Weekly News for 2-P 4-12-24
*Author Melissa Stewart will be at WCS on May 14th!
*Vacation is a great time to clean out your child’s take home folder.
*We have our second trip to the Maine Maritime Museum after break, on May 2nd.
*Our spring concert is on April 30th at 6:00 p.m.
*In math we refined our understanding of 2-D and 3-D shapes. We continued to practice partitioning shapes. We also worked on multiplication, arrays, equal groups and repeated addition. We are learning to regroup with subtraction, using the trade-first algorithm (what we used to call borrowing).
*During reading workshop we read many poems to help us build our understanding of how poems work. We have read many of Valerie Worth’s beautiful “Small Poems” and the students are growing in their ability to summarize a poem and see deeper meanings. We also practiced selecting descriptive words we noticed in poetry.
*Speaking of poetry, we are writing incredible poems during writing workshop. We are learning that the rhythm of a poem is important and that we can create line breaks to create a special rhythm. Students are finding many topics to write about and are already being so creative.
*Our spelling focus was r controlled vowel words.Our phonics work was the rule of doubling the final consonant before adding a suffix. The daily practice of high frequency words is showing up in our writing!
*We did another experiment in our matter unit about melting - we tested the melting points of different candies. This reinforced our understanding of solids and liquids. Students loved the chance to see if their predictions would be confirmed.
* In Go2 Science we journeyed with Beth and Curtis on our last mission of the year, to Namibia in Africa. Beth and Curtis introduced us to a conservation biologist who works to protect black rhinos in Namibia. They are venturing to Etosha National Park to test his hypothesis that there are 30 to 40 herbivores to every carnivore in Etosha. This will help us find out if there is a healthy balance of animals in the park.
*We enjoyed EAT THE RAINBOW week so much. It was fun to have a tray of healthy snacks at the end of each day and this class is adventurous and always willing to try something new! It was also fun to write our own class song for the school-wide song writing contest!
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| Eclipse viewing |
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| Silas shows us an image from his eclipse viewing Monday |
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| Spin, Say & Write game |
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| Wiping the "slime" off our feet to enter the Dr. Seuss Cafe |
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| Checking out the menu.... |
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| Enjoying a Dr. Seuss book.... |
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| Waiting for our snacks |
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| So many choices on the menu |
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| We got to picks books and food! |
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| Our servers were very courteous |
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| CHEERS! |
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| We love our fruit and veggie trays! |
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| Blueberry ice cream! |
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| YUM! |
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| Playing Array Concentration in math |
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| making matches |
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| a great way to practice multiplication |
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| Blueberry ice cream is delicious! |
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| Mystery Science Experiment |
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| We worked in our groups to test the melting properties of candy |
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| We tested four types of candy. |
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| We used sticks to move them around in hot water. |
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| The caramels definitely softened. |
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| We are poets! |
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| Grateful to our PTA helpers! |
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| Yummy red fruits and veggies |
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| Free Choice Friday - new puzzles |
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| This is how we kept track of our candy experiment |
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| Watermelon was a big hit! |
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| We took turns leading the class through the trade first subtraction algortithm. |
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| We did a lot of arrays. |
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| Reviewing our phonics pattern with a game |
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| Proud poet! |
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| Rainy inside recess can be fun. |
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| Playdough time |
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| Some mancala |
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| We each have our own poetry anthology |
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| We add our favorite poems to it. |
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| Our 4th matter exploration had us creating an invention for bouncy glass. |
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| So many creative ideas |
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| Our Friday tray - so delicious! |
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| YUMMY! |
