Mrs.

Phillips Monday Memo

Happy Mothers Day!
May 12-16, 2014
Character Word:
Confidence is having a strong belief in
your own abilities.
A Peek at Our Week:
Reading: We will continue a project-based learning unit to study
genres of literature.
Math: We will finish a unit on adding within 100. Test on Friday
Writing: We will continue our animal research project to determine
if our favorite animal would make a good pet.
Science/Social Studies: We will start a unit on animal
classifications.
Reminders:
We will start selling yearbooks on
Monday, May 12th. The cost of a
yearbook is $12 for students.
We need parent volunteers to
help with the set- up of the EWE
Art Show that will take place in
May. Please contact Matt Tarr at
355-4924 or
mtarr@greenville.k12.sc.us if you
are able to help.
Coach Couch is looking for parent
volunteers for our 2014 Field Day.
If you are able to help, please
email Coach Couch at
stcouch@greenville.k12.sc.us.
Students will be able to visit a 2
nd

grade classroom to learn about
2
nd
grade. Parents are invited to
visit 2
nd
grade classrooms on May
13
th
at 6pm.
Upcoming Events:
May 12: SIC Meeting (11:30)
May 13: Move Up Night (6:00)
May 19: Art Show (5:30-7:30)
May 19:1
st
Grade Performance
(7:00) - Please send in the
permission slip as soon as
possible.
May 21: 4
th
and 5
th
Field Day
May 22: 2
nd
and 3
rd
Field Day
May 23: K and 1
st
Field Day
May 27: 3
rd
Grade Play
June 3: End of Year party
(more details to come)
June 4: End of Year Awards at
9:30 (more details to come)
Mrs. Phillips Contact Information:

Phone: 355-4921 (please leave voicemail) Email: bphillips@greenville.k12.sc.us
Educating Winners Everyday

Sound Check:
We will be learning about compound words this week. Examples of
compound words are butterfly, pancake, cupcake, and
hummingbird.
Sight Words and Family
Words:
Compound words:
bedtime, sunset, bathtub,
sailboat, flagpole
(all 5 words will be on the spelling
test)

The students will also write 10
review words from the word
walls.

This will be our last spelling
test of the year!
Homework Help:
Please remind your students to
use complete sentences when
answering questions. This is a
skill we are working on in class.
Thank you for all the homework
help youve given your child this
year!
Getting 2
nd
Grade Ready:
Math Common Core Standard: 2.NBT.1: Understand that the three digits of
a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones;
e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones.
2.NBT.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.