The Hasan Herald

News and Announcements

Thank you so much for the generous class birthday gift! The kids were so sweet and I loved all the hand-drawn cards.

**VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE CARNIVAL FRIDAY MAY 9** There is a sign up sheet outside our classroom. Please sign up for a shift at our class booth.  As a volunteer, you will collect tickets and manage the booth. You will NOT be dunked in the water, I assure you. That lovely job has been left to the teachers! The carnival is from 3-6.  If you would like me to sign you up for a time, please email me with your available time and I'll add you to the list. Thanks so much!

Thursday, May 8th is our Field Trip to Main Street Theater- we will be leaving around 11:45 and returning by 2:30.  

We have scheduled our 2nd grade Awards Day/Student Led Conferences for Wednesday, May 21st at 2pm.  

Our end of the year party will  be Wednesday, May 28th. If you would like to help please let Valerie Tompson or myself know.  Thanks so much!

I wanted to remind you that you can place your Scholastic Book Club orders online.   This month’s offers are filled with great books and software at terrific values. Orders are due Wednesday.

To order online, go to the Web address below and enter our class’s personalized user name and password.
 
www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Class User Name: mshasan
Password: Roberts

-Library is on Wednesdays and Science Lab is on Friday.

Reader's Workshop- In reading this week, we are applying the skills we have been working on all year to concrete written responses. Over the next couple of weeks the kids will be writing a response at the end of every reading workshop. The jobs are:

summarizer (writing a 3-4 sentence summary of the book or chapter)
word wizard (choosing words that are new, interesting, or hard)
envisioner (making a picture in their mind of a certain scene)
passage picker (choosing beautiful language or an interesting part)
connector (making connections to their life or another text)
discussion director (thinking of questions to ask about the text) 

Math- We are in Unit 6 which includes adding 3 digit numbers, solving and comparing number stories (word problems), reading graphs, money with bill and coin exchanges, combining equal groups to find totals, arrays with multiplication ex 2 four times, drawing and measuring line segments, and division stories- solving problems with equal sharing and grouping. We will continue to review double digit addition and subtraction, patterns, counting backwards by tens, fact families, telling time and counting money. Reinforce these activities at home for continued success!

Science/SS- We have begun our new planner- Wacky Weather.  Our Central Idea is extreme weather affects living things and geography.  Our inquiry points will be types of extreme weather, causes of extreme weather, effects of extreme weather and tools for predicting weather. We will be meeting in small groups for research on a topic that interests them the most (regarding weather.)

Remember to read every night. As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

IB Planner
Planner Title: Wacky Weather
Central Idea: Extreme weather affects living things and geography.
An Inquiry Into:
* types of extreme weather
* causes of extreme weather
* effects of extreme weather
* tools for predicting weather

Here is our schedule:
7:55-8:05 Arrival
8:05-8:25 Morning Meeting/Calendar
8:25-8:45 Word Work
8:45-9:45 Reading Workshop
9:45-9:50 Laps/Snack
9:50-10:50 Writing Workshop
10:50-11:35 Ancillary
11:35-12:28 Math
12:23-12:53 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Math/Read Aloud
1:30-2:00 Recess
2:00-2:50 Science/Social Studies
2:50-3:00 Dismissal

Please send a small, non-messy snack for your child each day.