Our on-site field trip with Shelburne Farms was a hit with all the second graders! You should have seen your children imitating the way many animals move. There were waddlers, hoppers, bounders and straight walkers. The children hunted for tracks and tried to identify animals by track patterns. Children spent some time indoors sorting animals by what they do in winter. All in all it was a great learning adventure for your children! Thank you for supporting this wonderful opportunity!
This week the children will continue to work on writing poetry. Each child has chosen an animal native to Vermont to focus on how their animal is able to survive the cold winter months. They will be using this information to help them create a poem about their animal and then in Art they will be painting their animal. We will be finishing up our unit this week or early next week. 
In math we will begin a new unit this week on measurement. A letter will be coming home in homework folders that will explain the goals of this unit. The children will be exploring both non-standard and standard measurements and will use measurement tools. On another note, on the evenings that your child does not have math homework, it will be beneficial for your child to use this time to practice their addition and subtraction facts for ten minutes. This will help to insure they meet the standard for achieving 20 addition and subtraction facts in 1 minute by the end of second grade. We thank you for your support in this! 
We are getting ready to celebrate the 100th Day of school on February 5th! This could change if by some reason we wind up with a snow day. We will be sending home a letter in your child's homework folder with more information regarding our 100th Day Celebration! Reminders:
Please be sure your child brings their sneakers on PE days. Also please make sure that your child has shoes to change into each day so they do not have to wear their boots all day long. Thank you!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Have a great week ahead!
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