Inquiry: Plant Life

Plant Life Inquiry

Essential Questions:

How do plants adapt and survive in their environment?

How do we use plants in our lives?

We are excited to try some experiments with plants to help us answer our inquiry questions.

Can plants survive without soil, water, or light?

May-June Newsletter

* Last FULL day of school for the students is Wednesday June 12th   (8:30-3:30)
Report cards, 2013-2014 School Supply Lists, and other important paperwork will be
coming home that day.

* Kid Biz- Achieve 3000 Summer program encourages students to continue reading articles and completing activities throughout the summer with their GIVE US 40! contest. More information about this opportunity will be sent home with students.

* Wednesday June 5th is our grade level team Milwaukee County Zoo field trip 
(Mrs. Wandsneider, Mrs. Poehler, Mrs. Mejac)  Please dress in sturdy shoes and
pack a lunch and snack for your child.

* Mr. Scheiber would like to remind all families that library books and materials NEED to be returned no later than Wednesday June 5th.  A big THANKS to families who have organized and returned all library materials already.

Longfellow Field Day 2013

Thank you to Mrs. Cardwell for organizing a WONDERFUL 

field day full of teamwork and fun! 

Kids Are Authors WINNERS!!

CONGRATS to our Longfellow second graders

on winning the Scholastic Kids are Authors book

contest! Our non-fiction book, "White Tails and Other White Tales" will be published and sold nationwide through the Scholastic Book Fairs!

This is the 2nd time Longfellow School has been honored with the grand prize in this writing contest.

                                                 

Informative Writing and Persuasive Writing

 Informative Writing 
Sea Otter Research 
Determining Importance

                                                   

                                   

Persuasive Writing

Which Pet is the Best? 

Collaborative Groups

May Newsletter

* Friday May 3, 2013 - Coming home in Friday folders:  Progress Reports and orange Next Generation classroom information.
* Writing Learning Targets:  Author's Purpose - Writing a persuasive paragraph using good voice in order to persuade or convince with our writing. 
* Thank you to our families who attended conferences and our Longfellow Literacy Night!
We had a wonderful performance of our dance to, "La Bamba" by Ritchie Valens.  Take a look at our new learning through our biography inquiry study.

* Our research was focused on 4 important people:
1. Dr. Ben Carson - Pediatric neurosurgeon.
 2. Faith Ringgold - Children's author and artist
3. Ritchie Valens - Mexican American singer / songwriter
4. Wang Yani - Young artist