October 17th

We have had a busy week.  I apologize I did not do a good job of photographing our week either.  The kids earned their first sharpen your saw party and chose to do a p.j. day on Wednesday.  We enjoyed some yummy popcorn and m&ms with some good books, good friends, and some plush extras.  We also played a little Huckle-Buckle-Bean-Stock.   Today we ventured over to Cedar Falls to watch the play, Curious George.  It was a great day and the kids behaved very well.

Alexus, Brooklyn, Claire, and Keaton working hard to make our classroom a little bit more festive. Happy Harvest Season!

Recent Learning:

Math: frames and arrows, function machines, name boxes for numbers, fact families

Spelling: clusters and diagraphs

Leader In Me: Begin with the end in Mind, setting goals

Socials Studies: leadership unit focusing on president

Writing: Organization of ideas

Science: finishing a unit all about Air

Comprehension Tool-Kit: Discussing being a specialist on a topic

Reading: Mrs. Brown Went to Town, working on making predictions

Upcoming dates:
Red Ribbon Week: October 20th-24th
Monday: wear Red
Tuesday: silly socks
Wednesday: Work out clothes
Thursday: Hat day
Friday: Team Spirit

Early dismissal for conferences: October 23rd and 28th (I will send another reminder home, but please contact me if you still are unsure of your conference time)
Fall Party: October 31st 2:00
Fundraiser Pick Up: Wednesday, November 5th

October Assembly!

Wow! These second graders put on a great assembly all about Synergizing.  In order to pull of this great event they had to synergize too!  We would like to thank those of you who helped your child get props to school and also those who helped out by donating some of your time to watch these kids practice.  We were excited to see so many parents and a little nervous too.

  

Recent Learning:

Math: addition story problems, doubles facts, +9 facts, turn around facts

Spelling: long o and u words

Leader In Me: Begin with the end in Mind, setting goals

Socials Studies:discussing the US Constitution

Writing: Organization of ideas

Science: continuing a unit all about Air

Comprehension Tool-Kit: creating their own book with features

Reading: Read Julius and discussing things that are fantasy and real

Upcoming dates:
Claire's birthday: October 6th

fundraiser ends: October 7th
School wide walk: October 7th (wear tennis shoes)
Eli's birthday: October 12th

picture retakes: October 16th 

field trip to see Curious George October 17th

Early dismissal for conferences: October 23rd and 28th (I will send notes next week with your conference times)