October 16 – 19

YAY FOR ANASTASIA! WINNER OF OUR ESTIMATION STATION! We had 317 total Hershey Kisses! Anastasia got the closest guess with 295!
Thank you to Dr.Chaconas for teaching us more about skeletons and your COOL job as a Physical Therapist!

Learning EVERYWHERE we go!  Luca completing homework at Tavern on the Green and studying skeletons at the Museum of Natural History in NYC this weekend! 

Congratulations to Tati for being the FIRST 2nd grader to make it into the MILLION WORD CLUB!  We are proud of you, hey, we are proud of YOU! 🙂

Thank you for coming to Open House!  It was so great to see everyone!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

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Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Mayor Hubble is in Trouble by Dave Gutman;  describing the structure of a story including the beginning, middle, and end; continued adding -ing and -ed to words and base words

Writing: making lists into stories

Math:  double-digit addition with re-grouping

Social Studies:  REVIEW

Science:  Matter

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Students of the week:

Abby and Luca

Thank you for being generous and polite!

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Important Dates:

  • 10/23:  School House Rock field trip forms and money due
  • 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!  Students come dressed to school as a book character (please bring the book the character is from!) Students may change into regular clothes immediately following the parade if they are uncomfortable.
  • 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30
  • 10/31:  Send in Halloween snacks
  • 11/1:  Class book fair visit
  • 11/5:  Picture re-takes
  • 11/6:  Field trip to Amphitheater to see Schoolhouse Rocks!
  • 11/19:  Country research project due

Reminders:

  • Email our homeroom parent Mrs. Charalambous to sign up for a time slot for our Fall Festival booth or contribute to supplies!  Thanks for making this a fun day for our kiddo’s!
  • Please send in boxtops!  They are due 10/17!  I am the reigning school champ and don’t want to lose my trophy!
  • Students have been VERY eager to work on Study Island at home – access to the link is here:  https://app.studyisland.com/cfw/login/ Their username and password should be memorized.  If not, email me and I will give it to you!
  • Don’t forget to send in field trip forms to the amphitheater!
  • Make sure you have access to HAC!  There will be no paper report cards send home this year.  It is crucial you are aware of your child’s progress in school.  Please contact Wendy Thurston at the front office if you are having difficulty.  Her contact information is:  [email protected]
    (904) 547-7958
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