Hello May

                                                                                                             May 4, 2015

Dear Parents,

I'm not sure how it happened so fast, but the month of May is upon us.  The school clock is winding down but the students of Room 5 are still working away.

Math
The students of Room 5 are loving Geometry!!!  We continued our work with three dimensional solids.  Solids have been using a computer program that allows them to look at three-dimensional shapes and then the "net" or flattened form.  Students have been having a blast creating their own nets and seeing if they can make a "net" that will form a three-dimensional solid.  A few of them have been printed and students have cut them out, folding them on the lines to see if the "net" does form a solid.  So far we have done this with 2 "nets" and one formed a solid.

Students used what they learned about three-dimensional solids to create solids using toothpicks and mini marshmellows.

Our final math piece for the week was looking at "Club Quadrilateral".  Students are learning that for a two-dimensional shape to be a member of "Club Quadrilateral" the shape must have a four sides and four vertices.  Squares, rectangles, parallelogram, trapezoids, and the rhombus are all members of "Club Quadrilateral"

 
Here's the homework for this week...

Math Homework
Mon.     IXL T.3 Identify 2-Dimensional Shapes and 3-                    Dimensional Shapes
Tues.    Worksheet
Wed.     Worksheet
Thurs.   No Homework

Writing
Students are working on typing their persuasion piece. Through this writing we have been focusing on the organization and indenting.
Language
Students in Room 5 continued their work with Dictionary Skills.  We spent a little more time with Guide Words but this week our main focus was looking in depth at entry words.  An entry word is a word in the dictionary.  Each entry word has a definition, phonetic spelling, the part of speech, and sometimes an example sentence.

Projects
Students are continuing to observe their radish plants.  We have also planted bean seeds and students are watering them with different liquids including...soda, bubbles, lemonade, milk, gatorade, and oil.

Along with plants, students are starting learn about habitats and the plants and animals that share various habitats.  So far students have learned about the arctic, desert, and rainforest habitats.  This week we will focus on the forest, freshwater, and ocean habitats.  From their students will pick which habitat they will choose to focus on.

Baseball season, softball season, and school are begining to wind down.  I plan on enjoying the remaining school days to the fullest!!  I wish you all a wonderful week!!

Sincerely, 
Anne Bloomfield

A note from Mrs. Jackson...

May 3, 2015

Lemonade, lemonade, lemonade!  I was at a friend’s house tonight and their 8th grade daughter was readying her lemonade stand for tomorrow.  I am excited to see all of the different lemonade stand plans that our 8th grade students have come up with to beat out their fellow classmates and their stands!  We are so lucky to have our children at Oasis where we have such amazing teachers that make our learning real.

In 2nd grade this week, we will spend our last week of Guided Reading enjoying the final chapter books of 2nd grade.  Next week we will take our end of the year 2nd grade reading assessments.  It is so fun to end this year hearing students discuss books that are making them laugh and discuss different opinions about what they are reading.  Thank you for making sure that our reading is still getting done nightly and that you are signing their completed log as well!

We will be working with a poem about summer and reading some new non-fiction books this week during our Daily Five.  I know the students have been eyeing these new non-fiction books since it is our favorite genre, so I am excited to pull them out and share them with our 2nd grade class as part of our mini-lessons of the week.  

Have a great week.  This is our last week of softball (before tournament)!  Unfortunately, as much as I love it, I am ready for it to be done and to have evenings at home and in my own yard!  Thank you for being such wonderful volunteers here at school and such wonderful families working with your children at home!