Ms. Hansen's Happenings

Week of 5-25-15 Dear Parents, I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day holiday.  Tuesday morning starts off with Principal's Pride at 8:00 in the cafeteria.  Field day will be on Thursday, May 28.  Please remember to send a change of clothes with students.  Boys need to wear swim trunks with at shirt.  Girls need to wear a one-piece swim suit with shorts.  Please remember to apply sunscreen and possibly bug spray at home before school. Please remember to send in your recycle/collected items for our creative time on Tuesday, May 26. Library books were due on Friday.  If you find a book at home, please send it in as soon as possible. You should have received a reflection letter from you child about the reading and writing curriculum based assessment.  I put the percentage score on the paper along with your child's end of the year reading assessment level. In Social Studies/Science: We are continuing with our How the World Works unit about technology changing the way

Week of 5-18-15 Dear Parents, Thank you so much for attending the open house.  I am glad everyone had a chance to see all the work students completed this year.  I am sorry that the field day was cancelled today, but it has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 28.  A reminder will be sent home that week. Our last Principal's Pride will be Tuesday, May 26 at 8:00 in the cafeteria.  A letter went home in the Friday folder for those students receiving Principal's Pride. Please remember to save recyclable material for our creative invention event for our How the World Works unit of inquiry. We were fortunate to have a guest speaker Friday, May 15. The speaker talked to the students about solar power and technology.  Students were able to see a solar panel.  We tried to power a motor with the solar panel.  However, there was not much sun.  A good lesson in the advantages and disadvantages of technology. Students recently took a curriculum based assessment in math.  Student

Week of May 4 - 8, 2015 Dear Parents, We had another exciting week in second grade.  We began with our field trip to McKinney Rough. Students got to see and touch a turtle, a snake, and a baby alligator.  Students also went on a nature walk and learned about different habitats. Next week, we have our student lead conferences and early release on Wednesday.  You should have received a note with your time in last week's Friday folder. Please email me if you have forgotten your time.  It is a 45 minute window please come and go as you need to during that time.  Students will be showing you work from their portfolios and their various subject notebooks. In Social Studies/Science: In case you have not heard, we have caterpillars in the room going through their life cycle.  Students have been making observations about the caterpillars.  We even looked at them with a digital microscope.  The student saw the caterpillars go into their J-shape and then go into the pupa stage. We are