Hello boys and girls,

I hope you were all able to pick up your items from school today from Mr. McCabe.  I am sure you were glad to get your markers, scissors and glue if you don't have doubles at home.  Just in time to create a card for mom for Mother's Day this Sunday.  Perhaps you could write her a little poem or a letter telling her how much you love and appreciate her and all she does for you.  Maybe you just want to draw a picture for her.  It is up to you!  I know from experience that she will love whatever you do because she loves you so much.  Try an acrostic poem:  M- makes me feel special

                                       O- often gives me hugs

                                        T- teaches me to be kind

                                        H- helps me with my homework

                                        E- everything to me

                                        R- really makes me happy!

Math:

Grade Two

Arrays (see Math Videos #3)

Try creating an array which represents a repeated addition sentence.  ie.  3 + 3 + 3 = 9                 XXX

                                                                                                                                XXX

                                                                                                                                XXX

Grade 3

See Math Videos #3 sections on Multiplication and Bar Graphs.

Try to survey the people in your family bubble and create a tally sheet.  ie.  What is your favorite type of flower?

                                                                                                  daisies

                                                                                                  tulips

                                                                                                  daffodils

Then take the data and create a bar graph using your looseleaf to keep your numbers evenly spaced on the side of your graph.  Next you can ask questions about the data in your graph.  Which flower was the most popular at your house?  How many more people like daffodils than tulips?  Which flower was liked the least of the three?

Try to come up with different topics for graphs and create a few.  What is our favorite sport to play?  soccer, baseball , basketb

Which is your favorite type of playground equipment?  slide, swings, monkey bars

What is your favorite summer activity?  biking, swimming, skate boarding

Language Arts

Reading:  Grade two- 15 mins. per day

             Grade three- 20 mins. per day

Reading Comprehension:

Try to relate something from your book to your real life.  What happened in the book or chapter that reminded you of something that has happened to you or someone you know in real life.  Making connections to real life will help you to remember details from the book and understand the story better. 

Writing:

Why not write a story for your Mom this week.  It can be a recall story where you are remembering something that really happened to you and your Mom or a make believe story where your Mom is one of the main characters in the story.  Maybe you want to tell a story about your Mom when she was a little girl (fiction or non-fiction).  Let her be the heroine in the story this week.  Then read her your story and draw a picture of her for the cover.  She will love it, I promise!

I hope you have a great week ahead and try to help Mom out, not just because Mother's Day is coming but because you love her every day!

Mrs. Vickers