Ms. Dao's 2nd Grade Class: Lanier Debate Team

Good Morning parents,

Just a quick reminder that all students from 2nd-4th grade will be walking over to Rice to watch the 5th graders' performance of Aladdin tomorrow afternoon. Please send your child to school with their red Roberts shirt on.
Chaperons (Kelly,Helen, and Mehrnaz) please be here by 1:00pm tomorrow afternoon.

We are going to go browse at some of the items that 3rd grade is selling at their business fair today. If you would like to send money in for your kids to shop, please do so on Friday (8:30-9:30).

Your children have been working so hard all yea rlong, and I hope that all of you have enjoyed going through their portfolios with them this week. To end the school year on a good note, I usually like to engage my students in fun activities the last week of school to reward them for all their hard work all year long.

Here are the list of fun activities that we will be doing in class next week:

*Please do not tell your kids about any of these activities ahead of time. I would like for it to be a surprise for them each day! I just wanted to let you know so that you can make sure that they are dressed appropriately since some of the activities are a little bit messier than others.

Monday:

"Moving Day" - students will be allowed to move their desks anywhere they want in the classroom as long as they can be on their best behavior.
"Memory Wheel" - writing/illustrating about some of their favorite memories from 2nd grade.
"Go Fishing" - game (boys vs. girls)
Whiteboard Competition - as you probably already know, we use our whiteboards a lot in class for Math and Spelling. Now it's their turn to be creative and have some fun free drawing.

Tuesday:

"Nose Diving" - game
"Shaving Cream Party" - free drawing with shaving cream on their desks
Letters to their future teachers - each student will write a letter to their future 3rd grade teacher to introduce themselves and let that 3rd grade teacher know who they are and what they are interested in. I'll give these letters to the 3rd grade teachers before "Meet the Teacher" in the fall.
"Pencil-less Day" - They can use their markers, crayons, sharpies, and/or pencils to write all day.

Wednesday:

"Board Games Day" - Please allow your child to bring in some board games from home today.
(I will let them know about this event on Tuesday afternoon)
"Socks Day" - no shoes in class all day long
"Book- Nic" (like a picnic after reading a book) - For example, after I read "If you give a mouse a cookie" to the class I will have some cookies ready for them to eat since it was mentioned in the book.
Movie day with our book buddies - I have been reading Matilda to the kids in class everyday in the afternoon. We are trying to finish this book before the school year is over. So I will let them watch this movie on Wednesday. This movie is rated PG. Please let me know if you do not want your child to watch this movie.

Thursday:

Roberts Idol
"Candy Awards" - I will have a "red carpet" set up in the classroom and present each student with an award.
End of the year classroom party (ice cream party) in the afternoon - Please respond to Helen's email.

Again, please let me know if you have any questions and/or concerns or if you would prefer for your child to not participate in certain events.

Thank you for a wonderful year!