100th Day Recap and Monday News!

Dear Parents,

We had a GREAT 100th Day of School on Friday!  Check out some pictures of our class dressed like 100 year olds and completing the 100 cup stack challenge at the bottom of this post.

This week, we're continuing to learn about Civil Rights and Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play major league baseball.  We're having a speaker visit the 2nd grade on Tuesday to talk to us about African-American history, and we're looking forward to this presentation!

In math, we'll be solving word problems involving money up to $5.00.  Students will need to be able to compare amounts of money, add up combination of bills and coins, and determine if someone has enough money to buy an item of a specified price.  Students do NOT need to understand making change at this time!

In reading, we're learning about determining the lesson/moral of the story and using text evidence to support our thinking!

I can't wait for the great week we have ahead!

Love,
Mrs. Kidd

Tuesday News

Dear Parents,

I hope you enjoyed your second long weekend in a row!  We had an awesome day today, and I'm so looking forward to celebrating the 100th Day of School with your children on Friday.  Thank you again to Ashley Mangine for volunteering to be our Weekly Helper last week!  Please check our Shutterfly site to see how you can help!

Here are a few upcoming events:

• East Side's International Festival
  When-  Saturday, January 21, 2017 4:00-6:00 PM in the East Side Cafeteria
  The International Festival is a fun, family event to learn more about cultures and traditions from all over the world. You will watch exciting performances while sampling delicious traditional food from many countries.
  Purchase tickets online through the PTA website before January 18^th for $7.00. Tickets will also be available at the door for $10.00. Children 3 and under are free.

• East Side’s Annual Family STEM Night:  Please join us for our annual Family STEM Night this January 31^st or February 1^st from 6:00-7:30! Cheer your child on as they make paperclips fly, build roller coasters, play with robots, and much more!  Families whose last name begins with the letters A-M will join us Tuesday, January 31^st and families whose last name begins with the letters N-Z will join us Wednesday, February 1^st.  Pizza will be sold by the slice beginning at 6:00!  Mark your calendars and bring your whole family for this fun-filled STEM Night!  **Please note: this is not a drop-off event**

Here are a few pictures of what we've been doing in class!  Please read your newsletter, which was e-mailed out today and can also be found under News You Can Use, to read more specific details about what we're learning!

Place Value Snowman to represent a number in many ways!

We can represent numbers through 1,000 in each of these ways!

We have been learning how opinion reviews are organized with a clear opinion, at least three reasons/examples, and a closing sentence that restates our opinion.

We read real reviews written by kid critics and wrote down what we noticed about how they were alike, so that we could match these traits in our own writing.

As you can see, last week was a busy and fun week!  This week we'll continue to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., start learning about counting and solving word problems involving money to $5.00, and continue reading folktales and fairy tales!  We're growing smarter every day!

Love, 

Mrs. Kidd

Happy Wintery Weather Weekend!

Dear Parents,

We had a great first day back of 2017 yesterday.  As I'm sure you are aware, all Cobb County schools will be dismissing 2 hours early today, due to the threat of inclement weather.  Please note that there will be NO ASP or Enrichment this afternoon!  Please help our school get your child home quickly and safely, but ensuring that your child knows how they are going home this afternoon!

Report cards will be coming home today!  Your child's report card should stay at home with you, but please returned the signed report card envelope unsealed on Monday!

I hope that you all get home safely and quickly, well before any snow/ice arrives.  Then, I hope we all get some fresh, white snow to play in throughout the weekend!

Also, in honor of my Clemson Tigers playing in the National Championship on Monday evening, bonus points to any students who wear ORANGE and/or PURPLE to school on Monday!  By bonus points, I really just mean it will make my heart oh so happy!  Go Tigers!

Mrs. Kidd