Quater 4 Weel 4

Salutations from 2B!

 

I am sorry this is coming out a little late.  I realized this afternoon that I had not posted this on Friday as I meant to do! Thank you all for coming out to support our scholars during the Spring Concert.  The performance was beautiful! 

Best,

Mrs. Bowers 

 

 

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. Click here to view the entire project, it will also be posted on my class blog in the upper right hand corner. 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. We will have an in class review on Thursday and have our assessment on Friday.

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 and Science Test: Life Cycle Unit (Study guide goes home on Thursday)

Spring Concert DVD/Reminder

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

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.

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.organd gpabon@archwaylincoln.org

 

Thank You,

Rachel Boswell and Glory Pabon

Music Teachers │Archway Lincoln Classical Academy

Quarter 4 Week3

Hello Parents!

 

Salutations from 2B at the end of another wonderful week. We're greatly enjoying our life cycle unit (a picture of new friends in the classroom below) and we're having beautiful discussions about Friendship as we all fall in love with Charlotte's Web. 

 

Announcements

1.     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.

2.     Chaperones for the field trip will be announced on Friday, April 5th. 

3.     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

4.     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

Best,

Mrs. Bowers 

Quarter 4 Week 2

Hello Parents!

 

A HUGE thank you to everyone for coming together to make Westward Expansion Day a success!! The cowpokes had so much fun during this wonderful experiential learning opportunity. The teachers also truly enjoyed this opportunity to bond with our students outside of the normal classroom routine. We are so grateful for our liaisons, volunteers, and parent community as a whole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Dates

 

1.     Thursday, April 6th: Spring Concert

2.     Friday, April 12th: Spirit Wear Day

3.     Tuesday, April 23rd: Second Grade Field Trip; Arizona Science Center

 

Announcements

 

1.     Our class field trip to the Arizona Science Center is approaching; we will be going on this adventure Tuesday, April 23. Each class will need 8 fingerprinted chaperones for the trip who will join at the ASC oversee a group of scholars. Due to limited bus space, we will be asking chaperones to carpool and meet us there. If you are interested in being a chaperone, please email me directly to be placed on the list. Names of chaperones will be drawn randomly.

 

A Look in the Classroom

 

1.     ELA: We will start writing persuasive paragraphs. Students will be introduced to pronouns. We will also finish identifying text features. Our poetry selection for this month has increased in length, to prepare our scholars for 3rd grade pieces. Nightly practice is encouraged.

2.     History: We will continue our discussion about the Civil War by reading about Lee and Grant. We will also discuss the ending of the war and important female figures who contributed to the needs our struggling nation.

3.     Science: We will be continuing our study of life cycles next week. We will conclude our study of the frog life cycle and begin the chicken life cycle. Classes will be raising frogs and hatching chicken eggs in order to make real-life connections to science. 

4.     Math: This week we will be wrapping up our unit on money.  We will have our final money lesson on Monday covering word problems and mental math.  Tuesday we will review with our textbook and some games.  On Wednesday we will have an assessment on our Money Unit. We will then jump into the exciting world of fractions in on Thursday and Friday.  This unit begins with an exploration of halves, fourths, and thirds.  One aspect of fractions that we will emphasize is fairness in fractions.  For example, there is a way to cut a pizza into two parts and it not to be halves which would not be fair!  

Assessments

 

1.     Wednesday: Math Test; Money

2.     Friday: Spelling Test

Wishing you a fantastic weekend with your scholars,

Best,

Mrs. Bowers 

Help Needed :)

Please see the note below from our second grade liaisons regarding help needed for Westward Expansion Day on Wednesday, March 20th! 


Hello 2^nd Grade Families,

We hope you had a wonderful spring break. The 2^nd Grade Westward Expansion Day is coming up this week, Wednesday March 20^th and we are short supplies. We are in most need of turkey hot dogs, hot dog buns, and bandannas. Please consider selecting an item to donate to our event to help make the activities and food planned possible. 

Sign-up: http://signup.com/go/azzQucr

Thank you to those of you that have already signed up to donate an item or two and/or are donating your time. 

Dear 2B Families,

Please see the note below regarding the Great Hearts survey from administration. :)

Best,

Mrs. Bowers 

Dear Great Hearts Families,

Please take 7-10 minutes to help us make a good thing better! This survey is a key tool to help us understand what is important to each of you and where we can improve Great Hearts. Your responses are anonymous. Everything you write will be read by your headmaster and regional executive team to help identify and prioritize areas for improvement in the coming year.

Please take one survey for each school where you have a child enrolled and note that Archway and Prep are different schools.

Survey link: https://greatheartsamerica.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2nPoNACPctctj7

The survey will remain available until 11:59 PM PST on March 31. 

Please contact Katie Carmer at kcarmer@greatheartsamerica.org with questions or if you have difficulties completing the survey.

Additionally, if you would like to speak with your headmaster or someone at your child’s school about a specific issue or concern, you are always welcome to contact the school directly.

Quarter 4 Week 1

Dear 2B Parents,

Thank you all so much for a fantastic quarter three with your sweet kiddos!  I hope you are all enjoying some family fun and relaxation this week (if possible!).  I also want to thank all the parents who came out and supported our class during field day and Miss Hadley's wedding shower/going away celebration.  What a fun, yet emotional day we had! 

Please enjoy the video from field day below:

Ms. Bachman and I are looking forward to a fun and fruitful quarter 4!  Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you may have. My email is kbowers@archwaylincoln.org and I will get you Ms. Bachman's email once it gets set up. 

Please see below with our classroom updates for our return to school.

Best,

Mrs. Bowers

Announcements

 

1. Please send your scholar to school with their copy of Charlotte's Web upon our return from spring break.

2. We sent home all folders.  Please return them to school empty and ready to be filled with fresh learning materials! 

4.  Please review the information regarding our Spring Concert below.

 

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.

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