Mrs. Stielstra's Sideline: May 19

Upcoming Dates/Reminders:

All library materials are due back to Pine Ridge. Books from my school library may continue to come home this week for reading minutes. Please be on the lookout for any books with my name in them so they can be returned by the end of the year.
Our geometry math unit review came home this week. This is a tough unit so I am moving very slow. Our test will be on Wednesday, May 24. The review is due back to school on Tuesday, May 23.
Due to testing reading and spelling levels I have decided to stop reading minutes and word work for the last two weeks. However, you child will still be coming home with their reading book next week for extra credit reading minutes.
Thursday, May 25- I have "Moving Up Day" with the incoming 3rd grade class for one hour. Your child will enjoy some fun games on the playground at Pine Ridge with the 2nd grade teachers during this time.
Friday, May 26- We will be making Pods for our tetrahedron kites. Thank you to all of the volunteers! I am all set with volunteers.
Friday, May 26- I will be taking the class to the High School to have a sound demonstration by Scott Vandenberg to finish our Light and Sound unit. We will be out of the building from 12:40-2:00 or so.
Monday, May 29 No School due to Memorial day
May 26-June 1- Working on building/assembling our kites from 8:30-10:30.
Tuesday, May 30- Field Day at South Side in the afternoon. There is no rain date so we plan on going rain or shine!
Wednesday, May 31- On this day we will have our final POD group as well as our baseball game against the varsity baseball team.
Friday, June 2- Our last day. We will dismiss at 11:30. Your child will be coming home with his/her report card and baton.

A few pictures of our week:

In Science we worked with tuning forks as we learned about high and low pitch

We created harps and listened to the pitch with different lengths of string as well as different thicknesses.

In Reading we are busy working on our biography unit and creating timelines, character trait charts, and
writing what we have learned about our subject.