The Toucan Squawk, Oct. 29 - Nov. 2

Halloween is finally here...and the kiddos are VERY excited! We'll be having our parade at 8:15. Students in K - 2 are invited to wearing their Halloween costumes, but it's definietly not a requirement. Afterwards, we'll be having our Halloween-themed center rotations in the classroom. You are welcome to stay. The students will be making spider cupcakes and estimating and measuring our classroom pumpkin from Apple Annie's, along with other centers. The students will still have time for their lunch in the cafeteria (or in the classroom if they bring a home lunch). We'll also have time for a movie (at least part of one) and for the students to enjoy their cupcakes. It's sure to be a fun morning!

The homework has changed- but only for this week. My apologies I didn't mention it prior to sending it home yesterday. There was a mix-up with the copies, and the words that were copied were the same ones from last week. So, I'll be sending home a page each day for this week. Each page is due the next school day. Friday, as usual, will be the day for rewarding of homework nickels, shopping, and Freetime for those who have earned it. Also, because of the mix-up with the spelling words, we won't be having a spelling test on Friday. We'll move on to the next set of words next Monday as usual.

The spider reports came out fantastic! The students worked so hard on them. I'll be sending them home within the next couple weeks with the grading rubric. This grade will go into writing- for the structure of how their paragraph was written, and for science- for the content.

As a reminder, here is the rubric grading system. This is how the kids will be graded for their writing projects:

4- 97 % or higher
3- 85 % or higher
2- 70 % or higher
1- 50 % or higher


News

Oct. 31                  Half-day early release at 11:30, teacher in-service Halloween Parade, 8:15 
                               AM, around the school.  Activities in the classroom afterwards

Nov. 12                 Veteran's Day, no school
Nov. 16                 Progress reports go home
Nov. 21 - 23         Thanksgiving holiday, no school
Nov. 28                 Half-day early release at 11:30, teacher in-service

Birthdays

Oct. 24 Isaiah

Nov. 21 Mason
Nov. 23 Kaylee

Thank you for all you do!

Elizabeth Townsend

PDS
Second Grade

515-2970

elizabeth.townsend@svps.k12.az.us