Week 37

May 16, 2016

Dear Parents,

Here we are down to the final week and a busy week it will be!!  Monday we will have a normal day, Tuesday we will get to watch the High School Talent Show in the afternoon, Wednesday is the 8th Grade Graduation, and Thursday is a Field Day!  We should have great weather for all these special occasions.  

There will be no homework assigned this week!!

In math for Monday and Tuesday we will be finishing up our  assessments for the report cards.

Students have been enjoying our economics project.  Pairs of students have created businesses with “goods” and “services”.  They have created signs and goods/services “tokens” that they produced and are selling to consumers.  Last Thursday, students were given money and time to purchase goods or services from other businesses, they had a blast!!  We will do this again on Monday afternoon.

      

Open for business.                    Purchasing goods and services.

In closing, I'd like to say a BIG thank you for making my year so wonderful!  I feel so fortunate to have had each of your students and to have had a great group of supportive parents.  This year has been a blessing in so many ways.  I wish you all a restful, adventurous summer and I am sure I will see you many of you around Fallon during the summer months.

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

Week 36

 May 9, 2016

Dear Parents,

Teacher Appreciation Week was awesome!  Thank you so much for the lovely notes, flowers, candy, gift cards, and other gifts.  The Teacher Appreciation Week Committee did an amazing job providing the teacher’s with treats throughout the week.  We are so thankful for all the “love”!

This week in math we will be reviewing measurement.  Students will spend time reviewing the standard units of measure including inches, feet, yards, miles, centimeters, and meters.  We will also work on word problems that involve measurement.  

Along with reviewing in math, I will be completing assessments for report cards.  This will be a very busy time, as I will be spending a lot of time assessing small groups of students and individuals.

Final Week of Math Homework...

Since this is the last week for homework and we will be doing lots of review, students will get to pick their own IXL Objectives to work on.  We are just asking that students pick an objective and work on it for 20 minutes.  It can be any 2nd grade objective that your child selects.   

Important Information…

On Wednesday, May 11th, Oasis will be practicing an Active Shooter Drill.  This drill will include local Law Enforcement.  As with all safety drills, it is important that students and staff practice so that we know what to do in the event of such an emergency.  Although we do not know the details of the drill, we do know that it will take place after the Kindergarten and 1st Grade dismissal time.   Pick up on Wednesday will most likely be delayed due to the drill.  If you would prefer that your child not participate in the drill, students may be checked out of school after 12:00 PM, this will not count against your child’s attendance.  More information via email will be coming about the Active Shooter Drill.

Despite the “wild weekend weather”, I hope all our “Bighorn” Moms had a fantastic, love filled Mother’s Day!!

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

     and

Shannon Garcia

Week 35

   May 2, 2016

Dear Bighorn Parents,

Here we are in May!!  We are winding down with only 12 days left of school.  This year is quickly coming to an end, but there is still work to be done.

We have completed instruction in all standards in 2nd grade math.  For the remainder of the year, we will be reviewing standards in 2nd grade math.  This week we will review telling time to the nearest 5 minutes, using the labels a.m. and p.m., identifying 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes, and partitioning 2 dimensional shapes.  Since these are review standards, some of the IXL objectives will be repeats.  Please have your student work on the assigned objectives for 15 minutes.

Next week the second graders will choose their IXL homework assignments.  Be prepared for your child to choose an IXL assignment and work on it for 20 minutes per night.

Here’s the homework for the week...

Monday	IXL Q.5 Read Clocks and Write Times
Tuesday	IXL Q.7 A.M. or P.M.
Wednesday	IXL T.3  Identify 2-D and 3-D Shapes
Thursday	Partitioning Shapes Worksheet

It’s hard to believe that we are down to the last few weeks as a second grade class.  The next 3 weeks will go very fast.  While Miss Garcia and myself will be sad to see our second graders get ready for third grade, we will look back with many fond memories.

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfieldl

and

Miss Garcia