Merry Christmas
from
Mrs. Porters
Second Grade Class
Calendar of Events
Saturday, Dec. 15th-Breakfast
with Santa-9:00-12:00
Thursday, Dec. 20th-Polar
Express Day
Friday, Dec. 21st-Mass 8:30AM; Noon
dismissal
We are looking forward to a fun week
before our Christmas break! It’s hard to
believe that we have been in school for half the year already!
Next week we will be doing many fun
activities before we go on break. The
second and third grades will be combining classes and rotating through 6
stations during the reading block Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We are hoping to use this as a starting point
for grouping kids according to individual reading abilities during the third
quarter. The students will be engaging
in some fun Christmas stations during
this week that include Readers’ Theatre, Literature activities, IPAD and
Smartboard fun, and more. It should be
fun and something different for the kids.
On Thursday, the primary grades will be
celebrating Polar Express Day. All
students may come to school dressed in pajamas that day and we will be enjoying
the movie in the gym that afternoon. I
am asking the students to bring in one special gift that they have
received. That morning we will be
writing about our special gift and sharing why it is special to us. Many more exciting activities will be taking
place during that day!
I hope that you all have a safe and
wonderful Christmas. The only thing I
ask of the students is to continue reading and playing First in Math over the
break.
Thank you for the suggestions for where
to see Christmas lights in Indianapolis.
My family will be driving around one evening and enjoying the beauty of
the season.
Please be sure to dress your child
appropriately for the weather (coat, hat, gloves, etc.) We will go outside for
recess if possible.
The ambassadors passed out a homework
assignment on Wednesday on Effort. This
page asks student to write a paragraph about how they will show effort in
completing the goals at the top of the page.
Please help your child write the paragraph. A paragraph should be five sentences with a
Main idea and a conclusion. These will be
due on Tuesday. Thank you!
Don’t forget to check your child’s
academic progress in school at www.mystudentsprogress.com. I try to keep it updated on a regular basis.
Reading- We will be going through Christmas
literacy stations all week with the third grade. There will be NO spelling this
week.
Religion- More
Advent activities
Math- Review
Doubles, Number strings, addition and subtraction story problems
Social Studies- Complete
unit on Communities
As
always, if there are any questions, comments or concerns, you can contact me at
tporter@holyspirit-indy.org.
