January and February News!

Hi everyone!


Thanks for checking in!  I can't believe we're wrapping up the month of January already! It seems like we just got back into the swing of things and we're already thinking ahead on what we'd like to accomplish between now and Family Break. 

Students have been super busy with our Jan Brett author study! We've done lots of neat activities with The Mitten and The Hat, and next week students will be starting another major writing project, where we will be writing our own version of The Mitten!

We're still waiting for a good snow fall for the students to be able to go tobogganing! All that fuss with those purple waiver forms....hopefully we'll actually get to go!!  In Science, we've kicked off our unit on Temperature (how fitting, with yesterdays 'lovely' snow fall!). I encourage you to have conversations with your child about the weather-  we try and look at the weather network's predictions every morning and afternoon.  Students will soon start some experiments with measuring temperature in and around the school. 

A reminder that we still need MANY drivers for our swimming day on Thursday February 2nd. We will leave MMH at about 12:30, to swim from 1-2, and then be back at MMH for about 2:30.  So far, I have Terra T. and Tony D. signed up to drive students. Please email me back asap to let me know how many students you can transport!  We need about 6 more drivers!

Our class will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday February 14th. Thanks to the following parents who signed up to bring treats. They are:

Fruit Tray- Zane

Veggie Tray with Dip- Rawley

Cheese, meat and crackers- Brooke. R.

Cookies, cupcakes or muffins- Elora Green

Juice boxes- Morgan

Plates and napkins- Aaron

When we learned about the Chinese New Year, our Grade 2B students had a BLAST with a website full of Tangram puzzles. I promised to put it on the blog-  Here it is if you have some free time:

http://games.ztor.com/tang/


Thanks! Have a marvelous weekend
-Anna Tsentouros


February Thursday February 2^nd- Happy Groundhog’s Day!
Thursday February 2^nd- Grade 2B swimming from 1-2pm
Tuesday February 7^th- Character Ed. Assembly & Family time
Thursday February 9th- Arctic Day!

Friday February 10^th- Staff Learning Day No school for students
Tuesday February 14^th- Spirit Assembly- Dress in Red!
Tuesday Feburary 14th- Happy Valentine’s Day & Class party!
Friday February 17^th- 100^th DAY OF SCHOOL!!
February 20^th- 24^th- Family Break- No school

Welcome Back!

Hey everyone! Thanks for checking in on the blog! We had a great week back and by Monday’s first recess it was like we’d never left! THANK GOODNESS the students didn’t forget everything!! J  Only kidding- but it’s nice to be back in the routine of things and with a busy curriculum, we’re getting right back to business.

I apologize for the hot lunch forms coming home so late- our Photocopier was broken for a long time! Hot lunch forms went home TODAY in your child’s backpack, and we are asking that they be brought back on MONDAY! 

Thank you to those parents who volunteered for the Clay for Kids project!  I have enough volunteers now, and I think it’ll be a fun afternoon.  I’m especially excited to see the finished project, which will be hanging in the main entrance at our school.  I think it’ll really liven up the space, and how neat is it that our students will get to participate in something that will last a long time! 

I’ve received a few emails from parents who are able to drive students to Nicholas Sheran Pool on Thursday February 2^nd for swimming, but still need many more! Please email me back asap with the number of students you are able to transport. 

This weekend would be a WONDERFUL time to go over some Science terms with your student, as we are finishing up our Liquids unit with a test next week!  Some important vocabulary they need to know are:  liquid, transparent and opaque, melt, dissolve, freeze, evaporate, surface tension.

A good activity is to go through some materials in your house (such as towel, tin foil, wax paper, plastic bag, bathing suit) and discuss if it’s absorbent  or not.  You could also have a conversation about the Water Cycle. 

If you have time, have your child explore some of these websites that are related to our Liquids unit:

Click here for a website or here

That’s all for now! Thanks and have a wonderful weekend J

-Anna Tsentouros

Here are the January/ February dates for our classroom! Please update your calendar’s at home!

JanuaryMonday January 16^th- HOT LUNCH FORMS DUE! 
Tuesday January 17^th- Spirit Assembly at 12:45- Sports Dress Up
Thursday January 19^th- Guest teacher Cathy Kitagawa for Health
Thursday January 19^th- Clay for Kids project at 2:05
Wednesday January 25^th- Hot Lunch Day
February
Thursday February 2^nd- Happy Groundhog’s Day!
Thursday February 2^nd- Grade 2B swimming from 1-2pm
Tuesday February 7^th- Character Ed. Assembly & Family time Friday February 10^th- Staff Learning Day No school for students
Tuesday February 14^th- Spirit Assembly- Dress in Red!
Tuesday Feburary 14th- Happy Valentine’s Day
Friday February 17^th- 100^th DAY OF SCHOOL!!
February 20^th- 24^th- Family Break- No school