Thank you so much, those of you who were able to attend, for coming to our Author Celebration on Friday. The kids loved being able to share the work that they have been doing as authors. The students chose the story that they wanted to edit and publish. They have written many other stories and look forward to publishing more in the future. I am also glad you had a chance to see some of the other amazing work the kids have done like their postcards. Have I mentioned lately how proud of them I am?? We are starting our Poetry unit this week to get us ready for Poetry in the Park! Please keep practicing the Spider and the Fly with your kids at home. They are sounding really good.

Last week in Reading Workshop we continued to talk about making connections with our books. We learned that when we get to a part in our book that makes us think "uh oh" - we should mark that with a sticky note. We are shifting our learning this week to Poetry in Reading and Writing workshops. We will, however, continue to talk about and practice all of the good things that readers do.

In Science this week we are continuing our work on mixing different combinations. In Social Studies we have moved on to Antarctica. Mrs. O'Mullane has a friend who is currently in Antarctica. We have been following her blog (http://ameliashevenell.wordpress.com/) and have even been able to ask her questions! This is an exciting experience for us. We look forward to learning more from her and hopefully we will be able to visit with her at some point. 

Today in Math, we finished our last lesson in Unit 2 Shortcuts for "Harder" Subtraction Facts. The students will take their Unit 2 Assessment tomorrow. Please remember to sign and send back their math assessment when it comes home. Please keep working on those addition and subtraction facts!






Upcoming Events:

• Picture Re-take day is TOMORROW!
• October 31st: Fall Festival - your child will come to school dressed in their costume and then they will be able to change (if they would like) into other clothes before heading out to the Fall Festival. Please make sure that you have sent in the paperwork.
• November 8th @ 8:30 - Poetry in the Park
• November 16th @ 8:30 - 2nd Grade Performance!