READING
We will be reading the story called The Art Lesson. It is about a boy named Tommy who loves to draw pictures. When he is old enough for art classes at school, Tommy is disappointed to learn that he can only have one piece of paper, and only use eight crayons.
The vocabulary words are crayons, powders, practice, chalk, smock, ruin and copy.
In phonics we will be focusing on words with the vowel pairs oo, ew, ue, and ou. We will review base words with the endings -ed and -ing.
Comprehension strategy is evaluating, understanding, problem solving and making judgments.
In grammar we will be working on irregular verbs
MATH
In math we are finishing our chapter on greater numbers. We will have a chapter test next week. Our new chapter will be on 3-digit addition.
Science
Our butterflies are still in the pupa stage. They are growing and developing inside the chyrsalis. Early next week our butterflies will emerge!
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
A special thank you to the PTO for organizing all the special treats this week. I love teaching your children. They are very special to me. I have truly enjoyed working with each one of them this year. I will be sad to see them go on to third grade. I will miss them very much.
Thank you to all of you who participated in this week’s meals. The food was very good and it was so nice of you to think of the teachers. It was very much appreciated!
Field Trip
The second grade classes will be going on a field trip on May 31st to the DuPage Children's Museum. We will be exploring the museum and participate in a learning lab. Please see the permission slip that went home today. We need the slip and fee by Monday, May16.
Happy Birthday!
Marina – June 7
Happy Mother’s Day!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
May 6 – Movie Night
May 13 – Early Dismissal
May 26 – Pen Pal visit to Prairie View
May 31 – Field Trip to DuPage Children's Museum
June 3 – School Picnic
June 7 - Last Day of School
