2nd Grade News
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A Busy Week in 2nd Grade!
Mark Your Calendar:
- February 1: Drama Club Presents Why do We Laugh, 5pm
- February 2: Fourth Grade Field trip to Booth Western Art Museum
(permission slips due no later than MONDAY) - February 4: Open house for prospective students
- February 5: WriteScore Assessment (see above for more information)
- February 5: Last day to submit re-enrollment forms to the front desk
- February 9: Good conduct dress down day
- February 13: Spring picture day
- February 14: Elementary Valentine's Dance (details will be announced next week)
- February 16: Teacher Workday -- No School for Students
- February 19: President's Day-- No School
- February 23: Six Flags Read to Succeed Reading Logs Due
- March 2: Dr. Seuss Day - more information to come!
Read Across America Day - Book Donation
Read Across America Day is Friday, March 2nd. To help prepare for this day, we would love to build our elementary classroom libraries with gently used books donated by our FSA families. If you have any books that are no longer needed in your home, please consider donating. We will take the books collected and distribute to all of the elementary classrooms. We are excited to get some new books in the hands of our students on Read Across America Day.
Donations will be accepted until February 23 rd and may be dropped off in Ms. Ivarie’s office, room 1202. Thank you!
Re-enrollment Announcement
Parents, Re-Enrollment is currently going on! Now that we have turned the calendar to a new year, for planning purposes, it is once again time to assess the number of students who plan to return to FSAPS next year. Please be informed that priority enrollment for current FSA students will end on Monday, February 5, 2018. After this date, any remaining spots will be offered to new applicants and wait lists will be administered. We have sent an email to all current families with the Re-Enrollment Form, or you can pick up a Re-Enrollment Form from the front desk. This form includes the tuition rates for the 2018 - 2019 School Year.
Elementary Career Day
Classroom Supplies Needed
6 Flags Read to Succeed
We are excited to share that the elementary students will participate in the Six Flags Read to Succeed Program again this school year!
If you are not familiar with this program, students need to read a minimum of 6 hours, log their time and get parent and teacher approval. Teachers then log student's time in their accounts and students are awarded a one day pass to Six Flags. Teachers that have at least 8 students participate, also get a ticket.
Students brought their reading logs home before the break!
The due date back to teachers is Feb. 23rd.
Help Us Stay Healthy!
It is that time of year again...
Help our class stay healthy by please keeping your child home to rest up and get healthy if they are sick! Please remember we have a 24 hour fever free school policy. Make sure your child has been without a fever (without medication) for 24 hours before they return to school. We will continue to wash our hands and clean our classroom to stay healthy!
Write Score
We are excited to share that on February 5th, your child will have the opportunity to participate in a Write Score writing task that will be scored by an outside vendor. This writing task will allow students to follow the writing steps for an informational writing genre and get feedback from an outside educator. Students will complete the writing task with their language arts class on February 5th, from 8:00-10:00. Elementary students will complete the writing task via paper/pencil and upper grades will complete online.
Teachers have been preparing students for this writing task within the classroom and no additional preparation is needed. After the writing task is scored, teachers will receive feedback on each individual child that outlines strengths and areas of improvements. Teachers will then take this information to drive the instruction in their classroom and allow students to make corrections and revisions. We are excited to get this outside feedback to help provide guidance to our students.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask your child’s language arts teacher or reach out to the Curriculum Coordinator, Kandice Ivarie.
Math In Focus Textbooks
A Peek at Next Week......
Here's what's coming up next week in 2nd grade...
Reading: We are beginning on unit on analyzing characters. We will be identifying and describing character traits and point of view, as well as how/why characters change in a story.
ELA: We will continue connecting our nonfiction text features skill with our writing skill for the next few weeks. Students will be creating their own informational paragraphs this week using articles for research.
Social Studies: We will be wrapping up on Economics Unit this week. We will test on Thursday this week!
Science: We are continuing our study of the Solar System. We will continue to learn about rotation and revolving and students will participate in an engaging STEM activity related to the sun and shadows!
Math:
Ms. P's Math: Students are continuing to work on our fractions unit! Students will spend next week working with fractions with different denominators. We will be working on equivalent fractions, reducing fractions and comparing fractions with different denominators. Please keep practicing multiplication facts at home :) Please return your 3A textbook!
Ms. Bentley's Math: Students will have their Ch. 14 Telling Time test on Monday. In class, students will begin our money unit! 10s fact multiplication quiz in on FRIDAY! Please return your 2A textbook!
Ms. Minor's Math: Students are continuing to work on our fractions unit! Students will spend next week working with fractions with different denominators. We will be working on equivalent fractions, reducing fractions and comparing fractions with different denominators. Please keep practicing multiplication facts at home :) Please return your 3A textbook!
Home Visit Program
Home visits are a casual way for your child to spend time with his/her teacher in the comfort of their home. Teachers enjoy having a chance to see children in this comfortable environment, doing whatever makes them most happy and spend time with children and their parents outside of a regular school day.
Simply email junal@fultonscienceacademy.org with some suggested dates/times, as well as your students' name(s) and homeroom assignments. Ms. Unal will be in touch to confirm final details.
Please note: the best times to schedule a home visit are weekdays after 5:00pm.
FSAPS Spirit Wear Store
2nd Grade Book Wishlist
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Mrs. Corinne Sanchez
Elementary Collaboration Leader
Email: cprzedpelski@fultonscienceacademy.org
Website: www.fultonscienceacademy.org
Location: 3035 Fanfare Way, Alpharetta, GA, United States
Phone: (678) 366-2555 (124)