Hello Families! We have had a great couple of weeks in school. Be sure to read the sidebar to see what we are doing in every subject. We filled our pebble jar again and had all the leaves fall off of our Kind Words Tree. The kids are working really hard! I hope everyone has a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Book Clubs-For the past two weeks, your child has participated in 2 character book clubs. This week will end our study. It has been so fun for me to watch the students meet in clubs and discuss their characters.
Double Digit Addition- You may have some double digit addition problems in homelinks recently. Please continue to support your child without teaching carrying- adding the tens fist, then the ones. We will learn more strategies in the coming weeks.
Art For Youth- Beth's mom came in this week to teach us about impressionism. We completed a fabulous watercolor project using pencils, crayons and little bit of water. Your child should have brought home their watercolor portrait of them sharing their talent with others.
Ask your child:
*How do we use maps?
*What are different ways objects move? (spin, twirl, rotate, roll)
*What does Never Eat Soggy Waffles mean? (NESW- cardinal directions)
*What is a Thick Question vs. a Thin Question?
*What is happening in the class read aloud- Thanksgiving on Thursday?
*Cog-ats-This second grade standardized test will be given the week we return from Thanksgiving Wed-Fri at 9:00am. Please make sure your child is well rested, nourished and on time to school. There is a letter in the Friday folder. 
*Reading with Dogs-On Wed. Nov 30, we will get a chance to participate in the Read to Dogs program. We will bring our Just Right books to read the dogs in Mrs. Olson's room. It should be super fun!
*Project Help- Second graders along with our 4th grade buddies are teaming up to collect travel toiletries and other small hygiene items to package and send to local shelters. We will also collect plastic shoeboxes (about $1) for packaging. We will send home more information next Tuesday. It should be a great project and opportunity for the kids to show kindness to others.
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