Dear Parents, 

I hope everyone enjoys their time with family and friends and has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Remind your students to keep reading while we are out on our break and turn in those 

"Donut" Forget to Read reading challenge logs!

If you are out shopping the Black Friday sales this week, please consider making a purchase for our Adopt-a-Family.  Donations need to be brought to school no later than Friday, November 30th.  

Blessings!

Amy

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Hello Parents!

This week we are learning about the cultures of Native Americans.  This is always a fun unit for second graders!  Our spelling pattern this week is making words plural that end in the letter y.  (change the y to i and add -es)  We will review reflexive pronouns and work on writing more interesting sentences that don't start with "I".  Some examples I gave the class were - "On Saturday I _____" "After we went to the movies I _____"  "Instead of playing soccer I _____."

On Friday we will have our spelling assessment and we will begin our writing assessment for report cards.

In math we are creating and using the data in graphs and in science we are learning about animal habitats.

Reading Challenge reading logs can be turned in anytime.  We will begin graphing the total number of minutes we have read so far!  Happy Reading!

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary

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Happy Monday Everyone!

This week we are working on informative writing.  We read two articles today about phones now and long ago and will be writing an informative paragraph about what we learned.  Most have never seen a pay phone and many didn't know what a landline was.  Yes, I am feeling a bit old!

In language we are using irregular past tense verbs and will be learning about reflexive pronouns (myself, himself, ourselves, herself, etc.)  The spelling pattern for this week is consonant digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh) and our spelling test will be on Friday.

In math we are solving story problems and adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers.  We will have our next unit test on Thursday.  We will do the pre-test in class on Wednesday and they will bring it home that night so that to review.

If your child is going to buy the Mega Pass that will benefit Special Olympics, please turn the form and money in no later than Wednesday.  The purchase of the pass allows your child to participate in pj day, crazy sock day, team jersey day, book character day, hat day, and stuffed animal day the week of November 12-16.

Friday is ILE's Thanksgiving lunch.  We will eat lunch at 12:15 in the cafeteria at table 1.  I hope you are able to join us!

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary