• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!
• Fri.: Aquarium In-house field trip – Early Release 1:10
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Valentine exchange Feb. 14 (26 students)
• Feb. 19 – No School (President’s Day)

VALENTINE EXCHANGE: We will have a Valentine exchange for the students. If you child chooses to participate, please make sure they bring enough Valentines for every student. Please do not have your child write who the cards are to, just who they are from. We have 26 students in our class. Students can decorate a Valentine box, or something similar, to bring in on that day. The opening on the box should be about a 3×5 or 4×6 size. Please do not bring it any sooner than the 14th. I will have a bag to give to students who do not bring a box from home. Students are able to hand out small, prepackaged treats. These treats will be sent home with students and are not to be eaten in class. Students will have to have a permission form filled out by parents to receive treats from their classmates. **Please keep in mind while buying treats, we have a student with peanut allergies. PERMISSION FOR TREATS

Reading in Class: We are working on finding the author’s purpose of a story. PHONICS: We are learning words that have an r-controlled vowel [eer, ere, ear]

Math in Class: We are learning about money and how to add the different coins. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child at home.

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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Weds & Thursday: Early Release 1:10, PTC 2:00 – 7:30
• Fri. : No School – Teacher PD
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Valentine exchange Feb. 14 (26 students)

VALENTINE EXCHANGE: We will have a Valentine exchange for the students. If you child chooses to participate, please make sure they bring enough Valentines for every student. Please do not have your child write who the cards are to, just who they are from. We have 26 students in our class. Students can decorate a Valentine box, or something similar, to bring in on that day. The opening on the box should be about a 3×5 or 4×6 size. Please do not bring it any sooner than the 14th. I will have a bag to give to students who do not bring a box from home. Students are able to hand out small, prepackaged treats. These treats will be sent home with students and are not to be eaten in class. Students will have to have a permission form filled out by parents to receive treats from their classmates. **Please keep in mind while buying treats, we have a student with peanut allergies. PERMISSION FOR TREATS

Reading in Class: We are working on finding the author’s purpose of a story. PHONICS: We are learning words that have an r-controlled vowel [ore, oar, or, & ar]

Math in Class: We are learning strategies to add several 2-digit numbers. We will probably test on Wednesday. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child at home.

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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Fri. : $1 Dress Down- Early Release 1:10
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• PTC’s Jan. 31 & Feb. 1
• Valentine exchange Feb. 14 (26 students)

Reading in Class: We are working on finding the main idea and key details in a story. PHONICS: We are learning words that have an r-controlled vowel [er, ur, ir, or]

Math in Class: We are still learning strategies to add & subtract 3-digit numbers with regrouping. We will probably test on Wednesday. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child at home.

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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

Parents, Middle of year testing continues this week. Please make sure your student is getting plenty of rest and a good breakfast. Some students get test anxiety. To help them, practice timing them for 1-minute while they read out loud to you. Then have them tell you about what they read after the timer goes off.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!! Math Diagnostic (2-3 day test)
• Wednesday: Acadience Reading Test
• Fri. : Spirit Shirts – Early Release 1:10
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• PTC’s Jan. 31 & Feb. 1

Reading in Class: We are working on finding the main idea and key details in a story. PHONICS: We are learning words that have a silent letter in them [ mb, sc, gn, wr, kn]

Math in Class: We are still learning strategies to subtract 3-digit numbers with regrouping. We will probably test on Wednesday. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child at home.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : We are testing Jan. 16.

**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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

Parents, we will be completing our Mid-year testing from Jan. 12 – Jan. 18. If your student will be gone these dates, please let me know so we can test them before they go. Please make sure they are getting plenty of rest and a good breakfast. Some students get test anxiety. To help them, practice timing them for 1-minute while they read out loud to you. Then have them tell you about what they read after the timer goes off.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Fri. : *Math Acadience Testing – Spirit Shirts – Early Release 1:10
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Jan. 15 – No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Middle of Year Testing – Jan. 16 *Please have your children reading out loud every night.
• PTC’s Jan. 31 & Feb. 1 = Signups will be posted by Tuesday Evening (1/09)

Reading in Class: We are working on finding the main idea and key details in a story. PHONICS: We are learning the different ways to spell the long u sound in words. [ u, u_e, ew, ue]

Math in Class: We will be taking our mastery check for adding 3-digit numbers with regrouping on Monday. Then we will be learning strategies to subtract 3-digit numbers with regrouping. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child at home.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : We are testing Jan. 16.

**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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Fri. : Spirit Shirts – Early Release 1:10
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Jan. 15 – No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Middle of Year Testing – Jan. 16 *Please have your children reading out loud every night.

Yearbook Contest: The time has come for us to select a yearbook cover for our 2023-24 elementary yearbook. We will be holding a Yearbook Cover Contest to select two students whose artwork will be featured on the front and back cover of the yearbook. This year, students can choose to do artwork that is created digitally or hand-drawn. Each entry must be brought in on a white 8 ½ X 11” paper, and include the school name along with the student’s first and last name in one corner. We will be looking for entries that represent this years theme which is “BE GREAT!”  Entries are due by Friday, January 5, at 8:30 am.

List of digital art programs suitable for children: Adobe Fresco, Gimp, Krita, Artweaver Free, ArtRange, Sketchpad, Astropad Studio, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Vectr, FireAlpaca, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, Procreate, Tux Paint, Drawing for Children.

Reading in Class: We are working on summarizing a story. Ask your child what they are reading and see if they can retell the story to you. PHONICS: We are learning the different ways to spell the long e sound in words. [ e, ee, ea, ie, ey, y]

Math in Class: This week we will be learning different strategies to add 3-digit numbers with regrouping. We will probably test next Monday or Tuesday. Please see the family letter below and consider doing the activity with your child at home.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : We are testing Jan. 16.

**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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Fri. : Free Dress Down – Christmas Around the World 9:45 – 11:00 – Early Release
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Winter Break: Dec. 18 – Jan. 01
• Middle of Year Testing – Jan. 16 *Please have your children read over Winter Break!!!

**2024-25 REGISTRATION** If you would like your student to attend Quest Academy in the 24-25 school year, registration is due by Friday, December 15 in order to guarantee placement. Please refer to the previous email for the step by step instructions. Registration takes only a few minutes, so please plan to complete it as soon as possible. 

LOST AND FOUND: Our lost coats and water bottles are accumulating rapidly. Please check our lost and found box (elementary) and cabinet (junior high), as well as the lost water bottles kept in the Q1 lunchroom. All items remaining after the 15th will be disposed of or donated. 

Yearbook Contest: The time has come for us to select a yearbook cover for our 2023-24 elementary yearbook. We will be holding a Yearbook Cover Contest to select two students whose artwork will be featured on the front and back cover of the yearbook. This year, students can choose to do artwork that is created digitally or hand-drawn. Each entry must be brought in on a white 8 ½ X 11” paper, and include the school name along with the student’s first and last name in one corner. We will be looking for entries that represent this years theme which is “BE GREAT!”  Entries are due by Friday, January 5, at 8:30 am.

List of digital art programs suitable for children: Adobe Fresco, Gimp, Krita, Artweaver Free, ArtRange, Sketchpad, Astropad Studio, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Vectr, FireAlpaca, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint, Procreate, Tux Paint, Drawing for Children.

Reading in Class:

Math in Class: This will be a review week. We will be practicing word problems within 100. We will also be practicing strategies to add and subtract 2-digit numbers.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : We are testing Jan. 16.

**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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Fri. : Spirit shirts. Early Release
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Winter Break: Dec. 18 – Jan. 01

Reading in Class:

Math in Class: See the family letter below. Please help your child at home with this. It is definitely something you can practice anywhere. Just have them verbally count and answer questions.

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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange folders. Your child can read these stories and return them for class money. If they read them 3 times out loud with you, please sign it and have them bring it back.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Fri. : Spirit shirts. Early Release
• Saturday: Reindeer Run
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES

Reading in Class:

Math in Class: We will be learning about place value with 3-digit numbers. See the family letter below.

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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange 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.

• This Week
• Tuesday: Library Day – Books are Due!!
• Fri. : Spirit shirts. Early Release
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Nov. 10, 13, & 14 – I will be out of town. Mrs. Kearns will be substituting
• Nov. 16: Last day to preregister for the Reindeer Run at a discounted price.
• Nov. 20-24: Thanksgiving break – No School

Reading in Class: Phonics – 3 letter blends.

Math in Class: We will be learning about place value with 3-digit numbers. See the family letter below.

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.  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.

DECODABLE STORIES: Your child should be bringing home stories each Friday in their orange 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.