April 24, 2015

Reading Students will be reading Owl Moon, a realistic story. They will use literacy skills with attention to figurative language and vocabulary to understand the central message of the story. They will also be reading Owls, a nonfiction passage. They will compare and contrast the two selections.

Reading Logs Continue to read for 20 minutes each night and record your books in the April Log. Reading Logs are due next Friday, May 1st.

Language Arts    

Spelling An assessment was given today. New word sorts will go home on Monday. Students should be completing a spelling activity each night (M-Th).

Math  We began Topic 16, Time, Graphs, and Data. Students are learning to tell time. Please practice telling time to the nearest minute with your child this weekend. Next week we will make and use pictographs and bar graphs to solve problems. An assessment will be given on Wednesday. 

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Science We are beginning a unit on nutrition. Students will meet the Royal Food Family and learn that in order to grow up healthy, they need food from the Five Food Groups and physical activity.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  

THANK YOU to the PTO for donating the book How to Help the Earth-by the Lorax to our classroom library. Also thank you to for purchasing totes for all of the students. It is a great way to begin saving the earth!

THANK YOU to the following families for the book gift certificates: The Chapman Family, The Gillespie Family, The Powel Family, The Rerucha Family, and The Scheck Family. I was able to pick out some really great books for our class library!

April Dates to Remember

28 - MAPS TESTING - MATH
30 - MAPS TESTING - READING
30 - Feed My Starving Children Event 6-7:30, in Aurora
30 - All School Reading Rewards Day - Bring a fuzzy friend to school and a
       favorite book

May Dates to Remember

  1 - Progress Reports sent home on as needed basis
  1 - Gym Night @6:30
  6- Aimsweb Benchmarking
13 - 2nd Grade Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo
15 - Early Dismissal @12pm - SIP Day
22 - Children's author - Aaron Renolds' Visit
25 - No School - Memorial Day