September 25-October 8

Hello Families! We have had a wonderful couple weeks at school. I think we are finally settling into the routine and feeling more comfortable as second graders. Here are some of the highlights (hopefully you will read about some of these in your child's TGIF journal):

Math: We took our Unit 1 test yesterday! Look for the corrected tests in your child's daily folder on Monday! We finally started home links this week. Please be sure that your child only completes the assigned link every night and that the home links packet stays in your child's daily folder everyday. I will be checking for completion everyday. As a reminder, please be sure to check your child's answers using the answer key in the unit parent letter in the front of the homelinks packet.

Reading: Our Readers Workshop has gotten off to a great start! The kids are reading independently and learning to be a good reading partner who talks about books and supports their buddy. We just finished our first read aloud: High Tide in Hawaii. Ask your child who Jack and Annie met in Hawaii, what happened while they were in Hawaii and what kind of ship Jack and Annie built.

Spelling: I will continue to send a list of word home every week. The list is meant to provide examples of the word family or pattern of the week. It can be daunting to practice the whole list. Try having your child highlight the pattern or choose a couple to practice. There is a list of suggestions for studying spelling words in the Welcome to Second Grade packet given out at PIN. The 5 high frequency words should be practiced the most- these are the "No Excuse" words that are place don teh word wall.

Science: We started our first unit this year: Balance and Motion. Ask your scientist what kind of balance experiment they conducted. Ask him/her how to get an object to balance.

Thank You:

Thank you to Ms. Doane and Mrs, Armitage for volunteering on our field tip. Although we got rained on, we still learned a lot! Thank you to Mr. Loyd for being our first Surprise Reader. Thank you also to our room parents- Mrs. Coakley and Ms. Garvens. We just met to schedule our volunteers for this year. Thank you in advance to everyone who volunteers their time to our classroom! I truly appreciate anything and everything you do for our classroom!

Reminders:

Please sign your child's assignment notebook everyday

Please help your child return the book and bookbag everyday

Please help your child return the math home links every morning.