Sunday, January 6, 2013


Mrs Porter’s Second Grade 

Weekly Newsletter

Week of January 7-11

 

Calendar of Events

Monday, January 7th-Wear jeans and Notre Dame colors!  Go Irish!

Wednesday, January 9th-All School Mass 8:30AM

Friday, January 11th-January book order due

 

Happy New Year and welcome back to school!  I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing break from school.  We battled some sickness in our home, but still had some time to play in the snow and celebrate the birth of Jesus. 

 

My next challenge for the students in First in Math is to work on Just the Facts.  First, on the main page, click on Just the Facts.  Then, go to Whole Numbers.  After that, click on the addition sign.  It’s easier for the students to use the number key on the keyboard to type in the answer then to try and use the mouse.  The goal for all students is to complete 50% by the end of the week.  I do still have about 4 students who need to complete the See3 challenge.  I do count these as part of the math grade so please encourage your child to get on the computer every night for a little while.  (I set the timer in our house for 10 minutes.) 

 

On Monday, you should see a note from me in your child’s Take Home folder.  I am asking parents to write a dream or dreams that you have for your child on the attached dove and send this in by Friday, January 11th.  This is a project we do in memory of Martin Luther King’s dreams.  Your child will be filling out a dove as well and these will be displayed in our hallways.

 

Before Christmas break, I sent home a list of spelling words with each student.  These words will be used in a classroom spelling bee that we will be having in a couple of weeks.  It would be a good idea to set aside some time and work on these words with your child so that he/she may become our classroom champion! 

 

 

Reading- Small group work on questioning-using words like who, what, when, where, and why to answer questions about a story.  Daily 5 continues.

Religion- Epiphany of our Lord-Unit 1 review

Math- Number strings, place value, story problem strategies

Social Studies- People who work in communities/Dove

Science-Air and Weather

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