I hope you all are enjoying this wonderful holiday off. We will be learning on Tuesday why we are home with our families on Monday. My dream is that they can come home and tell you all about Martin Luther King Jr.
We have some fun activities planned to help everyone understand the reason for this holiday.
We had a very busy SHORT but LONG week last week! We could not go outside most of the week due to the weather so it made for a very LONG week! We did manage to learn quite a few new things though: We began our week with many County Checkpoint tests in Language Arts and Math. Even though much of the material had not been covered yet, we did great! Imagine coming back from 18 days of vacation and sitting down and taking a test on material you haven't learned yet!!!! So, hats off to our students that did their personal best. In Language Arts, we focused on compound words and the sounds of Bossy R. We had so much fun learning about Pirate Mark and his ARRRRRR sound! We made a pirate and we went on a a treasure hunt for AR words. This week we will learn all about the sound of OR and the bossy R triplets, er, ir and ur (They all sound the same). In math we worked on adding and subtracting strategies and how to add three addends. We had some fun New Year's inspired math tubs this week and speaking of that holiday, we set some goals for the new year. In Social Studies, we introduced our latest famous American, Harriet Tubman. We will learn all about her courageous life.
Our biggest highlight of last week was our new co-teacher, Jessica Vaccarrelli! She is wonderful and the kids just love her. We team taught our writing lesson last week and the kids loved it. We are working on writing "How To" pieces. Ms. Vaccarrelli tried to teach me how to draw a flower, but we discovered without the proper directions, it is not that easy.
We have another busy week planned. Don't forget that some of you signed up for Science Night on Wednesday or Thursday night. If you made a reservation, your tickets were sent home in your child's folder. I can't wait, it is going to be so much fun!
Second grade is still collecting coats and clothing for the Must Ministries Leadership project:
January/ February 2nd Grade MUST Ministries Project
2nd Grade is sponsoring the first annual
Janua"WEAR"y and Febru"WEAR"y
Clothing Drive for MUST Ministries.
Please bring gently used or new shirts, pants, pajamas, and sweaters in any sizes.
Clean out those messy closets to help others. Think WIN-WIN!
2nd grade leaders will be standing by the bins at the bus port to collect your donations.
Those Who Lead MUST Help those in Need!
Don't forget that Doughnuts with Dad is scheduled for Friday morning! Bring your Dad, Grandpa or Uncle for a yummy doughnut before school. This event is sponsored by our WatchDOGS. What a great time to sign up to be a WatchDOG for our school!
Thanks so much for everyone that sent in some extra supplies for the classroom! We are beginning to run low on gallon sized ziplock baggies. If anyone can send in some (just the generic brand), we would really appreciate it!
One last reminder, it is January! Please be sure to send in a warm coat each day. Many days students get into their cars from the garage and run straight into school and don't feel the cold. We cannot go outside to play if everyone does not have a coat. Thanks so much for the support. (when your child is arguing with you about not needing a coat, blame me!)
Check out our wonderful Mystery Reader, Charity Fowler, this week! Thanks so much for sharing such fun stories!
Mystery Question
Robbie and Kayla went shopping at the school store. Kayla had 58 cents and she wanted to buy four notebooks that costs 20 cents each. Does she have enough money?
Robbie had 75 cents. He bought a pencil for 25 cents and then he bought two notebooks for 20 cents each. Does he have enough money?
Bonus: if he does have enough money, what will his change be?
Draw and explain your thinking!
