We have had a fun and busy week. We have a new principal (yay!) who is working hard to get to know the students, teachers and school routines. We started a new science unit on states of matter, and we wrapped up our first math unit on growing patterns and graphs. In writing, the students are busy creating personal narrative stories and trying out writing craft moves that we admire in our mentor authors.
TAG Testing:
All Atkinson 2nd graders will have TAG testing next week on Wednesday, October 23. This test is used to help us identify potentially Gifted students in the district. This testing will fit into our regular schedule. More information is coming home in today's Friday Folder. Hopefully the letter will answer any questions you may have. Please be sure that your student gets plenty of rest and a nutritious meal the night before and morning of testing. Thank you!
Hand Washing Experiment:
The results are in! We finally got an answer to our scientific question, is it important to wash our hands? For our experiment, we had three pieces of white bread. The first was our "control" and only handled with sterile gloves. The second was our clean bread, handled only with clean hands that had just been washed with soap. The third piece was our dirty bread that had been handled by all of the students in class after they had been outside playing and had not washed hands. Please see the results below:
We hope that this experiment illustrates how important it is to wash hands as often as possible throughout the day.
Speaking of which... some of you have told me that you have taken your children to get flu shots. Thank you! It is nice to know that we have a protective shield around our sensitive students at Atkinson who may be unable to get a vaccination.
OMSI Trip:
Our trip to OMSI is on Tuesday, Oct. 22. THANK YOU to the parents who have stepped up to volunteer. Our Trimet bus is leaving EARLY on Tuesday, so it will be very important for students to be ON TIME to school. We will be walking out of the building at 8:45 am, so please plan to be here at 8:35. Thank you!
Fall Festival:
It is a 2nd grade tradition to hold a fall festival of crafts on Halloween day. We divide the three 2nd grade classes in thirds to form new class size groups, so that the students have a chance to get to know each other. The students circulate through the 3 rooms to complete a fall craft. This activity will be held in the afternoon and we could use as many parents as interested to help out. If you would like to join us, please let me know. Thank you!
Regular Volunteer Gigs:
We have a few current times that volunteers are always welcome: garden, running club and during art class.
Our garden times are once a month and listed outside of the classroom door, and also here: 9/20, 10/18, 11/21, 1/17, 2/14, 3/13, 4/23, 5/15 (12:10 - 12:55 each session). If you would like to join us for garden, you can sign up outside the door, or just show up! Thank you to Lilah's mom, Erin, for helping us out today!
We have art class once a week, on Mondays from 10:10-11:10. The art teacher, Kawaji Armitage, has told me that she welcomes parent volunteers, so if you would like to join the class for art, please let her know or just come on by.
Running Club takes place during our lunch recess on Fridays. This exciting event is run by the wonderful PTA and can always use volunteers.
Thank you!
I will be getting more volunteer opportunities out to you as they become available.
Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
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