2nd Grade News
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Happy St. Patrick's Day tomorrow!
Mark Your Calendar:
- Saturday, March 17: Breakfast of Champions, 8:00am
- Wednesday, March 28: Planet Research Projects DUE!
- Thursday, March 29: 2nd Grade field Trip to the Etowah Indian Mounds
(more info below!) - Monday, April 2 - Friday, April 6: Spring Break
- April 13: Tentative date for Elementary Career Day (please email Mrs. Cantrell or Mrs. Ivarie if you are interested in coming to share with our students during this event!)
Planet Research Project
This due date is fast approaching! Students should be working on their Planet Research project at home. These are due on March 28th. Each student has been assigned a planet. They should create a 3D model of their planet and prepare a presentation. They have many presentation options to choose from!
I cannot wait to see our scientists present their research on the 28th of March!
Etowah Indian Mounds Field Trip
Want to Chaperone? Email me!
Important items to remember for this trip:
- Students should wear their RED uniform polo
- Students should wear comfortable bottoms and shoes (we will be walking a lot!)
- Students should pack a completely disposable sack lunch on this day - we will have a picnic lunch before returning to FSA
- We will leave around 8:45am and return at 2:00pm
We will be taking 2 parent chaperones for each 2nd grade class. If you are interested in chaperoning, please email me!
If you have not already... please return your field trip form!
These are due Tuesday, March 20th.
Students who purchase a t-shirt may wear them for the month of March with uniform bottoms!
Breakfast of Champions on Saturday!
Join us TOMORROW March 17 @ 8:00am for a waffle bar catered by Waffle House and a raffle where you can enter to win baskets valued between $100-$1,000!
All proceeds will benefit the Mustangs Athletics Department.
We hope to see you on the 17th.
-Your MSO
FSA's International Cultural Cafe - A Message from MSO
FSA’s annual International Cultural Cafe is right around the corner!
We take pride in the cultural diversity represented in our school, and our International Cultural Cafe is a great way to share and celebrate our various cultural traditions. Please read carefully because we need your help to make it possible!
The event this year will be slightly different, and we are recruiting families to contribute in various ways. Whether you would like to represent your country of origin, or share what you’ve learned about other places while traveling abroad, we would be honored if you would share your experiences and insight with the FSA family. The opportunities to contribute include:
1. Manage a booth - This includes selecting a country or a region of a country to educate our families on. You will be provided with table and a tri fold poster board to create a display showcasing your country’s heritage including relevant art, photos, traditional dress/costume, music, dance, food, souvenirs, games, etc. If more than one family volunteers to represent the same country, those families will collaborate to manage the booth. Any family managing a booth has an opportunity to be in the Parade of Nations. Details will follow once signed up.
2. Bring food and/or drink items indicative to a specific country - If you aren’t up for managing a booth but are a good cook and want to share your culinary talents, please let us know what items you would like to contribute for our food sampling.
3. Perform a talent representative of a country - Performances can be by our students, parents and/or others in the community. Examples include Irish or Indian dance, West African drumming, Capoeira, Salsa dance, singing, etc. Please note performances should be 3-5 minutes long.
4. If none of the above appeal to you but you would like to help at the event, please sign up to serve as a general event volunteer. We need help with set up and clean up, manning the passport and immigration booths, coordinating talent, and more. Anyone who is interested participating in any way, please complete the google form below and we will reach out to you with additional details.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r0O97qMif6ikATbISxI757bd2SriG9PMKxv4sFSfw68/edit
Please contact Kavitha Joseph at fsaculturalcafe@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
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!
A Peek at Next Week......
Here's what's coming up next week in 2nd grade...
Reading: We have started our poetry unit this week. Students are enjoying reading and identifying the different elements of poetry. Next week, students will participate in our reading groups centered around reading and understanding poetry.
ELA: We will continue to work on Opinion Writing! We will also be focusing on proper capitalization and punctuation in writing. We will have a quiz over these skills on FRIDAY!
Social Studies: We will continue our study on Georgian's and Civil Rights. Students will continue to learn about Jimmy Carter and his accomplishments.
Science: We are continuing our unit on Life Cycles. Students are excited to see that our caterpillars have each formed a chrysalis! We hope to see butterflies in our classroom soon :) We will spend the week continuing to learn about the Plant Life Cycle, as well as the different important jobs of each plant part. We will also have a special guest on Tuesday to see nature in action :)
Math:
Mrs. Sanchez's Math: We have started our Geometry Unit! Students are spending the first portion of our unit learning about the different types of lines and angles. We will have a quiz over lines & angles on Friday, March 23rd before moving into the shapes portion of our unit.
Ms. Bentley's Math: Students will be working on measurement with hands-on activities throughout the week!
Ms. Minor's Math: Students have started their Geometry Unit! Students are spending the first portion of our unit learning about the different types of lines and angles. We will have a quiz over lines & angles on Friday, March 23rd before moving into the shapes portion of our unit.
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.
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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)