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!