ANNOUNCEMENTS

April Poems
April poems were sent home on Tuesday, April 9th. Please be sure your child is ready to recite their poem by Monday, April 29th. These are our LAST poems of the year! Let's finish strong!

PLEASE READ THE BELOW INFORMATION CAREFULLY. We have two upcoming projects, both with close deadlines. It's crucial to avoid delaying and plan accordingly.

Community Service
DUE: MAY 6th, 2024
A green handout came home on Friday, April 12th.

All 2nd graders need to complete 6-8 hours of community service. Think about great ways to serve the community in which you live or go to school. Community service is a great way to make a positive difference. Spring Break is an excellent time to make sure you have all your things in order.

Your Presentation:
You will be presenting your service project to the class. Your presentation should last at least 5 minutes.

Some great way to prepare your presentation are:

POWERPOINT (Click HERE for a tutorial on using Google Slides) ** Preferred **
Large poster board
Video
Photo Album
Scrapbook

Presentations are not limited to the ones on this list. If you have a question about your service project, just ask!
Your Presentation MUST Include:

Pictures showing you doing your community service
Why you chose your community service
How your service impacts others
What you learned from doing your service project
A breakdown of the amount of hours you did your service(s) (must total at least 6 hours).

Please remember...
Community Service IS:

Helping others who are in need
Volunteering (not getting paid)

Community Service IS NOT:

Helping friends with chores
Doing chores at your own home

Habitat Dioramas
DUE: MAY 13th, 2024

Please save a shoebox for our upcoming Habitat Project! Students will be assigned their animal in class on Monday, April 22nd. Detailed instructions for the project will come home on Monday, April 22nd. Please DO NOT start this project prior to the detailed information coming home.

Aquarium of the Pacific Field Trip
Our field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific is coming up on Friday, May 3rd. Please see THIS post for more information. I have attached a list of chaperones who paid for a discounted ticket earlier this year.

Homework
Just a reminder, homework is required each night. Homework expectations are as follows:

Read 20 minutes and fill out the Reading Log.
Initial Behavior Chart
Practice April Poem - Due April 29th

Upcoming Events
APRIL
4/22 - Start Habitat Diorama Project (detailed information will be sent home)

MAY
5/3 - Field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific
5/6 - Community Service Project due
5/13 - Habitat Dioramas due
5/31 - Field trip to CSC (No chaperones will be taken on this field trip)

JUNE
6/5 - Last Day of School - End of Year Classroom Awards @ 1:00pm

Have a great week!