September 28th Newsletter

UPCOMING DATES: 

Monday, October 1^st – Picture Day

Tuesday, October 2^nd – Mission Bake Sale

Wednesday, October 3^rd – 2 Hour Delay

Friday, October 5^th – Dads & Donuts / Kick off to Red Ribbon Week

*Students are asked to wear Red on Friday*

This week in Class:

Math – began subtraction facts and related math facts (3+2=5, 5=3+2)

Science – finished learning about animals. Test this week.

Social Studies – finished learning about neighborhoods and communities. Test this week

Reading / Phonics – reviewed long vowel with final e (fin – fine, cap – cape), short vowels, and initial consonant digraphs ch & sh (chip, chat, chin & ship, shape, shut)

Health – began learning about our growing bodies along with the skeletal and muscular systems.

Spelling words this week – review of lessons 1-5

camp               fat                    flat

for                   fort                  play

sing                 book                can

could               like                  pack

second            sick                  brave

brother            great               ground

sweet              and                  desk

different          jump                 land

boxes             boys                 dishes

lions               nights               wishes

Behavior Chart

Your child may talk about the behavior chart in the room.  Each day the students begin on “Ready to Learn” and throughout the day they may move their clips up or down based on their behavior.  They may move up for positive behavior (listening to directions, following classroom / school rules, etc) and may move down for negative behavior (not following directions, distracting others, not following classroom / school rules, etc).  If the students finish each day on “outstanding” then on Friday they get to pick a prize from the prize box, which contains school supplies that can be used in the classroom.  My goal is to encourage positive behavior.

Book It!

We are doing the Book It program again this year.  The goal for the second graders is to read 20 minutes 5 times a week.  I know that weeks can be busy and life happens so reading 5 days a week may be difficult at times.  So I told the students that they may read for 40 minutes one night and count it as 2 days of reading.  Please encourage your child to read and ask them questions about what they are reading.  Part of reading is comprehension, which is being able to retell the story using their own words.

Field Trip

We will be going to Old Orchard here in Napoleon on Monday, October 15^th.  Please sign and return the permission slips!