Hands On Nature

This was a quick week filled with lots of fun activities. The class enjoyed a delayed Valentine's Day Party and Hands On Nature on Monday. A huge thank you to our Hands On Nature parents for a terrific lesson about tracking this week.  Our class learned about different track patterns and how they are used to identify animals and their activities.
We finished up our non-fiction units this week and are in the process of loading our non-fiction ebooks onto a google site linked to our blog.  Please check the upper right corner of the blog for the link to these ebooks.  If you do not have an Apple product


choose the PDF option.  If you would like to have a copy of this it can be downloaded directly from the google site.  We also finished our current Math and Fundations units this week.  After the break we will begin new units in Reader's and Writer's Workshops, as well as Math and Fundations.  We will be forming new reading groups and will spend the month of March doing Reader's Theater.  This will be a fun opportunity to mix everyone up and work on fluency in reading.
Once again, there is no homework over vacation, but I have sent home math fact packets for students to do for fun if they would like to.  They do not need to be returned to school.

I hope everyone has a terrific Winter Break!

Snow Day

It was so nice to meet with everyone this week to discuss your child's growth in second grade.  What a wonderful way to celebrate all the hard work they have been doing in second grade!
With our snow day tomorrow, we will have to post-pone our Valentine's Day Party until Monday.  I will be sending home Friday Folders on Monday since they won't be going home tomorrow.  No worries if your child can't complete the usual amount of homework.  Just have them do what works for them and the time your family has available.  There will be no homework during February Break, but I am sending home some math facts papers in Friday Folders next week for those students who would like to do them for fun over the break.  There is no need to return them to school after the break.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the snow!

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February PTO Minutes and News

Fundraising Update                                                                                             

▪ Box Tops – the Box Top deadline is fast approaching.  Please turn in Box Tops to your classroom before school break begins on February 21^st. Box Tops helps support the Hands on Nature program which is a science enrichment program run by parent volunteers at our school.  Sending in Box Tops from General Mills products helps keep this program going.

Tips for Parents on cutting out Box Tops:

1)      Cut along the line before submitting the box top

2)      Check that the box top hasn’t expired

More information can be found here: http://www.boxtops4education.com/homepageinterstitial

▪ Amazon – If you shop on AMAZON please take an extra step and enter the site through the link on the PTO page.  The PTO will earn up to 15% of your purchases!  Please remember that you need to use this link each time you shop for the PTO to benefit.

▪ Red Barn Fundraiser – we raised $1,137 that will go back to the school.

▪ Red Wagon Plant Fundraiser - packets will be distributed March 28^th, orders due back April 11th and pick up on May 22^nd.

▪ Dynamic Dates – will take place March 7-14 with the winners being announced on March 17^th.

Fund Spending

▪ CVU Summer Camp – the PTO will be providing a donation to the scholarship fund which will allow for one child to attend the camp.  The CVU Summer Camp is designed to provide all incoming ninth graders with a positive transition to high school.

▪ Hands on Nature – the PTO provided a donation in the amount of $1,048 to support the efforts of the Hands on Nature program.

    
Help Wanted                                                                                                                      

▪ Get Out the Vote – March 3^rd - help e-mail/call SCS families reminding them to vote on March 4^th. Contact Randy Sweeney if you are able to help at sweeneyrs@gmail.com

▪ Red Barn Delivery – help with unloading and distributing the Red Barn delivery on March 13^th.  Contact Randy Sweeney at sweeneyrs@gmail.com  if you are able to help anytime between 1:00 pm and 6:00 pm

▪ After School Enrichment Classes - interested in leading enrichment classes after school – contact Lorien at Part 2 lleyden@cssu.org

Other Business                                                                                                       

▪ Internet Safety Presentation – the presentation given by Detective Thomas Nash on internet safety and how to protect children online while still allowing some technological independence can be found on the SCS website at:  https://sites.google.com/a/cssu.org/scs-internet-safety-and-conduct

▪ “Like” Shelburne Community School Facebook Page

Highlights from Principals Report
▪ GeoBee: Josh Gamble was the overall winner and he will be going on to represent SCS in the statewide competition in February.
▪ The Kindergarten concert that took place on February 11^th was a huge hit with over 100 parents and family members in attendance.  Thank you to Diana Burritt, Jude Olson and Mary Nelson for pulling it all together.
▪ Fiddler on the Roof will take place February 19^th and 20^th at the Shelburne Town Center.

Mark Your Calendars                                                                                                      

March 4^th – VOTE

March 13^th – Red Barn Pick Up

May 9^th – Comedy Night Fundraiser at the Old Lantern

We look forward to seeing you next month at the PTO meeting on March 11^th at 6:00 pm in the Alpha Space.  Pizza and Babysitting are provided!

A Visit From Zero the Hero

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A huge thank you to everyone for coming to our Portfolio Sharing Party.  All my friends were very excited and proud to share the hard work they have been doing in Firefly Second Grade with you.  I look forward to meeting with all of you this Monday for parent/teacher conferences.
We spent Thursday doing 100th day activities and enjoyed a visit from Zero the Hero who read a book to us and did some math with us.  It appears as though Zero decided to change his hair style this year and go with a longer, curlier look as well as a mustache!  Thank you, Zero, where ever you are, for another fun 100th day visit!
This coming week will also be packed with fun activities.  We will visit the Book Fair Monday to preview books, so you should be looking for a wish list to be coming home Monday afternoon.  We will return to the Book Fair on Wednesday to purchase books, so please send in money on that day or before if your child will be buying something  Thursday is Vermont Writes Day.  Our school will be participating in a school wide "7 Minutes of Writing" and our class will all be writing in response to the same prompt.  Friday morning we will enjoy another Hands On Nature lesson.  Vicky will be in during the afternoon to teach us more about Mindfulness and we will spend the end of the day enjoying our Valentine Party.  A big thank you to Erica, Deb, Anne, Melissa and Sara for signing up to bring drinks and food for our party.  Our Valentine bags are finished and will be ready to be filled beginning this Monday.  Your child may bring them in any day this week to put in bags.
Have a great weekend!