Lunch Menu for May 29-June 1

Breakfast...
Tuesday - Waffles
Wednesday - Sausage and Cheese Bagel
Thursday - Double Chocolate Chip Muffin with String Cheese
Friday - Mini Cinnamon Bagels


Lunch...
Tuesday - Creamy Chicken Alfredo
Wednesday - Beef Nachos
Thursday - Chicken Nuggets with Home Fries
Friday -  Corn Dog with Tator Tots



We will be offering chicken patties and the newton meal as the number 2 and 3 option next week until supplies run out. I will be sure to keep you posted on our inventory level if we run short on anything.

Mr. Ronnenberg's Blog

Please check out Mr. Ronnenberg's latest blog in regards to Track & Field Day tomorrow!
http://ronnenbergblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/track-and-field-day.html

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER

This will be my last newsletter of the year. A big thank you to all of you for your constant support and dedication to your child’s education. It has been an incredible year and I am very fortunate to have been able to help your child grow as a second grader. I hope everyone has a very safe, relaxing, and memorable summer! 

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, May 24th- All Library Books Due
Friday, May 25th- Track & Field Day
Monday, May 28th- No School
Thursday, May 31st- Field Trip to the Como Zoo
Friday, June 1st- Last Day of School, Report Cards Go Home

Track & Field Day Reminders

¨If possible please have your child wear a blue shirt.

¨ Having your child wear layers would not be a bad idea either.

¨ Send a water bottle or two along with your child. FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY HOT!!!!

¨ Please put sunscreen on your child before he/she leaves the house in the morning.

¨ Students are not allowed to leave the school grounds for lunch. You may bring in lunch if you like but students need to stay at school. At the end of the day you can check in with me, sign out your child at the checkout table, and then leave for the weekend. 

~ This is a fun day and I hope you can all come and watch!~

City Park Field Trip

Just a reminder that next Friday your child will be walking to the City Park. We will be eating lunch back at school so all your child will need to bring to the City Park is a water bottle. Please put sunscreen on your child the morning of the City Park as well.

Como Zoo Field Trip

Just a reminder that next Thursday your child will be going on a field trip to the Como Zoo. Please remember to send a lunch in a paper or plastic bag along with your child on this day and please do not send any money. Please also put sunscreen on your child the morning of the field trip as well. I am looking forward to an exciting field trip!

Guided Readng

In guided reading this week your child continued to work on the literacy skill of comparing and contrasting within various texts. Comparing is looking for similarities within a text and contrasting is looking for differences within a text. 

Phonics

This week in phonics your child spent time working with the “Bossy R” within words as in ar, er, ir, or, and ur. Using these letter patterns your child made words, sorted words, and played a game all focusing around the above letter patterns.

Friday Lunch Menu

There will only be 1 lunch option this Friday. The menu for Friday will be:

• Ham and Cheese Sub
• Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips
• Apple
• Baby Carrots
• Milk
• Ranch Cup
• Mayo and Mustard Packet

Track & Field Day Colors

Please have your child(ren) wear the following colors on Friday if possible. It just helps different staff members keep grade levels apart.

Kg - purple

1st - yellow

2nd - blue

3rd - orange

4th - red

5th - green

6th - Tye Die

Math

The next few weeks students will be tested on their addition and subtraction facts. These scores will be sent onto third grade so practice, practice, practice as much as you can with your child at home.

Guided Reading

In guided reading your child continues to work on the literacy skill of comparing and contrasting by using various reading posters and through the use of various leveled texts. No more guided reading books from the bookroom will be sent home but please continue to have your child read every night books from your house.

Upcoming Dates

Thursday, May 24th- All Library Books Due
Friday, May 25th- Track and Field Day
Thursday, May 31st- Como Zoo Field Trip
Friday, June 1st- Last Day of School, Report Cards Go Home

Track & Field Day Reminders

¨If possible please have your child wear a blue shirt.

¨ Having your child wear layers would not be a bad idea either.

¨ Send a water bottle or two along with your child.

¨ Please put sunscreen on your child before he/she leaves the house in the morning.

¨ Students are not allowed to leave the school grounds for lunch. You may bring in lunch if you like but students need to stay at school. At the end of the day you can check in with me, sign out your child at the checkout table, and then leave for the weekend. 

~ This is a fun day and I hope you can all come and watch!~

Como Zoo Field Trip

If you have not yet signed and sent back your child's permission slip along with $8.00 for the Como Zoo please do so as soon as possible. The students really enjoy this day at the end of the school year!

Spelling

Week Of:

 May 21-End of the School Year

Your child will not have any more weekly spelling tests. For the remainder of the school year your child will be working on many different review spelling activities. 

Science

In science students are beginning to work with plants. Students will identify and learn about various plant parts, students will discuss what living things need in order to survive, and students will grow their own plant. Students will also begin learning about various weather tools.

Writing

In writing students have been working on finishing several different story starters such as:

• A Weird Wake-Up
• Even Robots Need Breakfast
• Monkey See, Monkey Do
• A BIG Day at School
• The Recess Mess
• A Crazy Class
• Aliens Ate My Homework

Guided Reading

As we finish the school year, I will still continue guided reading groups up until the last week of school and students will work with a partner the last week of school to read 2 person plays. Currently in guided reading students are working on comparing and contrasting texts.

Upcoming Dates

Friday, May 11th- Class Picture Day
Monday, May 14th- NWEA Reading Test, All Bookroom Books Due
Tuesday, May 15th- NWEA Math Test
Wednesday, May 16th- Volunteer Training in Elementary Media Center (7:30a.m.)

Spelling Words

May 14-18

1. biography

2. geography

3. biology

4. geology

5. telegraph

6. television

Volunteer Training

If you plan on going on a field trip and you have not or are in need of renewing, there will be a Volunteer Training on May 16th at  7:30 a.m. in the Elementary Media Center.

Phonics

In phonics this week your child worked with the suffixes sion, tion, and ion as in:

suggestion

collision

 companion

Math @ Home

Twenty Five

Place a deck of cards face down. The first player turns over a card. The next player turns over a card, adds it to the previous card and says the sum aloud. Play continues until someone has a card that adds up to a sum greater than 25. When that happens, the player will subtract rather than add. Play continues until someone gets a sum of exactly 25.

Upcoming Dates

Friday, May 4th- Wear a Hat for $1.00
Tuesday, May 8th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt
Thursday, May 10th- Final Book Order Due
Friday, May 11th- Class Picture Day

Spelling Words

Week Of:

May 7-11

1. suggest

2. suggestion

3. direct

4. direction

5. decorate

6. decoration

7. celebrate

8. celebration

9. add

10.  addition

11.  define

12.  definition

Spelling

Next weeks spelling focus is working with base words that have the suffix ion added to the end of them as in suggestion, direction, decoration, etc.

Guided Reading and Library Books

• All guided reading books are due back to school on Monday, May 14th. Please start looking around your house for any books that may need to be returned.
• All library books are due back to the library no later than Thursday, May 24th. 

Math @ Home

A shape is symmetrical when two halves of it are exactly alike. For example, a heart and a butterfly are symmetrical because, when folded in half, their left sides mirror their right sides. Have your child cut out different magazine pictures that are symmetrical. Then have your child cut along the line of symmetry. Next have your child paste one half of the picture on paper and then have your child draw the missing half.

Math

Concepts Currently Being Covered in Math

• Exploring Length
• Measuring Length Using Nonstandard Units
• Measuring Objects in Inches, Feet, and Yards
• Measuring Objects in Centimeters and Meters
• Exploring Perimeter
• Exploring Area