The Toucan Squawk, April 25th - 29th

Hello families!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend.  The students have finished their reading series book, so we are completing in-class book reports, as well as starting some chapter book reading groups.  We are also continuing to cover fractions, as well as introduce math centers.  In addition to our spelling centers, my plans are to finish off the rest of April and on into part of May with math centers to reinforce topics covered through the entire school year.  These centers will not only reinforce, but also have mini-introductions to 3rd grade material to be covered at the beginning of next year.  Granted, the students have the 2 months off for summer vacation, but these introductions will encourage students to stay motivated and continue to challenge themselves.  My hopes are this can be accomplished with simple centers all students will complete, and produce finished products. 


Something else which is coming up for the students is their AR Goal achievement reward for the entire school year.  We've been working hard for the past year on completeing the at least 20 points and 85% for the goal.  Several students have achieved above and beyond this standard, but all students who have achieved their goal deserve their reward.  My plan is for these students to enjoy an ice cream social, complete with a choice of candies and other sweet toppings.  More news is to come regarding this special event, including the date- with so much activity going on currently, I don't want to set a date and then later have to change it!  I will be out for a professional conference May 9th - 11th, so we will have our social after I return.  However, it will definietly prove to be a lot of fun for the deserving students.             


The following are our spelling words for the week.  Despite being another short week, we'll have our spelling test on Friday as usual:

1. match
2. vacation
3. cracking
4. become
5. sprang
6. boring
7. elephant
8. giggle
9. lemon
10. seventy

News
Spring Carnival                                April 29th
Move up Day and Field Day           ??

Birthdays
Shayla                                               April 29th




Have a great week!


Elizabeth Townsend
elizabeth.townsend@svps.k12.az.us
515-2970
Second Grade
Pueblo del Sol Elementary School
Sierra Vista, AZ