Spelling Lists week of 9/26

List A:

1. climb

2. thought

3. never

4. fishing

5.contest

6. traffic

7. morning

8. know

9. upset

10. pretzel

11. plastic

12. kitten

*poetry

*rhyme

*imagine

*Florida

*Tallahassee

List B:

1. skip

2. dime

3. just

4. tape

5. bump

6. kick

7. woke

8. froze

9. eve

10. lack

11. huge

12. taste

*poetry

*imagine

*rhyme

*Florida

*Tallahassee

Progress Reports, Communication Binder/Folder, Progress Book etc. Reminders

Please note that Progress Reports were sent home in your child's blue communication folder TODAY. I do not need them returned to school, but please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I am here to help and available for conferences if need be.

Please make sure your child's communication folder is cleared out on a nightly basis, most importantly over the weekend after graded work has been sent home. I see far too many folders overflowing with papers that are more than a week old and this is not acceptable.

Lastly, please make sure you are checking your child's grades on Progress Book on a regular basis. I post new grades weekly and now that we are entering the 6th week of school, we are well underway with the curriculum and graded work.

Thanks,
Ms. Walker

Open House 9/20

This is a friendly reminder about open house tomorrow evening from 6pm to 8pm. I will be giving a brief presentation beginning promptly at 6:15pm which will be followed by a question/answer opportunity. I look forward to showing off our classroom and beautiful student work tomorrow evening. See you all there :)

Second Grade Social- Wednesday, September 14th

Hi Parents-

      I just wanted to send a friendly reminder about our Second Grade Social on Wednesday morning from 7:30 am to 7:50 am. This is a chance for you to stop by our classroom and mingle with other parents in our classroom. We will have beverages and breakfast snacks! Also, if you are able to contribute to supplies, please contact Kelli LaPointe.


Hope to see you all there :)

Ms. Walker

Houghton-Mifflin "At-Home" Activities

Hi Everyone!

      I found an excellent resource for practicing and reinforcing reading skills that we are learning each week at home. Some activities are teacher-created and others are provided online by the Houghton-Mifflin company. Here is the website where your children can practice weekly vocabulary, spelling, phonics etc. that accompanies each story we are reading in class. This week we are reading Mrs. Brown Goes to Town if anyone wants to give it a try. I appreciate feedback if your kids enjoy these activities..they look pretty fun :)


http://www.mrsmacdonaldteacher.com/2nd%20Grade%20Reading%20Resources.html#grade2

Math Enrichment Packets

An enrichment packet for math was sent home with your child on Friday. Please note that this is simply enrichment and is a tool to enhance and challenge your child's learning. While I am NOT requiring that your child complete the packet, I do encourage you and your child to work on it together or they may do it independently. If your child chooses to complete the packet, they may return the packet to school by Tuesday, 9/13 for 10 points of extra credit factored into their grade average for math. Once again, this assignment is optional but highly encouraged to promote higher order thinking and additional learning :)

Also, extra credit will be given for effort and completion.


Please let me know if you have any questions!

Picture Day is Tomorrow, September 9th!!

Our picture day for the yearbook will be tomorrow, 9/9 at 8:30 am. Please make sure your child is dressed in school uniform (must be in uniform shirt...no spirit shirts tomorrow).

If you would like to order pictures, an envelope was sent home in your child's communication folder (navy). Please make sure you return this to me by tomorrow, if interested!

Can't wait to see all my beautiful little ladies and handsome gentlemen tomorrow :)