5/18/12

          We had a very busy week in 2^nd grade this week.  We finished up all of our testing.  I am so proud of the effort all the students gave. 

          Below is an outline of our last week of school.  If you have any questions please call me here at Taft in the morning or e-mail me. dojohnso@ashlandcityschools.org 

·        Monday, May 28^th- No School

·        Tuesday, May 29^th- We will clean out our desk, so have a bag to take stuff home and we will have field day so wear gym shoes.

·        Wednesday, May 30- Our field trip to the zoo- bring a packed lunch

·        Thursday, May 31- Our last day of school.  We will go bowling in the morning, and in the afternoon we will have school activities. 

Reading:

          Our story this week was titled, The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs. Ask your student what the story was about.  Our vocabulary words this week are: exact, discovered, remove, amazed, guard, growled, explained and souvenirs.  See if your student can use them in a sentence. We also discussed facts vs. opinions. 

Writing

          The students did their final writing in their Progressive Writing Journal.  The writing prompt was the following; One day I woke up and turned into a ___________.  Tell about your day.  It was fun seeing what each child turned into.  These journals will come home the last week of school.  

Math:

          We reviewed lots of math concepts and played lots of math games.  I stress that many students need to work math facts, time and counting back change.   I encourage all students to work on their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts over the summer.