Monday News for March 21st

Last Thursday, we saw "The Orchestra Sings" performance at the Flynn. We had been practicing songs for the performance for many weeks, so it was exciting to finally play and sing them with a larger audience and full Orchestra. Your children really enjoyed being part of the show, and we were impressed with their focus when learning the recorders in class.  We worked on a whole class opinion writing piece in which we recommended this field trip to other classes. We focused on elaboration of details of our reasons for the recommendation. The recorder is your child's to keep. A book from the Link Up program was also sent home which includes the songs from the performance as well as tips for singing and playing the recorder.  It is our hope that your child will continue to show interest in music and will possibly consider playing an instrument in the future!  Here is the opinion piece the class wrote together:

Our class got to see a performance at the Flynn theater where we got to be part of the show! We would recommend the orchestra sings field trip to your class too. The first reason is the song Oye. We really liked it because the singing was really good, we got to sing and dance too, and they even had a special dancer in a sparkly dress! The second reason was the song Simple Gifts. This song was really great to sing with the full orchestra and we were able to watch the conductor.  The third reason we recommend the show is that big kids play in the Orchestra. We liked this because we got to see many different instruments and the kids all did a great job. Now you know why we think you should see this performance!

This week we begin parent-teacher conferences. We are looking forward to sharing your child's progress with you! If for some reason, you need to reschedule your child's conference, please feel free to go to the sign-up and pick another time that works for you. We still have other times available. We welcome you to bring your child with you. It is great to have your child as a participant. However, we leave this up to your discretion.

Spelling this week will be review of the suffixes ed, ing and s. Since we have a short week with no school on Friday, we are using this time to reinforce previous skills taught so far. We will review trick words as well.

Just a reminder that all second graders should have mastered their addition and subtraction facts by the end of second grade. Second graders are expected to complete twenty addition and subtraction facts in one minute by the end of second grade. On the nights your child does not have math homework, we recommend these facts be practiced. We have suggestions for how this can be done and will suggest ideas at conferences.


Thank you so much for the wonderful donations to our class basket for the PIE raffle! We hope you can make the Family Dance and Basket Raffle on April 1st! It should be a fun family night out.

Have a great week ahead and we look forward to meeting with you soon!