Happy Monday Everyone!

This week we are wrapping up all the standards that were taught this quarter.  We began our writing assessment today and will continue it tomorrow and Wednesday.  In math we are wrapping up Unit 4 on measuring with inches, feet, and yards. We will complete the pre-test together in class next Monday and have our unit test on Tuesday. There will be NO spelling or reading test this week.

We began our Holidays Around the World unit today reading and discussing the holiday traditions we have here in America.  I look forward to hearing about all the countries your children are learning about at home!  As a reminder, girls will make their presentations on Monday and boys will make their presentations on Tuesday.

This is the last week to read and turn in reading logs for the Donut reading challenge.  Please turn in all reading logs by FRIDAY!  Our donut party will be Monday before school.

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

Parents,

I am so excited about how excited the students are about his project!  Here is a list of the countries that have already been chosen based on what was turned in this morning:

Brazil

Ireland

Peru

Djibouti

Russia

Egypt

Argentina

Canada

Portugal

China

Nepal

France

Thailand

Czech Republic

If they are still deciding, please help them choose a country other than what is listed above.  Countries are awarded on first come first serve basis! So get your requests in early!

This will be a memorable experience for years to come!

Have a blessed day!

Amy Kane

Happy Monday!

This week we are reading an informational text, Super Storms, and practicing how to determine the main idea of the text and paragraphs by looking at the details.   

Our spelling words this week have wh, th, tch, ch, and sh. Our spelling test will be on Friday.

We read a passage Telephones Then and Now  and will be writing an informative paragraph comparing the two.  We had a great conversation in class about phones today!

We have begun Unit 4 in math which is about measuring using inches, feet, and yards.  We will have the unit test before Christmas break.

The weather will be getting cold again so please make sure your child comes to school with a jacket/coat.  Also, please, please, please put your child's name in their coats!

Next week we will begin our Holidays Around the World Unit!  We will be learning where customs we have here in America came from. We will be studying Germany, England, Sweden, and Mexico.  In conjunction with this unit students have an opportunity to study a country on their own and make a presentation to the class about what they learned. They can also bring in a food or ornament from their country, dress in a native costume, make a diorama, or invite a speaker from their country to speak to the class.The information about this project will come home with your child tomorrow. Students will need to get their country approved by me so that we don't have 10 reports on the same country.  Also students will need to choose a country other than the 4 we will study in class. Although this is an optional project, I hope that everyone will participate. It is so much fun for them to learn about other countries and it is a great experience to get in front of your peers and speak.  Please look for more information  tomorrow!

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

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Happy Monday Everyone!


This week we have started our unit on Native American Cultures.  We will be reviewing different reading skills each day.  In language we are learning about adjectives.  Our spelling words this week have the soft c and g sounds.  We will have a spelling test on Friday.  In math we are learning how to take the data from a survey and place it on a graph as well as adding and subtracting within 100.


In your child's take home folder is information about the second grade reading challenge.  To help encourage your child to read, we would like each child to read for 20 minutes per day for 5 days out of the week.  That would be 100 minutes at the end of the week.  This challenge will take place over the next 5 weeks.  If you child participates, they will have read for 500 minutes!!! As a celebration of this accomplishment, we will have a donut party the morning of Monday, December 18th before school.  Parents must sign off on the reading log that students actually did the reading. Happy Reading!


I hope you have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Dear Parents,


Tomorrow is the big day!  Everyone needs to wear their green field trip shirts and bring their lunch (except for the four students that signed up to get a sack lunch from the cafeteria).   We will eat lunch before we leave at 10:30.  We will have snack after we return to school.


Friday is Thanksgiving lunch here at ILE.  We will be eating earlier than normal, 11:20, and our we are sitting at table 6 in the gym.  We hope you can join us.


The book fair is this week!  We will go shopping during our library time on Thursday.  You can send in money with your child to shop then.  You can also take your child to the book fair after lunch on Friday.  Only the students with a parent/adult will be going to the book fair after lunch on Friday.  Tuesday afternoon is family night and the book fair will be open from 4:00-6:00.


There will be no spelling words this week.


We will be practicing our reading skills, main idea/details and text features,  using Scholastic News this week.  We are learning about the prefixes dis- and un in language.  In phonics we are practicing the hard and soft c and g sounds.


We continue to practice solving problems using the open number line in math.


I hope you have a wonderful week!


Amy Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!


Thank you to everyone who came to watch our parade on Friday and help with the party.  It was a huge success thanks to you!


This week we are reading about weather and how it changes the earth from our science books.  We will have a science test on Friday, so the science books will come home on Thursday night to read this chapter for review.


In language we are reviewing reflexive pronouns, irregular verbs, and suffixes -ed and -ing.  We will have an assessment over these skills later this week.


Our phonics lessons this week will focus on the various ways the long a sound is written (ai, at, a_e) and the soft g and c sounds. We will not have a spelling test this week.


We are beginning Unit 3 in math which will introduce strategies for multi-digit addition and subtraction.  We do not teach students how to "borrow and carry" in second grade.  That will come later. This is different from the way you and I learned to add and subtract.  I would encourage you to trust this process.  Your students will be able to add and subtract numbers and truly understand what they are doing.  I am always amazed at what they can do after teaching this unit!


Our next Focus Friday is this week.  We will learn about speaking with good purpose.  The color to wear on Friday is PURPLE.


Lastly, if you would like to donate to the United Way by purchasing a Mega Pass for your student, please fill out the form and send it in tomorrow.  This is totally optional.


I hope you have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!


This week we are reading a folktale How Chipmunk Got His Stripes and learning about lessons/morals we can learn from the story.  Our spelling words are plural nouns that require us to change the ending -y to and -i and add -es.  We are also learning about irregular verbs.


In math we are looking at patterns using twos.  We will consider odd and even numbers in context and provide early exposure to multiplication as repeated addition.


We will have our spelling and reading assessments on Thursday this week due to the extra activities on Friday.


This Friday is our fall parade and party.  The parade will be at 2:00 with the party following.  Students may bring their costumes to school with them on Friday and we will begin changing after lunch.


Please remember to turn in your Art to Remember orders no later than Wednesday this week.


Your child is bringing home their permission form for the field trip on November 7th.  Please return the permission slip and money by Thursday of this week.


Have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

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Dear Parents,


I hope you had a wonderful fall break!  From what I have been hearing, you did!


This week we are reading Click, Clack, Moo and learning about story structure.  Our spelling words this week double the ending consonant to add the suffixes -ed and -ing.  We will test on these Friday.  We will also learn about reflexive pronouns.


In math we are wrapping up Unit 2 and will have a test on Thursday.  Your child is bringing home their study guide tonight to work on.  This is due back to school by Wednesday.  We will review it together in preparation for the test.


Tomorrow is the deadline to turn in Warrior Walk money.  Please turn in the pledge folders and money tomorrow.


Have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!


Thank you to everyone for making Warrior Walk a great day for our kiddos and ILE!  You can start sending in any money that you have collected along with the pledge sheets.  We couldn't do this without your help!


This week we are wrapping up our science unit on animal habitats.  We will take this test on Thursday.  I will send home the science book Tuesday so students can begin to read over the material.  It may take 2 nights to read everything.  Please make sure they bring their science books back to school each day because we will be using them in class.


This is the last week of the first quarter and we will be assessing students on what they have learned so far this year.  Therefore there will be no spelling test this week.


Friday is our next Focus Friday.  We will be learning about the next Key to Success - Failure Leads to Success.  Everyone please wear orange on Friday.  We will be doing some activities in class using inventions that were actually mistakes! 


Have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!


The big news this week is Warrior Walk!  Your sponsor packet came home in your child's take home folder last Friday.  If for some reason you can't locate it and need another one, just let me know.  Thank you for taking the time to ask for sponsors/donors.  I hope that you will be able to come out on Friday to cheer our class on.  We walk from 1:15-1:45.  Our color this year is gray.  So wear as much gray as possible.


What's happening this week:


Reading - We are reading from our science books about animal habitats.  We will practice asking and answering questions and using the illustrations to gain understanding about the text.


Phonics - r-controlled vowels (Bossy R) -ir, -er, -at, -or, -ur


Language - irregular plural nouns (child-children, foot-feet)


Math - Measuring


Science - Life Cycles (Some of our caterpillars are now in a chrysalis!) and animal habitats


Have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Happy Monday!


This week we are having "Penny Wars" as a special fundraiser to support children and families impacted by childhood cancer.  Tomorrow I will send home a letter that explains this in detail.  Your children can bring in change Tuesday-Thursday to help support this fundraiser.


Please turn in any picture orders by this Thursday.


What's going on this week:
Reading - Animals Building Homes is our focus text.  We are learning to ask questions that can be answered using our texts, using context clues to determine the meaning of words, and using pictures to understand the text.


Phonics - We have a new spelling list of words with short o, u, and e.  Test is on Friday


Language - writing narratives


Math - learning place value


Science - life cycles


If you haven't turned in your request for a parent teacher conference time, please send that back tomorrow.


Have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!


Today your child is bringing home their first spelling list.  It is to stay in the back pocket of their take home folder.  That way it is with them at home to study and at school when we need it.  Please, please, please do not take it out and post it on your refrigerator!  make a copy if you want it for home. They need it to stay in their take home folder 😉


Friday is Focus Friday for the school.  Everyone will be learning the meaning of integrity, one of the 8 keys of excellence.  Everyone is asked to wear the color black. The second grade class with the most percentage of students wearing black will be the "holder of the key" for the month (trophy).


This week we are:


Reading :  Diary of a Spider and using the pictures to gain and understanding of the characters. 


Language:  Writing narratives


Phonics:  short a and I words


Math:  Adding and subtracting within 20


Social Studies: making a world map and a globe


Have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Happy Tuesday Everyone!


Wow!  What a fantastic experience we had yesterday.  I hope you and your family enjoyed seeing the eclipse as much as I did.  We are almost finished making our Solar Eclipse lap book.  Then the kiddos will bring them home to share with you.


Here's what's going on in class:


Reading: We are reading Henry and Mudge and learning how good readers are able to ask and answer questions about their reading.  Thursday your child will bring home their reading book.  They need to read the story Henry and Mudge to prepare for our first reading assessment on Friday.


Language: Complete sentences and nouns


Math: Adding and Subtracting to 20,


Science: Solar Eclipse


Social Studies: Maps and Globes


Today in your child's folder you will find information about Science Club and yearbooks.


I hope you have a wonderful week!


Amy Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!


Rainy days and Mondays may get some people down, but not us!  This week we continue to get to know each other and learn our routines. 


This week's focus:
Reading - building our reading stamina (we are already up to 10 minutes!)
Language - writing complete sentences
Math - addition and subtraction strategies
Social Studies - maps and globes
Science - Solar eclipse


Thursday is picture day for the yearbook.


Don't forget that tonight is parent night from 6:00-7:00.  I hope to see you then.


Have a wonderful week!
Amy Kane

Hello Parents -


There was a mistake in the in the yearbook in Mrs. Swinger's class.  They have printed stickers to be applied with the correction.  Please reply to this email if you bought a yearbook and I will place the sticker in the folder with your child's report card.


Also, we cleaned out our desks and cubbies today.  I am also sending Wednesday folders home today.  Nothing needs to be returned tomorrow. The only thing your child needs to bring tomorrow is their lunch and electronic game.  They can bring their empty backpack to carry everything, of course.


 One more day until you have a third grader .😉


Have a wonderful night!
Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents!

We had so much fun yesterday at field day!  Thank you for everyone who came to have fun with us!

This week are finishing our novel study on Stone Fox.  This is a fabulous book and the kiddos are really into it!  Our spelling words have the long o and long e spelling patterns using -oa, -ow, -ee, and -ea.

Because field day was changed from Friday to Monday, we completed our math unit 8 pre-test (review) on Friday and went over it in class.  I am sending these home with the kids today.  I have asked them to make any corrections to help prepare them for the unit 8 test tomorrow.  The test will be just like the pre-test.

All library books are due tomorrow.  Please help your child remember to bring them.

We are missing a couple of Social Studies books from the classroom.  Please check at home to see if any are hiding!

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Kane

Dear Parents,

We have begun a wonderful chapter book, Stone Fox and will be doing a novel study over the next two weeks.  We continue to practice writing our opinions and our spelling words have the spelling patterns -ai, -ay, -igh, and -y.

In math we continue to work in unit 8.  We are experimenting with our marble mazes, collecting data, and plotting that data on a line plot.  On Thursday I will send home the Unit 8 math review to be completed and returned by Monday.  We will go over this in class together to prepare for the Unit 8 math test on Tuesday of next week.

Friday is Field Day.  Mrs. Mitchell will make a decision early on Friday if it needs to be moved to Monday due to weather.  I would love to have some parent volunteers to help lead some of the games during Field Day.  If your child didn't buy a field day t-shirt, please have them wear any red shirt they have.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Kane

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Happy Hump Day!


In your child's Wednesday folder you will find their 4th quarter progress report.  There are two copies.  One copy is for you to keep.  Please sign the other copy and return it tomorrow.


Also, if you have not turned in the blue registration card for next year, please send that tomorrow as well.


Thank you and have a wonderful night!


Mrs. Kane

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Happy Monday Everyone!


It is so good to be back in the classroom with my kiddos.  Nothing like getting 24 hugs from 8 year olds to start your day off right!  I would like to say thank you to everyone for the beautiful flowers sent in memory of my mother.  I appreciate all the kind words and sweet notes during this difficult time.


We are taking our Study Island Benchmark tests today and tomorrow and then we will be presenting our biography projects Wednesday-Friday.  Our spelling words all have the -oo pattern and we will be reviewing during language. 


We are beginning Unit 8 in math which covers measurement, data and multi-digit computation. An information sheet about Unit 8 will be included in Wednesday folders.


We will have a science test on Wednesday over matter.  Students will bring their science packet they worked on last week home today.  The test will be over information in lessons 1-3, pages E2-E23 in their science books.


Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Kane

Happy Tuesday Everyone!


This week we are reading a fun nonfiction story, Penguin Chick! The
skill we will focus on this week is Main Idea and Details.  In language
we will be studying verbs and practicing our dictionary skills. Our spelling
words this week are compound words. In math we continue our unit
on counting to 1,000!


Don't forget this Thursday night is our PTO performance.  I can't
wait to take a trip down memory lane!


Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Kane