May 6-10

IT'S FIELD TRIP WEEK!

Wow - can you believe it?  On Tuesday, May 7th we will meet at the Raleigh Science Museum.  If you haven't visited since the new section has opened, you will be in for a grand surprise.  It is fabulous!  Again, please read below for reminders on the schedule of our trip. . .

FIELD TRIP 

The field trip is on next Tuesday, May 7th.  You need to provide your own transportation.  Please simply meet at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences' courtyard @ 9:30 AM.  There are many parking options.  I suggest you take a minute to look up the website on line for specific directions and parking options.

Our class will sign in @ 10:00 AM and then you will be able to roam the museum for about 2 hours.  At 11:45 we will rendezvous on the 3rd floor where our life cycle curiosity class will take place. (About 45 minutes)  Then we will join the rest of 2nd grade in the courtyard of the museum where we will eat our bagged lunch.  At this point we will pass out goody bags filled with small souvenirs.  After lunch the you are free to explore more of the museum.  The teachers will leave the museum around 1:30 to head back to NCS. 

ALSO, I will bring a bin to place lunches in so that you won't need to carry them around the museum - if you wish.  The museum will store these bins in a special room.

THIS WEEK IN OUR ROOM. . .

MATH:

We will continue to work on fractions and review geometric shapes as well.  Next week we will have a test on both math concepts.  NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK DUE TO WRITING HOMEWORK!

READING:

During whole group reading we will enjoy a non-fiction INSECT book to finish off our life cycle unit.  We will also touch on Antonyms and synonyms in class.  There will be no test on this book, however there will be a small quiz on synonyms and antonyms on Friday.

SMALL GROUPS:

We will have bag books this week that continue to focus on insects, reptiles and amphibians.  There will be a bag book test on Friday.

WRITING:

The students have been working on a Fairy Tale story.  This week the students will bring these tales home for you to peer/parent edit.  I will send a list of expectations for a guideline.  I want you to see where they are at in their writing development.  As I need to remind myself - IT IS A PROCESS!  Take a few nights this week to Peer/Parent edit the writing pieces.  Then, by Friday, please help your child type his/her story.  Send the typed stories in by Friday.  On this day we will share our published pieces and share them with our friends. The students will also be able to add a few illustrations to go along with their writing piece.

SCIENCE:

This is our last week to focus on life cycles - kind of. . .  Wow - we have looked into many living creatures as we have studied this scientific theme.  We officially let our tadpoles/froglets go since we had a few die due to their environment.  Yet, it was exciting to see the transformation from egg to froglet.  Now this week we should have some butterflies!

Some exciting news. . .  we will be able to have some eggs in our room!  The Johnston County 4-H center did not forget us!  Our eggs should arrive next week and they are due to hatch right after Memorial Day.  YEAH!

SO - It should be a busy fun week.  Please e-mail if you have any questions or concerns.  Progress reports go out this week.  some student's grade have fallen a bit.  Encourage the children to keep working strong until the end.  It is almost here!

scabascango@neusecharterschool.org