Updated: January 6, 2010
New shirt orders went home today. There is an order for class shirts and long
sleeved TES shirts.
PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE WEATHER ... I HAD A COUPLE OF VERY COLD KIDS THIS
WEEK. I'll do my best to get winter clothes home.
We're getting off to a very cold start. The heat in our classroom is kaput!
Our temporary location is in the PTO portable. As a result there will be NO
Weekly spelling homework. Long story. The kids are adapting well to our new
environment, I'm not. Today is day three in the PTO room. sigh
**Spelling test 1/8**
s = ci, ce j = g, dge
1. slice 2. space 3. city 4. huge 5. gem 6. price 7. dodge 8. cage
9. nice 10. fudge 11. central 12. gymnast 13. gentle 14. fireplace
15. celebrate
The Oral Reading Fluency rate is now up to 85%. In other words, your child
should be reading close to 85 words correctly in one minute. This is a cold
read, a passage that is on second grade level that the student has not
practiced.
January starts a new month for Accelerated Reading. Each student needs to
read and take a computerized comprehension/vocabulary test. Students are
challenged to earn 3.0 points per month. I required students to always have
an AR book handy for personal reading.
MATH- practice addition facts +7 and +8. We are beginning to add using
regrouping (carry over), please practice.
If you have a family member that has been or will be deployed, please send in
a photo.
We have a special bulletin board in the Thunderbird Cafe to celebrate our
Tyndall heros.
Starting in January:
1. I will be adding a dictation sentence to the spelling test as part of the
grade.
2. No FUN FRIDAY if spelling homework is not complete AND turned in Friday.
3. No Homework No recess.
***January Birthdays***
Victoria 1/11
Josh F. 1/11
Avery 1/17
****READ EVERY NIGHT AT LEAST 20MIN.**
*There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music & cats.
-Albert Schweitzer