Spring Concert

Awesome job to all students involved!

2nd/3rd grade performance for the school

Evening performance that night

Chalk Outlines

On Friday afternoon we took math outdoors and joined forces with the other second grade classroom!

Students were partnered up and used chalk to measure one anothers heights. Students were able to be as creative as they wanted to measure their heights, and of course they all took to outlining their bodies. In addition, they also had a variety of tasks to complete, all related to the measurements they found. 

- Conversions from inches to feet and inches 

- Find the difference between the two heights

- Determine which partner had the greater height 

It was a nice change from the norm of being in the building in our classroom! 

Reminders & Updates

TWO BIG CALENDAR CHANGES DUE TO SNOW DAYS:

1. The last two (2) last whole days of instruction on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 9 and 10. The last day of school will be Wednesday, June 10th to be dismissed at 3:50 pm. 

2. Starting Tuesday, April 28, two (2) minutes will be added to the last 31 days of school. Dismissal will now be at 3:50 pm.

Homework Packet
Homework packets are coming home today along with NEW spelling words. All homework due back to school is due on Friday. All spelling tests are on Friday as well. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns. 

Absence
Mrs. McNitt will not be in school on Wednesday, April 29th. I have a literacy and math conference at Boyne Mountain that I will be attending for the day and will return Thursday, April 30th. 

Westwoods Family Run
Family 5k and Kids 1 mile run is Saturday, May 16th. You can sign up using the link below, or contact the office for family sign up.
http://events.bytepro.net/WestwoodsFamily5kmand1mileKidsRun

Rally Ball
Rallyball is a form of tennis that students can play and be successful immediately. Rallyball takes place right after school in the gym for 1 ½ hours at your school starting May 8th and will continue each Friday in the month of May (5/8, 5/15, 5/22 and 5/29). Saturday, June 6th, will be the City Championships in which teams from all of the schools will play against each other. Instructors for this program are members of the Traverse City Central and West Senior High tennis teams.

Fee: Fee: $40 - Reduced rates are available for those who qualify for the Free/Reduced Meals Program: Reduced: $20 Free $10.00
Registration deadline is May 1^st

Dress Code
A reminder about dress code: no halter tops, spaghetti strapped tank tops or tube tops.  Your child may wear open toed shoes to school but will need to wear tennis shoes outside. 

Even though we celebrate Earth Day everyday, we put a little emphasis on today. We did a variety of Earth Day activities that connect to different parts of our science and language arts units. Students wrote an acrostic poem, made a flip page, created a headband and contributed ideas to their own posters. We shared a lot of great conversation on how to protect and take of our earth!

Pre-NWEA

Language Arts centers were in full swing before NWEA testing Tuesday morning. Students explored big books, played memory/matching with the different genres, and did a jelly bean match to different parts of speech. They wanted longer to play each station...so I think they had fun :) 

Definitely something we will do again!