Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (4/10)

We had a fun week back from Spring Break! I hope you all had a nice Spring Break, too! ☀️ The kids loved Silly Sock day on Wendesday! It was fun to see all the different silly socks! 🧦

Chaperones for the Community Theater field trip to Seussical Jr. on 4/14 are Mrs. Vaughen, Mrs. Keyser, and Mrs. Lucier. We will be back before lunch, so students do not need a sack lunch. It should be a fun show!

Book Orders are due by Monday, April 13! Please make sure orders are submitted online by noon. All your scholastic orders help us earn free books for our classroom! Thank you for your support! 

Mrs. Burch's Class Scholastic Ordering Page

Mrs. Burch's Code: GZKBK

Students completed a Circus directed drawing in library this week. Check out some of their creations! 

Our field trip to the Botanical Gardens has been changed to 5/27. More info coming home early May!  

Please see the note below about a summer Reaching Higher opportunity! If you have any questions, please email ann.mettetal@reachinghigherinc.com.

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 8: Geometry *Test Wednesday
• Social Studies: Howell History
• Science: Ant observations 
• CKLA Skills: Unit 5--Spelling Alternatives
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 7 Poetry *Assessment Thursday

Upcoming Dates:

• April 13: PTO Meeting
• April 14: Field Trip To Sesussical Jr. 
• April 16: 2nd grade Concert at 6pm 🎶
• May 19: Field Trip To Downtown Howell (info coming early May)
• May 20: Field Day (rain date 21st)
• May 25: No School, Memorial Day 
• May 27: Field Trip Matthai Botanical Gardens (info coming early May)
• May 29: Last Day of 2nd grade!

Please note:

• Senior Survior has begun! Please check out the list of all the fun activities the Senior Survivors are doing to fundraise! Thank you for your support!
• Check out our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up for open volunteer slots! Please make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office before you volunteer. Thank you!! 
• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding!
• Don't forget: students need a healthy snack and a secure water bottle at school each day! We're having an issue with tops that don't close tightly OR that pop open easily. Please check your child's water bottle to make sure it's easy for them to latch. Thank you!

Notes from PTO:

April PTO Meeting

The next PTO meeting is April 13 at 6pm in the Hutchings Library. Child care is provided on-site in the library. Please consider joining us and providing input for the end of year activities!

Airborne Night

A dedicated night for Hutchings at Airborne in Brighton is planned for April 16 4-8 p.m. A portion of admissions sales will be donated back to the PTO!

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (3/19)

Happy Thursday! We had some fun visitors today! Two HHS football players visited and read to our class for March is Reading Month! Brandon and Connor did a great job and the kiddos loved having them!

Field Trip permission slips came home earlier this week for our Community Theater field trip to Seussical Jr. in April. Please send your child's permission slip and $10 as soon as possible, if you haven't already. We will do a random drawing for chaperones and chaperones will be announced after spring break.

Senior Survior has begun! Please check out the list of all the fun activities the Senior Survivors are planning to do to fundraise!

Check out our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up for open volunteer slots! Please make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office before you volunteer. Thank you!! 

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 8: Geometry (2D and 3D shapes)
• Social Studies: Scholastic News
• Science: Ant observations, Matter (solid, liquid, gas)  
• CKLA Skills: Unit 5--/u/ and adjectives
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 7--Sounds and Stanzas (Poetry)

Upcoming Dates:

• March 30-April 3: No School, Spring Break 😎
• April 14: Field Trip To Sesussical Jr. 
• April 16: 2nd grade Concert at 6pm 🎶

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding!
• Don't forget: students need a healthy snack and a secure water bottle at school each day! We're having an issue with tops that don't close tightly OR that pop open easily. Please check your child's water bottle to make sure it's easy for them to latch. Thank you!

Notes from PTO:

Restaurant Fundraiser

Eat at Texas Roadhouse in Brighton on March 19, 3-10 pm and 10% of your food bill will be donated to the Hutchings PTO!

April PTO Meeting

The next PTO meeting is April 13 at 6pm in the Hutchings Library. Child care is provided on-site in the library. Please consider joining us and providing input for the end of year activities!

Airborne Night

A dedicated night for Hutchings at Airborne in Brighton is planned for April 16 4-8 p.m. A portion of admissions sales will be donated back to the PTO!

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (3/13)

We had a great week! There are lots of fun things are happening in second grade!! The Mayor of Howell came to read to us during Library this week! Mr. Hertrich was so kind and is looking forward to seeing us on our Walking Field Trip of Howell in May!

Sweatsuit day today was so cozy! This might have been our favorite spirit day, so far!

We finished our Domain 6 focusing on the Civil War. We learned so much! Your kiddos are bringing home their Civil War timelines and Record Books today! Please go through them and ask about all the things they learned! 

We also made Leprechauns and wrote out 3 Wishes! We focused on one personal wish, one wish for our family or school, and one wish for our community or the world. Your kiddos had lots of great ideas! 

Senior Survior has begun! Please check out the list of all the fun activities the Senior Survivors are planning to do to fundraise!

Check out our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up for open volunteer slots! Please make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office before you volunteer. Thank you!! 

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 8: Geometry (2D and 3D shapes)
• Social Studies: Iditarod tracking, Scholastic News
• Science: Ant observations, Matter (solid, liquid, gas)  
• CKLA Skills: Unit 4 Skills Assessments
• CKLA Knowledge (Social Studies): Domain 7--Sounds and Stanzas (Poetry)

Upcoming Dates:

• March 30-April 3: No School, Spring Break 😎
• April 14: Field Trip To Sesussical Jr. (more info coming soon)

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding!
• Don't forget: students need a healthy snack and a secure water bottle at school each day! We're having an issue with tops that don't close tightly OR that pop open easily. Please check your child's water bottle to make sure it's easy for them to latch. Thank you!
• If you would like to help in our classroom this year, please see our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up! Make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office BEFORE you volunteer! Please limit sign-ups to twice per month, so all parents have a chance. Spots will become available 60 days out, so make sure to check back if everything is currently filled.

Notes from PTO:

Restaurant Fundraiser

Eat at Texas Roadhouse in Brighton on March 19, 3-10 pm and 10% of your food bill will be donated to the Hutchings PTO!

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (3/6)

Happy Friday! We had a fun week! Our movie/pizza party was a blast! 🍕

Students enjoyed measuring around the room during Math this week. We focused on metric (cm/m) and US Customary units (in/ft/yd). 

In library, Deputy Thompson read to us as a guest reader! He wasn't scheduled to read to our class, but the kids were so excited to see him that he stayed! Next week, the Mayor is scheduled to read to our class during library! We are also hoping to have some HHS Football players read to our class, too. Stay tuned for more pictures!

We also had a fun visit from the middle school Spongbob Musical main characters on Thursday! The show is next weekend at Howell High School! It's going to be a great show! Check it out!!

Check out our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up for open volunteer slots! Please make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office before you volunteer. Thank you!! 

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 7--Whole Number Operations, Measurement & Data *Test Wednesday (review sheet coming home Monday)
• Social Studies: Alaska Iditarod--tracking
• Science--Ant Farm observations  
• CKLA Skills: Unit 4 Skills, The Job Hunt 
• CKLA Knowledge (Social Studies): Domain 6--A House Divided: The American Civil War *Review M-W, Assessment Thursday

Upcoming Dates:

• March 30-April 3: No School, Spring Break 😎
• April 14: Field Trip To Sesussical Jr. (more info coming soon)

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding!
• Don't forget: students need a healthy snack and a secure water bottle at school each day! We're having an issue with tops that don't close tightly OR that pop open easily. Please check your child's water bottle to make sure it's easy for them to latch. Thank you!
• If you would like to help in our classroom this year, please see our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up! Make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office BEFORE you volunteer! Please limit sign-ups to twice per month, so all parents have a chance. Spots will become available 60 days out, so make sure to check back if everything is currently filled.

Notes from PTO:

Open Swim Night

The Hutchings Open Swim Night is on March 6, 4:30-6:00 PM. The open swim competition ends on February 28 so our last chance to win is the open swim night for Hutchings.

The cost is $6/swimmer and a portion of the sales will come back to the PTO. The school with the most swimmer visits at all open swims through February 28 will win an extra $500!

Light food/snacks will also be available for sale. 

More information and tickets can be found here.

March PTO Meeting

March 9, 6-7 pm in the Hutchings Library. On-site child care is provided. Please consider joining us. Your involvement at PTO meetings helps ensure families have a voice in shaping our initiatives and events.

Restaurant Fundraiser

Eat at Texas Roadhouse in Brighton on March 19, 3-10 pm and 10% of your food bill will be donated to the Hutchings PTO!

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (2/26)

We had a busy week! Our class earned a double reward! One for class points and one for our substitute smiley jar! They have voted to watch A Bug's Life, bring a pop/juice (not red, please), and have a pizza snack in the afternoon on Friday, March 6. (They will eat lunch as usual. Pizza will be for an afternoon snack.) Please send a $1 next week if your child would like pizza. 🍕

We started learning about the Iditarod in Alaska and made predictions about which musher will win!

We are also enjoying our CKLA readers and reading with our reading partners! 

Check out our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up for open volunteer slots! Please make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office before you volunteer. Thank you!! 

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 7--Whole Number Operations, Measurement & Data
• Social Studies/Science: Alaska Iditarod  
• CKLA Skills: Unit 4 Skills, The Job Hunt reader 
• CKLA Knowledge (Social Studies): Domain 6--A House Divided: The American Civil War

Upcoming Dates:

• March 30-April 3: No School, Spring Break 😎
• April 14: Field Trip To Sesussical Jr. (more info coming soon)

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding!
• Don't forget: students need a healthy snack and a secure water bottle at school each day! We're having an issue with tops that don't close tightly OR that pop open easily. Please check your child's water bottle to make sure it's easy for them to latch. Thank you!
• If you would like to help in our classroom this year, please see our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up! Make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office BEFORE you volunteer! Please limit sign-ups to twice per month, so all parents have a chance. Spots will become available 60 days out, so make sure to check back if everything is currently filled.

Notes from PTO:

Open Swim Night

The Hutchings Open Swim Night is on March 6, 4:30-6:00 PM. The open swim competition ends on February 28 so our last chance to win is the open swim night for Hutchings.

The cost is $6/swimmer and a portion of the sales will come back to the PTO. The school with the most swimmer visits at all open swims through February 28 will win an extra $500!

Light food/snacks will also be available for sale. 

More information and tickets can be found here.

March PTO Meeting

March 9, 6-7 pm in the Hutchings Library. On-site child care is provided. Please consider joining us. Your involvement at PTO meetings helps ensure families have a voice in shaping our initiatives and events.

Restaurant Fundraiser

Eat at Texas Roadhouse in Brighton on March 19, 3-10 pm and 10% of your food bill will be donated to the Hutchings PTO!