Busy Week Ahead!

I hope everybody has had a fantastic Thanksgiving with your families!

If you haven't returned your permission slip and/or money for the field trip to ASF please get them both in right away. 

This Wednesday we will have a Science Voc. test.  Your child copied down the vocabulary words and has them in their binder.  The copier wasn't working so we copied them down. 

We will be continuing with Chapter 4 in Math.  We will have a mid-chapter grade this week.  Please work on regrouping with your child at home.  This is an extremely important skill your child needs to grasp.

We are starting Unit 3 this week in Reading.  Your child has the new list of spelling words for Unit 3.  This week will be Unit 3 Week 1. 

Story: Pearl and Wagner Two Good Friends
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Phonics: Long e: e, ee, ea, y
Comp. Skill: Author's Purpose
Comp. Strategy: Story Structure
Grammar: Verbs

If you have a special Christmas craft you would like to come and do with the class, please just let me know.

Have a super Week!

State Projects & Silly Turkeys

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Holidays are November 21 - 23.

Forms asking for help for Teacher Treat Day came home last week - second and third grade parents are asked to help with this one.

Several Scholastic Book Orders came home last week.  You are welcome to place the orders online or you can send them in by this Tuesday.  If you are ordering any Christmas secrets please email me so I will know to put them aside for you.

Please don't forget to send in the field trip information.

We started our presentations on our State boxes Friday.  However, due to the fact that we have a classroom full of world changers, the presentations are running a little long.  :)  I am hoping that we will finish them tomorrow.  I will post a slide show of the boxes once we are done.  The kids are doing an incredible job.  They even incorporated the use of the Elmo into the presentations on Friday. 

We will not begin the new unit in Reading or have Spelling words this week due to the 2-day week. 

Your child will only have Math homework Monday night. 

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday.  I am so thankful for each child in Room 124.  I am also thankful for their incredibly supportive parents!

Happy Veteran's Day!

We have so many military famlies in our class and I wanted to give you all a great big thank you for your service! What a tremendous sacrifice you and your family give for our great Country.  THANK YOU!!! We honor you today.




Field Trip Information came home with your child Friday.  We are only allowed 2 parents per class.  The only fair way to do it, that I can think of, is to take the first two field trip forms and money that are in my mailbox Tuesday morning.  I so wish we could all go, but ASF is limited on their seats and they want to have as many as they can for students.  

We will have Nancy's Italian Ice this Tuesday.

We need coffee filters for a Thanksgiving craft this week.

Your child should have come home with a book from the library on the state they are doing their State Project on.  Remember the projects are due this Friday, November 16th.  Please follow the rubric that is on the sheet that came home.  This is how your child will receive their points for their project.  Mrs. Doherty said that Michael's was out of the shoe box size box when she went.  However, a few doors down from Michael's the shoe store was happy to share their boxes for free. 

This week is a review week and Benchmark testing in Reading.  We will not have a spelling test or a new whole group story to test on.  We will take our Benchmark test for Unit 2 in Reading.
Please check with your child on their marker supply at school.  We have several students that are without markers already.  I have suggested to the kids that they should take a Sharpie at home and write their initials on each marker.  We end up with many markers on our floor each day, and nobody claims them.  If the markers have intials on them we can get them back to the right owner easily. 

A great big thank you to Julia's mom for taking the class to lunch this past Friday.  It was such a nice treat to have a duty free lunch with the other 2nd grade teachers.  Thank you!!

Remember that we are collecting items for the Human Society as a school.  A green slip of paper came home with specific items they are asking for.  The kids can put the donations by the front office as they walk in the school.

Have a super week! Email me with any questions.

Grade Level shirts!

We have a lot going on this week.  Please note the following:

The previously scheduled PTA meeting for Monday, Nov. 5 has been cancelled

A sheet came home Friday letting you know about our grade level t-shirts.  Each grade has a different day to bring in the money for the shirt so please make note of it.  2nd grade is to bring in their order form and money this Wednesday, November 7th ONLY.  Please order carefully because they can't do any exchanges or refunds.  You may make a check out to Blount or send in $12 cash.  I won't be able to make change.  The kids will wear these shirts every Tuesday.  We will also wear them when we go on field trips for the rest of the school year. 

Remember that we will dismiss early this Friday at 1:10.  Then we will also be out of school Monday, November 12th for Veteran's Day. 

Class Pictures came home last week.  Please return those if you are planning on purchasing them. 

State Project assignments came home last week.  Last year when my son did this project, we purchased a white box from Michael's that was in the exact shape of a shoe box.  This will cut out a little work if you would like a little short cut.  :)  I wouldn't be surprised if Hobby Lobby has them as well, but I haven't looked for them there.

Please do not forget that if your child is absent from school I have to have a sickness related excuse to send to the office in order for it to be excused. 

Reminder about money that comes in:  Lunch money and snack/juice money go to two separate places.  This money has to be sent in separately and in separate envelopes.  It does not go to the same account.  Nancy's money also has to be sent in separately. It would also be very helpful if your child's lunch money has their name and lunch account written on it.  Thanks for your help. 

I have a new web site to share with you for learning Math Facts.  I was told about it as my son was learning multiplication facts in 3rd grade.  It also has addition and subtraction that would be excellent practice for your child, along with Math Facts in a Flash.  I added the site to our list of sites on the right side of our blog.  It's called Oswego Math.  Have your child check it out. 

Story this week:  A Turkey for Thanksgiving
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Phonics: long a: a, ai, ay
Comprehension Skill: Draw Conclusions
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize
Grammar: Possessive Nouns

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