Fall is in the Air!

Wow! I sure do hope everybody has enjoyed this beautiful day with your family.

We have a busy week coming up in Room 124. 
Please don't forget about our first PTA General Membership Meeting this Tuesday at 6:00.  I will give your child a homework free evening to make it easier for you to be there.  The PTA will also have Carraba's there with dinner for only $6.00 a plate.  They have made it super easy for us to all be there.  Your child brought home a yellow sheet with the menu, and it sounds delicious! I hope to see you all there.  Also, be on the lookout for information to come home about our Just Give campaign.  We attended a Pep Rally Friday afternoon so I feel pretty sure that your child had a lot to tell you about it.  Our PTA goes above and beyond to do everything they possibly can to help make our children and our school the best.

I would love to have some help from two parents this Thursday at 10:30 for an hour.  We are going to make our dirty babies.  We will be going to lunch right after that if you would like to help and then eat lunch with your child.  Speaking of lunch, you are ALWAYS welcome to come and join your child for lunch.  Our lunch time is 11:25.  A great big thank-you to the Fallesen family for providing our soil.  Get ready parents, you are going to hear a whole lot about your child's "baby"!

Your child brought home a map with the 7 Continents and 4 bodies of water this past Friday.  We will test on them the week of September 17th.  They are only responsible for knowing where they go on the map.  They do not need to know how to spell the words.  The words will be provided for them.

We are going to start working into our reading groups this week.  We learned about our literacy stations last week and practiced with each one.

Your child does not have their ZPD reading range yet.  We had half of our class that had to go and retake the STAR test Friday.  There was a problem with the program when they tested in the lab with Mrs. Brand the first time, so she had them retake it.  Hopefully we will have those ranges this week.

Please don't forget to label money when you send it in.  If you are sending lunch money it would be very helpful to have your child's lunch number and name on it.

Story this week:  Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Phonics: Consonant Blends
Comprehension Skill: Character and Setting
Comprehension Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up
Grammar: Predicates
Math: Place Value

Gearing up for a SUPER week in 2nd Grade!!