Monday, May 28, 2012

Busy Week!

Honor's Day Program Thursday, May 31st at 9:30 in the Cafeteria.

Be on the look-out for a note to come home this week letting you know about a few items we will be needing to celebrate our last week of 2nd Grade.  Let me know on the sheet if there is an item you can send in.

Look for Dibels results to come home with your child this week.  I am so incredibly proud of the progress your child has made this year.  I am blown away at the phenominal readers in Room 124!

For homework this week your child will have 2 math review pages from their workbook on Tuesday.  They have until Friday to turn those 2 sheets in. 

I will be out of the classroom this Friday to celebrate my daughter's kindergarten program with her.  Your child will be in very good hands with Mrs. Best on that day.

Please email me with any questions or concerns.  Have a super week!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Butterflies!

Super Busy Week!

Your child has a study guide for Science on the parts of a Chrysalis. They will have a word bank. The test is this Friday.


Our Field Trip to the Museum is this Tuesday, May 22nd.  Please have your child wear their yellow 2nd grade shirt.  We are scheduled to leave the school at 9:00 that morning.  We will be picnicing around 12:00.  There is not much shade there, so remember sunscreen if you feel like your child will need it.  Email me if you have any questions.  We could use one more cooler if I have a parent going that is able to bring one.

We will be doing our last Dibels testing this Wednesday.  I am on the Dibels team so I will be out of the classroom tomorrow morning for 1st grade Dibels testing.  I will get the kids back from the other 2nd grade teachers as soon as we are finished testing for the day.

Please make sure your child has money in their lunch account if they are buying lunch.  Your child will bring home a slip letting you know if they are low.  If your child doesn't have money the lunchroom staff will make them a cheese sandwich. 

All Library Books need to be turned back into the library.

This week is our Review week in Reading.  We will be reviewing and taking the unit test toward the end of the week.  We will not be testing on anymore spelling words this year. 

In Math we will begin Chapter 22 on Measurement.

School Holiday May 28th for Memorial Day.

Please email me with any questions or concerns.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

From the bottom of my heart, a great big thank-you for making me feel so loved and appreciated during Teacher Appreciation Week.  I am by far the luckiest teacher, and I appreciate each of you so much! I am working on my thank-you cards, but I couldn't post without a big THANK YOU first!

Story this Week: Jingle Dancer
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Phonics: Prefixes mis-, mid-
Voc. Strategy: Context Clues
Comp. Skill: Character, Setting, Plot
Comp. Strategy: Prior Knowledge
Grammar: the Paragraph

Math: We will be testing on Patterns this Friday.

Please check with your child about their notebook paper.  We are completely out of our classroom supply of paper so your child will need to make sure they have some in their binder.

Please email me with any questions you may have.  Have a super week!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Ask your child to narrate our science experiment for you.

We're working on the words we say to each other and the tone we use.

Busy!

A Glimpse into Music

Hello May!

Blount's Blood Drive is this Monday, May7th from 1:30-6:30 across the street at Grace Pointe Church.


 
Tuesday --Join us May 8th at Marcos Pizza (Vaughn, Taylor Rd) from 5-9 for Blount's Spirit Night!

10% of all of the Blount student's/teacher's orders for the evening will go to Blount Elementary! Here's the GREAT part!! You can earn an End of the Year pizza party for your class. This is what you need to do:

1. Order your pizza from Marcos (Vaughn/Taylor Rd) for pick-up, delivery or take-out.

2. Make sure you tell them your teacher's name (Don't worry if you have more than one Blount student just tell them all your children's' teacher's names.)

Marcos will keep track of the orders and Mrs. Janet will announce the winning teacher at the end of the week.
Story this Week: Cowboys
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Phonics: Suffixes -ness, -less
Voc. Strategy: Word Structure
Comp. Skill: Cause and Effect
Comp. Strategy: Graphic Organizer
Grammar: Commas in Compound Sentences
Math Test this Wednesday.  Please look for review sheet for homework Tuesday night.
Your child will bring home a Social Studies Study Guide in their binder Monday.  They will learn most of this in class, but please have them look over it for a test on Friday.
Please email me with any questions you may have.  Have a super week!