April 30 - May 4, 2012

"Coosada Elementary School strives to build a strong foundation upon which our students become lifelong learners."


NEWS FOR PARENTS:
Classroom Needs:  Thank you for supporting us all year long.  Here are a few things we need in order to make it to the end of the year, especially during cleanup!  Please consider sending these:  
**Lysol or Clorox wipes
**Lysol Spray
**Windex Spray
**More Kleenex tissues :^)

DIBELS testing is in one week on Tuesday, May 8th.  PLEASE continue to practice your timed one-minute readings!  Many students are very close to 90 words per minute!  Your hard work is really showing :^)


**Field Trip to SEHS to see the play, "Willie Wonka" is on Tuesday, May 1st.  Please send $2.50 and permission form this week!

Our trip to visit third grade classes at Airport Road Intermediate will be on May 16th.  There is NO COST and parents may meet us there to tour the school.

*Teacher Appreciation is May 7 - 11~~

**HONORS DAY for 2nd grade Blue pod is scheduled for Friday, May 25th.  We will have brunch in our room at 10:00, and the Honors Day program in the gym from 11:00 - 11:45.  Information regarding our food for brunch will be coming soon!



Student of the Week:   Katherine




READING:  Our story for this week is "Red, White, and Blue."  Please read at home with an adult every night!  

SPELLING:  We are spelling words with inflected endings (-ed, -ing).

GRAMMAR: We will learn to use quotation marks to show a person's exact words.

MATH:   Students will review adding and subtracting two and three digit numbers.  We will also practice these at home!  

Continue to work on facts. Best (-) score out of 9 will be counted for a grade. We will practice five minute drill, 100 (+) facts.

SOCIAL SCIENCE:    This week students will discover reasons why our country is great!  We are learning about symbols of freedom and patriotism.