The Vise Press
May 5, 2017
THANK YOU!!
Upcoming Events
- May 8 - 12: No visitors - Thank you for remembering that BES is a closed campus during the week of testing.
- May 12: ALL library books due!
- May 15 - 17: Scholastic BOGO Book Fair - Buy 1 book at regular price and get another book at the same or lower price free!
- May 16: Teddy’s Burgers Spirit Night 4:00pm-9:00pm
- May 19: Field Day!
- May 23: Colleyville Public Library Summer Reading Program Presentation
- May 24: Career Day! (More info Coming)
- May 26: Bad Weather Day - No School!!
- May 31: 2nd Grade End of the Year Celebration at 10:00 a.m. / School-Wide Picnic
- June 1: Menchie's 12:00pm -3:00pm/ Early Release 11:45 a.m., Last Day of School
- August 14: Meet the Teacher 2017-2018
School Supply Packs!
TIME TO ORDER YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLY PACKS FOR NEXT YEAR:
1. Order your pre-made School Supply packs today online: www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks
3. Follow the directions to checkout
4. Keep your online confirmation.
4. School supply packs with be delivered to your child's classroom before the first day of school.
Sale ends June 9th!
Questions? Contact Treva Smith at 214-552-8011 or smith_treva@hotmail.com
You're Invited
Who: Family of 2nd Graders
What: End of Year Celebration
Where: Cafeteria with a picnic to follow
When: Wednesday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m.
Why: To celebrate our year!
Please join us as we celebrate a wonderful year in 2nd grade! We will celebrate individual accomplishments in the Cafeteria beginning at 10:00.
Afterwards: The awards will be followed by a school-wide picnic featuring In N Out Burger! (Order forms coming soon!)
Summer Enrichment!!
The 2017 Summer Enrichment Brochure is now up on the website. Please check out the awesome classes being offered this year. There are over 53 teachers this year in our Summer Enrichment Program, 90 different courses with most being offered multiple times during the summer. Dyslexia courses will again be offered this year for GCISD students that are being served by our Reading Interventionists and NEW GT strand of courses designed specifically for our GT LEAD and ASPIRE Academy students, as well as other GT identified students from surrounding districts. Check out the courses at the link below.
Career Day!!
At Home Resources:
At Home Resources:
- Read chapter books
- Practice Math Facts- Xtra Math
Options:
Reading:
- iStation
- RAZKids
- Schoolbo
- Epic- Will not work at home anymore unless paid for $4.99/month. It is only free on the Teacher accounts at school. So sorry. They just made this change! :(
Spelling:
- Spelling City
- Word Mover
- Notes app - Students can write creative/funny sentences with their words in them.
- Word Brain/ Word Bubble/ Word Cookies
- Cursive Writing/Cursive Words
Math
- Prodigy
- iStation
- Hooda Math (Higher Level Thinking Activities)
- Zap Zap Fractions
- Pizza Fractions
- One Fraction
**Please help your student reach their goals by making sure they are reading and practicing their math facts! :) **
What Will We Learn Next Week??
- Students will be able to model and describe multiplication situations.
- Students will be able to spell words with 'ai' and 'ay.'
- Students will be able to read and discuss books in the same series.
- Students will be able to write their EOY expository.
- Students will be able to write their EOY personal narrative.
- Students will be able to identify natural resources, landmarks, climate, physical environment, and activities in our community.
- Students will be able to differentiate between man-made and natural resources.