• This Week’s Happenings:
• Thurs: Library Day – Remember your book!
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Weds., November 13: Bring supplies for dioramas (see info. below)

Dioramas: Each student will create an animal diorama using a shoebox or a box no larger than a small laptop. Your child has already selected their animal and started to do some research. Please help them gather supplies to bring to school on Wednesday, November 13. We will work on the dioramas on Thursday & Friday of that week. The students will then display them on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 2:20-3:00. Parents are welcome to attend this event.  Volunteers: I would love to have some help as we create the dioramas. Please email me if you could assist any of these days and times: Thursday, Nov. 14 from 2:30 – 3:00 or Friday, Nov. 15 from 12:30 – 1:00.Thank you for your cooperation in making this a fun and educational experience for our students!

• Supplies:
• Shoe box or other small box
• Plastic animals, trees, etc.
• Rocks, sticks, misc. decorations for the habitat

Star Students for the Month of November:

Nov. 11: Lennon ** Nov. 18: Adeline

Reading in Class: We are learning how to retell in sequential order. In phonics, we are working with words that have digraphs (2 consonants that make 1 sound), ie. th, sh, ch, tch, ph, ng

Math in Class: Word Problems! These can be really hard for 2nd graders to understand. PLEASE read the family letter below, and consider doing the activity with your child at home.

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!

**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 black 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.

Upcoming Animal Diorama Project

Dear Families,

We have an exciting project coming up in science! Each student will create an animal diorama using a shoebox or a box no larger than a small laptop. Your child has already selected their animal and started to do some research. Please help them gather supplies to bring to school on Wednesday, November 13. We will work on the dioramas on Thursday & Friday of that week. Please The students will then display them on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 2:20-3:00. Parents are welcome to attend this event. 

Volunteers: I would love to have some help as we create the dioramas. Please email me if you could assist any of these days and times: Thursday, Nov. 14 from 2:30 – 3:00 or Friday, Nov. 15 from 12:30 – 1:00.

Thank you for your cooperation in making this a fun and educational experience for our students!

Supplies: (Bring Weds., Nov. 13)

• Shoe box or smaller box
• Plastic animals, trees, etc.
• Rocks, sticks, misc. decorations for the habitat

(Any supplies provided will be hot glued in, please don’t send valuable items)

Here are some examples of what the finished product will look like. 

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Red Ribbon Week: Mon. – hats, Tues. – Socks, Wed. – Pajamas
• Thurs: Halloween Parade 9:00. Party from 12-1 (I could use 1 more helper – email me)
• Friday: No School – Teacher work Day
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES

Star Students for the Month of November:

Nov. 11: Lennon ** Nov. 18: Adeline

Reading in Class: We are learning how to retell in sequential order. In phonics, we are working with words that have the soft c and soft g sound and spelling.

Math in Class: We will be using strategies to add and subtract 2-digit numbers with regrouping. See the family letter below, and consider doing the activity at home with your student. **Also see the blog post from 2 weeks ago that has videos to help your child. We will be testing on Weds., Oct. 30.

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!

**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 black 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:
• Weds: Test in ELA – Main idea and key details
• Thurs: Library Day – Don’t forget your books!
• Saturday: Trick or Treat Trot 10AM, Graveyard Gallop 10:30AM
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Oct. 28- Oct. 31: Red Ribbon Week
• Oct. 31: Halloween Parade 9:00, party from 12-1 ( volunteer signup link )
• Nov. 1: No School – Teacher work Day

Star Students for the Month of October & November:

Oct. 21: Hanne ** Nov. 11: Lennon ** Nov. 18: Adeline

Reading in Class: We are finishing up main idea & key details. We will have a test on Wednesday. In phonics, we are working with words that have the long and short u sounds.

Math in Class: We will be using strategies to add and subtract 2-digit numbers with regrouping. See the family letter below, and consider doing the activity at home with your student.

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!

**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 black 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.

Parents,

I am sending home a subtraction and addition paper that your student can use to practice math with. Here are some links to videos of the different strategies that we teach. This is completely optional, but some students could use the extra practice and/or review. I hope you have a wonderful fall break!

Number line – Addition

Expanded form – addition:

Base- Ten (addition)

Subtraction: Base-Ten blocks

Subtraction: Expanded form

Subtraction: number line

• This Week’s Happenings:
• Monday & Tuesday: Early out. Parent Teacher Conferences. (Sign up here)
• Fall Break Oct. 16-18
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Oct. 26: Trick or Treat Trot 10AM, Graveyard Gallop 10:30AM
• Oct. 28- Oct. 31: Red Ribbon Week
• Oct. 31: Halloween Parade 9:00, party from 12-1 ( volunteer signup link )
• Nov. 1: No School – Teacher work Day

Star Students for the Month of October & November:

Oct. 21: Hanne ** Nov. 11: Lennon ** Nov. 18: Adeline

Reading in Class: We will still be reading expository text and discussing main idea and key details. In phonics, we are working with words that have the long and short u sounds.

Math in Class: We will be subtracting 2-digit numbers with regrouping. See the family letter below, and consider doing the activity at home with your student. Our test will be this Tuesday, Oct. 15.

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!

**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 black 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:
• Thurs: Library books are DUE!
• Fri: Spirit Shirts. Early Dismissal 1:10
• Sat: Last day to pre-register for Trick or Treat Trot & Gallop
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Parent Teacher Conferences Oct. 14 & 15 (Sign up here)
• Fall Break Oct. 16-18
• Oct. 26: Trick or Treat Trot 10AM, Graveyard Gallop 10:30AM – Pre-register by Oct. 12 at questac.org

Star Students for the Month of October:

Oct. 07: Ivie ** Oct. 21: Hanne

Reading in Class: We will still be reading expository text and discussing main idea and key details. In phonics, we are working with words that have the long and short o sounds.

Math in Class: We will be subtracting 2-digit numbers with regrouping. See the family letter below, and consider doing the activity at home with your student.

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!

**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 black 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:
• Tues: Picture Retakes
• Thurs: Library books are DUE!
• Fri: Spirit Shirts. Early Dismissal 1:10
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Parent Teacher Conferences Oct. 14 & 15 (Sign up here)
• Fall Break Oct. 16-18
• Oct. 26: Trick or Treat Trot 10AM, Graveyard Gallop 10:30AM – Pre-register by Oct. 12 at questac.org

Star Students for the Month of September & October:

Ivie: Oct. 07 ** Hanne: Oct. 21

Reading in Class: We will still be reading expository text and we will test on Friday for main idea and key details. We are also reviewing all short vowel sounds in words.

Math in Class: We will be testing on Monday to check our understanding of 2-step word problems. Then we will be working on adding 2-digit numbers with regrouping. See the family letter below.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : Stories went home this past 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!

**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 black 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:
• Wed.: Cookie Dough Fundraiser ends (all cash & check orders due)
• Thurs: First library checkout
• Fri: Mr. Jeffs will be subbing. $1 dress down. Early Dismissal 1:10
• UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
• Parent Teacher Conferences Oct. 14 & 15 (sign-ups will be posted this Weds.)
• Fall Break Oct. 16-18

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Star Students for the Month of September & October:

** Molli: Sept. 23 ** Ivie: Oct. 07 ** Hanne: Oct. 21

Reading in Class: We will be reading expository text and trying to find the main idea of a story.

Math in Class: See the family letter below. Word problems can be very hard for 2nd graders. The more practice they get, the more it will make sense to them. Please consider doing the activity with them at home.

Reading Passages (optional, but highly encouraged!!) : Stories went home this past 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!

**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 black 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.