Happy Monday!

This week we are reading "Dex Heart of a Hero" and learning how characters respond to major events or challenges in the story.  We are continuing learning to use a dictionary and we will practice using context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.  We will have a spelling test on Friday.  Our spelling pattern this week is long e using -ee and -ea.

Tomorrow we will have our next math test.  Today we did the pretest and went over it in class to prepare for the test.  The pretest is in your child's take home folder if you would like to review it with them.  The pretest is VERY similar to the actual test.

We will be doing a biography project and the information is in your child's take home folder today.  Your child will need to get a biography on their approximate reading level to read and complete a report.  The book must be approved by me no later than next Monday. Books can be from the classroom library, the school library, public library, or you may already have one at home.  Do not feel like you have to purchase one.  An optional portion of the project, a people poster, can be completed at home.  Students love this part, so I hope you will encourage them to do this.  There are pictures attached to the information being sent home. 

Tomorrow I will be sending home parent teacher conference forms to be filled out and returned by Friday.

Information was sent home about the POW WOW dinner a couple of weeks ago.  If you would like to attend the dinner, please send in your registration form and money by February 15th. The POW WOW festival will be Saturday, February 23rd.  I hope you to see you all there!

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary