Puppy Class

What an exciting morning! We had two students from the high school's animal care class come and visit us with four puppies. The puppies are called bugs. They are a cross between a boxer and a pug. We learned that it is best to choose a puppy when they are at least five weeks old because you can tell what their personality will be like. However, they can't leave their mothers until they are eight weeks old. If anyone is interested in buying one you can contact the high school. Some of the kids were very interested and thought maybe they could ask you to just write a check.....girl puppy: $250.00
                                                             boy puppy: $200.00
                                                             carpet cleaning: $150
                                                             your child's face when you say yes: PRICELESS!

2nd Grade Read-In

On Friday, March 2nd the 2nd graders will be having a Read-In to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.  Students should come dressed comfortably.  They may bring a blanket or beach towel, pillow, or stuffed animal.  Look for a letter coming home with more details.

Valentine's Day

We had a very busy Valentine's Day.  We worked on our reading comprehension when we read a passage about Valentine's Day and took a quiz.  Then we did some writing with candy hearts.  The kids were clever and did a nice job. Here are few examples:

During the afternoon we collected data by sorting candy hearts by color and then used the data to create a graph. We even made some cool heart glasses!!

We all had a fantastic time at the party!  Thank you to our room moms for a great party!!!

100th Day

Monday, February 13th was the 100th day of 2nd grade!! Everyone looks great with their 100th day crowns on.

Valentine's Day

Our room parents are busy working to plan our Valentine's Day party.  It will be held on February 14th at 1:45.  If  your child would like to bring valentines to share with their classmates they can bring them to school on Monday the 13th to be passed out.  Please make sure that they bring enough for each student in our class.  We have 26 students. 

Conferences

Our 2nd trimester conferences are coming up quickly.  Your child received a letter with your date and time to meet with me.  Please sign and return the form as soon as possible to let me know if you are able to make the scheduled time.  During conferences we will discuss the progress your child is making in 2nd grade.  We will also look ahead and plan for the rest of the trimester.  I hope to see everyone!!

January News

We are always working on being better readers and writers.  We are currently reading about plants and trees. We have read two non-fiction stories. We are working on our own non-fiction writing as we work on research reports. We will hopefully use our ipads to publish our writing and can share at conferences. Our winter benchmark testing for guided reading and fluency will be done this month and will be another thing shared at conferences. Please keep reading at home and be sure to turn in reading logs.

Second grade has decided to start giving a spelling test on Fridays.  The list of words for the week will come home on Monday. It is the same list you have seen come home on all other Mondays, but now we will be testing.  The reason to begin testing is that we believe the students need to focus more on word chunks and writing patterns.  This will not only help them to be better writers but readers as well.

In math class we continue to work on addition and subtraction facts. I have really been pushing that they use the strategies we have learned and not use fingers to count.  Two great websites are Math Magician and That's a Fact. You could work on these at home (they are listed on side of the class blog) or use flashcards. The Dollar Tree always seems to have flashcards-I love a good deal! We are also working on our trimester standards.  We have tested 2 and 3 dimensional shapes but are still working on estimating to the nearest ten and then using the estimates to add and subtract.

Our class is working on a science unit about matter. We've learned about the different ways to classify based on properties and are now learning more about the three states of matter-solid, liquid, and gas. We will be learning about maps for social studies.