Friday Fun Night

THIS Friday is the LAST day that we will accept permission slips for Friday Fun Night. We need a head count, so it is important that these get turned in.

We are also in need of parents who can come on that night to help move groups from room to room. Please give me a call, drop me an email, or send in a note if you are available to help.

The date for this is Friday, April 5th, from 6 to 8.

Thanks!!

Coin Wars

To help each student in our class earn a free book, we are having coin wars here at school.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we will be collecting nickels, Wednesday we will be collecting dimes, Thursday we will be collecting quarters, and on Friday we will be collecting any kind of coin.

At the end of the week, the class that has collected the highest overall total of money, will receive a free book for each student.

What we are studying (week of 3/18)

Phonics:
Monday - lesson 116
Tuesday - lesson 117
Wednesday - lesson 118
Thursday - lesson 119

Math:
No traditional math this week.
We will be working on specific
skills and standards in class.


Spelling:

lace, twice, thank, scratch, place, crusty, noun, pitch, middle, bottle
price, race, quick, cattle, wing, mother, eye, heard, whose, young

Sentences:

Wipe your face with your napkin, not your hand.
Whose turn is it to pick up the papers?


Reading:
No traditional reading story this week.
We will be working on specific skills
and standards in class.

Extra Homework

Just to let you know, I have changed some procedures in my classroom with work. We are nearing the last 9 weeks of school, and our pace is picking up considerably. Because of this, if your child does not complete all classwork during the day, it will be sent home to be finished. On the same token, if classwork is completed, but has many mistakes, it will be sent home for corrections. Every assignment that is extra will be listed on a slip of paper, so that you can be sure of what all needs to be completed at home.

What we are studying (week of 3/11)

Phonics:
Monday - lesson 111
Tuesday - lesson 112
Wednesday - lesson 113
Thursday - lesson 114

Math:
Monday - lesson 12.5
Tuesday - lesson 12.6
Wednesday - lesson 12.7
Thursday - lesson 12.8


Spelling:

damp, law, charge, gravy, crater, raw, claw, north, feeding, booth
boat, coat, charcoal, goal, toad, country, earth, early, woman, women

Sentences:

Betsy Ross made the first U.S. flag.
Can we make fudge to take for a snack?


Reading:
Columbus Explores New Lands
Please read the stories from page 220 to page 227.

Also make sure that your child can read the following words:
vast, oceans, areas, voyage, planet

multiplication

We are beginning multiplication this week. You will see that on the children's fact sheets beginning on Wednesday.

I start off teaching multiplication by having the children skip count. To multiply by 2, they skip count by 2; to multiply by 3, they skip count by 3; to multiply by 4, they skip count by 4; to multiply by 5, they skip count by 5, etc.

This should help to get them off to a good start in multiplication.

Sight Word Test THIS Thursday!!

Please have your child practice the following words:

become, both, busy, measure, rough,
sure, through, tough, woman, women

And this Sentence:

It’s tough to have a fever when my friends are outside.

2nd grade Science/Reading night

Forms went home last week for 2nd grade Science and Reading night. This is a night that was previously referred to as "Friday Fun Night" or Friday Fun Reading Night". If you have older children you may remember it.

The structure is being revamped a little this year, and it will include more science activities. This is a night where children can be dropped off at the school (to me) and then picked up a few hours later. We always have a big turn out and the children have a ton of fun.

If you have more questions regarding this, just let me know. I do need to know ahead of time who is attending, so please send those forms in.

Deep River Waterpark

If your child read for Deep River Waterpark but has not turned the form in yet, please turn it in tomorrow. (Wednesday if we have a snow day tomorrow.)

What we are studying (week of 3/4)

Phonics:
Monday - lesson 106
Tuesday - lesson 107
Wednesday - lesson 108
Thursday - lesson 109

Math:
Monday - lesson 12.2
Tuesday - lesson 12.3
Wednesday - lesson 12.4
Thursday - lesson 12.5


Spelling:
station, nation, rotate, hopeful, caption, grudge, sketch, center, cooler, crunch
right, tight, bright, high, might, together, have, America, once, other


Sentences:
It is late now and you should get to bed.
The chipmunk ran up the big tree and hid.



Reading:
Pushing up the Sky
Please read the stories from page 196 to page 215.

Also make sure that your child can read the following words:
signal, randomly, agreed, gathered, jabbing