2nd Grade Cole Academy Newsletter Mrs. Martin and Ms.

Salinas Friday February 28th Dear Parents/Guardians, Parent/ Teacher Conferences: We will be having parent/ teacher conferences on the week of March 17th. There will be a sign-up sheet outside of my room for conferences. There will be a few available morning spots for those parents that cannot come in the afternoons. f you do not come into the school. Please email me with some available times. Half Day: There will be a half day on ri!ay March 7th for !ecords Day. "riting: We have wrapped up our non-fiction writing unit. We en"oyed a fantastic writing museum where the students showed their writing to parents, teachers, and the #indergarteners. $e%t we will be creating opinion pieces. #ea!ing: We have moved our schedule around to ma#e time for vocab$lary wor!s& This month we have learned reme!y% l$&$ry% permanent% cripple% asto$n!ing% spe!% tremble% an! tri$mphant . can't wait to see what we pic# ne%t wee#& 'ocial 't$!ies/ 'cience: We have learned so much about roc#s and now we are writing boo#s about them so the students ne%t year can learn from us. $e%t is learning about economics with our Playdough (conomics unit. We will be using Playdough to help us understand concepts li#e goods, services, and scarcity. Math: We have mastered the concept of regrouping. have am so proud of how hard these students have been wor#ing. $ow are moving on to adding and subtracting with three !igits& 'pelling: Please continue to practice your spelling words. f you have internet access, you can play games to help you practice at spellingcity(com There is also an option to ta#e practice test but please do not ta#e the official test because then we can't ta#e it at school&

)tay warm& *rs. *artin and *s. )alinas martinc+coleacademy.org www.cassperus#i.wi%.com/coleacademy ,the spelling city website is listed here-