I hope you all had a terrific three days off, as I did. I can't believe that April is almost over and we will be in May - the last month of school. As I reminded the students again today, these are busy weeks finishing off second grade work and preparing for third grade. We recite our Honor Pledge daily to remind ourselves that it is important to be academically and personally honest and treat others with respect and courtesy.
Last Friday was exciting for the students (including me), because we set free our 22 Painted Lady Butterflies. What a perfect way to celebrate Earth Day. To our surprise one of the butterflies left us with eggs (tiny, round, blue-green in color), which hatched on the weekend. Now I have larvae without their favorite food, the mallow plant or thistle. If anyone has thistle or mallow in their garden, please send it to school, so we can feed the larvae. Otherwise, I plan on letting the larvae go.
Samuel's mom also sent in some Monarch Butterfly caterpillars and now we plan to watch them make their chrysalis and emerge as the beautiful Monarch Butterflies. It will be interesting to compare the Monarch to the Painted Lady Butterfly.
Here is our week at a glance. Remember that Friday is Spirit Day, the second last for the school year. Celebrate Shorecrest and wear your green and gold colors.
Parent Reader - J. Gayoso
Current Events - Tuesday: Hailey, Channing; Wednesday: Shaherzad, Aidan; Thursday: Rylan, Zaynab; Friday: Lauren E. and Gage
Language Arts: Review
Writing: Using a rubric to score writing (voice, organization, support, sentences, word choice, mechanics); scoriNg each others published pieces
Mathematics - Unit 9
* Compare weights by feel, identify purposes of various scales, explore with units of weight and equivalent measures, and weigh objects
* Review area (the measure of the inside of a closed shape)
* Review Unit 9 and assessment
Social Studies
* Africa - Readers' Theater
Science - The Life Cycle of Butterflies
* Use data to answer questions about the life cycle of the butterfly
* Observe a different species of butterfly (thanks to Samuel's mom)
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