Dr. Seuss!

SCS was welcomed back from vacation on Tuesday with a Read Around America Celebration.  We celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss with a K-5 assembly, a school wide 7 minute "Drop Everything and Read" time, guest readers throughout the day and a bunch of Dr. Seuss activities.  Sue Schaefer, Patty Spagnolo and Vasanthi Meyetter were all guest readers in our classroom.  This was a terrific way to get back into the swing of things at school.
Mira shared her Discovery Table about Hip Hop Dance this week.  She shared about the history of Hip Hop and showed us videos of some of her dance classes.  She also showed us a video that taught us some dance moves.  What an amazing dancer Mira is and what a terrific presentation she gave!
Firefly Second Grade completed our CSSU Science Inquiry Assessment this week.  This was a very rigorous task that took a very long time to complete. This assessment required students to complete an experiment that compared how water drains through clay and sand.  Everyone did a fantastic job with this and had fun in the process.
We also completed the CSSU Spring On-Demand Writing Prompt this week.  This prompt required students to choose a healthy snack to write about and provide reasons as to why it is healthy.  Once again, everyone worked hard and did a terrific job on this assessment.
We began Unit 11 in Fundations this week.  This unit focuses on vowel teams "ee", "ea" and "ey" and the long e sound.  We will also talk about exceptions to this rule when using "ea" such as in the word "steak" and the word "bread".
Next week will be the final week for this Social Studies/Science rotation.  Our new units will begin the week of March 19th.  Mrs. Nakhleh will be teaching "Changes in the Earth and Sky".  I will be teaching "Physical Geography".
We will also be having some visitors from Charlotte on Tuesday to observe a math lesson.  This is not a studio day, just something extra we've been asked to do.  If your child comes home on Tuesday and talks about there being a bunch of people in our classroom for math, you'll know what's going on!
A reminder that conferences begin Monday.  They will be taking place after school Monday through Thursday.  Please check the wikki schedule on the Firefly webpage to confirm your time.  If you have not signed up yet, please do so before Monday.  I have also included a copy of the sign up list as of Thursday in this week's Friday Folder.  I am leaving it up to families to decide who attends the conference.  Students are welcome, but if it works better for your family to come without your child that is fine too.  I look forward to meeting with everyone to celebrate your child's learning!

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