The following is a home-school letter, which I will post, each week.  In this letter, you will see an update of what we will be covering that week, for reading/language arts.  Obviously, there will be some deviation in this, based on the needs of the students, however, this will provide you with general information about what we will be covering, each week.

This week, your second grader will bring home their first spelling homework this week.  We will take a pretest at the beginning of the week, and the children will bring home a cover sheet with their words highlighted at the bottom of the page.  This week, all students will have list A highlighted.  I haven’t had a chance to get to know this class well enough, as spellers, to send home modified lists.  If this feels like too much for your 2nd grader, please send me a note, and we will modify.  If it is feeling too easy, feel free to practice a few list B words.  In the upcoming weeks, I will be sending modified lists, please monitor their practice at home, and ALWAYS contact me if their lists seem too challenging or too easy.  As always, thanks for supporting your second graders’ learning, at home!

Reminder – I will ask for the following page to be signed and returned each week.  I do not need each of the activities to be handed in, but it is helpful to highlight or circle the activities they choose, each week.  Thanks!

There are lots of reminders for some important events:

Back to School Night!  

I look forward to seeing you all there!

9/24 – 2nd grade is from 6:40-7:10

 

Picture Day!

Picture day has been switched to 9/18!  This was a change from the initial date!

 

Popcorn!

Popcorn will start this Wednesday, September 19th!

If your 2nd grader wishes to purchase popcorn, please send them with $.50.  You can also purchase popcorn for the year, through the PTA.

 

Volunteers!

Reminder, if you wish to volunteer at the school, or attend field trips, you must be fingerprinted!  It takes some time for them to be processed, so if you are hoping to attend a field trip this year, please make sure that you are a designated volunteer.  Please see this week’s Bobcat News for more information!

 

Last week, we talked about strategies for slowing ourselves down, particularly when we are feeling a lot of energy.  One of the options we talked about was coloring.  The children did an amazing job with some intricate coloring pages.  I was so impressed with the time and effort the children put into these pages.  Check out some of their work!

What a great week, we had!  The children worked hard to learn routines, and to get back in the swing of school.  We completed our first math journal page, learned how we are going to practice spelling, and continued to work on learning routines and expectations.  Next week we will start to see what a “typical” day in our classroom looks like.  In the next couple of weeks, we will start to establish routines that will create a certain level of predictability for the children.  After a few weeks, they will know what to expect on a typical Monday, or Thursday.  Obviously, our tasks and activities will change, however, our schedule should remain the same.