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