Tuesday, February 14th: Level 2 Valentines Exchange
See details below!
Monday, February 20th: NO SCHOOL
Presidents Day observed
Wednesday, February 22nd:
Chaperones needed for Out & About (FYI: we will be doing a lot of walking)
The Puffins will need 2-3 chaperones from 1:50pm-3pm in the afternoon.
If you are interested, email Erin at: [email protected]
Erin will coordinate with folks who are interested and provide details for joining us.
Level 2 Valentine’s Day Friendship Celebration
The Puffins will show appreciation for our classroom community and friendships with a Friendship Celebration at the end of the day on Tuesday, February 14th.
If your Puffin would like to bring in cards for their classmates, they MUST bring one for every student. Please help our classroom flow… for passing out cards with 26 kids:
It works best if they do NOT write out individual names on cards
(when they gift a similar card to each child, it makes it much easier to pass around).
Students can make cards or buy them. If you have the time, it can be fun to focus on creative re-use! Check out these links:
https://austincreativereuse.org/2019/01/creative-alternative-valentines/
https://trashmagination.com/valentines-and-business-cards-from-recycled-maps/
Also-please be modest with candy contributions; Puffins will not be allowed to eat treats at school. We have 26 students in our classroom.
A Message from Art Teacher Stephanie:
Buying a yearbook helps support the FGCS art program, and the yearbooks are currently on sale for $20. Students absolutely love getting their book during the last week of school, but they must be ordered ahead of time.
You can purchase a yearbook at this link:
Yearbook using the passcode: 1016052158063632.
On the website, you have the option customize your book with your own pictures if you wish, but you don't have to. This week in art students have been working on the cover, and we will vote on the cover during Celebrations of Learning on February 9th!
If you have any questions please email Stephanie at [email protected].
Tower of Books Challenge
The Tower of Books is an optional at-home independent reading challenge designed to support your child's daily reading habits. We ask that all of our level 2 kiddos engage in 20 minutes of reading outside of school time each day. Our kiddos brought home their paper "Tower of Books" backgrounds and book spine labels at fall conferences.
To meet the challenge, students must write down the name and category for each book they finish on a paper book "spine" and add it to their tower. The goal is 30 books! Consider an incentive for every tenth book your child reads (like picking family dinner or movie night). We have a special V.I.P celebration and award for any students who are able to complete the challenge before the last day of school this year. Please support your child in working on their tower and in helping them to be accountable with finishing a book "cover-to-cover" by discussing the book with them when they finish.
Math Homework
For the upcoming week, focus on these Apply homework pages:
For 4th graders:
Students should work to complete all lessons up to lesson 19 in the Module 3 book.
For 3rd graders:
3rd graders will be bringing home their new Module 3 workbook. Keep an eye out for that!
3rd graders can work up to lesson 7 in their new Module 3 workbook.
(Also, 3rd graders should check that all lessons are finished up in their module 2 workbook.)
Also strongly recommended: daily practice with multiplication facts for 2-10's
Check out these multiplication fact practice apps:Looking for more? Check out lessons on Khan Academy.
What's happening in the Puffin Nest:
This week, students worked diligently to prepare for our Celebrations of Learning Event!
We were delighted to open our classrooms with displays of recent student work.
A big thank you to everyone to stopped by to support our kiddos!
Language Arts
Last week, our classroom was transformed into a “book restaurant” and the kids had the opportunity to discover reading treasures amongst the many choices available to them in our classroom library. During the book tasting experience, students learned more about the elements of different reading genres, looked for “good-fit” books, and made a list of books they may want to read during the rest of the year.
This week, students picked out a book from our class library that they have enjoyed this year, and wrote book a review/recommendation to share at our Celebrations of Learning.
Out & About & Science
Our engineering teams were given one last session to work at building a successful (and stylish) sphero chariot. Teams raced the track to get their best time yet. We prepared to share our final prototypes at Celebration of Learning.