May/June - Tomoka Elementary PTA
May/June - Tomoka Elementary PTA
May/June - Tomoka Elementary PTA
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CLASSROOM NEWS<br />
SENSATIONAL SECOND GRADERS…<br />
It is hard to believe that Our Sensational Second Graders are ready for third grade! We<br />
have learned so many exciting things this year. Learning about the Native Americans at the<br />
Pioneer Art Settlement and visiting with the manatees at Blue Spring State Park were<br />
among the highlights.<br />
We will culminate the year with Field Day on <strong>May</strong> 14 th and Dinosaur Day on <strong>June</strong> 4 th . We will<br />
need volunteers, so please mark your calendars.<br />
Our last units in math are measurement and fractions. Science lessons will include the<br />
dinosaur study and even a story in our reading book about how they travel. Florida will be<br />
the final topic of study for Social Studies.<br />
All of the second grade teachers request that our students practice reading a book, writing<br />
complete paragraphs, and complete math word problems and computation problems during<br />
the summer vacation. It would be a great idea to make a summer writing journal to share<br />
with your third grade teacher. Create some math word problems about the exciting events<br />
happening in your family, and best of all, read a book about something you don’t know<br />
anything about!<br />
We will miss our students, but know they all have bright futures ahead of them at <strong>Tomoka</strong><br />
<strong>Elementary</strong> or wherever their education takes them.<br />
TERRIFIC THIRD GRADERS…<br />
Third graders have experienced a busy, fun-filled month. First, we all enjoyed a trip to the<br />
Peabody Center to see Charlotte’s Web. It was a standing room only show and the children<br />
were excited to be in a theater setting. Students were able to compare and contrast the<br />
different approaches to the story taken by the author in the original book, the two movies<br />
and the play. Next we’re off to the Sanford Zoo on <strong>May</strong> 5 th . This is a wonderful<br />
opportunity for the students to not only enjoy the beautiful zoo, but also do some hands on<br />
learning about reptiles, mammals and amphibians. Our classes celebrated earth day in a<br />
variety of ways and we hope those lessons carry over into daily life.<br />
We ask that you help your child remember that school is not yet over, even though the year<br />
is winding down. It’s important to stay focused and keep trying to do their best work.<br />
There is a lot left to learn this year!
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