Great Start!

Hello Parents!

What an incredibly productive and BUSY week we have had.  We have been getting to know each other, along with all of the new things that go with 2nd grade.  On top of this we had a very large baseline test in Reading and Math.  I assured the kids these were just to see what they already know.  They handled both of them very well.

Remember this week we are having our cluster conferences.  I am a little concerned about the weather situation, especially on Wednesday.  Several of you are signed up for the Wednesday slots.  If any of you would like to go ahead and come Tuesday to the 4:00 or 4:30 please feel free to.
If you have not signed up for a time yet, please email me so we can get you signed up. 

*  Every student has a new lunch number this year.  Your child has that number written down so please help them learn it quickly.  They will also use this number with AR testing.

*  ALL ABOUT ME PROJECTS ARE DUE AUGUST 31ST.  Refer to the sheet that was in the packet at Meet the Teacher Night.  If you are in need of another one, please send me an email.  I know an unbelievable amount of paperwork came home last week.

*  If a form was missing from your child's packet I just made a copy and sent it home in your child's binder Friday.  Please sign it and return it Monday so I can get that paperwork taken care of.  Thank you!

*  If you haven't sent in the check for Scholastic and Time please get those in as soon as possible so I can mail those off.

*  Our lunch time is 11:25 this year.  Please feel free to join your child for lunch.  You may want to walk on down and wait by the bench in the lobby outside the cafeteria doors.  This year The Superintendant has required that we take a 10 minute walk before lunch every day.  We have been doing this at various places in order to figure out the best way to avoid wasting any instruction time.  I believe the black top in the back of the school is going to work best for us.  As of right now, we are leaving there and going straight into the lunchroom. 

*  If I have a Dad or Mom that enjoys using power tools and you would like to make holes in a large amount of tennis balls for us, please let me know.  Jordan was so kind to bring in several balls for us.  We added several desk to our room and they don't have balls on them yet.

* Your child is going to write down homework for the week every Monday.  Just in case it is lost or forgotten, I will always have it posted on new.schoolnotes.com.  I know this is a big responsibility, so I always have this backup if it's needed.  I also put the spelling words on there for the week.

*  We will do a practice pre-test on our spelling words this Monday.  Your child got a spelling list of all of Unit 1 spelling words.  Their spelling words for this week are in the first column.  We will practice the correct way to take the spelling test tomorrow.  From now on, if your child makes a 100 on the Monday pre-test, they will not have to take the test on Friday and they will be excused from cetain spelling homework.  We will discuss this more in the cluster conferences this week.  If by chance your child makes a 100 tomorrow, the same rule will apply.

DON'T FORGET NANCY'S ITALIAN ICE MAY BE BOUGHT TOMORROW AND EVERY MONDAY FOR $1.00. 

Our home computer decided to quite on us this week and we are in the process of replacing it.  I will post pictures from our first week as soon as we are back in business with a new computer. 

Story this week: Iris and Walter
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Phonics: Short Vowels
Comprehension Skill: Character and Setting
Comprehension Strategy: Predict
Grammar: Sentences
Math: Number Concepts

Please email me with any questions you may have.  I know we'll all get on the same page after cluster conferences, but if you have any questions now please let me know.

Have a super week!!

   

Welcome to a great year in 2nd Grade!

It was so much fun meeting all of the new faces that are going to make up our classroom family this year.  Thank you so much for coming.  I am so excited about our new year together.

Please make sure you return the transportation sheet that was in your child's folder on Monday.  I want to make sure that we all get home the correct way without any problems.  If your child's transportation is different for the first day only just make a note of that on the sheet for me.  Thank you.

Feel free to email me with any questions you may have. 

I can't wait to see those sweet faces Monday morning!