Mrs. Finch's Class News
Vol. 1, Issue 27
Week of May 2nd-6th, 2016
Please be sure to take note of the events in this newsletter so that you can make arrangements not to miss our end of the year fun.
Field Trip Information for Thursday, May 5th
2nd Grade Field Trip
Fort Worth Museum
Science and History
Thursday, May 5th, 2-16
Our Schedule:
9:00—Load Buses (Parents are welcome to follow us to the museum or meet us there at the front entrance)
10:00—Arrive at museum to get tickets. We will line up in classes and teachers will pass out tickets. Students will walk through museum with adult chaperone/small group.
11:15—Meet at the IMAX theater.
11:30—12:15—Watch IMAX film: Born to Be Wild. (There is limited seating available, so if you would like to watch the film with your child, please be sure to purchase a ticket ahead of time to avoid running out of seats.)
After IMAX film we will meet back out on the front lawn for a picnic lunch. We will have coolers to store sack lunches. However, the museum’s café will be open if you would like to purchase lunches there.
Once we are done with lunch, we will load buses and head back to school. You are more than welcome to have your child leave with you, but you must sign him/her out on the teacher’s sign out sheet.
Prices include both museum and IMAX film
Student’s Name: ______________________________________________ ($8.50)
Adult Chaperone:______________________________________________($16.00)
Amount Enclosed______________________________________________
All Money Is Due: April 28th (Cash Only)
If you are going on the field trip with us this Thursday, your child will bring home a note with reminders on Wednesday. This note will have helpful information for you to know as you accompany us on a day of fun.
Academic Focus:
Reading/ELA
Target Skill: Media
Reading Strategy: Visualize
Vocabulary Strategy: Dictionary
Phonics: Review words
Grammar: Review: Nouns and Verbs
Writing: Narrative Stories
Math: Measurement
unit: inch
Social Studies/Science
Financial Literacy/ My Community
Animal Characteristics
Weekly Spelling Words (Review)
Words with long o and u w/silent e
1. doze
2. nose
3. rose
4. pole
5. close
6. cute
7. woke
8. mule
9. rode
10. role
11. tune
12. wrote
Homework:
Monday--Tree Map
Tuesday--ABC Order (10 words)
Wednesday--Vowels/Consonants (same words as ABC order)
Thursday--5 Spelling Sentences or a Spelling Story
Bringing a Bio Poem to Life
Here is Noelle reading her bio poem. She will be on stage one day for sure!