• This Week’s Happenings:
• . Monday – Math Test (1-step word problems)
• Friday – Reading Test (Describe the characters response to a problem)
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 18 – Cookie Dough Fundraiser kicks off
• Sept. 26 – Uniform Picture Day

Reading in Class: How do friends depend on each other?

STRATEGY: We are talking about visualizing the characters and how the characters respond to challenges.

PHONICS: short a and long a (a_e)

High Frequency Words: another, done, into, move, now, show, too, water, year, your

Math in Class: Our 1-step word problems math test is on Monday. Then we will be learning about bar graphs and picture graphs.

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’s Happenings:
• . Mon. – No School – Labor Day
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 18 – Cookie Dough Fundraiser kicks off

Reading in Class: How do friends depend on each other?

STRATEGY: We are talking about visualizing the characters and how the characters respond to challenges.

PHONICS: BLEND WORDS WITH TWO-LETTER BLENDS

High Frequency Words: BOY, BY, GIRL, HE, HERE, SHE, SMALL, WANT, WERE, WHAT

Math in Class: Using addition and subtraction within 20 to solve 1-step word problems.

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 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. 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.

DOLLAR DRESS DOWN/SHORT DAY:

Considering we do not have school on Friday, tomorrow will be our first Dollar Dress Down Day. If your student would like to participate, and has not prepaid, please send them with a dollar. Tomorrow is also a short day. School will release at 1:10 (elementary) and 1:20 (junior high).

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Reading and Math Testing (all week)
• . Fri: No School – Teacher Work Day
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Sept. 4 – Labor Day – No School

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY:

1. 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. Parents and students, please read through the Class Disclosure  together and sign the form Class Disclosure e-Signature .
3. Supplies: please consider paying a class supply donation of $35 here: Online Payments,  marking “Other” and typing “Snitker Supplies.” 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.
4.   Yearly Food Permission Slip
5. Star Student: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4BA4A82EA7FB6-star3

Reading in Class: How are families around the world the same and different?

STRATEGY: We are talking about visualizing and how to describe the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

PHONICS: Short a and short i words (can, cap, cat, nap, mad, nip, tin, pig, six, and pin)

High Frequency Words:

Math in Class: Using different strategies to mentally add numbers within 20.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : These will come home this Thursday, Aug. 24

**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 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. 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.

Back to School Night is Monday August 14th, from 6-8 pm. Presentations will be given every 30 minutes starting at 6:00 pm, with the final session beginning at 7:30 pm. Our classroom is room 118.

Parents, Please complete the following items:

1. 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. Parents and students, please read through the Class Disclosure  together and sign the form Class Disclosure e-Signature .
3. Supplies: please consider paying a class supply donation of $35 here: Online Payments,  marking “Other” and typing “Snitker Supplies.” 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.
4.   Yearly Food Permission Slip
5. Star Student: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0D4BA4A82EA7FB6-star3

The First Day of School is Wednesday, August 16th. The first three days (August 16-18) are early out days with dismissal at 1:10 pm. **Please send headphones the first day of school.

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.

Back to School Night will be held on Monday, August 14th, from 6-8 pm. Presentations will be given every 30 minutes starting at 6:00 pm, with the final session beginning at 7:30 pm. Our classroom is room 118.

The First Day of School is Wednesday, August 16th. The first three days (August 16-18) are early out days with dismissal at 1:10 pm.

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

1. Please subscribe to my 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. Parents and students, please read through the Class Disclosure  together and sign the form Class Disclosure e-Signature .
3. Parents, please consider paying a class supply donation of $35 here: Online Payments,  marking “Other” and typing “Snitker Supplies.” 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.
4. Fill out the   Yearly Food Permission Slip

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.

The $35 class supply donation will provide each student with the following supplies that will be used daily. 

• Fabric Pencil pouch
• 12 sharpened pencils *the Ticonderoga pencils are best
• 2 large pink erasers and pencil top erasers
• 6 black ink fine tip Expo markers
• 1 magic eraser
• 3 poly folders with pockets and prongs (different colors)
• 1-wide ruled notebook
• 1-writing journal
• 1-3 ring binder
• 4-6 glue sticks
• 1 pair scissors (kids safety scissors)
• 1 box of 24 Crayola crayons-washable
• 1 box Crayola colored pencils
• 3 red ball point pens
• 2 yellow highlighters
• For the classroom: tissues, zipLoc bags (sandwich, quart, and gallon size), hand sanitizer, clorox wipes, paper towels, and band-aids.

If you would rather purchase these items yourself, please send me an email prior to school beginning and I can give you specific colors for the folders and notebook.

Please note, these are the only supplies allowed. I do not allow other items to be in their desks, especially personal pencil sharpeners. Anything not on this list will be sent home.

Additional donations for field trips and class parties may be requested as their respective dates approach.

Notice: The items on this list will be used during the regular school day. They may be brought from home on a voluntary basis, otherwise, they will be furnished by the school.

Please email me with any questions or concerns you may have. We’re going to have an incredible year!

See you soon!

-Mrs. Snitker

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Mon & Tue: Math Diagnostic Test
• Tue: – Library Day – ALL library books DUE!
• Wed: Hogle Zoo Field Trip *Buses leave at 8:45
• Fri: Spirit shirts and *Early Release Day 1:20

• Upcoming Dates:
• May 24 – Field Day 9:00-11:15

Field Trip Wednesday -May 10

Please have your student wear their RED uniform shirts with their uniform pants/shorts. Students can also wear a hat while at the zoo. Please be on time. The buses will promptly pull out from the school at 8:45am sharp, no chaperones are allowed to ride on the bus.
Lunch: Please remember to send a completely disposable lunch if you are sending one from home.

Reading in Class:

• Readers Theater
• Spelling Pattern: 6 syllable types

Math in Class: -We will be taking our math diagnostic for the end of the year.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

Your child will still 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.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Mon: Reading challenge papers due and Acadience Math Test
• Tue: – Library Day– Remember Books!!
• Thur: Acadience Reading Test
• Fri: Spirit shirts and *Early Release Day 1:20

• Upcoming Dates:
• May 10 – Zoo field trip

Reading in Class:

• Readers Theater
• Spelling Pattern: long vowels

Math in Class: -We will be learning about shapes. Please see the family letter below.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

Your child will still 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.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Mon: Reading challenge begins (see papers coming home)
• Tue: – Library Day– Remember Books!!
• Fri: Spirit shirts and *Early Release Day 1:20

• Upcoming Dates:
• May 1 – End of year testing begins
• May 10 – Zoo field trip (more info. to come)

Reading in Class:

• The essential question is: Why is teamwork important?
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: summarize the main idea and key details of a text
• Spelling Pattern: c+ le syllables

Math in Class: -We will be learning about line plots. Students should be able to read them and create them on their final test this Friday (4/21).

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) 

**We will be making a big push for these next 2 weeks. Please watch for some special passages to come home each Monday. As part of their 20 minutes of reading each night, Students should read these passages and answer a section on the back. 

Your child will still 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.

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Tue: – Library Day– Remember Books!!
• Fri: Spirit shirts and *Early Release Day 1:20

• Upcoming Dates:

Reading in Class:

• The essential question is: How do we use energy?
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Reread to identify the author’s purpose
• Spelling Pattern: CVCe syllables (a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e)

Math in Class: -We will be reviewing this week to make sure we still have mastery on the standards we have learned this year so far.

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.