I am sending home pictures today! Check your child’s backpack if you ordered pictures, so we can avoid squished pictures at the bottom of backpacks! Just a little clarification for Math Homework…They are only required to do Moby Max one night a week. On xtramath.org, they do this in place of their flash cards if they want to. It will only take 3-5 minutes each time they login. Hope this helps!

I hope all is going well with homework! If you have any questions, or need clarification, please don’t hesitate to ask!!

Parents,

On Friday, September 26, 2^nd grade will be going on a field trip to Black Island Farms in Syracuse. This field trip will align with September’s science unit, which is plants. The children will be participating in farm activities and will be going on a hayride. Please let us know if your child has allergies and if there are any precautions that we must take. We will need to leave school at 9:15 am sharp so please have your student to school on time that day. We will be eating at the farm and everyone will need a sack lunch. There will be no microwaves to use, so please bring something that does not need to be heated up. Because of the cost of the field trip, we are asking for a $5.00 donation for this activity. Please turn all donations in to the office. We will return to school at approximately 12:45. We will not have space on the bus so parents will need to car pool or drive on your own. We will have room for chaperones but parents will need to pay a $4 entrance fee to the school office by Thursday, the 26^th.  Otherwise you will need to wait in line at the farm to pay our fee. We are asking that no siblings are included on this field trip. The address is 3178 S 3000 W in Syracuse. This is a dress down day. Please have your child wear a Rams school spirit t-shirt, if he/she has one.

Please sign the attached signature space and return to your teacher no later than Friday, September 19^th.

Homework

We Love technology!! Submit your homework each night via Google Docs. Use the Online Homework E-Submission tab under the Homework tab to find your way there. 
If you submit homework this way, nothing physically needs to be turned in. 

Monday-Cut and Sort with an adult and explain this week’s rule.

Tuesday- Put words in ABC order. Have your buddy (parent/ older sibling) check the order. Then write/type them in ABC order.

Wednesday- Buddy sort, then write/type the words in the “writing sort” section.

Thursday- Choose 6 of this week’s word study words. Write/type each word in a complete sentence. Each sentence must have at least 5 words. Underline each word in the sentence

If you have trouble submitting homework online, you may print it each week and submit it that way.

Print on Mondays, complete assignments nightly, check off what you completed! At the end of the week, GLUE the sort on the back page. 
Optional Printed Homework is DUE on FRIDAY!

Word Sorts

Daily practice of lessons is critical to your child’s academic success. Children need to be completing their homework daily. All of the spelling (word sort) assignments are the same weekly, only the word lists change. The new words can be found here on the blog on Monday. Your child’s Word Sorts are specific to their learning needs.

Students will be tested on Word Sorts on Fridays!

 Refer to the list below to know what sort they need to study for the week. 

Print Student’s Sorts:

Group 1– Jeremiah, Somer, Maggie

Group 2- Eli, Kandice, Kohen, Garrett, Taigon, Ellie, Allee, Nathan, Samantha, Ty, Tiegan, Carrie

Group 3– Lizzie, Carter, EvaLyn, Aaron, Morgan, Kelton
Group 4– Brielle, Tyler, Evie
Group 5- Jaxon, Logan

Math- Moby Max Assignment
Login instructions:
Enter
school code: ut895
Login first last (first name, space, last name)
Password: rams

Click here:

Math Fluency – Practice flash cards every night!
Or use Xtra Math to practice:



Optional practice:Print off some addition drills and practice them nightly.
Addition Drills to 18– 100 problems per page. Includes horizontal and  vertical format

For math homework each week, students will be assigned a math assignment on Moby Max. They will Login, and their new assignment will be the top listed assignment. They need to complete this by Friday each week. They have already logged on and have  taken a placement test that will place them right where they need to be on the lessons. You can have them do this at home for extra practice anytime. 

To login
school code: ut895
login: first last (first name, space, last name)
password: rams

This year in 2nd grade we will work extra hard at math fluency (doing our flash cards fast!)
For part of our homework, I would like the students to be doing their flashcards a few minutes each night. They are making a set of flashcards at school that they get to take home next Tuesday, September 2. These will give them something to help them practice nightly. 

But…..of course I’m going to show you a way you can practice your flash cards online!
We have a web-based program called Xtra Math!

This gives them the opportunity to practice 5-10 minute each night, and track their progress. Using this program is optional, but a great resource. 

I will send home a parent letter on Wednesday, August 27, that will help you with the enrollment process. It will be on a colored sheet of paper, so watch for it! Here is the link to the program:

Raz Kids is a great way to get your reading minutes in every night! 

Here is the link: Raz Kids

The class login is acashin