UPCOMING EVENTS

• August 18th:   Back to School Night  6:00pm-8:00pm. Presentation will begin every 30 minutes starting at 6:00. Last session is at 7:30.
• August 20th-22nd:   First week of school! Short days all week– dismissal 1:10 😉
• Monday, Sept. 1: Labor Day – No School
• Wed., Sept. 03: Picture Day
• Fri., Sept. 05: Teacher Work Day – No School

BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT – MONDAY, AUG. 18, 6-8PM

I can’t wait to meet each of you this Monday! During Back to School Night you will have the opportunity to come to our classroom (Room 114) and learn more about our class and the upcoming school year. Presentations will begin every 30 minutes. (6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30pm)

THINGS YOU CAN DO NOW

1. Subscribe to our blog: Blog Subscription
2.  Parents and students, please read through our class disclosure together and sign the form: Class Disclosure  – Class Disclosure e-Signature 
3. Please fill this out so your child can participate in fun, food learning activities throughout the year:  Yearly Food Permission Slip
4. I have purchased all the supplies for your student (minus headphones, backpack, and water bottle). Please consider paying a donation of $30 here: Class Supply Donation,  mark “Donations-Class Supplies”, then select my name from the drop down menu. You can also pay in the Q1 Office. Please do so on or before Back to School Night.

Additionally, students will need to bring the following items on the first day of school:

• Headphones or earbuds–labeled with the student’s name. Parents will be responsible to replace broken or damaged headphones/earbuds throughout the year. We use headphones multiple times throughout the day in the classroom. Please try to find the highest-quality headphones possible. 
• A backpack (standard-sized). Please do not purchase the smaller-sized backpacks, as your student will be frustrated at not being able to fit books and papers neatly inside.
• Water bottle–Student may bring a small, closable water bottle with their name on it. Water Only! Water bottles help so much, because the student doesn’t have to leave the classroom just to get a drink.

School Breakfast/Lunch Costs

Aspire accounts are active now. Use your family’s account to apply for our free and reduced lunch programs. If you have questions regarding this, please contact the office. The follow chart is the breakdown of lunch/breakfast costs.

Hello soon to be 2nd graders! I hope you all are having an awesome summer! I am excited to meet you in August! Here is some information that might be helpful until then. **Also, please encourage your student to participate in the Summer Learning Quest. It really makes a difference. **

Back to School Night will be held on Monday, August 18th. 

The First Day of School is Wednesday, August 20th. The first three days (August 20-22) are early out days with dismissal at 1:10 pm.

Here are a few things you can do now to prepare:

1. Blog : Please subscribe to our class blog by clicking on the icon to the right and inputting your email address. (If you’re on a phone, it will be at the very bottom.)
2.  Class Disclosure : Parents and students, please read through this together and sign the form Class Disclosure e-Signature 
3.  Yearly Food Permission Slip : Please fill this out so your child can participate in fun, food learning activities throughout the year.
4. Class supplies: Please consider paying a donation of $30 here: Online Payments,  mark “Donations-Class Supplies”, then select my name from the drop down menu. You can also pay in the Q1 Office. Please do so on or before Back to School Night and I will take care of all the shopping, labeling, and organizing of class supplies.

Additionally, students will need to bring the following items on the first day of school:

• Headphones or earbuds–labeled with the student’s name. Parents will be responsible to replace broken or damaged headphones/earbuds throughout the year. We use headphones multiple times throughout the day in the classroom. Please try to find the highest-quality headphones possible. 
• A backpack (standard-sized). Please do not purchase the smaller-sized backpacks, as your student will be frustrated at not being able to fit books and papers neatly inside.
• Water bottle–Student may bring a small, closable water bottle with their name on it. Water Only! Water bottles help so much, because the student doesn’t have to leave the classroom just to get a drink.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Tues: Aquarium In-house field trip 12-1:00
• Thurs: Last Library Day – All books or payment for lost ones due!
• Fri.: Last class store, Spirit Shirts – Early Release 1:10.
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Fri. 5/23: Yearbook Day
• Week of 5/27-30 – Early Release every day 1:10
• Wed. 5/28: Field Day – Permission for activities & inflatables
• Fri. 5/30: Last day of school

Star Student: May 12, Lincoln

Reading in Class: We are learning how to reread and find the theme of a story. In phonics we are learning about vowel team syllables ( ai, ay, oo, oy, ea, etc). See the paper below.

Math in Class: We will be reviewing second grade math standards.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!):Stories go home each Friday. Encourage your child to read them to you (3 times), sign it, and send it back with them. They get class money for this! Last class store is this Friday.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Mon: Acadience Math Test – 10:00
• Thurs: Library Day – Remember your Books!
• Fri.: Spirit Shirts – Early Release 1:10.
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Tue., 5/13 – Aquarium is visiting us
• Fri., 5/16: Last class store
• Wed. 5/28: Field Day – Permission for activities & inflatables

**Testing: Please insure your child is getting enough sleep each night and eating breakfast before they come to school.**

Star Students: May 5: Aria ~ May 12: Lincoln

Reading in Class: We are learning how to reread and find the theme of a story. In phonics we are learning about the stable syllable ( consonant +le). See the paper below.

Math in Class: We will be learning how to organize data on a line plot. We will be taking the test on Tuesday. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!):Stories go home each Friday. Encourage your child to read them to you (3 times), sign it, and send it back with them. They get class money for this!

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Tue: Acadience Reading Test
• Thurs: Library Day – Remember your Books!
• Fri.: Spirit Shirts – Early Release 1:10.
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Mon. 5/05 – Acadience Math Test

TESTING STARTS THIS WEEK. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD IS GETTING PLENTY OF SLEEP AND EATING BREAKFAST DAILY.

**End of Year testing starts the week of April 28. Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Make sure they are reading out loud!! Your child should be bringing home decodable stories each Friday in their black folders. These stories are great to read again and again. The words will become automatic, so when your child sees them in another text, they won’t have to stop and sound them out. It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

Star Students: Apr. 28: October ~May 5: Aria ~ May 12: Lincoln

Reading in Class: We are learning how to find key details and summarize a text. In phonics we are learning about the silent (magic) e syllables. See the paper below.

Math in Class: We will be learning how to organize data on a line plot. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!):Stories go home each Friday. Encourage your child to read them to you (3 times), sign it, and send it back with them. They get class money for this!

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Thurs: Library Day – Remember your Books!
• Fri.: $1 dress down – Early Release 1:10.
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Week of April 28 – Testing starts

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!):Stories go home each Friday. Encourage your child to read them to you (3 times), sign it, and send it back with them. They get class money for this!

**End of Year testing starts the week of April 28 (3 weeks away!). Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Make sure they are reading out loud!! Your child should be bringing home decodable stories each Friday in their black folders. These stories are great to read again and again. The words will become automatic, so when your child sees them in another text, they won’t have to stop and sound them out. It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

Star Students: Apr. 21: Taylee ~ Apr. 28: October

Reading in Class: We are learning how to find key details and summarize a text. In phonics we are learning about open and closed syllables. See the paper below.

Math in Class: We will be learning how to add with arrays. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child.

Watch this short video with instructions for Kids Read Now, a program from the State of Utah that provides each K-3 child with 4 Free Books: Kids Read Now . The selection gets smaller the longer you wait to pick your books.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Thurs: Library Day – Remember your Books!
• Fri.: Spirit Shirts – Early Release 1:10.
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Tuesday, April 15: Field trip to the Hogle Zoo

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!):Stories go home each Friday. Encourage your child to read them to you (3 times), sign it, and send it back with them. They get class money for this!

**End of Year testing starts the week of April 28 (3 weeks away!). Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Make sure they are reading out loud!! Your child should be bringing home decodable stories each Friday in their black folders. These stories are great to read again and again. The words will become automatic, so when your child sees them in another text, they won’t have to stop and sound them out. It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

Star Students: Apr. 7: Liam ~ Apr. 21: Taylee ~ Apr. 28: October

Reading in Class: We are reading expository text and learning how to tell what the author’s purpose is for writing the text. In phonics we are learning the 3 short vowel digraphs (ea, ou, y). See the paper below.

Math in Class: We will be learning how to recognize and draw shapes based on the characteristics. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Thurs: Library Day – Remember your Books!
• Fri.: Spring pictures (only students who have prepaid by 3/27 FORM )
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• March 31 – April 4: Spring Break
• April 15: Field trip to the Hogle Zoo

Spring Pictures: Lifetouch will be photographing only those students who have prepaid for photos, so we would like parents to fill out this form beforehand.  FORM 

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!):Stories go home each Friday. Encourage your child to read them to you (3 times), sign it, and send it back with them. They get class money for this!

**End of Year testing is the 1st and 2nd week of May (a little over a month away). Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Make sure they are reading out loud!! Your child should be bringing home decodable stories each Friday in their black folders. These stories are great to read again and again. The words will become automatic, so when your child sees them in another text, they won’t have to stop and sound them out. It is so important to read every day and ask fact finding questions from the story to develop your student’s comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

Star Students: ~ Mar. 24: William ~ Apr. 7: Liam ~

Reading in Class: We are reading realistic fiction and learning how to identify characters in a story. In phonics we are learning the /aw/ sound and how it’s spelled in different ways (a, au, al, aw, augh, ough). See the paper below.

Math in Class: We will be learning how to use a number line to add and subtract lengths of objects. This can be very hard for 2nd graders to understand. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child.