Traveling the world

This week began our travel around the world! We will be visiting each of the 7 continents and experiencing a little of what life is like there! Our itinerary is as follows:
March 9 Antarctica
March 10-11 Australia
March 12 Europe
March 22 Asia
March 24 South America
March 25 Africa
March 26,29 North America

As you can see we have many busy days ahead of us. Our class is really enjoying learning about the landforms, climate, vegetation, animal life, landmarks, and especially the food of the continents we have studied! If you have any pictures or souvenirs from continents you may have lived or visited, and would like to share, please let me know!
In math we have continued our study of fractions! We continue to divide things into pieces and share equally... this week we have been able to play many fun games to help us become even better at fractions! When we return from break we will begin Unit 15 on shapes and slide, flips, and turns.
We continue our author study of Joanna Cole the author of The Magic School Bus. This week we focused on her biography and how these famous books began!
No new spelling words were given yesterday due to spring break. In class we will be practicing geography words and vocabulary from the places we have visited on our "trip". No test will be given after spring break and new spelling words will resume March 24th.

Several exciting opportunities will be coming up in the month of April! Our school was chosen by the Lied Center to be one of the recipients of a grant for a field trip to extend our viewing of "Stellaluna" this Friday. 2nd graders at Langston Hughes will be visited by the puppeteer Priscilla Howe two times in April. She will be teaching puppet-related lessons on various life cycles. As a culmination to this study, our 2nd graders will be taking a trip out to the Baker Wetlands! I do not have information yet on a specific date, as the trip is being planned by the great people at the Lied Center. It will be in mid-late April. When that time comes, we will need 5 parent volunteers from our class to go to the Wetlands with us. Please let me know if you are interested in going on this half day trip with us! I know it's difficult to commit without a specific date, but let me know if you think you MIGHT be interested and I will contact you when I have more information.


In addition to our trip to the Baker Wetlands, our 2nd grade field trip to the Kansas City Zoo is scheduled for Friday, April 30. This is a full day trip that also requires five parent volunteers to ride the bus and tour the zoo with a small group of students (4-5 students in each group). I would like to start lining up volunteers for this trip as soon as possible, so please contact me if you would like to go on this fun trip with us! It's always a favorite of the kids. The cost for adult entry to the zoo is $6. Permission slips for students, as well as information regarding cost, times, etc. will be coming home on Monday, March 22, so please keep an eye out for these items.


If you have interest in attending one, or even both, of our field trips, please contact me by e-mail or phone. My extension at the school is 1831. I look forward to hearing from you, and will give more information on both of these trips soon!

Enjoy a safe spring break!

Mrs. Crooker