2H Class Blog!: Mar. 11th News

What a wonderful, jam packed week we had back to school! Coming off the vacation week, all of the Owls settled right back into our routine and were ready to work!

Acting out scenes from The Three Little Pigs!

Highlights from our week:

*Iditaread: Our Iditaread is well underway! This past week, every musher has made significant progress on their reading journey towards Nome. I have been extremely impressed with each reader’s motivation in this challenge. Keep it up contestants! We’ve also been having a lot of fun closely following the real Iditarod race as those mushers make their way towards Nome as well. Our reading challenge continues until our last musher makes their way to Nome (just like the real race!) Just a reminder, students need a parent or teacher signature for each entry and need to turn their reading log in everyday (most have been doing a fantastic job with this!) Please help remind your child of the importance of reading every night. It has been so fun hearing what books are hooking each reader and helping them make their way to the finish line.

*Reading: For the past week, second graders have been immersed in fairy tales! All of their hard work is in preparation for their upcoming wax museum, which will take place on Friday, April 6th. A HUGE part of this project is reading tons and tons of fairy tales! Students have been read to, read independently, and have partner read numerous tales such as:

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Thank you to all who helped their children pick a fairy tale character and returned the sign up paper to school. Our class was pleased to learn that EVERY student received one of their top three choices!

*Science: For a fun fairy tale connection, the Owls planted their very own "magic beans" and created their own version of the Giant's castle. Will their beans reach the castle providing Jack a way up? Only time will tell!!

*Math: During our math workshop time, we have been working especially hard in the area of money. Students should be becoming fluent in coin identification, counting a given amount of coins, and finding multiple coin combinations for given amounts. As students show success with these skills, they are being challenged to find total costs for numerous items and count back change. Practice of these skills has given us a lot of opportunities to play games, work with partners, and use technology!

For additional practice at home, have your child:

-count loose change piles

-draw coin combinations for items in a supermarket flyer

-visit these websites:

-ABCya Counting Money

-ABCya Money BINGO

-IXL (P.6 and P.7---P.10 for a challenge!)

*Scholastic Book Orders: March book order forms were sent home early last week. As always, Scholastic's full catalog is available online. Orders are due Tuesday, Mar. 13th.

*Guest Speakers: We were SO fortunate this week to have Ron's parents join us and teach our class about the Jewish holdiay, Purim! After hearing a story, each Owl got to make a noise maker! Have your child tell you about the story and why they made their noise maker. A big thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Dvinsky for coming in and working with us!

*5th Grade Buddies: We were back to design engineering with our 5th grade buddies this week! Students were tasked to build a chair, that could support the weight of a stuffed animal "pet", using just two pieces of paper and tape. Nearly every group was successful and each design was creative and unique!