Math Games!!!

Working with Mrs. Simson's class we learned to play a new game today!!! Math can be a lot of fun. 

December 2 - December 6

We are back to a full week of school. I will post the spelling and vocabulary words today for this unit. Please notice that we have 3 full weeks and then we are out for Christmas Vacation. If you have any question please feel free to get in touch with me. 

November 25 - November 29

We have early dismissal on Wednesday. The students will be out at 1:30. If you know your student is going to be gone please let the me or the office know. We have no school on Thursday and Friday. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Thank you!!!

I would like to thank you for waiting for the blog to be updated. It has been a couple of really busy weeks here at school. We will be having a cotton candy sale tomorrow for $0.50 a bag. This is a great way to support our school and have a special treat on a Friday afternoon. Next week will be a full week of school. We will be in Unit 2 Week 5. 

October 21-25

Another great week is coming to a close. This week we started working on animal reports that the students will turn into PowerPoint presentations. Please keep checking in on the student work tab for more great samples of what your student is doing in class. 

Next week we will have our Halloween party on Thursday. The parade will start at 1:30 then the party around 2:45ish. If you would like to send treats with your student please feel free to do so, I know the kids love to see what everyone brings. Please no homemade treats this is a school wide rule. Also if you want to come in the class you must have a background check done first. If you don't have one done and would like to come to the Halloween party stop by the office and fill out the paperwork and you can still participate in our party. 

We are also collecting food as part of our Chobani Good Food Drive. Foods that they will accept are: 

• brown rice
• whole grain noodles
• plain instant oatmeal
• whole grain crackers
• whole grain, low sugar cereal
• whole grain cereal bar
• canned/pouch meats packed in water
• natural peanut butters
• low sodium canned beans
• canned fruit in its own juices
• 100% fruit juice
• low sodium canned vegetables
• low sodium broth-based vegetable soups
• no sugar added applesauce
• whole grain mustard
• low-fat salad dressing
• baked chips
• low-fat graham crackers
• naturally flavored, sugar-free seltzer water
• unsweetened plain soy milk 

Unit 2

All of the spelling, vocabulary, and high frequency words have been added to the blog under the tab Wonder. We will be talking about animals and how they live and survive out in the wild. This will be a great chance for your student to learn about many different types of animals. We will also be working on writing a How-To Text. This is going to allow your student to write a paper explaining how to do a specific task. We are going to be doing geometry in math. We are working with shapes and area right now, this is a hard concept for kids to understand. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with me. 

Working Hard!

Updates

Please notice that the spelling and vocabulary lists for this coming week have been updated. We also have a PTA meeting this week if you would like to attend. It will be on Friday at 11:40 in the library. If you volunteered to help in with parties this year the room parent or the PTA should be getting in touch with you over the next week or two. 

Wednesday, October 9th:  National Walk to School DayFlyers will be sent home Monday, October 7th.

Friday, October 11th:  Popcorn Sale 50 cents a bag

Reminder

We do not have school on Thursday and Friday this week. Have a great long weekend. 

Student Drop Off

Parents please remember to drop your students off in front of or in back of the school not on the side of the school. It is unsafe to have parents driving all the way back to the playground to drop off students. This is a school wide rule. Thank you helping us put your student's safety first!

This week

This week we are still working on the Wonders Unit 1 Lesson 4. We have a short week this week so there is no school on Thursday and Friday. If you still wanted to order from the book orders please feel free to send those back. With the weather getting colder please make sure that your student has a warm coat to wear at recess. 

This week

Here are some of the events going on this week at school. 

• September 24th, 2013, Tuesday- Hearing/Vision Screening

                K/1- hearing
                K/1/3/5- vision

• September 24th, 2013, Tuesday- Read Like An Eagle Assembly 1 pm 

In second grade we do not participate in the hearing/vision screening, however, if you have concerns please let me know and I will request that your student be checked. The Read Like An Eagle Assembly is just our kick off to the program. This program is meant to encourage all students to read. 

Kiwi Loco

There is a Kiwi Loco sale tomorrow! It is $1.00.

No School

Just a reminder that there is No School on Monday, September 23, 2013. This is a teacher data day and gives us a chance to find ways to best help your student. 

Wonders

Please check under the wonders tab weekly for this weeks vocabulary, spelling, and high frequency words. These will be very helpful for your students. 

OOPS!

I gave out the wrong homework this week. It has the dates for next week. Please have your student complete the homework anyways. Sorry for this mistake. 

Wonders

We will begin working with with our new reading program tomorrow. We will be discussing how Friends Help Each Other. 

The vocabulary words we will be working with are:

1. afraid
2. actions
3. depend
4. nervously
5. peered
6. perfectly
7. rescue
8. secret

The spelling words we will be working with are:

1. has
2. wag
3. bad
4. six
5. will
6. sat
7. had
8. fix
9. him
10. if
11. can
12. hit
13. why
14. for
15. help

The high-frequency words we will be working with are:

1. blue
2. even
3. yellow
4. help
5. put
6. for
7. ball
8. there
9. both
10. why

WOW!!!

What an amazing first day that we had yesterday! Everyone was so excited and eager to get to work. This is going to me a wonderful year!

Open House

We are all getting so excited for the new school year! Let’s start the year off with an amazing open house. The Harrison Open House will be on Thursday, August 29, 2013. The open house will be from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. This will be a great time to come and meet your student's new teacher and drop off your school supplies. . 

Ideas to help your student

Here is a link that will give you some great ways to help your student, all you need to do is click on this sentence and you will be directed to the document. 

Summer

Well summer has officially started!  Please feel free to check in every so often for some ideas on how to continue to improve your students reading and math skills at home as well as some fun ideas of things to do this summer.

This week

This week we are going to try and keep things as normal as possible. We will continue to do our work everyday the only major difference is that we won't be having homework. If you have any questions please let me know.

 

One more bit of information we will not be having spelling this week so you may notice that the lists have not change.

Upcoming Events

May 24, 2013 - School Picnic 
May 24, 2013 - Swimming Field Trip
May 27, 2013 - Memorial Day -- No School
June 4, 2013 - School Carnival, 1:00 - 3:00
June 5, 2013 - Last day of school, 1:30 early dismissal

Summer Lunch

May 24th

May 24th will be a busy day for the second grade. We have our school picnic as well as our field trip to the YMCA City Pool. Students who ordered yearbooks will be receiving them on that day during the school picnic. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with me.

Swimming

We have our final fieldtrip on May 24, 2013. We will be going swimming!! The fee is $2.00 so if you could send your students money with them as soon as possible that would be great.

Family Fun Night

                                                            Thursday
                                                May 2^nd

5:30-7:00 pm

Student displays of arts and crafts

Ideas are photography, scrapbooking, sculpture, pottery, ceramics, baking, cake decorating, drawing, sewing, quilting, knitting, song writing, story writing, Lego building, woodworking, jewelry making, leatherworks, t-shirt design, calligraphy, painting, sock puppets, crochet, embroidery, building models, collections, stained glass, poetry, ribbon making, and lots of any other art and crafts you can think of.

Pizza Hut pizza and soda for saleDinner is served!

Kiwi LocoYum, Yum!

Summer math packets available
Take math packets for your children to practice math skills over the summer…they will feel smarter in the fall!

Cultural story time
Listen to stories read by members of our community as they share their cultures with us.

Scholastic Book Fair in the Library

The book fair will also take place on May 3 and 6 from 8:15-8:40 am and 3:30-4:00 pm.

Twin Falls Public Library Book Mobile

Bring proof of address to get a public library card or bring your library card to check out books.

Good Morning

This week we have a full five days to work and learn in the class. We have our awards parties for the kids who earned it for the Math-A-Thon.  We will be reading our last story in our unit on courage. Please note that the spelling and vocabulary pages have changed. Our next unit will be on our country and its people. We have our family fun night coming up so please be working with your child on their art project. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to get in touch with me.

Sorry for the long time between posts. It has been really busy at the school. Here is what is coming up this month:

1. we have a field tripThursday, April 11, 2013

2. fire prevention puppet show

3. IRI will be some time this month

I will be updating the spelling and vocabulary words this weekend so keep an eye out for those changes. If you have any questions please feel free to send me an email and I will get back in touch with you as soon as possible.

Sorry for the long time between the posts it has been a busy couple of weeks. Please remember that there is NO SCHOOL on Monday, February 18, 2013. We are working on our dinosaur reports so you can expect those home in the next couple of weeks. I would like your help reminding your students that it is still chilly outside and they still need to wear their coats.  If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch with me.

We are going to be starting our new unit on Fossils. This unit is very difficult so please remind your student to study every day. I am going to start sending home spelling words home the week before so that your student can have some extra time to study.

 

We are also going to be going on a field trip on January 29. This will cost $2.50. Please make sure to send the fee as soon as possible. If you have any questions please feel free to get a hold of me.

Spelling words and vocabulary will be up on Monday.

I have added two new tabs to the top of the blog. One is for spelling and the other vocabulary. These go along with the story that we are reading. This weeks spelling and vocabulary are already posted.

Looking ahead:

1/7/13 - 1/11/13 - How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots

1/14/13 - 1/18/13 - Animal Camouflage

January 18th is a half day. The kids will be released at 1:30, this is the end of the 2nd quarter.

The week of the 21 - 25 we are looking at having a field trip, more details to come.