May 18-First of all...A huge thank you for the card and gift certificate to my favorite nail place!!!!! Thanks for all of the goodies you sent in with your child last week for Teacher Appreciation last week!!! Your children are such joys!!!
If your child is planning to perform in our 2nd Grade talent
show, permission slips and a CD with the song is due ASAP. Last day to turn in music is May 24. (All music must
be appropriate for grade level.)
Lots of notes...
DRA paperwork for the end of the year is going home today in Friday folders. Please sign and return the top copies. The colored copies are for you to keep.
Thurs., May 24th is Splash Day!
Mon., May 28th is a holiday!
Tues., May 29th is Second Grade Talent Show
Wed., May 30th is the Last day of School / Early Dismissal
April 30-2nd Grade Reading Benchmark tomorrow morning! Math Benchmark will be next Tuesday. Please send a snack with your child to have during the benchmarks.
March 20- Welcome back!!! Picture Day is tomorrow for Class Pictures. The children are coming home today with an order form. Please return it tomorrow if you are interested in purchasing a picture. These do not come home as proofs like the individual spring portraits did. Smile!!!March 6- It's almost Wax Museum time!!! Our Open House is this Thursday from 6:30-7:00. The children should report to the cafeteria at 6:15 dressed in costume. We will open the doors to the cafeteria at 6:30. Please make sure that your child is practicing to memorize their scripts. They are so excited about the Wax Museum and want to do well. Keep practicing and hope to see everybody on Thursday evening!!!
Feb. 6-
Valentines is in the air!!!! Your child may start bringing their valentines this week. Please make sure that they bring enough for every child in the class. I am sending home a list of our classmates so they can address one for each friend if they would like.
We are studying the history of conversation hearts this week and will be doing a cute writing activity on Wednesday using them. If any parents are interested in donating 2 bags of conversation hearts, that would be GREAT!!
Lots of news this week...
Book Orders are due tomorrow.
Science Vocabulary Test on Earth's Resources on Thursday. Your child is bringing home a study sheet tonight to begin studying.
Famous People Choice sheets are being sent home today. Please look over the list of famous people and help your child decide on 2 names that they would like to research. Forms are due back tomorrow.
Math Benchmark on Wednesday. This test is over previously taught and practiced skills. They should do great. Just remind your child to take their time and SHOW THEIR WORK!!! These are the two things we have been working on.
Valentine Party on Friday at 1:15. Join us if you can!!!
A note from the Cline Garden...IT'S PLANTING SEASON !!!!!
Please help second grade grow a beautiful flowerbed that will be enjoyed this SPRING and many Springs to follow.......
NEEDED: any flower bulb(s) of your choice
Please label the type of flower and send them to school.
Thank You !
Jan. 23-We have had a whirlwind of last 2 weeks between DRA testing and Reading Benchmark testing. The children are hanging in there. Their reading is improving greatly and they are beginning to learn how to use the strategies of test taking that we have worked on in class. I will be sending home readers this week for the children to read at home. Please have your child read aloud each night to you so that you can monitor their accuracy and encourage smooth reading with expression. This daily reading is the best way to build confidence and increase fluency.
**** Reminder**** Picture Day is tomorrow. Individual pictures will be taken and then sent home as proofs for you to order if you are interested.
Jan. 9-Welcome back to our first full week after the break. No home readers will be coming home this week. I am pulling children for individual DRA testing, so we are not meeting as reading groups this week. Book Orders are coming home today so if you'd like to order books for your child, feel free to order online or send the order to school. It looks like another Friday of TEXAN day so your child is free to wear Houston Texan shirts or jerseys on Friday if they'd like. Have a great week!!!
Dec. 14-One more update for this week: Friday will be Pajama Day and Elf Day! Students can wear their pajamas to school and bring their elf or other stuffed animal. It should be a great last day!!!
Dec. 12-Mark your calendars for this week:
Wednesday-Last day to bring present for Blue Santa Toy Drive
Thursday-Our class party from 1:15-2:15. Please join us if you can!
Friday-Early Dismissal at 12:40.
HO!HO!HO! Special Holiday List this week for spelling...See the website if you need an extra copy.
**Those of you that ordered books for surprise gifts for your kiddos, they just came in today so I have them stored away. Let me know the best way to get them to you.
Nov. 7-
2nd
grade is in need of used coffee grinds for our Cline Garden. Please
send in a closed container...Starbucks gives out grinds for free :)If any parents are interested in volunteering to help 2nd grade with the garden please let me know. Tis the season: A note is going home today for a holiday secret from each child to you! We are requesting $6.00 to help pay for the cost of the surprise. Please send money to school by Nov. 18th! Thanks so much!Oct. 31-Happy Halloween!
Thanks to all of you that worked so hard to make our Halloween Party such a success!!!! The children had such a good time and were so busy working!!!! Thanks again! If you took any pics during the party please email them to me. I'd like to add them to our website.
Book Orders are going home today. There are some great deals on books from authors and series that we have been reading in class. Take advantage of the Scholastic Book prices to order holiday gifts as well. If you are ordering online, use my tab on the left for instructions if you need any assistance. I will be placing the order after school on Friday, so please send in any orders before then. Thanks!This week in review...
Reading: We are beginning our unit on questioning. We are talking about questions that come to our minds before, during and after we read. As you read your child's home readers, help them formulate questions orally so that in class they can begin to put their ideas on paper.
Spelling: Contractions
Writing: Organization of ideas into sentences and paragraphs
Math: Bar Graphs
Science: Animals-Life Cycles-Animal research using their animals they made from home-Animal Vocabulary Test on Tuesday (From study sheet sent home on Thursday last week) The children shared their amazing animal projects with the class last Friday! WOW!!!!
Oct 24
What a great Clinefest!!! Thanks to all of you who came out and supported our school fundraiser!
Thurs. Oct. 27th- Our class Halloween Party-1:15-2:15-Children may wear their costumes to school on this day. Please no masks or swords. Feel free to join us for the party. We'd love to have you!
Reading:Your child is coming home with a Book Project that is due this Friday. They are to choose one of their home readers to do it on. Please help them feel comfortable talking about their book and project. We will share them in class on Friday.
Science: Animal Projects due on Friday.
Math: We will have our first Math Benchmark on Friday. It will cover all of the skills we have studied so far this year. (Patterning, number order, place value, addition and subtraction strategies) We have been reviewing in class and doing activities to review these skills. If you feel like your child may need extra help, use the tab for our online math textbook. There are some great ideas and pages that you can print off for extra practice.
Have a great week and hope to see you this Thursday!
Oct. 14
Several reminders for next week:
Next week is Red Ribbon Week (Thursday children can wear a cap/hat and favorite character t-shirt and Friday they can wear college t-shirts or jerseys)
Tuesday Oct. 18th-2nd Grade Family Lunch Day-Come and enjoy lunch with your child!
Just a few wish list items:
**Individually wrapped candy or snacks to use as treats for students during the month
**Any animal magazines that we could cut and use for our animal collages-We are beginning to study animals and animal classifications and could really use some magazines. Thanks!
Oct. 6, 2011
Book Orders are coming home with your child today. Books can be purchased by sending in an order form and money to me at school or you can purchase them online. To set that up, view the Scholastic Book Order Tab on my website. You do have to place the one time activation code on the website in order to link it to our class. Happy shopping!!!