Upcoming Events.....

o Fox Hollow carnival will be on Friday, May 15th at 4:00 pm. It would be wonderful if all of you could join us. The last few years have been a lot of fun. It is a great way to help support your child’s school and have a blast at the same time.

o We will have a field trip on Thursday, May 21st to the Museum of Nature and Science. Don;t forget to send in the permission slip and money. If you would like to volunteer, please let me know.

o This year Field Day will be on Friday, May 22nd. Make sure to put sunscreen on you child. They also need to make sure they wear shoes for running. No flip flops please.


o Thursday, May 28th from 9:00-12:00 we will be having our end of the school year party. The children will be presenting their Poetry Books from 9:00-10:00. (This is a new addition. It was not originally scheduled for the same day, but thought there was a lot going on in May and wanted to combine a few activities rather than ask you to come in another day.) We will be going to Central Park for pizza and fun at 10:00. If you have not turned in your $3 for pizza yet, please do so as soon as possible. Siblings are welcome. Don’t forget to send $3 dollars for yourself and siblings if you plan to eat pizza.


o Friday, May 29th is the last day of school. The children will be dismissed at 10:30 am. Report cards will go home with them at that time.

Time lines and Dinosaurs

The children have started a couple of new units. First we have been talking about time lines. As you know, we will be creating pod casts of their own personal time lines with pictures that we will put on the Fox Hollow website for all to enjoy. Before we started out personal time lines, the children made a time line of several Presidents we have had over history. They were broken into groups and had to research a president, and create a time line of important events in their life. We then created a time line of the presidents to display in the hallway. They did a fabulous job! I think they are beginning to understand the concept of a time line and why we use them. Now, we will focus on making our own personal time lines. I will let you know when these time lines will be finished.



The science unit we have started is called Changes over Time. The first part of the unit we will discuss dinosaurs. This is always a big hit! Last week, we were paleontologists and dug for dinosaur bones in the sand. We also used a toothpick to dig out chocolate chips from a cookie (to see how gentle paleontologists have to be when digging bones). We also compared and contrasted dinosaurs using a Venn Diagram. The children looked for similarities and differences between dinosaurs. I look forward to a few more weeks of Dinosaurs and I am sure the kids do too!

Welcome back!

I hope everyone had a fun and safe break. Only nine more weeks of school and your 2nd graders will be in 3rd grade! Can you believe it? This year has gone by so fast. I have LOVED getting to to know your children this year and will miss them greatly when they go to 3rd grade! We will have a lot going on over the next several weeks so please remember to check the blog and Thursday folders often for updates!!