Dear Parents,

Now, about finished learning about vertices, shapes, and angles in geometry. We will be ending the school year by learning how to measure in inches, feet, yards, and in metric.  In language arts, we are learning how weather affects the Earth.  In science, we are observing milk weed bugs, painted lady butterflies, and learning about plants.  We will be continuing to have fun learning about geometry through doing origami.

Our next field trip is to Washoe Lake State Park on Monday, May 19th.  The Lahontan Audubon Society volunteers plan and lead this field trip for us every year.  Everyone has already paid for this field trip.  Since there are only 2 classes attending that day, we can have as many chaperones as we want.  If you would like to chaperone, please let me know.  It should be a very fun educatonal day for everyone!

Our annual Field Day is Thursday, June 5th.  It is always a fun time for our students.  This year, we need at least 50 parents to volunteer to man the various stations.  In order to volunteer, you must have your Volunteer Application approved beforehand.  If you are able to volunteer, please email Mrs. Littlefield (klittlefield@washoeschools.net).

No one will be allowed in the school, for any activity, without having your Volunteer Application submitted and approved.  It takes approximately 3 weeks for applications to be approved.  Here is a link to the Volunteer Application.

Starting this school year, hot lunches are not free for every child.  I am attaching a link to MySchoolBucks in order to add funds to your child's hot lunch account.

I have received the Scholastic News and Science Spin magazine access codes so that my students and their families may enjoy the digital versions at home.  The links are accessible via Clever which can be accessed through your child's Clever QR Code and the password for the site is located below the link.  Please DO NOT view editions which we haven't done in class.

Homework will be assigned Monday through Thursday, and normally, there will be no homework given over the weekends. Please read nightly with your child for at least 20 minutes and fill out the reading log.

I will maintain a classroom webpage (http://www.washoeschools.net/rzoratti) throughout the year, which will include the homework for the coming week, the classroom newsletter, photos of classroom events, links to Infinite Campus, links to Accelerated Reader, and links to educational online games. Make sure you check the website each week for information on our classroom.

Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and eats a healthy breakfast before school each morning. Please send your child with a water bottle, a healthy snack, and a backpack each day. Be sure to put your child’s name on his/her backpack and lunch box. Please try to be on time each morning as we have specials starting at 10:00 and 10:30 am.

My goal is to help each child reach his/her potential in a classroom that works as a team together as a productive part of our school community. Your child will have a successful year in 2nd grade working together in our cooperative environment.

Thank you for your support!

Ron Zoratti