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Hello 2nd grade families,

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I hope you had a wonderful spring break, and are vertices

enjoying this beautiful weather! Ive loved hearing all about face

the things they did over the break. End of year MAP testing will edge

begin this week. We will be taking the Language Arts test this Friday,
April 21, and the Math test the following Friday, April 26.

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This Friday, April 21 TMSA will also be hosting a Daddy point of view

Daughter Dance! Fliers were sent home in your childs report card mood

envelope. the cost to attend is $15. If you would still like to attend
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payments can be received until Friday morning.

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By now Im sure youve heard about Run for the Bus. TMSA homophone

will be holding a fundraiser to earn enough money to purchase an suffix

additional bus. Students can collect a one time donation or donations prefix

per lap they run. Further instructions and due dates can be found on
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the manilla envelope that was sent home yesterday.

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Earth Day is this Saturday. For homework next week Im reuse

having the kids do something a little different to celebrate. I would recycle

like for students to create their very own robot out of recyclable over consume

materials, which fits in perfectly with our geometry unit in math as


well. We spoke about the project today and the students are very
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excited! Robots are due Friday, April 28th. Please see the attached conservation

flier for more information.


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I hope you have a wonderful afternoon. If you have any Upcoming Events
questions or concerns please dont hesitate to ask.
4/21 Dress Down
4/21 Daddy Daughter
Dance
4/21- ELA MAP Test
4/28 Math MAP Test
What We are learning this week:

For the next t wo weeks we will be reviewing concepts in preparation for our MAP tests. In
reading we have been reviewing inferencing and theme. We are also learning about list and
cinquain poems to add to our Poetry Books. In grammar we have been reviewing using a comma
to separate items in a list and in compound sentences. We are also breaking words apart by
prefix, suffix, root word as well as by syllables. In math we have started learning about 1, 2, and
3 dimensional shapes. In Science we have been talking about how erosion and weathering play a
part in shaping the Earths surface. In Social Studies and science we will strengthen our
understanding of human impact on the Earth as well as ways to reduce our carbon footprint.

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