our All-Abouts.

Math: We have pre-assessed students for our next math unit on double digit subtraction. Students will be regrouped when we return in order to begin this unit. Like addition, we will focus on efficient strategies to subtract 2 digit numbers.

Science: We will continue our study of weather and the tools meteorologists use to analyze and predict the weather. So far we have discussed thermometers, rain gauges and clouds. We will continue with wind vanes and anemometers after the break.

Social Studies: We will begin a new unit on personal financial literacy, which will include concepts of needs and wants, goods and services, and abundance and scarcity.

Word Study/Spelling: Remember there will be no homework or spelling list to study over the break. We will take our spelling pretest on words with suffixes(helpFUL, sadLY) on the Wednesday after break.

Weekly Peek...

April 1st - 5th: SPRING BREAK

Monday: Music
Tuesday: Art
Wednesday: LATE START, PE, Library, Computer, PTA at 6:30
Thursday: Music
Friday: Art

Upcoming Dates:
April 25th: AVID for Adventure
May 9th: Fun Run
May 16th: Closing Ceremonies for FES
May 17th: 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly
May 20th: Field Day