Regarding the self-addressed stamped envelope, please note that there needs to be 2 stamps as CRCT results may likely be available for mailing. Also, the price of postage has increased to 44 cents. Please check your stamps or use the Forever postage stamps. Thank you in advance.
Attached is the field day schedule.
FIELD DAY
Field Day for K, 1 and 2 will be on Wednesday, May 13. Please make sure your child wears their class t-shirt and brings a water bottle. We would love to have you join us for some fun, if you can. I will post the schedule as soon as I receive it.
GYM DEDICATION
Thursday, May 14, will be the dedication of our gym in memory of our Coach Jones.
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL
I will be sending home a list of fun themes/activities that second grade has planned for the last week of school.
ENVELOPE
Please send in a self-addressed, stamped envelope as soon as you can for report cards to be mailed home in. If we don't receive one, you will have to pick up your child's report card during the summer.
AR
The AR program is officially over for the year. I am so proud of the progress that all of our children made. We met our class goal thanks to all of our students!! We will be having a special lunch outside soon to celebrate. We had six students to reach 100% or greater: Clayton Alderette, McKenna Bishop, Michael Hurst, Yumi Jang, Cassiana Jean Baptiste and Thomas Molander. Congratulations! Also, I would like to thank Mrs. Molander for doing such a fantastic job of coaching and motivating the students to read. In addition to passing out bookmarks, stickers and beach hats, she brought her surf board and the students got to "surf" as they made progress in their reading. She truly made reading "fun" for us. We owe much of our success to her and I truly appreciate all the hard work. Please thank her when you see her. We could not have done it without her.
SOLDIERS A flyer went home earlier about this project to help our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. The items that second grade has been asked to bring in are: chap stick, sun screen, hand sanitizer, eye drops, baby wipes, toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash, dental floss, deodorant, body lotion, shampoo, conditioner, Q tips, foot powder (Gold Bond), tuna or chicken in foil packets, band aids, small batteries, school supplies for children. The class is writing letters to send to the soldiers, also. Thank you in advance for helping out with this cause. You may send in items up to the end of school. LIBRARY BOOKS The media center is officially closed and all book should be returned as soon as possible.
RESCHEDULING OF FIELD DAYS
Due to the weather, our field day schedule has changed. We will now have 2nd grade field day on May 13, Wednesday.
BOOK REPORTS
Reminder - Book reports are due Thursday!!! Most of the students have finished their book and have begun writing their report. Although the sheet said that we would be doing them in class, some students have asked if they could finish them at home. Yes! It would be great if you would ensure that your child has the main idea, details and closing. Also, make sure they look up any unknown words in the dictionary. This is good practice for third grade.
SPECIALS
Our specials for the week are:
Monday - PE
Tuesday - Art
Wednesday - PE
Thursday - Music
Friday - Exercise video in classroom (due to 3rd, 4th, 5th field days) Wear tennis shoes!
Last week, we finished our CRCT testing. The students did a great job of listening and following directions. I am very proud of them all.
MATH
This week, we will be continuing with 3-digit addition and subtraction (with and without regrouping). For the remainder of the year, we will be comparing numbers (greater than, less than or equal to) using equations and counting back change using bills and coins.
SPELLING
Spelling words will start up again this week. My goal is for our students to be able to spell all 2nd grade sight words. Please work with your child to reach this goal.
WRITING
This week we are continuing with response to literature which includes retelling stories and making connections to the text we are reading.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Our personal finance unit continues with money, spending and saving and scarcity. Look for some of these words on our spelling lists as well.
SCIENCE
We will soon be finishing up our unit on life cycles. The students have especially enjoyed animal life cycles and I'm sure you have heard about our temporary class pets (caterpillars). Soon, we will have butterflies. We have been observing and recording our findings in our science journal. It is always exciting for me to see how excited and interested your children are in science! They can't wait to write in their butterfly journals each day!
BOOK REPORTS
On Monday, I will be assigning a book report project. We will go to the media center and choose a book on your child's level. Please make sure that they bring the book back each day to read during D.E.A.R. time. This is a special book report in which they will do a written summary as well as decorate a bag and stuff items in it related to their book. Each student will orally give a presentation about their book. Please look for the information to come home Monday and sign and return the form. I appreciate your help with this project.
UPCOMING DATES
April 28, 30 - Fire Safety May 1 - Brunch for Still's Volunteers May 4-8 - Scholastic Book Fair in our Media Center May 7 - PTA - Kdg. performs May 8 - Field Day for Second Grade - Students wear class t-shirts May 14 - Dedication and Memorial for Coach Wes Jones - 8:00 AM May 22 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Specials:
Some of you have advised me that you could not open the Publisher file that lists our specials so I am going to put it on the blog each time.
April 1 - Literacy
April 2 - PE
April 3 - Art
April 13 - PE
April 14- Music
April 15 - Literacy
April 16 - PE
April 17 - Art
March 29, 2009
THANK YOU!
A big thank you to all of you for the wonderful teacher appreciation gifts! The handmade cards were very special to me. I had a great week!
Academics:
Math:
We began our new math unit with multiplication. The students have done very well understanding that multiplication is just repeated addition. We have learned the strategies of making groups, building arrays, creating a multiplication table and revisited a familiar strategy of skip counting. This week, we will introduce the concept of division.
Spelling:
We finished our last unit of the Sitton spelling. Beginning this week, we will be practicing spelling activities and reviewing test-taking strategies for the CRCT. After that, we will continue with spelling tests on sight words and content area words. We will even preview some 3rd grade words!
Science:
We have been learning about plant life cycles. I'm sure many of you have heard about our plants! We planted pinto bean seeds two weeks ago and have watched them germinate, sprout and grow. We made a science journal and wrote in it every day after we observed our plant. The students have been very excited to see the change in their plants. We will be bringing them home Monday. We will switch to social studies this week and continue science after spring break. At that time, we will be learning about animal life cycles. I'm sure this will continue to be the most interesting science unit for the children.
Social Studies:
This week, we will study about our last Georgia hero, Jimmy Carter.
Homework:
Many thanks for ensuring that your child is completing their homework.
DONATIONS:
We are in need of items for our treasure box. The children work hard to earn dazzle dollars and enjoy shopping each Friday. Remember, the items do not have to be brand new. We enjoy "recycling" our gently used things.
Allergy season is here! We have had many runny noses and continue to use "toilet tissue" which is not very gentle and soft on our little faces. If you could donate a box of tissue, I would appreciate it so much!
UPCOMING DATES:
April 1 - Last day for recycling old printer cartridges, cell phones, DVDs, etc.
April 3 - Jump Rope for Heart - All donations will be in memory of our beloved Coach Jones.
April 6-10 SPRING BREAK - Be safe and have fun!
April 21-29 CRCT testing
WELCOME
Welcome to our new student Karizma McDaniel. Please add her to your class directory.
903 Andora Lane, Marietta, 30064
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SPECIALS
Attached is our specials calendar for the remainder of March. Due to our paper conservation efforts, I will be putting this schedule on our blog each month.
MATH
We will be beginning our fourth quarter on Monday. Attached is the letter with the concepts that we will be learning.
We enjoyed our field trip today to Cato Educational Park. We learned a little bit about the life cycle of plants and animals and took a nature walk to observe seeds, plants and trees. We were able to eat indoors since it was such a cold day.
Math
This week we will be taking our pre-test to determine placement for the last quarter of the year. Did I say last quarter? I can't believe that this year is flying by so fast.
We will be reviewing for our post-test for this quarter which will be next week.
Writing
We will be working on our final persuasive piece of writing before beginning our last unit of writing which is responding to literature.
Science
We are wrapping up the Sun, moon and stars unit in preparation for our life cycles unit, which is our last science unit. Again, our field trip was a good introduction to this unit.
Social Studies
Government and Human rights will be our focus for the next couple of weeks before going into Personal Finance, our last social studies unit.
DONATIONS WELCOME
We are in desperate need of tissue for our classroom. We are currently using a toilet tissue roll. If you could donate a box, it would be greatly appreciated!
HOMEWORK
Please check your child's agenda and make sure that they are completing their homework and doing it correctly. There are several students that are either not doing their work or it is incorrect.
UPCOMING DATES:
March 3 Early Release
March 10 - Chick-Fil-A Night
March 16 - Stevie B's Night
March 19 - Report cards go home
Math-
We are busy measuring! We have measured with inches, feet and yards as well as centimeters and meters. The students have enjoyed measuring real-life items around the classroom. You could help your child by asking which unit of measure is "reasonable" to measure certain items in. For example, would you measure a pencil in inches or feet? Would you measure a baseball bat in centimeters and meters?
Next week, we will be measuring temperature and reviewing time. Please practice time at home, having an analog clock at home for your child to refer to is so helpful!
WRITING:
We have been working on a persuasive piece about whether or not children in elementary school should have recess. We will continue to take stands on other topics and write about them using supporting details.
SCIENCE:
We will be continuing our unit on the Earth, moon and stars and how they relate to each other. Last week we learned about shadows and what causes the change of seasons. This week we are beginning studying the phases of the moon. We even enjoyed making a model using oreo cookies.
Please send in your permission slip for field trips. They are due by Feb. 20. We need these in order for your child to participate in this trip. This is a science program for the life cycles of plants, a part of our curriculum. The program is done by Parks and Recreation. The cost is only $2.00 for the buses. We will either bring lunches or purchase sack lunches from the Still Cafe.
