April 28th

We have been SO busy in second grade for the past few weeks!  We concluded our measurement unit, worked ferociously to finish several major writing pieces, finalized biography posters, learned some new challenging math games, and are just wrapping up our Maya unit this week.  The kids are beyond excited to hit the ground running with Colonial Days on Monday.

We will continue with our studies throughout the month of May and into the first week of June before our Colonial Day on June 8th. We are looking forward to our May 11th field trip to Fort No. 4 in Charlestown, NH.  Let's hope for a warm and sunny day, as the Fort is dark and damp inside on cold and rainy days.

Please be sure to read the two Google Docs I shared with you.  One is schedule and overview of the day and the other is sign-up for volunteering at different stations on Colonial Day.  There is a lot of information to take in on these documents, but if you read it entirely, I think a lot of questions you might have should be answered.

I have updated the homework, language arts, and social studies pages so be sure to check them out!

Next week we will focus on the formation of the Jamestown Fort and the Native People.


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