Last Day of School

Hello families!
I just wanted to send a quick note to say thank you for sharing your children with me this year.  They have changed, grown, worked through bumps in the road, stretched themselves, and I think most importantly...believed in themselves.  I am very proud of who they are and they should be too.  We gave them flashlights today with a little note saying "You shine the most when you are _____".  Each child has a word written just for them.  I expressed to them that when they enter those doors next year in September for third grade, to remember their word, to remember they can do this, and that they are ready!

Thank you very much for the flowers and gift.  It is greatly appreciated and thoughtful.
I wish you all a wonderful summer!
-Megan DeKing

Week Ending 6/8/18

Hello families!
We've had a busy week getting ready for our field trip, today's family time, and much more.
This blog will be a little different format as there's a few things really important to call attention to.

Thank you for coming in this morning.  I am truly proud of each of them.  They have come so far in their own ways and they need to be proud of themselves and remember who they are as they head into 3rd grade!   The words they used to to describe themselves are now on their lockers so they can see them each time they are there during the day.  The words they chose are an indication of a group that is ready to move on and ready for the world!

Important information:

• Color Day will next Tuesday, June 12, starting first thing so please be sure your child has a good breakfast, puts sunblock on at home, brings a water bottle with their name on it, and arrive to school on time.  
• Monday, June 18th is the Book Swap!  Please send in some gently used books (send early next week) the kids can swap for new-to-them books for summer reading.  
• Friday, June 22, is our last day off school with a 12:00 dismissal.

Our field trip yesterday was great!  HUGE thank you to those parents who chaperoned!  Our class wrote letters at the end of the day about the trip and it was wonderful to read all the fun they had, the excitement showed through in their letters!  

Here's some pics from our day:

Week ending 6/1/18

Hello families!
Can you believe it's June already?  We've been very busy this week finishing things up and moving on to our final sets of units for the year!  3 weeks left this year!

Important information:

• Color Day is scheduled for next Tuesday.  Your child came home with a sheet the other day regarding their color.  Please have them dress according to the weather as well.  
• Field trip information is below.  Please read it carefully.  
• We hope we'll see you at our family celebration next Friday at 8:30!  It will last about 30 minutes.  
• The last day of school is June 22 and dismissal is at 12:00.

Field trip information:

• Field trip is Thursday, June 7th.
• Please send your child to school with a lunch with your child's name on the bag.  Please send it in disposable packaging such as a brown paper bag or large Ziploc bag.  Thanks for your help with this!
• Do not send money with your child.  We will not be visiting the gift shop and the chaperones have been told this as well. 
• It is very important that your child arrive to school on time that day as we will be loading the buses shortly after gathering together.  

Homework:

Now that June has arrived there will no longer be homework assignments for the remainder of the year.  However, reading practice is always important.  Please continue to read nightly now and through the summer as it is very important to maintain all the growth they've made this year.  

3, 2, 1 things you should now about our week...

3 math activities we completed were working on counting base 10 pictures and quickly identifying groups of 100s, 10s, and 1s and adding accurately.  

2 science ramp testing we completed was studying what happens when the ramp gets steeper and what happens when friction is added to the ramp. 

1 writing activity we completed was our last opinion prompt of the year.  Students wrote about their favorite summer activity!