The Toucan Squawk, Apr. 16 - 20

Testing is done!  I'm so proud of the kids and their hard work.  They really put their all into their testing yesterday and today.  And, to make this even more special, we don't have any make-ups scheduled for the rest of the week because everyone was present for both days! 

Today was especially tough because it was the scripted day, where I read to the students for the math and language arts tests.  I know they would rather had move through the tests on their own, but these two tests have been set up this way by the mandates put forth by the state.  The kids were pretty tired of the tests by the end of them, so everyone was especially happy when they realized today was the second and last day.

We Love Reading! week is next week!  This is a special week we have set up to celebrate our guest author, Juanita Havill.  She will be here on Thursday, and will read some of her books to the students.  Below is the schedule of events:

• Monday-  "Hats off to Reading".  Wear a fun hat.
• Tuesday-  "Read like a rock star".  Dress like a rock star.
• Wednesday-  "I'm tied to a good book"  Wear a fun tie.  Parents are invited to participate in fun activities with their child in the library.
• Thursday-  Juanita Havill, guest author.  "Reading knocks your socks off".  Wear fun socks.
• Friday-  Book character parade.  Dress up as a favorite book character.

It's definietly going to be a fun week!

We will be finishing working with fractions next week- I'd like to introduce adding and subtracting fractions this week and next.  We'll then move on to time to the half hour, and last but definietly not least- a math unit the students always look forward to- multiplication!

We will also be finishing reading the text book series next week, with a non-fiction story called, "The World's Plants are in Danger".  This will also culminate our spelling word lists, so I will then be introducing more book reports in different formats for both fiction and non-fiction, as well as third grade word lists.


News

April 23                  Progress Reports sent home
April 23 - 27           We Love Reading! Week  
April 27                  Spring Carnival, 4:30 - 6:00 PM
April 30                  General Dental visit


Birthdays

April 4                    Lainey
April 7                    Brooke
April 14                  Gabe
April 27                  Mason

Have a great week!

Elizabeth Townsend
elizabeth.townsend@svps.k12.az.us
PDS
Second Grade

Thank you for continuing to make your child's education a priority!