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small medium large Second Grade Newsletter November 2008 Dear Second Grade Parents, We’re all enjoying the beautiful weather and the changing of the leaves. Our students returned to school filled with enthusiasm after a weekend of Halloween fun. Many thanks to the parent volunteers for their hard work in arranging our festive classroom party. The children feasted on ghostly treats including Rice-Crispy bones in crushed Oreo dirt, molded Jell-O brains, and bread-stick fingers with almond nails. They played games, crafted ghost ornaments, and paraded their costumes in and around the school. The McLean School Book Fair was rousing success for teachers and students. A very big, “Thank you,” to all of our parents who made donations to the classroom library. We are all enjoying the assortment of new books. This week, students have had fun presenting their October book reports. Please stop in and see our “cloud” display. The November book report assignment will be coming home soon. We’d like to encourage parents to support the completion of these projects in a limited way, since the goal of our long-term projects is to foster individual responsibility. The children are very enthusiastic about keeping up their “Book It” lists and receiving their Pizza Hut certificates. There has been 100% participation for October! Just a reminder, the new form for November will be coming home soon. Children may include books on the Book-It list that are a part of their twenty-minute nightly reading assignment. Both of our math groups have nearly completed the chapter on “Graphing and Prediction.” We’ll be moving on to “Place Value” next week. While the concept of place value is very important for second graders, it is sometimes difficult to process. Initially, we’ll be working with manipulatives to build a foundation from concrete experiences. Then we’ll move on to paper and pencil activities. Please let us know if you need a small bag of cubes and a work mat for practice at home. Our class is participating in the “Read Naturally” computer program on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It continues to be an activity that is enjoyed by our students as they build their reading fluency. As you know reading is the cornerstone of our academic program. In class, reading groups are enjoying a variety of stories, trade books and new selections in their basal readers. Election fever is now subsiding at McLean School. Everyone in the lower school participated in the election process by registering to vote and marking their ballots in either Mrs. Genter’s or Ms. Peck’s first grade room. The poll workers and election officials were efficient and very cute! As we look forward to the Thanksgiving Holiday and being with family and friends, we want thank all of our parents for their participation in our fall conferences. The more we work as a team, the more our children will benefit and achieve their goals. Linda and Ann Dates to Remember: November 7th and 8th Drama Performance at 7:00 November 10th Pizza lunch November 17th School Picture Make-up Day November 21st Speaker Series 9:00 a.m. November 26th—30th Thanksgiving Break December 1st No School-Professional Day
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