Dear Parents, 

     Last week in math we took our time finishing Unit 11.  The students continued working on multiplication and division fact families and they started multiplication books.  They took Unit 11 test on Friday.  This week we will start the last math unit of 2<sup>nd</sup> grade: Unit 12 “Year End Reviews and Extensions”.   This week we will review time equivalences and calendar facts, and review reading clocks in different ways (for example: 8:30 also can be read as half-past 8).  We will also discuss how to read a timeline and add our own events to a timeline.  On Friday, we will work together to solve the Open Response problem from the Unit 11 test.

     This week we will finally have our Many Moments Author’s Celebration!  The students will look over the Many Moments grading sheet (rubric) on Tuesday and Wednesday and finish up their stories.  The celebration will be Thursday afternoon. 

     In science, we will continue our Insects unit.  Last Thursday we set our butterflies free.  On Friday, we completed a chart that followed these insects through their larva stage (caterpillars), pupa stage (chrysalis) and their adult stage (butterflies). The students will continue to observe their mealworms and keep records of the changes in their behaviors and appearance.  Last week we noticed that many of our mealworms (the larva stage) changed into their pupa stage.  One student already has an adult!

 <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Notes and Reminders: </span></strong>
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	<li>Thank you very much to Tayen’s mom, Julian’s mom and Lila’s mom for joining us on our trip last week to the Forest Preserve!</li>
	<li>Now that it is getting warm, I recommend that you send a water bottle to school with your student.</li>
	<li>Mrs. Schmidt, the Latin teacher, sent home a purple note last week regarding the Latin Gala.  If your child would like to participate please complete the form and turn them in <span style="text-decoration: underline">no later than this Thursday, June 3<sup>rd</sup>.</span></li>
	<li>The BOOK TRADE is this Friday, June 4<sup>th</sup>.  Students can bring the books that they would like to sell to the library this week between 8:30 and 9:00.  They will receive Book Bucks, which they can use to buy new books at the Book Trade.</li>
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 <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Questions to ask at home:</span></strong>
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	<li>Practice multiplication and division fact families using the Triangles that have been sent home as Home Links. (5 x 2 = 10, 2 x 5 = 10, 10 ÷ 2 = 5, 10 ÷ 5 = 2)</li>
	<li>Ask questions like- what is another name for 2:30? (half past 2) …5:15? (quarter after 5) …6:45?  (quarter to 7)</li>
	<li>What Many Moments story are you going to share for the Author’s Celebration?</li>
	<li>What is happening in the book <span style="text-decoration: underline">Because of Winn-Dixie</span>?</li>
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 <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Homework</span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">: </span></strong>
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<td width="110"><strong>Monday</strong></td>
<td width="110"><strong>Tuesday</strong></td>
<td width="110"><strong>Wednesday</strong></td>
<td width="110"><strong>Thursday</strong></td>
<td width="110"><strong>Friday</strong></td>
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<td width="74"><strong>Math</strong></td>
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<p style="text-align: center">No School</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">Home Link 12.1</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">Home Link 12.2</p>
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<p style="text-align: center">Home Link 12.3</p>
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<td width="74"><strong>Reading</strong></td>
<td width="110">Read at least 15 minutes</td>
<td width="110">Read at least 15 minutes</td>
<td width="110">Read at least 15 minutes</td>
<td width="110">Read at least 15 minutes</td>
<td width="110">Read at least 15 minutes</td>
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