Mark your Calendars

Hello Starfish Families,


Here is a list of important May/June dates.  Please mark your calendars.  I will send home more information about these events as they get closer.

May 8th- Wellness Walk 

We hope you can join our class for this year's Wellness Walk! You can meet our class as we walk through the bus loop around 1:25! Please make sure to send your child to school with sneakers and a water bottle for this day! We hope you can join us for this fun event! 

May 8th- Friendly Neighborhood Helpers 

Our class will be watching and supporting our first grade friends in the morning on May 8th as they perform in their Friendly Neighborhood Helpers play! Can you believe that was a whole year ago for these second graders?!

May 16- Early Release

Students will be dismissed at 12:50!

May 17- Wild Life Encounters

We are so lucky to get this field trip experience brought to us in our very own classroom! We will get to see many animals and talk about their role in our environment. We will also connect this with our current plant unit. 

May 30th- Can't Stop the Seedling School Performance at 2:05

May 30th- Can't Stop the Seedling at 6:30

We are so excited to present this plant play to you! The students will be showing off all of their plant knowledge in this fun performance! We would love for your family to come and enjoy the show! 

May 31st- Great Bay for 2M & 2B 

Students will leave SMS at 9:00 and arrive back to school at 12:30. We will be eating snack at Great Bay, so please send your child to school with a snack from home! If you would like to join us for the field trip you are more than welcome to! We just ask that you meet us at Great Bay around 9:10! Please email your classroom teacher if you are interested in chaperoning. A field trip form will be coming home as the date gets closer- so be on the lookout!

June 3rd- Grand Luncheon

This is such a special day at SMS. 

Special guest are welcome to come in and join us for lunch. Lunch times will be sent out as the date gets closer.

June 5th- Great Bay for 2P, 2H, 2D

Students will leave SMS at 9:00 and arrive back to school at 12:30. We will be eating snack at Great Bay, so please send your child to school with a snack from home! If you would like to join us for the field trip you are more than welcome to! We just ask that you meet us at Great Bay around 9:10! Please email your classroom teacher if you are interested in chaperoning. A field trip form will be coming home as the date gets closer- so be on the lookout!

June 7th- Field Day (Rain date June 10th)

June 11th- 2nd Grade End of the Year Celebration @ Stratham Hill Park 10:00-2:00

June 13th- Last Day of Second Grade

Second Grade Wax Museum

Together we make an awesome group! Way to go, Starfish!

Visitors loved Parthvi's video of Harriet Tubman!

So much fun having older brother and sisters ask us questions about our Historical Hero!

We really missed our friend Lily at the Wax Museum! Lily's brother Liam loved her painting of Sacajawea! 

We are who we are because they was who they were.

Important February Upcoming Dates

Important Dates:

-Monday, Feb. 4th: 100th Day of School

We had so much fun celebrating the 100th day of 2nd Grade! More pictures and details coming home soon to share about our day! 

-Wednesday, Feb. 6th: Global Play All Day

Our school is planning to celebrate Global School Play Day on Wednesday, February 6th. We feel strongly that students need to have opportunities to unplug and connect with their peers for extended unstructured play. There are almost 300,000 students across the world who are registered for this event, so we are not alone!

Students may bring in a toy (or set) from home. This needs to be a toy that your child is willing to share with others. We also recommend choosing something that is durable and not valuable, because sometimes things get broken.

Please use these lists as guidelines when helping your child decide what to bring. Your child always has the option to not bring anything at all! We have many games and activities already available at school.

Suggested Items	Do Not Bring
Hotwheels Dolls Dress-ups Figurines Stuffed animals Board games Legos/ Blocks Card Games Arts and craft supplies Origami or other specialty paper Clay/ play dough/ model magic	Electronics Anything with batteries Video games Delicate or fragile items Toy weapons (including Nerf guns) Valuable or sentimental items Sports equipment

-Thursday, Feb. 14th: Early Release (12:50 dismissal)

-Thursday, Feb. 14th: Valentine's Day Celebration (kids only)

A sign up genius was sent out this afternoon for donations for our class Valentine snack.  Please let me know if you did not receive a sign-up.  

-Friday, Feb. 15th:, 9:00-9:45AM: 2nd Grade Wax Museum

-Monday, Feb. 25-Friday, Mar. 1st: No School-Winter Break

Choose Love

I'm excited to share that I will be piloting Choose Love Enrichment Program in our classroom.

This program teaches Social and Emotional Learning, Character Education traits, and

related Neuroscience. This program will play an important role in promoting student

academic and personal success.

Choose Love focuses on four important character values – Courage, Gratitude, Forgiveness and Compassion in Action 

• Courage: - Students will learn what it means to have courage in any situation. They will

develop confidence to help them face adversity and do the right thing, even when it is hard.

• Gratitude: - Students will learn what it means to be grateful for all of the good in their

lives. They will discover the many people and things they are grateful for and better

understand how to express gratitude. This will nurture a positive attitude and inspire them

to be kind.

• Forgiveness: - Students will understand what it means to forgive someone who has hurt

you. They will learn that forgiving does not mean you forget or accept the hurtful actions

as OK. But instead, students learn that forgiving will free them from bad feelings and help

them to have a positive mindset that will help them in school and in life.

• Compassion: - Students will understand that compassion is love in action. They will

understand what it means to have empathy and be sensitive to the feelings of others. And

then, they will move beyond that to realize the importance of being in service to others.

As we dive into each weekly lesson, your child will come home with optional activities that explain what your child has learned and extend the learning beyond the classroom. This is a wonderful

way for you to become involved in your child's learning. We hope you will share in this

experience with your children, ask questions about what they learned, and enjoy the benefits

from this program as well.

Check out the website 

https://www.jesselewischooselove.org/parents/