Our class:

Tori

Noa

CamRon

Yasmin

Gus

Steve

Pete

Maple

Thayer

Joshua

Noah

Catherine

Stephanie

Enzo

Arayah

Hazel

Upcoming:

*2D Families 2026-27, please take a moment to fill this questionnaire out before the start of school: 

~2D Parent Questionnaire~

News:

Happy Friday!
Wow, this was a great week! It felt like we started to step into our stride as we finished up day 27 today. I especially loved singing to them when they forgot their writing mechanics during writing times. Ask them what happens when they forget to add a capital at the beginning of a sentence, fingers spaces, sounding out, or punctuation (ps I am not a famous singer for a reason)!
We finished up our tune up in math and are ready to hit our 2nd grade concepts starting Monday with even and odd.
In writing we started generating topics for stories to write and started learning about what the beginning and middle of the story contain. The Writer’s Notebooks look fabulous!! I can tell lots of effort was put into making them special and I look forward to sharing those with you at conferences.
In reading we reviewed digraphs sh, th, ch, and wh. The students are loving their new book boxes that are filled with just right books and time during DEAR to read! Also, we invited Ms. Dunn, our former reading specialist, to come in and teach us knitting! Knitting has been proven to promote thinking skills, focus, patience and serves many other great benefits! We are so lucky to have her. She will visit us again next week. 
In science we explored simple machines and designed some marshmallow catapults. Please enjoy the pictures :)
Next week will be a busy week with half days for conferences and our first field trip to IGI on Wednesday, 10/21. Please make sure students come with boots for muddy grounds at the farm, gloves if chilly, and a warm jacket. Thank you for signing up for conferences, I really look forward to meeting with each of you. 
Nightly reading for 20 minutes at least is required. Please reach out if you need books!
Thank you for reading and see you next week,~Summer

Half days are 10/20, 10/22, and 10/26

The Book Fair is coming to town October 27-30!

Fun Run 10/31 (Pumpkin Run!)

Thank you for reading and enjoy the extra day tomorrow. See you on Tuesday!

~Summer

Sincerely,
~Mrs. (Summer) DeSouza
sdesouza@mvyps.org
508-627-3316 ext 136

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*2D Families 2026-27, please take a moment to fill this questionnaire out before the start of school: 

~2D Parent Questionnaire~

pencil box 
box of crayons (optional)
box of colored pencils(optional)

2 boxes of pencils
erasers
small pencil sharpener (not mechanical)
water bottle with fresh water daily

headphones to stay in school all year

At home: 

a nice, well-lit, quiet space to read

books to read

Hi! Welcome! We are your 2nd grade teachers, Mrs. DeSouza and Ms. Uva. We were both born and raised on Martha’s Vineyard and care deeply about our island and our community. We can’t wait to get to know you all this year. ❤️