Last Blog of the Year

Important Dates

 

1.     Wednesday, May 22nd: Insect Museum 

2.     Thursday, May 23^rd: Last Day of School/ Charlotte's Web Celebration

3.     May 21 – 23: Half Days

 

A Look in the Classroom

 

We will wrap up our year with a fair bit of review of our ELA and Math units. We will also be presenting the insect reports scholars have so lovingly worked on in class.

There is no more tutoring for the year.

Week of 5/13/19

Announcements

1.     We will be editing insect report rough drafts. Students will be sent home with their edited rough draft along with the paper for their final draft and resources Monday.

2.     There will be no Spalding, Fluency or Comprehension for the remaining weeks to make room for end of year testing and activities.

Important Dates

1.     Friday, May 17th: Final Insect Report due

1.     Final Draft

2.     Resource Page

3.     Visual Aid

2.     Wednesday, May 22nd: Insect Museum 

A Look in the Classroom

1.     ELA: We'll continue discussing possessive nouns in Grammar. Our Harriet Tubman recitation will be on Monday, May 13th. 

2.     History: We will conclude our Civil Rights Leaders unit. The study guide will be completed in class and sent home on Monday 5/13. We will take the test Thursday 5/16.

3.     Science: We will conclude our Insects unit. The study guide will be completed in class and sent home Monday 5/13. We will take the test Tuesday, 5/14.

4.     Math: We are spending class time review the concepts we have covered in class this year.

Assessments

1.     Tuesday, May 14th: Science; Insect Unit

2.     Thursday, May 16th: History: Civil Rights Leaders

Week of 5/6/19

Important Dates

1. Thursday, May 9th: Part 5 (rough draft) of Insect Report due. Part 5 of the Insect Report was sent home Friday. Teachers will be helping students with graphic organizers throughout the next few school days to support the writing process at home.
2. Friday, May 10th: No School
3. Friday, May 17th: Final Insect Report due
4. Wednesday, May 22nd: Insect Museum 

Announcements

 

5/6 - 5/10 will be our last week of Spalding spelling words coming home to make room for cursive practice and tying up loose ends in the last weeks of school.

A Look in the Classroom

 1.     ELA: We will be concluding our study of contractions and moving on to possessive nouns. Also, we will be looking at the difference of synonyms and antonyms and the shades of meaning among words. To wrap up writing for the year, we will be practicing our paragraph writing. 2.     History: We will enrich our Civil Rights Leaders unit by reading about figures such as Ruby Bridges and Sojourner Truth.3.     Science: Students will finish their review of social insects. We are also talking about helpful and harmful insects.4.     Math: This week we will be finishing up our Geometry Unit.  We will then be working on a cumulative review in preparation for our end of year Singapore test which will be given on May 15th.

Assessments

 1.     Friday: Spelling Test

Week of 4/29/18

Important Dates

 

1. Friday, May 3rd: Part 4 of Insect Report due
2. Friday, May 17th: Final Insect Report due

 

Announcements

 

1. MAP Testing is Monday and Tuesday of next week. Please make sure your student gets a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast the night before.
2. As of May 1st, all second grade classwork and homework will be done in cursive.

 

A Look in the Classroom

 

1. ELA: We will complete our final drafts about persuasive writing. We will build upon our knowledge of root words and prefixes and suffixes. We are also introducing contractions.
2. History: Scholars will continue their discussion on Civil Rights leaders by reading about Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and Caesar Chavez.
3. Science: Students will learn about social insects. We will also be doing an insect anatomy lab involving mounted insects!
4. Math: We will be beginning our Geometry unit, we will discuss 3D and 2D figures. We will also construct 3D mini-monsters.

 

Week of 4/15/19

Hello Parents!

 

Here we are approaching the middle of the final quarter. 😊 This week has been a great deal of fun as we have collaborated on our persuasive writing, done some in-class research for our insect report, watched old friends grow, and my personal favorite, meet new friends that have just arrived!

 

 

 

 

 

Important Dates

 

1.      Friday, April 19th: Part 2 of Insect Report due

3.     Monday, April 22nd: No School; Spring Holiday

4.     Tuesday, April 23: 2nd Grade field trip to Arizona Science Center

5.     Friday, May 17th: Final Insect Report due

 

A Look in the Classroom

 

1.     ELA: We're starting our last poem of the year, Harriet Tubman, recitation will be on May 13th. In Grammar we will continue to enjoy exploration of conjunctions, parsing sentences with them, keep an ear out at home for the classic, Conjunction Junction! We will keep using our dictionaries in class and continue our collaborative persuasive writing project.

2.     History: We will be ending our Immigration and Citizenship unit with a lesson discussing how to become a citizen of our country. Will review in class and have our unit assessment on Friday.

3.     Science: We will review our Life Cycle Unit in class on Monday, having the assessment on Tuesday. Later in the week, we will be starting our Insect unit by discussing insect life cycle, and metamorphosis.

4.     Math: This week we will be wrapping up our short unit on time.  Scholars will take an assessment on this unit on Wednesday.  We will begin our next unit, graphing, on Thursday.  We will cover picture graphs and bar graphs this week. 

Assessments

1.     Tuesday: Science Test; Life Cycle Unit

2.     Friday: Spelling Test and History Test: Immigration and Citizenship

Have a fantastic weekend!

Week of 4/8/19

It's been another great week in the classroom. The kiddos are having so much fun watching our tadpoles grow. We are expecting chicks this weekend. Thanks to our whole community for coming together and making our Spring concert a wonderful success. 

 

 

Announcements

 

1.     Our final project of the year, our Insect Report, has officially begun. Today, scholars were sent home with the parent letter and Part One: Anatomy and Locomotion, which is due Friday, April 12th. Teachers will be sending home individual parts one week before they are due. However, the entire project will be posted on class blogs in case you would like to get a head start on any of the individual pieces. You can find the entire project here: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11VgKO1s-6nC9GCfE5AApHGe55cKcUNx5/view?usp=sharing 

Please keep in mind that this is a research project. While some research will be completed in class, additional research at home or a public library is needed.

2.     Our field trip to the Arizona Science Center is approaching, we can't wait for this adventure together on Tuesday, April 23rd. We do ask that all scholars wear their uniforms on this day to help easily identify them, we also need each student to come with a brown bag lunch. More information will follow. Please do contact the front office if you have not yet paid for your child's field trip to ensure their participation.

3.     Currently, second grade scholars are working on earning their cursive licenses; once these are earned they may write all of their classwork and homework in cursive. As of May, 1st, all second grade work will be completed in cursive in preparation for third grade. Until this time we do ask that one column of Spalding homework be completed in cursive nightly.

 

 

A Look in the Classroom

 

1.     ELA: Our poem Smart by Shel Silverstein will be recited on Monday. We will continue to develop our persuasive writing skills by researching an environmental issue and writing a persuasive paragraph about it. We will then try to persuade our classmates that our topic is the most important issue through a Socratic discussion. This project will be done in class over the next several weeks. We will be applying the alphabetizing skills we refined last week to learn how to use a dictionary. Another part of speech will be added in as we learn about conjunctions. 

2.     History: We will begin our Immigration and Citizenship unit by discussing the reasons people chose to come to America. We will also take virtual field trips to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island to aid our discussion of what these places meant to immigrants.

3.     Science: We are wrapping up our Life Cycle unit by further discussing the plant life cycle. 

4.     Math: This week we will be finishing up our fractions unit and we will have a test on Tuesday.  We will then be launching our unit on time!  If you have an analog clock at home feel free to reinforce our lessons by having your child tell the time when the opportunity presents itself. 

 

Assessments

 

1.     Tuesday: Math Assessment: Fractions

2.     Friday: Spelling Test 

Week of 4/5/19

Announcements

1.  Book orders are due Sunday, March 31st.  There will only be one book order after this. You can order at clubs.scholastic.com and put in our class code R7VTX. 

2. Our final project of the year, our Insect Report, is quickly approaching. We will be sending the instructions out next Friday, but wanted to be sure we put it on your radar. This will be a research project that has a similar format to the Simple Machines project.

3.     Chaperones for the field trip will be announced on Friday, April 4th. Please let me know if you would like to be put on the list to be a chaperone. Chaperones will be drawn randomly.

4.     Pre-order your DVD of the Spring Concert! DVDs will be available for purchase 1 for $20 or 2 for $35. A portion of  the proceeds will be donated back to our school. There will be a table in the lobby of the concert to order it as well. http://store.estheticsinmotion.com

5.     If you haven’t already, please click here and give to Archway Lincoln’s Tax Credit Drive today! Tax Credit contributions support our extra-curricular and athletic programs, field trips, clubs, and character-building programs. The Arizona Public School Tax Credit allows Arizona taxpayers to contribute to the public school of their choice and receive a dollar-for-dollar credit on their state taxes. Married couples may contribute up to $400 and single filers may contribute up to $200 and receive the full credit when they file their AZ state taxes. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Meghan Murphy, Academy Giving Manager, at (480)222-1507. Thank you!

5.     Please refer to class blog for further information regarding the Spring Concert, our scholars are working so hard, we can't wait to see you there!

 

A Look in the Classroom

 

1.     ELA: In Writing class we will continue our study of persuasive essays. We will parse sentences with pronouns. We will also be taking a close look at alphabetical order in preparation of our dictionary study.

2.     History: We will spend some time reviewing our Civil War unit in class. We will send the study guide home on Tuesday and have the test on Friday.

3.     Science: We are studying the parts of plant, plant life cycle, and parts of a seed. We will also keep a close eye on our eggs and tadpoles! 

4.     Math: This week we will be continuing our fractions unit. We will compare and order fractions as well as make a whole out with two or more fractions with the same denominator. At the end of the week we will be reviewing. 

Assessments

 

1.     Friday: History Test; Civil War and Spelling Test

Music Concert Information

Greetings Archway Lincoln Parents and Guardians,

 

Believe it or not, the fourth annual mandatory Archway Lincoln Spring Concert is fast approaching.

It will be held on Thursday, April 4 at the

Higley Center for the Performing Arts

4132 E. Pecos Road Gilbert, AZ 85295.

 

The K-2 concert will be 5:30-6:30 p.m. with students arriving at 5:15 p.m.

The 3-5 concert will be 7-8 p.m. with students arriving at 6:45 p.m.

 

 

 

Attire for concerts is as follows:

Boys: White dress shirt, black pants, black dress shoes, and black socks. Hair should be combed neatly.

Girls: White top, black skirt (black tights optional), or black dress pants, and black dress shoes. Hair should be styled neatly.

Pre-order your DVD of the Spring Concert!

 

 

DVDs will be available for purchase 1 for $20 or 2 for $35. 

A portion of  the proceeds will be donated back to our school. 

There will be a table in the lobby of the concert to order it as well.  

Http://store.estheticsinmotion.com

Working with your children is a delight and privilege. I look forward to enjoying this beautiful event with you. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at rboswell@archwaylincoln.org and gpabon@archwaylincoln.org

 

Thank You,

Rachel Boswell and Glory Pabon

Music Teachers │Archway Lincoln Classical Academy 

Week of 3/4/19

A huge thank you to all who made our Little House in the Big Woods celebration a success. The scholars asked some beautiful questions during the seminar and enjoyed sampling food that was mentioned in the book. The butter making activity was a huge hit. I appreciate our collaboration just so much!

 

 

Announcements

 

1.     3rd - 5th grade state testing for our school is quickly approaching and will begin almost immediately upon our return to school after Spring Break. In order to preserve the sanctity of the testing environment we will not be scheduling our regular parent volunteering times for Reading and Math Groups throughout the next months of testing. There will still be volunteering opportunities during the final quarter as we will be enjoying activities such as, Westward Expansion Day, our class field trip to the Arizona Science Center, and our Coffee Talk for Charlotte's Web. Thank you so much for your understanding and strong partnership.

 

Important Dates

 

1.     Friday, March 8th; Field Day Please note:

1.    There will be no hot lunch served by the school on March 8th, please be sure to send your scholar to school with a lunch on that day. We will all be eating our lunches in the classroom.

2.   Students should come to school wearing athletic clothing, please be sure the clothing is modest, with no sleeveless shirts. Our class t-shirts came in for Field Day. They will be sent home with your child on Monday in a grocery bag with a post it note taped to the bag with their name and t-shirt size. Please make sure to try on the t-shirt to make sure it fits your child before Field Day. :) Every student should be coming home with a t-shirt. Please make sure to check  your child's back pack.

2.     March 11th - 15th: No School; Spring Break

A Look in the Classroom

 

1.     ELA: We will create an expository writing piece. In Grammar we will have a strong review of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions during our parsing activities. We will also complete some comparing and contrasting activities for reading instruction.

2.     History: With our Westward Expansion Unit over, we will take some time to discuss the unit in review with some read alouds about personal experiences on the Oregon Trail.

3.     Science: We will complete our Water Cycle unit with review, having our assessment on Friday.

4.     Math Objectives:

1.     Count money in a set of bills and coins up to $100

2.     Recognize, read, and write the decimal notation for money

3.     Read and write money amounts in words 

4.     Make equivalent values of money using different denominations

5.     Convert cents to dollars and cents 

6.     Convert dollars and cents to cents

7.     Make change for $1, $5, and $10

8.     Mentally subtract cents from $1

9.     Mentally subtract dollars and cents from $10

Assessments

 

1.     Friday March 8th; Science Test; Water Cycle (study guide goes home on Thursday) and Spelling Test

Please do reach out with any questions you may have.

Week of 2/25/19

Important Dates

1.     Wednesday, Feb. 27th: Little House in the Big Woods Coffee Talk (all reading and math groups are cancelled this day to make time for the coffee talk)

2.    Thursday, Feb. 28th: Book orders due at 5pm

3.     Friday, March 1st Poetry Recitation; Bed in Summer

4.     March 11 - 15: Spring Break

A Look in the Classroom

 

1.     ELA: Students will start writing expository writing samples. In Grammar we will begin parsing sentences with prepositional phrases. We will also end our Tall Tales unit strong with another version of John Henry.

2.     Science: We will continue our exploration of the water cycle and discuss the formation of clouds. Some fun terms to possibly discuss at the dinner table are: condensation and evaporation!

3.     History: We will end our Westward Expansion unit by discussing the Trail of Tears and how indigenous people were treated as settlers continued their journey west. We will have our assessment on Friday and greatly anticipate Westward Expansion day next quarter!

 

1.     Math Objectives:

1.     Count by 10s

2.     Multiply by 10

3.     Divide by 10

4.     Multiply by 10

Assessments

 

1.     Friday, March 1st: Spelling Test, History; Westward Expansion Test (Study Guide goes home Wednesday, February 27th)

Please reach out with any questions you may have.