Weekly News and Beach Day (keep scrolling under this post for several more from the week)

 Weekly News for 2-P 6-13-25

*June 16th - Step Up Day to 3rd Grade @ 2pm

*June 17th - Last Day - noon dismissal

*Students have a ziploc bag with report cards, their memory book, their bird bookmarks, Patten Free Library summer reading information and the summer work packet - this can be returned for a prize in the fall.

 *After last week’s success as detectives, we did another “Math Mystery,” solving math problems that unlocked riddles and clues to help us plug our way through “The Case of the Jungle Joker” puzzle. We had a case to solve and each day we did review work that revealed a code to solve the mystery. Our review work was focused all on computation and kept us on our toes all week.

*Thanks for coming to our “Bird Showcase.” We loved the chance to show off our hard work. Students really stepped up into this high level series of projects.

*In phonics we did lots of review work with these tougher new patterns. Students have UFLI folders (they are red). These make for great summer reading practice and even better spelling practice. 

*We got to see both the 6th Grade Ancient Civilizations Museum and the 4th Grade Famous Mainers Wax Museum this week. 

*Thanks for your support all year long and for sharing your wonderful children with me. I enjoyed every minute! It will be my pleasure to watch them grow up in the halls of WCS!

Field Day Photos:

Second Grade Photo

A little lunch break

Crab masters

They built an amazing water system

So much swimming!

Odds and Ends from the Week

Final book buddy visit

School Wide Dance Party

Building BIG words!

Math Mystery partners working hard

Solving a fun math mystery

 

Field Day Fun

 We had such a fun time during field day festivities!

Egg Challenge!

Teamwork made the dreamwork!

We loved the obstacle course!

Skittles is always a favorite!

Many rounds of Tug of War were played

Bird Showcase

 Thanks for coming to our Bird Showcase on Tuesday. 

Weekly News 6-6-25

 Weekly News for 2-P 6-6-25

6/7 - Run Club Fun Run; 9:00 am @ WCS Rain or Shine! 

6/10 - Bird Showcase 12:15 -1:15 pm in the classroom

6/11 - Field Day!

6/13 Beach Day

6/16 - K-7 Step Up Day at 2 pm

6/17 - Last Day of School for WCS K-8 Students (Dismissal at Noon)

 *In math we finished unit 12 and the end-year assessment. We are spending time each day reviewing and refining important concepts and skills.This week we worked hard on equal shares and geometric shapes.

*Students completed their research on a bird of their choice. They wrote a report from their notes, practiced drawing realistic pictures of their bird and typed their own report in Google Docs. I will turn these into bookmarks this weekend. You will be amazed by all their projects. We have also been working on our memory books, writing letters to the third grade teachers and completing the year-end writing prompt.

*We did an experiment testing out different bird beaks (with tweezers, spoons and straws) and did a bird scavenger hunt as well. We also explored climates for various birds and learned about hot, cold and temperate climates. 

*In phonics we worked on the suffixes -ible and -able and the prefixes uni, bi, tri. We also reviewed doubling rules when adding suffixes and when to drop the final e and how to spell words with -sion and -tion endings. 

*We will start to clear out our lockers and desks a bit at a time. If you can send a plastic bag or a recyclable grocery bag next week, it will help your child carry some extra items home.

Sneak peak of some our our bird illustrations

A fun project from art class Friday

We went on a bird habitat hunt Friday afternoon!

Bird beak experiment

It's hard to pick up seeds with tweezers!

The straw was also hard to use!

The spoon worked well for seeds in water.

Popsicle break for 2nd grade on the hot day

Photos help us create realistic illustrations