Week 38

Welcome to the Grade 2 Newsletter

Important Dates

• May 27 - Library: first day of summer checkout
• May 29 - Big Splash House Event
• May 29 - May/June/July Birthday Lunch
• June 3 - Grade 5 Move On Ceremony
• June 4 - Grade 2 End Of The Year Celebrations
• June 5 - Last Day of School (Early Release Day)

End of the Year Party

Save the date: Monday, June 4th!

Don't forget to send your kids ready to swim with their swimming suit for a morning full of fun games in the swimming pool.

We are sensitive to the fact that it is Ramadan. If your child is fasting, please have them tell their teacher, so we can make arrangements for a space with activities but no food during the lunch times.

• June 3 - We will have a whole school farewell for the 5th graders from 7:55-8:20. Grades 1 and 3 will have their celebration day at school.
• Grade 2 will be in our homerooms. Lunch will be picnic style on the front lawn & must come from home since the cafeteria will not be available during lunch time.

• June 4 - Grade 2 will have our celebration day. Families paid at the beginning of year for the cost of pool fun, maker day, etc so no money is collected for these events. All of you are invited to our End of the Year Lunch. It will be in the ES Hall from 12:30 to 1:15 pm.

• June 5 - Whole school end-of-year assembly 10:30am (Early Release afterwards at 11:30).

Student-Led Conferences

Thank you to all our students for the great work you've shown your parents during Student Led Conferences. Thank you to all the parents for giving your children the opportunity to share all the learning and fun that has been happening during the entire school year.

From the Library - Summer checkout

Available to all students and parents who:

• Have cleared their library accounts for the year.
• Are returning to CAC in the 2018-2019 school year.

Limits:

• 25 books per patron (parents must be present for checkout).
• 5 DVDs per family checked out to the parent.
• All books due back the first day of school in August.
• Damaged or lost books will have to be paid for by the patron who checked them out.

Fasting Students

Parents, please inform your classroom teacher if your child is fasting so we can make any necessary arrangements to make sure they are comfortable. It is helpful to know if they fast for the whole or part of the day at school, food or water.

ES Yearbook 2017-2018 Pre-Sales

• To our cashier, Mr. Reda in the Welcome Center.
• May 13th till May 31st for L.E. 580 ($33)
• After May 31st, price increases to L.E. 650 ($37)

Please note that for this week only (May 13 - May 17), the cashier will only be available before 10:00 am and after 2:00 pm.

Guidance News - Flipping Your Lid!  - A Tool for Managing Stress

The end of the school year is a busy and exciting time! It’s also a time that invites strong emotions and stress. End of year celebrations, final project deadlines and saying goodbye to those moving on are only a few of the events during this time that can lend themselves to stress for students and teachers..  It’s important to be mindful of this and prepared so we can use these times as opportunities to teach our students how to cope effectively during times of stress.

During Guidance students learned how our brains functions when we are experiencing stress. The students were introduced to the following lesson, “Brain in the Palm of Your Hand - Flipping Your Lid and Finding it Again- ”. The concept of “Flipping Your Lid,” is very visual. Using the “flipped lid” signal will help students  acknowledge their feelings and the need to calm down when they are starting to feel stressed or angry.

The following video is also very helpful for understanding the concept of a “flipped lid”. Why Do We Lose Control of Our Emotions?

What’s Going on This Week in Grade 2

Readers’ and Writer's Workshop

This week students will be using their Readers’ and Writers’ Workshop time to reflect on the year. We will also review the variety of genres we read over the year and talk about the different accuracy and comprehension skills studied this year. Students will read independently and read with a partner thinking about fluency and intonation. Our readers will also think about using sentence starters to help keep their partners accountable and dive deeper into understanding their books.

In Writer's Workshop students will create poems to perform during the Moving Up Assembly for the 5th graders that will be in Middle School next year.

Math

Our last unit of study will be focused on telling time using an analog clock. Students will understand how to tell time to the nearest five minutes and relate a.m. and p.m. to time of day. Students will also be exposed to the application of fractions to tell time. 

Please refer to the Unit 8 Parent Newsletter for more details about this unit. 

Mathletics Review Lessons for this unit:

• Counting Sides and Corners (corners here means angles)
• Measuring Length
• Comparing Length
• Number Lines
• Making Graphs

Circles

Focus: review all the core values and display them especially when working with others, in the classroom, at school, at home, and in the community.