Dear Parents,

We are having a wonderful time learning about other countries this week! The only homework this week is to complete

the Holiday Around the World project. Girls will make their presentation on Wednesday, and boys will make their presentation on Thursday. Please let your child practice their oral presentation at home in front of you or other family members. They always enjoy doing this and they learn so much about the world around them!

Friday we will have our party starting at 10:30 with dismissal at 11:30.

Can you feel the excitement in the air? I can!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday as much as I did! It sounds like you did based on what I heard from the children!

We have a red container outside our classroom to place items for our Adopt-a-family. If you are able to make a donation, please send it in by Friday. If you have questions about what is needed, please email Aimee Fuqua at aimeefuqua@comcast.net. Thank you for any donation you are able to make.

This is the last week we will have a reading story/test and spelling words for this nine weeks. After this week, Second Grade will start our Holidays Around the World unit during our normal reading time. We will be learning about how other countries celebrate holidays. This is always a lot of fun for the students. Tomrrow your student will pick a country to do a report on. If your family has a personal connection to a country, and your child would like to report on that country, please let me know by tomorrow so I can reserve that country for your child. I will be sending home more information about this tomorrow.

This week:

Monday - homework math facts 9's and 10's, study spelling words, reading and spelling homework due by Friday.

Tuesday - Thursday: study spelling words and math facts, reading and spelling homework due by Friday.

Looking ahead.....early next week we will have a topic test in math over subtracting with regrouping and a unit test in language over verbs.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Have a fantastic week!

Mrs. Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope everyone had a pleasant weekend. We had a beautiful day to start off our new week! It was wonderful to go

outside for recess today :)

We are wrapping up Topic 8 in math, adding two digit numbers with regrouping. It was called "carrying" when I was in school! We will have our test on Wednesday. Your student has their study guide in their take home folder today. This is due by Wednesday.

You can give your child extra practice by having them add two digit numbers that they will and won't have to regroup or "carry" -

54+18= ?, 21+15=?, etc. Next we will start subtraction with regrouping, or "borrowing" as it was called when I was in school.

Subtraction is a big concept for second grade!

I have heard from several students that they are having trouble pulling up the Journeys book online. If you would prefer your

child to bring their book home, we can do that - just let me or your child know.

Homework this week:

Monday - Thursday: math facts practice due Tuesday, study spelling words, math study guide due by Wednesday, reading and spelling homework due by Friday

Wednesday - math addition with regrouping test

Friday - reading and spelling tests

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Kane

Just wanted to send a quick reminder that this week is Red Ribbon Week at ILE. This year's theme is "A Healthy Me Is Drug Free!"

Here is a schedule of the dress-up days this week:

Monday - Hats off to being drup free! (wear a hat)

Tuesday - Be a sport....Be drug free! (wear your favorite team jersey)

Wednesday - Red Rocks! (wear red day) Judging Day

Thursday - I "mustache" you to stay drug free! (Dress like Mr. Shults - shirt, ties, and mustaches)

Friday - Drugs were never cool! (decades day)

Have a great week!

Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents!

 

What a great weekend!  It felt like fall and I got to watch a lot of football!  Only bad part was none of my teams won - boo:(

 

Thursday will be make-up picture day and we will have class pictures taken.  Please turn in your order form for individual pictures.

 

Friday is WARRIOR WALK!  Please turn your pledge folders in by Thursday.  The children are getting very excited and hope to win the "Golden Shoe" award for the 2nd grade class that walks the most laps!  Our class color is dark blue.  Please help your child wear as much of this color on Friday as possible - shorts, bows, bandanas, etc.

 

We will have our Topic 3 test in Math on Wednesday over subtraction strategies.  Your student has brought home their study guide to be completed and returned by Wednesday (they have 2 nights to work on it).  They also have their Addition facts for 5's and 6's this week.  The practice for this is in their folder and should be completed tonight and returned tomorrow.

 

Wednesday we will also have our first unit test in Language.  This will cover sentences, subjects, predicates, and punctuation.  We started reviewing today and will continue tomorrow. 

 

Here is the homework and test schedule for this week:

Monday - Math facts practice, study guide (due Wednesday), spelling and reading (signed paper due by Friday)

Tuesday - practice math facts and spelling words, math study guide is not completed

Wednesday - Math Topic 3 test, Language Unit 1 test

Thursday - practice math facts and spelling words, complete spelling and reading homework if not already done.

Friday - Spelling test, Reading test, math facts speed drill, turn in reading/spelling homework sheet signed

 

Have a wonderful week!

 

Mrs. Kane

They are here!  Our caterpillars arrived today!  Everyone named their caterpillar and we will have a great time watching the wonder of their journey to becoming butterflies!  

Tomorrow (Friday) we will celebrate our first completed class WOW ticket with PAJAMA DAY!  They can wear slippers in class, but please send regular shoes for recess.

Three day week, caterpillars, pajama day....Can this week get any better?  I think not!

Have a great weekend, 

Mrs. Kane

This week in 2nd grade we will have our first math test, start the first story in our new reading series, and have our first spelling test!  We will be busy this week.

Back to School night for 2nd grade is Tuesday, August 20th from 6:30-7:30.  I have a lot to share with you.  I hope you can make it!

Have a wonderful week,

Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents!

We are off t0 another great start this week.  Everyone is starting to get settled in to our daily routines.

This week in math we will continue with understanding addition and subtraction.  You will see the worksheets that we have been working on come home in their Wednesday folders.  You can help your student by having them practice math facts, both adding and subtracting to 20.  We will wrap up this topic and be looking at our first test early next week. 

During reading, we are learning how to "Read to Self" and building our stamina so that we are able to read for 20 minutes at a time.  That may not seem like a lot, but for a 2nd grader that is huge!  The more they read, the better reader they will become.

In language we are focusing on writing complete sentences and in spelling we are working on phonemic awareness strategies.

Please remember that the class book project is due on Friday, but your student can turn it in earlier if they finish.

Next week we will begin our new reading series.  I am very excited!

I hope everyone has a great week.

Mrs. Kane

Welcome back to school and welcome to my class!  I am wild about 2nd grade and look forward to having a fun adventure with you this year.  You are going to learn and grow so much this year and I will be there for you every step of the way.  Enjoy your last days of summer and I will see you Monday, August 5th!

Mrs. Kane