What a fun week we had celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday and Reading! Thank you to everyone who participated in Ms. Bauer’s fun reading challenges (Dr. Seuss reading bingo board/ design a Dr. Seuss bookmark) AND dressing up for our spirit days!
A LOOK INTO ROOM 8:
Reading- Our week began with a Dr. Seuss story read to us by a special guest reader from the company, EAB. We spent the remainder of the week working on drawing conclusions as we explored nonfiction texts. Students pulled evidence from the text along with what they already know to draw conclusions from articles on solids/liquids/gases and Famous Americans. 
Math- Our unit on telling time wrapped up with a fun “Scoot!” activity. Students were up and moving around the room reading and recording the times from the clocks posted on the wall. This was a great way to get us ready for our end of unit clock assessment. We then moved into our unit on using thermometers as a measurement tool. Students learned the key terms used when reading thermometers such as degrees, Fahrenheit, and Celsius. We also looked at how to read different types of thermometers.
Social Studies- We had fun learning about Helen Keller this week as we created our names in braille! Students worked in groups to make braille dots using liquid glue, watched videos of Helen Keller learning sign language with Anne Sullivan, and created a time line showing the major events of Helen Keller’s life. Next week we will take a look into the life of Benjamin Franklin and work on creating a “Who Am I?” cartoon board to review all the Famous Americans we have learned this quarter. 
A GLANCE INTO NEXT WEEK:
- READING: Drawing Conclusions (Fiction)
- PHONICS FOCUS: Suffixes (-y, -ly, -er, -est)
- SPELLING WORDS: chilly, dirty, barely, closely, cleaner, brighter, walker, farmer, coldest, nearest
- WRITING: Friendly Letters
- MATH: Temperature/ Equality
- SOCIAL STUDIES: Famous Americans Review
UPCOMING NEXT WEEK:
- Monday, March 9
- WHEEL RESOURCE: Library
- Thursday, March 12
- PTO 2nd grade performance
NEWS & REMINDERS:
- SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR: The Scholastic Book Fair is BACK! Students were given time to preview the books available to purchase this week. Book wishlists and Scholastic preview flyer were sent home in student folders earlier this week. The book fair will be open in the library from March 9th- March 13th.
- PTO PERFORMANCE:
“Join in the Dance” 2nd Grade Tigers will perform Thursday March 12th songs that are used to get people dancing. Join us afterwards for the Book Fair and community Folk Dance featuring the 2nd graders! All are encouraged to join in the folk dancing so bring the whole family. Details for 2nd Grade performers below:
Who: 2nd Grade members
What: PTO performance of singing and dancing
Where: Trevvett Cafe
When: Thursday March 12th, student report to Library at 5:45pm, performance at 6pm, community dance from 6:30-7pm
Attire: White dress top, black dress bottoms/shoes
HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!