• This Week’s Happenings: Positive Me Week
• Tue: Library Day – PLEASE, PLEASE Remember Library Books!!
• Fri: Spirit Shirt Day – Early Release 1:00
• Important Dates coming up
• -Spring Break April 4-8

Reading in Class

Math in Class:

We are in our measurement unit. Please see the family letter below. Have your child experiment around the house measuring different objects with different types of tools (rulers with inches and centimeters, yardsticks, and measuring tapes). Ask them questions like: How do you know what tool to use to measure an object? or What are some objects around the house that we can measure? The more they experiment out side of school, the more concrete this will become for them.

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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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: Positive Me Week
• Mon: Be Drug Free – Wear red uniform polo.
• Tue: Library Day – PLEASE, PLEASE Remember Library Books!!
  • Team Up Against Drugs – Wear your favorite jersey or team shirt. Uniform bottoms still required.
• Wed: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! – Wear Dr. Seuss themed attire or hat. 
• Thur: Be “Lei”zy and “Lei” off drugs – Comfy Clothes Day
• Fri: Use Your Head, Don’t Do Drugs – Crazy Hair Day –Uniform still required.

Reading in Class

Math in Class:

We are in our measurement unit. Please see the family letter below. Have your child experiment around the house measuring different objects with different types of tools (rulers with inches and centimeters, yardsticks, and measuring tapes). Ask them questions like: How do you know what tool to use to measure an object? or What are some objects around the house that we can measure? The more they experiment out side of school, the more concrete this will become for them.

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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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: Valentine Exchange, 27 students (see info below)
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!.
• Other Important Dates
• Monday, Feb. 21 – President’s Day – No School

Valentines Exchange: We will be exchanging valentines on Monday after 2nd recess . We have 27 students. NEW THIS YEAR!!!! BREAKING NEWS!!!!
We can have STORE bought treats this year in addition to any other prizes you want to attach to cards. Please note that such items, including Valentine cards, are in no way required. **To save on time, please have your child write their name near the “from”, and leave the “to” blank. This will make it so much easier to pass the cards out.**

Valentine boxes: Students are welcome to make a valentine box at home (no bigger than a shoe/tissue box size). I will provide bags to students who would rather not make a box at home.

Reading in Class

Math in Class:

We will be testing on Tuesday this week to see if students have mastered 1-step complex word problems. We will start learning about measurement on Wednesday.

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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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 Library Books!!.
• Other Important Dates
• Monday, Feb. 14 – Valentine Exchange, 27 students (see info below)
• Monday, Feb. 21 – President’s Day – No School

Valentines Exchange: Students are welcome to exchange valentines on Monday, Feb. 14 . We have 27 students. NEW THIS YEAR!!!! BREAKING NEWS!!!!
We can have STORE bought treats this year in addition to any other prizes you want to attach to cards. Please note that such items, including Valentine cards, are in no way required. **To save on time, please have your child write their name near the “from”, and leave the “to” blank. This will make it so much easier to pass the cards out.**

Valentine boxes: Students are welcome to make a valentine box at home (no bigger than a shoe/tissue box size). Please do not bring it until Feb. 14. I will provide bags to students who would rather not make a box at home.

Reading in Class

Math in Class:

We are using the strategies that we have learned to solve one-step and two-step word problems with 2-digit numbers.

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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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.

Because of Parent Teacher Conferences and a teacher work day on Friday, we will be reviewing this week and working on mastery. Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, with no school for the students on Friday. If you haven’t signed up for conferences, please see the signups on bloomz https://www.bloomz.com/. We have so much to talk about with your child. Also, please bring your child with you. Your child created a presentation during Computer Science that they would like to share with you during this time. If you need help signing up, please reach out to me by email ssnitker@questac.org and I would be happy to help.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tuesday: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Wednesday & Thursday: Early out at 1:00 – Parent Teacher conferences
• Friday – No School (Teacher Professional Development)
• Other Important Date
• Monday, Feb. 14 – Valentine Exchange, 27 students (see info below)
• Monday, Feb. 21 – Presidents Day – No School

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 2 decodable story pages each week. These stories can be read and returned for class money with a parent signature. 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 students comprehension; this is key to meeting the end of the year benchmark goals for 2nd grade.

Valentines Exchange: Students are welcome to exchange valentines on Monday, Feb. 14 . We have 27 students. Please remember Quest’s wellness policy, all food in the classroom must be pre-approved. Due to this policy—as in years past—student Valentines cannot contain edible items. Suggestions for nonfood Valentines include pencils, erasers, bubbles, stickers, etc. Please note that such items, including Valentine cards, are in no way required. **To save on time, please have your child write their name near the “from”, and leave the “to” blank. This will make it so much easier to pass the cards out.**

Valentine boxes: Students are welcome to make a valentine box at home (no bigger than a shoe/tissue box size). Please do not bring it until Feb. 14. I will provide bags to students who would rather not make a box at home.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Fri: $1 Dress down. Early Release @1:00.
• Other Important Dates
• Feb. 2 & 3 – Early out (Parent Teacher Conferences, please sign up on bloomz)
• Feb. 4 – No School (Teacher Professional Development)
• Monday, Feb. 14 – Valentine Exchange, 27 students (more info to come)

Please sign up for parent teacher conferences on bloomz. I would love to meet with every students’ parents to go over their progress and their goals. Here is the link to bloomz.https://www.bloomz.com/. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Reading in Class

Math in Class:

We are using the strategies that we have learned to solve one-step word problems with 2-digit numbers.

Reading Homework (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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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. *Don’t forget to fill out the January reading log as you go.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Jan. 17 – No School (Martin Luther King Jr.)
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Fri: Spirit Shirts. Early Release @1:00.
• Other Important Dates
• Feb. 2 & 3 – Early out (Parent Teacher Conferences, more info. to come)
• Feb. 4 – No School (Teacher Professional Development)

Sign ups for parent teacher conferences are posted on bloomz. I would love to meet with every students’ parents to go over their progress and their goals. Here is the link to bloomz. https://www.bloomz.com/. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Reading in Class

Math in Class:

We are using the strategies that we have learned thus far and using them to add and subtract 3-digit numbers.

Reading Homework (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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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. *Don’t forget to fill out the January reading log as you go.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Fri: Spirit Shirts. Early Release @1:00.
• Other Important Dates
• Jan. 17 – No School (Martin Luther King Jr.)
• Feb. 2 & 3 – Early out (Parent Teacher Conferences, more info. to come)
• Feb. 4 – No School (Teacher Professional Development)

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How do you express yourself?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Ask & answer questions to identify the main idea and key details of a story. *We will test this standard this week!
• Phonics Skill – Words with Long u: u_e, ew, ue, u For example: cute, cube, fumes, music, unit, menu, few, pew, fuel, cues
• High Frequency words: began, come, give
• Our Vocabulary words are: cheered, concert, instrument, movements, music, rhythm, sounds, understand

Math in Class

We are learning how to subtract 3-digit numbers using different strategies. We will test this standard on Tuesday. We will have a week of spiral review before moving on to 1-step word problems.

After School Math Tutoring – After school tutoring is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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. *Don’t forget to fill out the January reading log as you go.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope everyone has had a wonderful and relaxing Winter Break. I’m excited to see your kiddos, and I am excited to get back into the swing of things. Now that we have all of the mid-year testing done, we are going to hit the floor running and master as much as we possibly can before the end of the year. Take a look at what we will be learning this week.

• This Week’s Happenings: 
• Tue: Library Day – Remember Library Books!!
• Fri: Spirit Shirts. Early Release @1:00.
• Other Important Dates
• Jan. 17 – No School (Martin Luther King Jr.)
• Feb. 2 & 3 – Early out (Parent Teacher Conferences, more info. to come)
• Feb. 4 – No School (Teacher Professional Development)

Reading in Class

• The essential question is: “How does weather affect us?“
• Comprehension Strategy and Skill: Ask & answer questions to identify the main idea and key details of a story.
• Phonics Skill – Words with long  e: e, ea, ie, y, ey, e_e. For example: we, bee, need, queen, mean, leaf, thief, chief, pony, keys
• High Frequency words: after, every, special
• Our Vocabulary words are: damage, dangerous, destroy, event, harsh, prevent, warning, weather

Math in Class

We are learning how to subtract 3-digit numbers using different strategies.

After School Math Tutoring – After school tutoring is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 3:30. This is by invitation only and I will contact you letting you know that I would like your child to attend.

Reading Homework (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 2 decodables each Friday in their yellow 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. *Don’t forget to fill out the December reading log as you go.