What a beautiful weekend! I hope you were able to enjoy some outdoor fun and family time. 

Our end-of-the-year assessments are right around the corner. We will take our Reading MAP test on May 9th at 9:30 and the Math MAP test on May 15th at 8:15. All results will be sent home at the end of the year.

The last bases for the Timber Rattler Reading Program were due on Friday. If your child is involved, please return them by this coming Friday. Tickets will be here sometime in May.

This Thursday is Movie Star Day. Students can feel free to dress the part! :)

This is an exciting week in 2^nd grade. We are starting new units in Reading and Writing!

Reading ~ This week we switch genres to nonfiction. In this upcoming unit, we will continue our work with book clubs. However, students will be in clubs based on topics instead of reading levels. Students will use the talking skills they learned from the previous unit to share new learning with their clubs.  

Writing ~ We'll return to nonfiction writing this week. We'll spend time reviewing strategies we learned earlier this year and will build upon them. 

Math ~ We started our last unit late last week. In this unit, students will work toward building fluency with addition and subtraction within 1,000 and mastering all addition and subtraction word problem sub-types. Visual models and real world situations are used throughout the unit to help children understand the meaning of addition and subtraction.

Content ~ We started our final science unit last week: Work of Water. This unit helps students develop the idea that water is a powerful force that reshapes the earth's surface. Students will see that water isn't just something we drink. It carries sand to make beaches, carves out canyons and valleys and, as ice, scrapes entire areas flat.

Enjoy the last full week of April!