Mrs. Cordova’s 2nd Grade Class

The students have a read in on the last day of school. Please allow students to bring pillows, sleeping bags / blankets, and books.

Can you believe that the school  year is almost over? I cannot.  It has been a great year and I will truly miss these boys and girls.

Dairy Queen Trip a go! On the afternoon, of May 22 (our last day of school) students in ours and Mrs. Silver’s class will be walking to Dairy Queen to purchase a frozen treat.  Notes will go home next week. Your child will be asked to perform some sort of chore(s) in order to earn $1 to spend at Dairy Queen. So, start brainstorming with your child on what he/she can do to earn that dollar. Students will write, briefly, about the job they did to earn the money.  They will then become the consumer as we purchase a product. 

Things to look forward to next week:

Department of Conservation Presentation: Neta Collier from the Smithville Conservation Department will bring over snakes, turtles, and salamanders to present to the class.  Students will learn about these native wildlife and get a chance to hold them as well.

Fishing Field Trip: On Wednesday, our class will head out to the Platte Falls Conservation Site for a morning of hiking and fishing. Students will then have a picnic lunch to follow.

Field Day: On Friday, students will participate Field Day.  It starts at 8:30 and runs til 10:30.  After this, students will have activities in the classroom, finishing the day with activities in the gym.

During the remainder of the week, we will be learning about:

• Summarizing
• mis- and mid- as prefixes
• Opportunity cost
• supply and demand
• Consumer and Producer
• Finishing our Gingerbread Stories and grading them with the third graders

We will also be taking three different tests next week. One is the STAR reading test on the computer. The second will be the 4th Quarter Benchmark Math Assessment.  The third will be the end of the year Reading Assessment.

Testing is over!!! The students did wonderful and seemed to try their best this week during testing. Praise them for their efforts!

Book fair is coming Next week is the spring book fair. All books are buy one get one free. Students will have the opportunity to look and make a wish list on Monday. On Wednesday evening, families can come to Siegrist to purchase books at Family Night.  On Thursday, students will have the opportunity to buy books during the school day.

This week we will be studying:

Reading

• Summarizing
• suffixes -tion, -ture, -ness, -less
• fact and opinion

Grammar / Writing

• Sentence Fluency
• Punctuation
• Finish our Gingerbread stories

Math

• place value of numbers in thousands
• comparing 4 digit numbers
• word problems

Science / Social Studies

• economics

Upcoming Dates of Importance

• May 6 – 2 hr Early Dismissal PLC
• May 13 – Fishing Field Trip
• May 15 – Field Day
• May 20 – 2 hr Early Dismissal PLC
• May 22 – Last Day of School (Go to Dairy Queen?)

It has been a very busy week. However, it is finished and we have the weekend ahead of us.  Then, we just have four more weeks of school.

Next week, we will be taking the SAT 10. This is an achievement test.  Testing will occur daily between 10:30 and 12:20.  Please do everything you can to assure that your child is here during those times. Also, please make sure your child eats a good breakfast, has a healthy snack, and gets a good night of rest.

Dates for the Fishing Field trip have been determined.  All parents are invited to come along.  We will spend the morning at the conservation area, fishing.  We need lots of extra hands to help kids bait hooks and take off fish. We will be going on Wednesday, May 15 with Mrs. Silver’s class.

Next week we will be studying:

Reading

• Non-fiction conventions
  • types of print
  • close ups
  • table of contents
  • index

Science / Social Studies

• Economics

Dates of Importance

• April 27-May 1 – SAT 10 Testing
• May 4-8 – Spring Book Fair
• May 6 – 2 hr Early Dismissal – PLC
• May 8 – Dairy Queen for ice cream cones in the afternoon ???
• May 12 – Presentation by Dept. of Conservation
• May 13 – Fishing Field Trip
• May 15 – Field Day
• May 20 – 2 hr early dismissal – PLC
• May 22 – Last Day of School

Several parents sent in Dry Erase markers.  Thank you so much!!!!