Please look around the house one last time for any guided reading books or library books that may need to be returned to school yet.
Email:schneiders@maplelake.k12.mn.us Telephone:320-963-7484
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Upcoming Dates
Friday, May 31st- Track & Field Day
Monday, June 3rd-Como Zoo Field Trip
Tuesday, June 4th- Walking to City Park, Last Day of School, Report Cards Go Home
Monday, June 3rd-Como Zoo Field Trip
Tuesday, June 4th- Walking to City Park, Last Day of School, Report Cards Go Home
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. I will remember this group of kiddos fondly well into the future. 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!
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 focusing around the above letter patterns.
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 such a fun day for MLE students and I hope many of you are able to come and watch!
City Park
Just a reminder that next Tuesday 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 and your child should wear tennis shoes. Please put sunscreen on your child the morning of the City Park as well.
Como Zoo Reminder
Just a reminder that next Monday 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. If possible we ask all students to wear a green Irish Pride t-shirt and be sure to put sunscreen on your child the morning of. I am looking forward to an exciting field trip!
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Math
Next week your child will be tested on his/her 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.
Upcoming Dates
Monday, May 27th- No School
Tuesday, May 28th- Wear an Irish Shirt
Thursday, May 30th- Walking Field Trip to the Maple Lake Public Library (Date change due to Track & Field Day being rescheduled for Friday)
Friday, May 31st- Rescheduled Track & Field Day
Tuesday, May 28th- Wear an Irish Shirt
Thursday, May 30th- Walking Field Trip to the Maple Lake Public Library (Date change due to Track & Field Day being rescheduled for Friday)
Friday, May 31st- Rescheduled Track & Field Day
Track & Field Day Rescheduled
Unfortunately, due to extremely wet conditions and Friday's
forecast, Track and Field Day has been rescheduled for
Friday, May 31. We appreciate your understanding.
forecast, Track and Field Day has been rescheduled for
Friday, May 31. We appreciate your understanding.
Attached is the order of events for next Friday, May 31.
Let's hope for some sunshine! 
Spelling
Your child will not have a spelling test next week. Next week your child will be working on many different review spelling activities.
Guided Reading & Library Books
- All guided reading books are due back to school on Tuesday, May 28th. 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 Friday, May 31st.
Science
In science students are finishing their animal reports and they are using a website to create a fictional animal. Then students will come up with a name for their animal, come up with adaptations for their animal, and if time allows they will do an art project.
Writing
In writing students are working on grammar review. Nouns, verbs, adjectives, proper nouns, pronouns, synonyms, antonyms, punctuation...and much more!
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
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.
Math
In math students are finishing up learning about Measurement and math classes are moving onto learning about Fractions (parts of a whole).
Spelling Words
Week Of:
May 20-23
1. biography
2. geography
3. biology
4. geology
5. telegraph
6. television
Spelling test on Thursday next week!
Writing
In writing students are and will be working on finishing several 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 look forward to the end of the school year, I will still continue guided reading groups up until Thursday, May 30th. Have your child take a good book outside on these beautiful days and keep reading! Currently in guided reading students are working on comparing and contrasting within a text.
Phonics
In phonics this week your child worked with the suffixes sion, tion, and ion as in:
suggestion
collision
companion
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Math Concepts Already Covered or Currently Being Covered
- Exploring Length
- Measuring Length Using Nonstandard Units
- Measuring Objects in Inches, Feet, and Yards
- Measuring Objects in Centimeters and Meters
- Exploring Perimeter
- Finding the Area of an Object
Upcoming Dates
Wednesday, May 15th- Volunteer Training, 7:30am. Elementary Media Center
Friday, May 24th- Track & Field Day
Friday, May 24th- Track & Field Day
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.
Spelling Words
Week Of:
May 13-17
1. suggest
2. suggestion
3. direct
4. direction
5. decorate
6. decoration
7. celebrate
8. celebration
9. add
10. addition
11. define
12. definition
Upcoming Field Trip Reminder
Just a reminder that parents are required to attend a volunteer orientation before helping with field trips. This only applies if it's been 3 or more years since you've attended an orientation or renewed it. Any questions please contact Celeste Dahlstrom in the high school. The next volunteer orientation is on May 15th at 7:30am. in the Elementary Media Center.
Boxcar Children Diorama Project
For an upcoming project I am asking your child to look
around the house for any objects/things that he/she could use to construct a
scene from the book “The Boxcar Children”.
Possible items your child could bring in but are not limited to are as follows:
·
Shoe Boxes
·
Sticks
·
Pebbles
·
Grass
·
Clay
·
Tissue Paper
·
String
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Boxes
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Pipe Cleaners
·
Leaves
·
Etc….
Math @ Home
Simply Symmetrical
A shape is symmetrical when two halves are exactly alike. For example, a heart and a butterfly are symmetrical because when folded in half, their sides mirror their right side. Cut out a magazine picture that is symmetrical. Cut it along the line of symmetry. Paste one half of the picture on the paper. Have your child draw the missing half.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Spelling
Next weeks spelling focus is adding the suffix less to the end of base words as in:
price-priceless
use-useless
power-powerless
cloud-cloudless
fear-fearless
Spelling Words
Week Of:
April 6– April 10
1. price
2. priceless
3. use
4. useless
5. power
6. powerless
7. cloud
8. cloudless
9. breath
10. breathless
11. fear
12. fearless
Phonics
In phonics your child worked with high-frequency words and your child worked with the prefixes dis, re, and un.
Boxcar Children Diorama
In the upcoming weeks your child is going to make a diorama based on one of the settings in the book The Boxcar Children. I encourage your child to look around the house for any small items that he/she may use to enhance their diorama. Thanks in advance!
Shoe Boxes Needed
Our class is in need of shoe boxes for an upcoming reading project. If you have any extra boxes at home could you please send them to school with your child. Thanks in advance!
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