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Marbles Field Trip!

During our literacy study this week, students will be working independently on writing projects and I will meet with each student one-on-one to document reading progress. During our Social Studies unit, we will be working on our historical figures research.  In Math, we are going to be showing what we know on the test, and we’ll also be brushing up on some skills that need some work.  

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Villa 8 Wish List:

• Pencils
• Dry Erase Markers
• Gently used books for our classroom library

Reminders:

• Scholastic Book Club order forms are due to me by Thursday, March 29.

Looking Ahead:

• Tuesday, March 27: Marbles field trip!!!
• Tuesday March 27: PTA Meeting at 6:30, Exhibition to follow
• Friday, March 30: Teacher Workday
• April 2-6: Spring Break

This Week’s Specials:   Monday: Spanish, Tuesday: Science Lab, Wednesday: PE,  Thursday: Technology, Friday: Music

Marbles Field Trip Frequently Asked Questions:

• Date:  March 27
• Arrival Time: 10:00 a.m.
• Departure Time:  12:30 p.m.
• Student Attire:  Dress comfortably with sneakers. Please wear your tie-dyed Boosterthon shirt so all members of Team Thompson are easy to spot.
• Snack needed:  Yes (students will eat snack prior to departure from school.)
• Please remember to send in a bagged lunch if you did not order a school lunch. We will eat lunch in the classroom after we return to school.
• We will not have time to visit the gift shop, so there is no need to bring money on the field trip.

Fairy Tale Presentations!

We are so excited to have a great audience on Friday during our Fairy Tale Presentations! Please plan to arrive at Villa 8 at 11:15, if possible. This will mean arriving a few minutes early to allow time for parking and signing in at the front office. When you arrive, take your seat and prepare to be entertained! If you are planning on coming, but you haven’t RSVP-ed, just drop me an email to let me know.

During our literacy study this week, we will be learning about how to connections to what we read. We will be talking about weak and strong connections, and about different types of connections. We will also be putting the finishing touches on out Fairy Tale projects so they will really shine! During our Social Studies unit, we will be learning about the different traditions around the world that people have when they lose a tooth. In Math, we are going to be reviewing fractions, with a focus on comparing fractions and identifying equivalent fractions.

You can follow us on twitter! Our name on twitter is ThompsonFWES. I hope you enjoy getting our tweets!

Reminders:

• If you have not turned in payment for our field trip to the Marbles museum on March 27, please send it as soon as you can. 
• There are Scholastic Book Club order forms in the Monday folder. If you’d like to order books, please submit your orders to me by Thursday, March 29.

Looking Ahead:

• Friday, March 16: Fairy Tale Presentations!
• Friday, March 16: Early Release
• Tuesday, March 27: Marbles field trip!!!
• Tuesday March 27: PTA Meeting at 6:30, Exhibition to follow
• Friday, March 30: Teacher Workday
• April 2-6: Spring Break

This Week’s Specials:   Monday: Music, Tuesday: Spanish, Wednesday: Art,  Thursday: Spanish, Friday: Science Lab

Marbles Field Trip Frequently Asked Questions:

• Date:  March 27
• Arrival Time: 10:00 a.m.
• Departure Time:  12:30 p.m.
• Student Attire:  Dress comfortably with sneakers
• Snack needed:  Yes (students will eat snack prior to departure from school.)

Please remember to send in a bagged lunch if you did not order a school lunch. We will eat lunch in the classroom after we return to school.

Love Our World Day!

During our literacy study this week, we will keep reading many different fairy tales, and we will be completing projects that explore different aspects of fairytale stories. This week we will be reading The Three Little Pigs, Hansel and Gretel, and The Brementown Musicians. We will be making a wanted poster for the Big Bad Wolf, and we’ll be sequencing the events in Hansel and Gretel.  We will also keep using our checklist to check of the “ingredients” in each fairy tale.  In Science, we will continue learning about the tools for measuring weather, and we will continue to collect data about our daily weather. In Math, we are going to continue to work with subtraction of large numbers. Please make extra time to help with homework this week if you can.

This week we will also begin a series of lessons about community and economy that will be taught by a volunteer who is also a chemist at Lord Corporation. We are very excited about working with Mr. Joey!

Love Our World Day is on Tuesday! Second Grade students will be rotating to learn to love the arts and culture in three countries: Russia, Germany, and Egypt. In addition to the special activities for Second Graders, our whole school will be making care-kits for the Red Cross to distribute to children who are victims of natural disasters. We will be making 800 care kits! We will also be having a school-wide sing-along of “We are the World.”

In addition to Love Our World Day, Tuesday is also Valentine’s Day. We will not be having a Valentine’s day celebration, but there will be time for students to distribute valentine cards. If you wish to make valentines, a name with all of the students in the class was sent home on Friday.

You can follow us on twitter! Our name on twitter is ThompsonFWES. I hope you enjoy getting our tweets!

Reminders:

• Please make sure that your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. We do play outside everyday, so clothes and shoes that are easy to move in are always a good idea.
• Please return the permission slip and payment for our field trip to Marbles museum. You can pay $20 for both trips now or pay $10 dollars for this field trip and pay for the other one later.

 Looking Ahead:

• Tuesday, February 14: Love Our World Day
• Friday, February 17: Early Release day
• February 20-21: Teacher Workdays
• Friday, February 24th: Visit from Ryan Ellis, Meteorologist 
• Monday, February 27: Interim Reports go home

This Week’s Specials:   Monday: Science Lab, Tuesday: PE, Wednesday: Technology,  Thursday: Music, Friday: No Special due to Early Release