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Text Box: Author Study: Fall/Halloween//Plants, Skeletal System (Take a look at our website to find a link to his website!) Phonics: ai and ay words Reading Comprehension Skill: Proper Nouns, Sequencing, Homophones, ABC Order, Compound Words Vocabulary Words:broken, heal, informs, personal, serious. They need to be able to read and know the meaning of these words by Friday, these words are tested every Mon.

Text Box: What are we working on this week?

Text Box: Special points of interest: Please send in 20 individually wrapped snacks! Please check out our website for some really neat reading ideas and WebPages that will enhance your 2nd grade year! http://teacherweb.com/FL/ClayCounty/TheBlandfordBears/ Special themes for October: Halloween, Bats, Pumpkins, Constitution, Plants 10-29 Evening Conferences (Please send in a note if you want to conference!) 10-29 Parents For Pumpkins 11:30 10-30 Early Dismissal 11:00 10-31 Halloween!

Text Box: We are beginning our annual canned food drive. This is a wonderful opportunity to teach your child about helping those less fortunate, especially around the holidays. All of the food goes to a local charity that does benefit many Thunderbolt families. Please clean out your pantry and send us any unwanted canned/boxed food or pick up some extras at the grocery store for the next few weeks. Hopefully we will have THE MOST canned goods sent in from the Second Grade Classes. Thanks so much! Mrs. Blandford

Text Box: We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week this week at Thunderbolt Elementary School! Please participate by wearing the following items: Monday: Red Bracelets (Mrs. B will give you this!) Tuesday: Crazy Socks Wednesday: Wear as much red as you can! Thursday: Hat Day Friday: Sports Day (Wear your uniform or favorite jersey!)

Text Box: Mark your calendars! We will be having Parents For Pumpkins on Thursday October 29th at 11:30! All parents are invited to come to school and bring: medium pumpkin, knife, plastic bag. We will be carving our pumpkins and completing a Science experiment! Do not send in your carving supplies with your child!

Spelling Words: main, wait, sail, tail, train, jay, pay, stay, hay, may, must, spell, Bonus: follow, paper, near

Math: Double Digit Add without regrouping and Tables/Graphs

Writing: Expository Tell me what your family does on Halloween.

Science: Changing Matter

Social Studies: NA

Reading: A Trip To The E.R. Please have your child read this to you!)

The The Blandford Bears

Happy Fall!

Wish List

Wish List:

It is a very good idea to keep your books in your backpack so that they have them for library!

Please send in 20 individually wrapped snacks in as soon as possible! Thanks

Trick or Treat skeleton clip art

to everyone who has already sent in snacks!

Please keep an extra pair of tennis shoes in your backpack for P.E. and playground!

If your child is absent please send in a note to let me know why he/she was out. If your child is going home a different way please send in a note or we will have to call you for permission! Please put all notes in your B.E.A.R Binder! The B.E.A.R Binder is THE BEST way to communicate with me as I check them daily!

100% Homework Club

Every student who brings back their homework on Monday will get their name on the 100% Homework Club Board and get to eat lunch with Mrs. Blandford on Friday in our classroom. Remember homework is given on Monday and returned on Monday!

Blandford Shooting Stars Club

Looking for a little extra for your child? Please go to our website and click on The Shooting Stars Club! All you need to do is make a notebook and complete the assignments listed on the webpage! Have fun!

Any Christmas Decorations

Small Thanksgiving Stickers

Large kids floor rug to use in circle

Markers

Stickers

Small toys for toy box (Free Happy Meal toys are great!)

Small Christmas Stickers

Small Craft Jewels Multi colored

White Labels

Love Seat Couch Cover (any color ours is sooooo ugly)

Christmas Colored Play dough (Homemade is great!)

Lysol Wipes and Spray Lysol

Any Bear Decorations!!!