Wow! Tomorrow is May and only 22 more school days left until the end of the school year. This next month will be a busy month with assessing and reviewing second grade concepts, sharing electronic portfolios (May 8th @ 8:15), MOSI field trip (May 10th), and Splash Day (May 18th), as well as sharing our African Animal projects, and end of year party.
This morning the students discovered that their caterpillars had made their chrysalis' and now (except for an occasional twitch), the pupa appears to be lifeless. The pupa is hanging head-down and some of the butterfly structures are forming under the protective shell. We will continue observing this stage (which last for about 7 to 10 days) this week and students will make predictions about what will emerge from the chrysalis.
Current Events begins again this week with Gabby and John presenting on Tuesday, Lucy and Connor on Wednesday, Quentin and Skyler on Thursday and Lucile and Ethan on Friday.
Thanks to all those dedicated parents who work in the library each Tuesday. We appreciate all that you do.
Our Parent Reader this week is M. Camp.
We will continue our review in language arts and begin our unit on poetry. In math, we will finish off our work with fractions and do some review so the students are ready to complete their next math assessment. In social studies, the students will finish off their African animal project, that they will be hoping to share with you next Tuesday (following the electronic portfolio sharing session).
Spelling words this week are made up of vocabulary words from various subjects including the Life Cycle of the Lady Painted Butterfly, math and social studies. Spelling practice (as well as reading) is a part of the homework routine each day. Your support at home is most appreciated and really does make a big difference.
This week's spelling list includes the following words:
adaptation, caterpillar, chrysalis, continent, emerge, equivalent, fraction, habitat, metamorphosis, molting, predator, proboscis
I wish you a wonderful week -
Ms. O'Mullane
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