February News

Welcome back from Vacation!  

We are launching two new units this week:

·      Geometry and

·      Continent Research (as an integrated Writing/ Social Studies unit).

You will be hearing more about these in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile students did a great job on their Opinion Writing pieces, and on the 2-digit Addition and Subtraction unit in math just before the break... I will be sharing the papers and assessments with you at our upcoming conference.

The conference schedule is available here.  If you have not signed up please do so asap.  Also, please let me know if there is anything in particular you want to review.  We have 20 minutes and I have added a 5- minute transition time just in case J

We had several exciting events just before vacation:  Valentine’s Day, the 100^th Day of school, and the Lunar New Year celebration.  Things are much calmer now!!

Finally, last week I attended a School Gardening Conference put on by the Mass Horticultural Society.  It was very informative.  If you would like to volunteer in any way in our gardening efforts, please let me know asap and I’ll put you on our Garden Team email list.   We will be planting seeds by next week in room 6! It’s a sure sign that spring is coming!

Please continue to send in snow pants, boots, mittens and hats with your child... they must have these to play in the snow and to stay dry on the playground!  Thank you!

Finally, this Friday is “Funky Friday”, a spirit day initiated by the HH Student Council.  We will send more information later in the week.  Stay tuned!

Deborah Niles & Elizabeth Nolan

January is finally OVER!

January 31, 2019

There has been so much happening in second grade at HH!  Please read to the end. Here are some pictures from activities, starting with the most recent:

Buddies  This past Friday our buddies helped us create scales for a beautiful dragon display, to celebrate the Chinese New Year.  If you are in the school check it out, on the left across from the hallway that leads to Technology and the Library.

Last week our buddies came in to finish up our posters about love and justice, using quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., to be displayed at the MLK Dinner that evening.  Several of these posters were chosen to be displayed at the Wayland Central Office before we get them back!

Firefighter Todd

We had a visit last Thursday from a firefighter in Wayland who comes every year to talk with our students about fire safety. They talked about what to do in case of several different emergencies.  Farrah and DJ were chosen to practice the Stop Drop and Roll!

Last week:

WMS Students

Last week we had a visit from Wayland Middle School students, including Ms. Nolan’s son Jamie, my former student! This is the second year in a row they have done a community service project and come to Happy Hollow.  They helped us begin creating our Public Service Announcements in IMovie!

Science Presentation

Also last Friday we had a presentation from the Acton Discovery Museum on Changes in States of Matter.  This is funded by the PTO and we so appreciate all of your donations to help make this happen. 

Weather

We have had snow and extreme cold last week, and most students are well prepared!  Please remember to check your child’s cloth bag to make sure it includes snow pants, boots, gloves, hats and both boots AND shoes to wear in the classroom.

THANK YOU ALL for sending in tissues, hand sanitizer and wipes for our desks.  We are hoping that our winter illnesses are over!  On that note, our School Nurses have issued this notice about strep.

Needs for the classroom:  if anyone can send in small, hand-held pencil sharpeners we could really use them.  Thank you!

Finally, a message when Mr. Lee came in to cover a recess duty last week:

We could not agree more!

Deborah Niles & Elizabeth Nolan