HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I am so excited for your return tomorrow and I hope you had an enjoyable break. I know that the children are excited about the gifts they received, but I am requesting that all toys and gifts remain at home.

Please note that devices that can be used to make or receive calls are to be kept in backpacks and turned off during the day; this includes cell phones, watches, etc.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Tue: – Library Day–REMEMBER BOOKS!!..
• Fri: Spirit shirts and Early Release 1:20

• Upcoming Dates:
• Jan. 13th & 16th – NO SCHOOL – Teacher Work Day & Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Week of Jan. 17 – Mid Year Testing Starts
• Feb. 1st & 2nd – Parent Teacher Conferences – Early Out @ 1:20
• Feb. 3rd – No School – Teacher Work Day

Reading in Class:

• The essential question is: “How do you express yourself?”
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Ask and answer questions to identify the main idea.
• Spelling Pattern: Long u (u, u_e, _ue, _ew)

Math in Class: Please see the family letter below. We are learning strategies to subtract 3-digit numbers with regrouping.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**Please read with your child. Make it enjoyable and fun. You can even read to them and then ask them questions!! 20 minutes a day is a great goal.  Your child should be bringing home decodables each Friday in their green folders. These stories can be read and returned for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back. 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.