Sunday, September 29, 2013
We do not have a Spelling Test this Week.
Remember that this week is the last week of Unit 1 so we will not have a Spelling Test or a new story this week. We will have a Unit 1 test on all of the skills we have learned in Reading and Grammar for Unit 1. Your child will get a Unit 2 Spelling list this week that will begin the following week.
Please do not forget to return your Blount Discount cards or the money for them by this Wednesday, Oct. 2nd. If your child did not sell the cards we need to return them to the PTA.
A form came home last week for our class directory. Please make sure you return that as soon as possible.
A very important letter came home about Renaissance Home Connect last week. It shows you how to sign up to receive emails every time your child takes an AR test. As a parent, I love this! I would recommend that you sign up for it to stay informed about your child's progress with AR.
I sent home our new Science Voc. words last week for Chapter 2. We will not test on these words until next week. I just wanted you to have it in plenty of time to study just a little each night. I told the kids to take just a few minutes every night to review the words.
We will test on Chapter 2 in Math this Thursday. Your child will have a review sheet for homework Wednesday night. Please make sure your child is comfortable with the review. I was so impressed with how well the kids did on the Chapter 1 test. I am stressing the need to go back and check every answer. If the kids skip a problem it is marked wrong. On the test, that is 5 points per question. They have all the time they need so they can take their time and do their best.
We have a project coming up in Science that is going to require many white paper plates and many brads. We are making skeletons. If you would like to send either of these items in we would appreciate it. I am estimating about 15 plates per child. The skeletons are quite large.
Thanks a million for sending in all of the Box Tops! We had a super full bag to send to the office!
Please don't forget to check your child's binder nightly, and to sign their reading log.
I appreciate you, and all that you do! Don't hesitate to email me with any questions you may have! I hope your week is super!
Please do not forget to return your Blount Discount cards or the money for them by this Wednesday, Oct. 2nd. If your child did not sell the cards we need to return them to the PTA.
A form came home last week for our class directory. Please make sure you return that as soon as possible.
A very important letter came home about Renaissance Home Connect last week. It shows you how to sign up to receive emails every time your child takes an AR test. As a parent, I love this! I would recommend that you sign up for it to stay informed about your child's progress with AR.
I sent home our new Science Voc. words last week for Chapter 2. We will not test on these words until next week. I just wanted you to have it in plenty of time to study just a little each night. I told the kids to take just a few minutes every night to review the words.
We will test on Chapter 2 in Math this Thursday. Your child will have a review sheet for homework Wednesday night. Please make sure your child is comfortable with the review. I was so impressed with how well the kids did on the Chapter 1 test. I am stressing the need to go back and check every answer. If the kids skip a problem it is marked wrong. On the test, that is 5 points per question. They have all the time they need so they can take their time and do their best.
We have a project coming up in Science that is going to require many white paper plates and many brads. We are making skeletons. If you would like to send either of these items in we would appreciate it. I am estimating about 15 plates per child. The skeletons are quite large.
Thanks a million for sending in all of the Box Tops! We had a super full bag to send to the office!
Please don't forget to check your child's binder nightly, and to sign their reading log.
I appreciate you, and all that you do! Don't hesitate to email me with any questions you may have! I hope your week is super!
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Spelling
I wanted to explain to you about your child's spelling grades. Our Spelling grades changed last year. Instead of having a separate subject of Spelling, the Spelling Test are factored into the Grammar grade. After each Unit I will take all of the Spelling test that we took and average them together for one daily grade in Grammar. So once we finish a Unit you will see all of those grades in your child's signed papers stapled together. I will put the averaged grade on the top test and circle it. You will see that grade under Grammar in Inow. Let me know if you have any questions.
Please don't forget that your child's Community Project is due Monday, Sept. 23rd. This is going to count as a test grade in Social Studies.
We will have our Map test on the Continents and Bodies of Water Tuesday, Sept. 24th. The map will look exactly the same as the study guide. I will have the words up on the Smartboard and your child will just have to write the correct word in the correct spot for each one.
October 2nd is the last day for the Blount Discount Cards. On this day your child needs to turn in the money or unsold cards in the envelope that they came in. If you need more before then, just send the envelope in with your request on it.
Story this Week: The Strongest One
Genre: Play
Phonics: Consonant Digraphs
Comp. Skill: Realism and Fantasy
Comp. Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up
Grammar: Commands and Exclamations
We will continue in Math with Chapter 2 and Numbers to 1,000.
Please make sure you notice the dates to the right of our Blog.
I haven't heard back from everybody about our class email. If you received a test email from me, please respond to it so I'll know you got it. I will do one more test run to make sure everybody is getting the email. It is so important that you are all getting it.
Have a super week!
Please don't forget that your child's Community Project is due Monday, Sept. 23rd. This is going to count as a test grade in Social Studies.
We will have our Map test on the Continents and Bodies of Water Tuesday, Sept. 24th. The map will look exactly the same as the study guide. I will have the words up on the Smartboard and your child will just have to write the correct word in the correct spot for each one.
October 2nd is the last day for the Blount Discount Cards. On this day your child needs to turn in the money or unsold cards in the envelope that they came in. If you need more before then, just send the envelope in with your request on it.
Story this Week: The Strongest One
Genre: Play
Phonics: Consonant Digraphs
Comp. Skill: Realism and Fantasy
Comp. Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up
Grammar: Commands and Exclamations
We will continue in Math with Chapter 2 and Numbers to 1,000.
Please make sure you notice the dates to the right of our Blog.
I haven't heard back from everybody about our class email. If you received a test email from me, please respond to it so I'll know you got it. I will do one more test run to make sure everybody is getting the email. It is so important that you are all getting it.
Have a super week!
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Please check your email
Parents,
Now that our email problems are fixed, I sent a class email out today. If you did not receive an email from me to the address you provided at the beginning of the year I need you to email me at Beth.Culp@mps.k12.al.us so I can get your email added. I did have a few emails returned, so if you will email me I should be able to get you added. If you received the email, please respond to it. I want to make sure we have our email straight this week. Thanks for your help!
Your child received the Discount Cards that we are selling last week. Please remember to return the money in the envelope that was provided once they are sold. Any cards that aren't sold need to be returned in the envelope as well. If you need additional cards you may request that on the envelope.
I am going to send a Scholastic Book order home this week that will be due this Friday. Remember this is completely optional. If you order from more than one catalog you can still just write one check. It all goes to the same place. I will send home directions on how to order online if you prefer to do that. Make sure you use our class code when you are ordering online. If you prefer to send in your order you can just fill out the order form on the back of the catalog. Scholastic only takes checks, please don't send in cash.
On Friday your child brought home the results of the STAR test that we took in order to establish our reading levels. Your child will only be allowed to check out books from the library that are in that reading range. On the report it will say ZPD. Please remind your child to bring their library books back to school every day. We have been very eager to start AR testing. It is extremely important for the kids to make a 90 or above on their test.
We are going to be making dirt babies in Science this Tuesday. If you would like to help us just send me an email. We are going to be doing it that afternoon around 1:45. A great big thank-you to Josh's mom for providing us with our dirt for the project!
Your child is going to receive an assignment for a page they are responsible for in a Community Project book we are going to make for Social Studies. Remember the book that I showed you at the cluster conferences and let your child have fun with this assignment.
Look for a map to come home this week with the seven continents and four bodies of water. We've been working hard on these in class. Please make sure your child knows where the continents and bodies of water go on the map. They do not have to know how to spell them, just where they are located. We will test on them NEXT week, Tuesday, Sept. 24th.
Story this week: A Walk in the Desert
Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Phonics: Inflected Endings
Comp. Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comp. Strategy: Text Structure
Grammar: Statements and Questions
Math: Chapter 2, Numbers to 1,000
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Now that our email problems are fixed, I sent a class email out today. If you did not receive an email from me to the address you provided at the beginning of the year I need you to email me at Beth.Culp@mps.k12.al.us so I can get your email added. I did have a few emails returned, so if you will email me I should be able to get you added. If you received the email, please respond to it. I want to make sure we have our email straight this week. Thanks for your help!
Your child received the Discount Cards that we are selling last week. Please remember to return the money in the envelope that was provided once they are sold. Any cards that aren't sold need to be returned in the envelope as well. If you need additional cards you may request that on the envelope.
I am going to send a Scholastic Book order home this week that will be due this Friday. Remember this is completely optional. If you order from more than one catalog you can still just write one check. It all goes to the same place. I will send home directions on how to order online if you prefer to do that. Make sure you use our class code when you are ordering online. If you prefer to send in your order you can just fill out the order form on the back of the catalog. Scholastic only takes checks, please don't send in cash.
On Friday your child brought home the results of the STAR test that we took in order to establish our reading levels. Your child will only be allowed to check out books from the library that are in that reading range. On the report it will say ZPD. Please remind your child to bring their library books back to school every day. We have been very eager to start AR testing. It is extremely important for the kids to make a 90 or above on their test.
We are going to be making dirt babies in Science this Tuesday. If you would like to help us just send me an email. We are going to be doing it that afternoon around 1:45. A great big thank-you to Josh's mom for providing us with our dirt for the project!
Your child is going to receive an assignment for a page they are responsible for in a Community Project book we are going to make for Social Studies. Remember the book that I showed you at the cluster conferences and let your child have fun with this assignment.
Look for a map to come home this week with the seven continents and four bodies of water. We've been working hard on these in class. Please make sure your child knows where the continents and bodies of water go on the map. They do not have to know how to spell them, just where they are located. We will test on them NEXT week, Tuesday, Sept. 24th.
Story this week: A Walk in the Desert
Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Phonics: Inflected Endings
Comp. Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comp. Strategy: Text Structure
Grammar: Statements and Questions
Math: Chapter 2, Numbers to 1,000
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
Sunday, September 8, 2013
PTA Meeting Tuesday at 6:00.
Just in case you didn't notice the letter that came home last week, Mugshots will have dinner at the PTA meeting for $5.00. I hope you are all able to come out to the first meeting. Our PTA does an amazing job for our school.
Your child brought home a study guide for Science Voc. words last week. We will have a test on these words this Thursday.
Don't forget to find a way for your child to practice their Math facts. We will have a practice drill test this week.
The email issue is still not fixed. If I don't respond to your email, please send a note in with your child. I am getting some emails, but not all.
Story this Week: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Phonics: Consonant Blends
Comp. Skill: Character and Setting
Comp. Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up
Grammar: Predicates
We will have a Math Test this Friday on Chapter 1 in Math. Your child will bring home a Review for Homework Thursday night. Please check it to make sure your child is comfortable with the problems on it. The review covers all of the skills that will be on the test. The kids have been doing a fantastic job with this chapter!
The kids are now going to PE with Coach Grant. Your child is allowed to bring a water bottle to take to PE. They get pretty hot outside with this weather, so feel free to send one. You may want to make sure your child's name is on it.
Look for a map with the seven continents and four bodies of water to come home this week for Social Studies. Please keep this map as a study guide for a Social Studies test we will have next week. Your child does not have to know how to spell the words, just where the places are located on the map.
Wow, we have a busy academic week coming up, but we are ready! Please don't forget to sign your child's reading log after their 20 minutes of reading. I will give Tuesday night off from homework to make it easier for you to attend the PTA meeting. Don't forget, 6:00.
We have a project coming up in the near future that requires each child to have about a cup and a half of potting soil. If anybody would like to donate a large bag of potting soil I would greatly appreciate it. We are going to make "dirt babies" in Science with our Plant chapter.
Have a super week!
Your child brought home a study guide for Science Voc. words last week. We will have a test on these words this Thursday.
Don't forget to find a way for your child to practice their Math facts. We will have a practice drill test this week.
The email issue is still not fixed. If I don't respond to your email, please send a note in with your child. I am getting some emails, but not all.
Story this Week: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Phonics: Consonant Blends
Comp. Skill: Character and Setting
Comp. Strategy: Monitor and Fix Up
Grammar: Predicates
We will have a Math Test this Friday on Chapter 1 in Math. Your child will bring home a Review for Homework Thursday night. Please check it to make sure your child is comfortable with the problems on it. The review covers all of the skills that will be on the test. The kids have been doing a fantastic job with this chapter!
The kids are now going to PE with Coach Grant. Your child is allowed to bring a water bottle to take to PE. They get pretty hot outside with this weather, so feel free to send one. You may want to make sure your child's name is on it.
Look for a map with the seven continents and four bodies of water to come home this week for Social Studies. Please keep this map as a study guide for a Social Studies test we will have next week. Your child does not have to know how to spell the words, just where the places are located on the map.
Wow, we have a busy academic week coming up, but we are ready! Please don't forget to sign your child's reading log after their 20 minutes of reading. I will give Tuesday night off from homework to make it easier for you to attend the PTA meeting. Don't forget, 6:00.
We have a project coming up in the near future that requires each child to have about a cup and a half of potting soil. If anybody would like to donate a large bag of potting soil I would greatly appreciate it. We are going to make "dirt babies" in Science with our Plant chapter.
Have a super week!
Monday, September 2, 2013
Happy Labor Day!
I hope you and your family are having a great day together on this day off.
I wanted to make sure you all knew that I am having some trouble with my school email. This mainly seems to be happening with yahoo accounts. Mrs. Brand has reported my problem so hopefully it will be resolved soon. If you send me an email and don't get a response back at some point that day, then please send a note in with your child.
If you have not sent in your checks to Scholastic and Scholastic Teacher Store for $6.00 each please send those as soon as possible. This pays for your child to have a subscription to Scholastic New and Scholastic Map Skills for the entire year. If you don't remember if you paid, just send me an email and I can check for you.
We will have our Nancy's Ice this Tuesday due to the school holiday on Monday.
We will also take our pre-test for Spelling on Tuesday this week.
This kids have been very antsy to start going to the library to check out books. We are scheduled to take our Star test this week with Mrs. Brand in order to find out our ZPD's, which is our reading range. Once we have this, your child will begin checking out books. Please remind your child to bring their library books to school every day. Also, remember that our library day is every Wednesday.
Our lunch time is at 11:30. You are welcome to join us whenever you would like. You can wait for us by the front office or by the lunchroom door. We walk by both places on our way.
The kids all did a fantastic job presenting their About Me projects. We learned so much about each other, and had a fun time doing it! I will post a slideshow to share.
Remember to check your child's binder tomorrow for their homework assignments for the week. We will have a little more Math homework this week due to the fact that we were late getting all of our Math books. It will just be a reinforcement of what we have done in class, so your child should feel comfortable doing it independently.
Your child will receive a Science Voc. study guide this week. We will not test on them until next week. I just wanted you to have it a little early. Please make sure they don't loose it before the test. I will have them put it in the Return to School side of their binder to make sure you see it. Of course they don't need to return it. They just need to study the words.
Story this Week: Exploring Space with an Astronaut
Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Phonics: Long Vowels CVCe
Comp. Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comp. Strategy: Text Structure
Grammar: Subject
In Math we are continuing with Number Concepts.
Thank you for attending our mini cluster conferences last week. I know I gave you a large amount of information in a small time. If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I am happy to report that we did a great job keying in our reading test Friday. The kids took their test on paper first, then they keyed their answers in at the computer. It took us a while because it was our first time, but we did great! I am so impressed with our awesome class of 2nd graders!
Have a SUPER week!
I wanted to make sure you all knew that I am having some trouble with my school email. This mainly seems to be happening with yahoo accounts. Mrs. Brand has reported my problem so hopefully it will be resolved soon. If you send me an email and don't get a response back at some point that day, then please send a note in with your child.
If you have not sent in your checks to Scholastic and Scholastic Teacher Store for $6.00 each please send those as soon as possible. This pays for your child to have a subscription to Scholastic New and Scholastic Map Skills for the entire year. If you don't remember if you paid, just send me an email and I can check for you.
We will have our Nancy's Ice this Tuesday due to the school holiday on Monday.
We will also take our pre-test for Spelling on Tuesday this week.
This kids have been very antsy to start going to the library to check out books. We are scheduled to take our Star test this week with Mrs. Brand in order to find out our ZPD's, which is our reading range. Once we have this, your child will begin checking out books. Please remind your child to bring their library books to school every day. Also, remember that our library day is every Wednesday.
Our lunch time is at 11:30. You are welcome to join us whenever you would like. You can wait for us by the front office or by the lunchroom door. We walk by both places on our way.
The kids all did a fantastic job presenting their About Me projects. We learned so much about each other, and had a fun time doing it! I will post a slideshow to share.
Remember to check your child's binder tomorrow for their homework assignments for the week. We will have a little more Math homework this week due to the fact that we were late getting all of our Math books. It will just be a reinforcement of what we have done in class, so your child should feel comfortable doing it independently.
Your child will receive a Science Voc. study guide this week. We will not test on them until next week. I just wanted you to have it a little early. Please make sure they don't loose it before the test. I will have them put it in the Return to School side of their binder to make sure you see it. Of course they don't need to return it. They just need to study the words.
Story this Week: Exploring Space with an Astronaut
Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Phonics: Long Vowels CVCe
Comp. Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comp. Strategy: Text Structure
Grammar: Subject
In Math we are continuing with Number Concepts.
Thank you for attending our mini cluster conferences last week. I know I gave you a large amount of information in a small time. If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I am happy to report that we did a great job keying in our reading test Friday. The kids took their test on paper first, then they keyed their answers in at the computer. It took us a while because it was our first time, but we did great! I am so impressed with our awesome class of 2nd graders!
Have a SUPER week!
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