Hi,

Junior Achievement will be here all week. This is a great program that goes along with our Social Studies curriculum about We the Workers.

Today, the website kids.usa.gov/jobs was shared with us. There are a lot of resources and desciptions about all different kinds of jobs. It is worth checking out. There is a section for parents as well.

https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=13978895&x=8f465

The link above is for practice with the on level spelling list.

We had a great first week! I truly can not thank you enough for the donations and for getting the information back to school so quickly.

We are going to have a fun and exciting year.

Back to school is right around the corner. Target has all their supplies out and I am busy getting the classroom redecorated for another fabulous year!! I am so excited for the 2014-2015 school year and I hope you are too 🙂

Open house is on Thursday, August 7th from 5:30-6:30. I am looking forward to meeting you all. Enjoy the last few weeks of summer!!

Hi Families~

Unit 14 in Math is about measuring. The homework in a little more parent involved then past homework lessons have been. It is asking you to measure the capacity of different containers, compare the mass on objects and measure using the width of a finger.

The tested objectives for this week are going to be fractions, measuring to the nearest inch, converting measurements  3 feet=1 yard, and the best unit to use when measuring.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

We had our last spelling test yesterday. No more spelling this year 🙂

Next week:

Monday is field day in the morning, please check the weather and wear tennis shoes. If it is canceled due to weather, it will be the following Monday, May 19th.

Next week is also Assessment week. We will be taking our Unit 6 Reading assessments, our writing assessment and our Unit 13 and 14 Math Assessments.

It will be a busy week for us.

We have been talking about money this week and our essential question is “How do we use money?” We have talked about spending, saving and donating our money. We also have learned about how dollar bills are made and destroyed and how long they are in circulation. I are tracking a dollar bill I had with me. Something fun to do at home would be to register and track a dollar bill that you have at home on www.wheresgeorge.com.

No Homework on Thursday April 17th because of the long weekend.

No Homework on Monday April 21st because of the field trip.

The second grade classes will be going on a field trip to The Lincoln/Lancaster County Landfill.

When: Monday, April 21st

Time: We will leave Morley at 12:00 and return to school around 2:00.

We are taking a bus and there is only room for the children and teachers. If you would like to join us on this field trip, please meet us at the landfill at 12:30. It is located at 6001 Bluff Road, about 1-1/4 mile north of I-80 and Highway 77, then east on Bluff Road.

We are also going to Chet Ager in May. More information to come.

New math groupings will be starting when we come back from Spring Break. As we looked at data and students, the team decided that we needed to try some new groupings to meet the needs of all students. Some of my students will be walking to Mr. Erickson’s or Miss Brock’s class for Math and some of their students will be walking to my room for Math.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns about these new groupings. We want all students to be successful and challenged at school.