We enjoyed meeting with many of you last week to talk about your child and their accomplishments, and we look forward to more conferences this week. It is amazing to reflect on the growth that has occurred since the beginning of second grade!
On Monday, students will take the spring district writing prompt. This allows us to measure how children have grown as writers since the fall district writing prompt and also allows us to see areas to focus on for the remainder of the school year. Many students have begun reading biographies about important individuals from history. We have been learning about character traits and how we can support our opinions of the person we are reading about with evidence from the text.
Last Wednesday, our class had our first workshop with Tracy Martin, a Flynn performing artist. With her, we created movements for scenes from the book Blizzard, one of the 2015-2016 Red Clover nominees. We then put these movements to music. Thanks to a grant we received, Tracy will be working with us to make "Words Come Alive" on Wednesday afternoons for the remainder of the school year! She will work with us to bring movement to our science and literacy curriculum, enhancing student learning.
In math, we are wrapping up our unit on place value to one thousand that has also focused on money. Students will take the post-assessment for the unit this week. We will then move into a unit on geometry.
Last week, information about the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser was sent home. This fun event will take place after school on Wednesday, April 13th, ending at 4pm. Let us know if you have any questions about the event.
Have a great week!
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