Mrs. Porter’s Second Grade News

Week of November 25-29, 2013

Calendar of Events

Monday, Nov. 25th-Send Friendship Mix

Tuesday, Nov. 26th-8:30AM All School Mass-Celebrate Allan’s birthday!

Wednesday, Nov. 27th- Friday, Nov. 29th-Thanksgiving Vacation-No School

I am sending home a note today explaining our Friendship Mix day.  Basically, we are asking students to bring a bag of his/her favorite snack.  Raisins, pretzels, cheez-its, candies, etc.  We will put each snack food together in a big bag to make our friendship mix.  Students will need to bring this on Monday.

The Book Bingo is due on Tuesday, Nov. 26th.  I hope that you all enjoyed having a chance to choose some different books to read with your child.  I also hope that some kids found some new book series to enjoy.

My next First in Math challenge is for students to go to the K-2 World and complete the See3 and More or Less games.  They should continue to work on Skill Set 1.  Just the Facts addition should be finished and kids should be on to Subtraction! Reading and First in Math will be your child’s assignments during the break!

I am going to ask each child to bring a favorite holiday book to share with the class the week after Thanksgiving break.  We will use these books during read to someone time and it will be our next book report.  Please help your child pick a “good fit” book that he/she can read out loud.  It would be a good idea to practice reading the book over break.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!  I am truly thankful for all of you. 

Here’s the scoop for next week:

Religion-Chapter 4- We Praise and thank God

Reading-Continue Cause and Effect/Daily 5 small groups

Math-Continue Close to 20 and Story problems/Practice Math Daily 5

We will also be enjoying some fun Thanksgiving activities

Mrs. Porter’s Second Grade News

Week of November 11-15, 2013

 

Calendar of Events

Monday-November 11th-Thank a Veteran on Veteran’s Day!

Wednesday, November 13th-8:30AM Mass

 

Reconciliation is tomorrow.  Families with names ending A-L need to come at 10:00AM and those ending with M-Z need to come at 11:00.  I am proud of how hard the students have worked on the steps.  Many students were able to recite the Act of Contrition by memory.  Please make sure to celebrate the sacrament when you are finished because it is a special time.

 

Your child should have a Book Bingo page to be kept in the “Keep in Binder” section of the GO binder.  This is the at home reading assignment until Thanksgiving.  A parent or guardian is in charge of writing the information of the book on the back of the page.  A bingo is made when you have made a bingo(5 in a row) on the game board.  If you don’t have these books in your home, please visit your local library.  These books can also be found here at school.  Encourage your child to find them!  Maybe he/she will even find a new series to enjoy!

 

I have let the students know that I will be checking First in Math once a week to see if they have been on.  If they haven’t, they will get on that day at recess for at least one game.  I expect students to have the addition facts complete and they need to be moving on to subtraction in the Practice gyms.  Subtraction is also found in Skill Set 2.

 

Our next class mass will take place on Wednesday, November 20th.  If your child did not have a part in our first mass, they will have a part in this one.  This is an all school mass.  You are all welcome to attend!

 

Are you checking www.mystudentsprogress.com?  This is where you will find the latest updates on your child’s grades.  I try to input grades at least once a week.

 

Next week, I will be teaching the proper way to write an address.  Please work with your child on your home address.  If it’s not already in the front of your child’s binder, please put it there.   It should be set up in this way:

 

First and Last Name

House number and Street

City, State

                   Zip Code

 

 

 

Here’s the scoop for next week:

 

Religion-Chapter 2- We Belong to God’s Family

Reading-Continue non-fiction/author’s purpose

Writing-Persuasive writing assignment

Math-Begin Unit 3-Base Ten and multiple addends/Close to 20

Social Studies-Addresses/ North American American Indians

Newsletter Nov. 4-8, 2013

Mrs. Porter’s Second Grade Newsletter
Week of November 4-8, 2013

Calendar of Events
Saturday, November 2nd-Reconciliation Retreat from 10:00-12:00AM
Wednesday, November 6th-Mass 8:30AM

It’s November-wow-and I believe that our schedule is back to normal for a few weeks.  I wanted to say a big thank you to Mrs. Angie Burck for coordinating and planning our Halloween party yesterday.  Three students actually came up and said that it was the best day ever!  They loved playing Bingo with real daubers and the face painting was so cute.  Thank you to the few parents who were able to join us and for those who sent the goodies in for the class.  It was a great day!

We just had a meeting about Saturday’s Reconciliation retreat and I think it will be a very nice event for both the parent and child.  Please meet us in the church at 10:00AM on Saturday morning.  Thank you for writing the “Love letter” to your child.  That moment will be very special.  Next week will be dedicated to completing our Reconciliation preparation.  I will test the kids on the Act of Contrition and we will be discussing Sin vs. Mistakes, and the Steps to Reconciliation.

If I ever send a study guide home with your child, please go over it.  If students know everything off of the study guides, they will do great on the assessments.

Please continue to read and do First in Math even over the weekend.  Some other ideas for practicing math facts are rolling dice, getting numbers from playing cards, and even flashcards.  To learn math facts, you need to practice!  Next week’s focus will be on all of the addition facts and then we will start subtraction facts.

The kids really enjoyed our pumpkin unit.  We learned about collecting data, making observations, and measurement.  I want to thank all of the parents who stopped by this afternoon to help open the pumpkins and get messy!  I appreciated all of the help.


Week at a Glance
Religion-Steps to Reconciliation/Sin vs. Mistakes/Act of Contrition
Spelling-Word Preview on Monday, test on Friday-review words please!
Reading-Non-fiction read and tell in small groups/Book Bingo
Math-Complete Unit two-Rectangles, area, congruency, and Symmetry
Social Studies-Explorer

Have fun trick or treating tonight if you go out!  I’ll see you tomorrow morning!