Monica Ros School

Green Room News                                                                   February – March 2008

Love is in the air in the Green Room!  How do you fill a bucket with love?  We have a few ideas thanks to Logan and his Mom, Nathalie, who brought in a wonderful book about kind behavior and “filling a bucket with love”.  We have learned that kind actions and words can help to build others’ self-esteem and our own. 

Arts Month was busy and full of creativity.  We hope you all had a chance to see your child’s art work in Meyer Hall last week.  Each child worked very hard on their art pieces.  Their projects will be sent home this week.

 February activities

Hearts, hearts, and more hearts!  The classroom is bursting with love and friendship!  Every project is followed with “my mommy is going to love this.”  We will be having our class Valentine party at 11:45 Thurs. Feb 14^th. (Sign-ups are on the bulletin board in the classroom.)  Everyone is invited, if you are a MWF student, please come and join us at 11:45 to enjoy the festivities.  We distribute cards by walking around a circle of classmates and handing them to each other.   Please have your child sign the card (a helping hand is fine). Please DO NOT write the recipient’s name on individual valentines. If there are names written on the cards, the children can’t deliver the cards independently or focus on the exchange.  The teachers’ attention is also taken away from the group to help the deliverer read names.  So, please no names!  Only your child’s name signed on the card. This makes the giving so much easier for everyone. Thank you!

Art Auction

Art Auction, a must go!!!  Socialize with your children’s friends parents. At the auction you have the opportunity to eat, drink, and purchase beautiful items, gift certificates, and vacations.  This is a fun evening to support your child’s school.  Remember we are a non-profit school and all purchases are tax-deductible!!    Three of our parents are collaborating to make our classroom project which will be sold at the auction!

Each class puts together a collection or basket to add to the silent auction.  The Green Room Class theme this year is BEACH.  Please bring in ANY item that is related to a day at the beach.  Ex.: Towel, beach balls, sunscreen, hibachi, etc. etc.

Poetry Night- February 12^th 7 pm

Kindergarten and Grade School)

Valentine’s Day Party Feb. 14^th 11:45 – 12:45

(Send your child’s regular lunch.)

President’s week vacation – Feb. 18-22.

School resumes Feb. 25^th.

Art Auction March 8^th 5:30 – 9:00

(Parent only event)

March 17^th - 21st Parents – Teacher Conference Week

11:45 dismissal all week.

Sincerely,

 Mrs. Weston                                              

Mrs. Winbury

February 4, 2008

Dear Parents,

What a wonderful Arts Month we had! The children delved into sculpture, painting, and construction.  Weren’t the skyscrapers and all the artwork impressive? The dust has settled a bit and we are back to our daily routine, although this month promises to be a busy, fun-filled one. Here is just a general overview of the subject areas we’ll be focusing on in the coming weeks.

Language Arts: We continue to meet in reading groups three times a week and in grammar we are using antonyms/synonyms, adjectives/nouns, going on dictionary word finds (a second grade favorite) and mastering “friendly letter” writing.  We are reviewing our poems in class and will become poets ourselves as we continue writing our own poetry.

Math: We have officially started our 2-digit addition unit and will be starting our 2-digit subtraction unit in the next week or two.  As always, we encourage you to practice and review number facts to make 2 and 3-digit operations painless. We are enjoying more rotations in math this month, from Money/Time Bingo, to “Rolling Dice” for 2-digit math and Marcy Cook.

Science: On Thursday, February 7, Dr. Finch will be visiting our classroom at 1:45 to share her veterinary knowledge with us as we wrap up our unit on animals.  This week the children will give their animal reports.  A schedule will be sent home on Tuesday.  Thank you all for helping with this project. The props, posters and dioramas are terrific.  The final reports should be very interesting.  The work the students have completed for the animal unit will be sent home at the end of the week.  On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday we will have worm observations in class.

Social Studies: We will begin our unit on Native Americans next week.

Important Dates to remember: 

Tuesday – Feb. 12 @ 7pm: Poetry Night

Thursday – Feb. 14 @ 11am Special Persons Day. The Second graders have each chosen a “special person” in their life to invite to school on Valentine’s Day.  They will be reading a letter to their special person in class.  (Invitations will be coming home this week).

Feb. 18 – Feb. 22: President’s Vacation

Thursday – Feb. 28^: SB Botanical Gardens Field Trip

Tuesday – March 5: 2^nd Grade Play/Musical of “Lifecycles”

Saturday – March 8: Art Auction (Our themed class basket is the “Smart Family.” Please help us to make this basket a success by bringing in anything that might make a family smarter! Some suggestions: maps, games, globes, etc.) A box will be in the classroom for collecting all items until Feb. 28^th. Thank you in advance for your help!

April 28 – May 1: Standardized Testing

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. 

Warmly,

Mrs. Roe

Mrs. Ockerman