Book Swap

Book swap information went home on Friday.

Please have all books to swap to school by May 9th. 

*Side note: Chapter books are greatly appreciated and always in short at the swap.

Thank you for your donations!

Our classroom will be swapping on May 10th @ 9:30.

Luau WW Carnival

Friday, May 4th

6:00-8:00

WW luau themed Carnival!

Tickets will be for sale during the following times:

Tuesday, May 1 after school-lobby

Wednesday, May 2 after school-lobby

Tickets will also be available at the carnival!

Carnival baskets are AMAZING!!

We had so many wonderful donations from our classroom that our beach theme was able to make two separate baskets!! Thank you for all your generosity!!

Ticket Prices:

Themed Basket Tickets (colored tickets only)

1 for $1.00

6 for $5.00

12 for $10.00

25 for $20.00

Kid’s Raffle Tickets (White tickets-white table)

1 for $.25

5 for $1.00

Helping Hands!!

Today was Administrative Assistant Day!!

We LOVE Mrs. Swartz and Mrs. Maniaci and all they do for the staff and kids at Westwoods!
Couldn't think of anyone better to do the job! Very appreciative of everything both do and continue to do! HUGE thanks to both of these fantastic ladies!

Voracious Readers

Awesome work to the voracious readers in second grade!!

They did an amazing job on the Read A Thon!

McNitt was first for raising money! WAHOO!

McNitt was also second for how many minutes our classroom read!! YAHOO!

Whether it be at home or at school, all students in our room were dedicated readers and it did not go unnoticed!

Art Posters

2018 Westwoods Creative Collaboration Posters are available now!

Complete the google form

or go to

https://tinyurl.com/wwposter2018

to see and order the collaborative art from our Westwoods Community.  

Each print will cost $10.00 and checks can be made payable to TCAPS. 
ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH May 4th. The exact number of prints will be ordered, extras will not be available to purchase.  Payments can be turned into the office.

These make great gifts and will be fun to collect in the years going forward.  

***Prints are 12X18 glossy card stock.  Images are accurate representations of posters for sale.

Journeys

Below is our focus for the week in our LA curriculum of Journeys.

In addition, we have the anchor text The Mysterious Tadpole which reintroduces the students the fantasy genre. Ask your child what makes this text fantasy. As we read it, there were many giggles from beginning to end. 

The other aspect of the story that we are focusing on is the structure of the story.

Who are the characters?

What is the setting? 

What is the plot from beginning to middle to end?

Students will also have other connecting texts while focusing on grammar, phonics and spelling. 

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!

Here are some great ideas on how to help, heal and protect our earth!

Weekly Homework

Here is a copy of the weekly homework. 

The only page I did not post is the student math pages. Math pages assigned are per student with a variety of learning. I did not want to create any confusion, so if there are any questions or concerns on math please have your child bring their homework back in for me to further explain and help with.

Please help to remind your child that all homework is due back on Friday. 

Thank you!

 

Earth Day Field Trip

Wednesday we ventured to the American Waste Recycle Center. 

This was a great field trip to see all that gets recycled and also how the whole process works from separating items recycled to binding everything up to ship out. The presentation was informative and the tour was a fantastic visual to how everything works.

This was a great connection to Earth Day!