Mrs. Porter’s

Second Grade Newsletter

Week of May 27-31,2013

 

Calendar of Events

Friday, May 24th-School night at the Bat Cave-6:00PM

Monday, May 27^th-No School-Happy Memorial Day!

Wednesday, May 29^th-Eighth Grade Graduation

Thursday, May 30th-Field Day!

Friday, May 31st- Last day of School-12:00PM dismissal

 

I wanted to tell you all thank you again for making me feel appreciated this week.  I now have a stash of goodies in my drawer at school and I’m set for the summer.  I have already used a few gift cards before baseball games and the notes were precious.  It’s been a great first year at Holy Spirit and I look forward to many more!

 

Please take some extra time to read and practice math facts over the summer.  The library is offering a great reading program to motivate students and First in Math will be up and running all summer.  Like I said before, if you have a child who fell below grade level on any assessments, I encourage you to look for summer opportunities to give them extra help.  Holy Spirit will be offering tutoring opportunities this summer and information will be coming soon.

 

Today our students went to an assembly featuring NED-a character that does Yo-Yo tricks(through a presenter named Christy) and teaches a good message.  Ask your child what NED stands for and have them show you the sheets that came with it.  If you wish to purchase a yo-yo the order form is in your child’s home folder and they can be ordered any day next week.

 

Next week will be a very busy week to end our school year!  On Wednesday, we will have our final celebration day here in the classroom.  Students may bring electronic devices to play that afternoon after we have cleaned out our desks and cleaned the classroom. 

For field day on Thursday, students need to wear gym clothes.  There will be a concession stand that day.  If the kids want to buy any treats, they need to bring some money.  I will also be asking the kids if they want to purchase a sack lunch that day.  Please let your child know on Wednesday if they will need a sack lunch so I can let the cafeteria know.  Spray your child with sun block that morning!

 

Finally, our last day is Friday.  We will be starting the day with our school mass and then it will be Awards.  Report cards will be coming home that day.

 

This will be my last newsletter of the year.  I want to thank you for your help and support at home this year.  It made my job much easier.  Have a terrific summer and thank you for sharing your children with me.  I wish them all the best and I will be praying for their success!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Tasha Porter

 

Mrs. Porter’s

Weekly Newsletter

Week of May 20-24,2013

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Wednesday, May 22^nd-8:00 Living Rosary/8:30 Mass

Thursday, May 23rd-Box Top dress down day
Friday, May 21^st- NED assembly 9:00AM

 

Two more weeks!  I’m wrapping up the end of the year assessments and plan on sending home your child’s results next week.  Please watch for these important papers to be coming home in the take home folder.  If your child scored below grade level in any area, I highly encourage some extra summer classes or tutoring to prepare for third grade.  Please let me know if you have any questions about this.

 

I was informed that our class earned the second place prize in the most recent Box Top competition.  Way to go!  So, we will be celebrating with a dress down day on Thursday, May 23^rd.  The students may come to school that day dressed in appropriate out of uniform clothing.  Thank you for all of your hard work in cutting those Box Tops.  We look forward to the school rewards that come from this.

 

As we wind down the second grade year, I do ask that the students continue to keep track of what they’re reading at home and what First in Math game they are on.  They all should have an index card listing appropriate games that they should be playing on First in Math.   Thanks for helping with this.  We are very close to getting ahead of Ms. Hill’s class to be the top class at Holy Spirit!  I would love to end the year on top!!

 

WEEK AT A GLANCE:

Reading-Daily 5/Small reading groups

Math-Tables

Science-Motion

Religion-Rosary/Mary 

Mrs. Porter’s

Weekly Newsletter

May 13-17, 2013

 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

Tuesday, May 14^th-PTO meeting 6-8PM

Wednesday, May 15^th-All school Mass-8:30AM/Rosary 8:10AM

Friday, May 17^th-Mrs. Porter’s class mass-8:30AM

 

NEWS AND NOTES

 

Congratulations to all of our First Communicants.  I am very proud of you and hope that you are always as excited to receive the Eucharist as you were the first time.

 

Our class will have our individual class mass on Friday, May 17^th.  All are welcome to join us.  After all of the excitement of First Communion, this will be a nice time to worship together with our class only. 

 

It’s hard to believe that we only have three weeks left!!  What a great year we have had.  I am wrapping up several items in the next week including the WRAP reading assessments and the IREAD2.  I will be sending home the information soon so that you can see your child’s results.  If your child fell below the second grade goals, I do suggest that you look for some summer classes or tutoring so that he/she can be prepared for the third grade.

 

There is a great website where kids can practice math skills over the summer.  It is www.ixl.com and it has all kinds of math practice that aligns to the common core standards.  Check it out!  Also, don’t forget to encourage your child to work on First in math each night and visit www.technologyrocksseriously.com for some seasonal fun. 

 

Our final book order of the year came home with your child a few days ago.  Book orders are due by Wednesday, May 15^th. 

 

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you wonderful mothers!

 

Thank you for all that you do.

 

 

 

WEEK AT A GLANCE

 

Reading- We will be making a class dictionary and finishing up the WRAP and IREAD2 assessments/Daily 5

Spelling-Final Unit of the Year!

Religion- Chapter 16-We Pray like Jesus

Math- Complete measurement unit-quiz on Wednesday; Review tables and graphs

Science-Motion experiments

Mrs. Porter's Newsletter
May 6-10, 2013

 

Calendar of Events

Sunday, May 5^th-Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Wednesday, May 8th- First Communion Mass-8:30AM

Thursday, May 9^th-Annual Fund Dinner

Friday, May 10th- Eight Grade Play-10:45AM/Dismissal 12:00PM

 

Important News and Notes

Our second graders have been celebrating a very special time in their lives.  They have joined all of us at the Table of the Lord in Holy Eucharist.  Here are some notes about our own celebration here at Holy Spirit to honor these second graders.

 

The mass will be held on Wednesday, May 8th at 8:30 AM.  Everybody is encouraged and welcome to attend this celebration.

 

Students will need to come to school dressed in their Communion outfits on Wednesday morning.  We will change immediately after the picture with the boys in Ms. Hill’s room and the girls in Mrs. Porter’s room.  The students are allowed to be out of uniform on this day as long as it’s appropriate for school.  If you are able to attend, please help your child get dressed and take his/her Communion outfit with you.  If you are unable to attend, parent volunteers will help your child.  Please send an appropriate bag to hang his/her outfit in during the school day.

 

A special Holy Spirit School Communion picture will be taken immediately after mass.  Many of you have already sent in a picture order to the religion education office.  If you have not sent in an order, you can still order pictures, even on the day of the celebration.   It usually takes about 20-30 minutes to take the pictures.

 

There will be a pizza party in honor of our students after the picture is taken and we are changed.  Thank you Mrs. Welborn and Mrs. Smith for organizing this lunch.  We are hopeful that we will be able to enjoy lunch outside!

 

During the afternoon, we will be doing some fun activities that correlate with First Communion.  One of the activities is a prayer service about bread.  If you would like to donate some bread for the kids to eat during the prayer service, please send it in that morning. 

 

Thank you for helping us make this another special day for our second graders.  It has been a busy and important year!

 

Some additional information:

 

The annual fund dinner will take place on Thursday, May 9^th.  I know the eighth graders have been working extra hard on their performance so it should be fun.  I’m looking forward to experiencing my first annual fund dinner.  I’ve heard great things about it.  School will dismiss at 12:00 noon on May 10^th and the students will be able to watch the performance that morning at 10:45.

 

We have been working very hard on Benchmarks and IREAD2 testing this week.  These results will help us know what the students need to focus on in third grade.

 

Finally, I will not be sending home a First in Math sheet this month, but I want all students to work on the following games:

 

Bonus 2:                                                        Know and Show 3 & 4:

Grand Slam-Add/Subtract                             Numbers Zoo                  

First to 20                                                     Get a Clue

Deep Sea Sequence                                        Yakity Yak

                                                                      You Rule

                                                                     

These games do correlate with the second grade common core standards.  Thank you so much!  I’m hoping that our class can finish the year with the First in Math trophy!