NEWS FROM ROOM 18

Volume 6, Issue 8                                     April 29, 2011                                             $.10

What We’re Learning

Reading- We have been working hard in reading groups and shared reading. Students are learning how to identify the theme of a book. They are thinking about what message or lesson the author wants us to learn from the story. We are also focusing on differentiating between fact and opinion, cause and effect.

 

Writing- The students have just taken their very first timed writing prompt. They have learned that writing a story in 45 minutes is quite different than working on a piece for weeks. However, in looking through them, I am proud of what the students were able to produce for their first time. I will be going to score writing prompts for students across the district next week and am excited to see the work of all Milford’s second graders.

          Our ABC Animal Snapshots class book is officially done!! They did such an amazing job on this book and we can’t wait until they come back from the publishers in June.

Math- We have completed our chapters on money and time. Students made some great connections to the real world. They realize that these are skills we use each and every day. Please also continue to practice subtraction skills each night!  

FUNdations- We have been working on ways to spell long o sounds, including oa, oe, ow. It can be tricky to decide which spelling to use in a word. We’re trying to come up with ways to remember which spelling to use when. 

 

  Reminders / Important Dates

* May 4^th Mother’s Day Plant Sale

* There are 3 field trips before the end of the year. The first is on May 24^th to the Historical Society. You have already turned in the forms and money for that trip. Today you will receive the permission slips for the other two trips. On June 7^th, we will be going to the Eli Whitney Museum for an exciting butterfly project. The third trip will be to the Parson’s Complex on June 10^th to see a production of Peter and the Wolf.  Chaperones for the Historical Society and Eli Whitney trips will be chosen soon. We will let you know asap.

* We will be having a Scholastic Book Fair in school. Our class will visit the fair on May 9^th and 10^th if you’d like your child to purchase any books.

* May 4^th is a half day

                                                                       

April Flowers bring…..