Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a wonderful fall break! We had a great first day back at school.

First, our class earned 30 WOW's (compliments) during the first nine weeks. As a reward,
We will have pajama day tomorrow. They may bring slippers to wear in the class, but
please wear outdoor shoes for recess.

The Friday before fall break our librarian, Mrs. MacKorell, told our class about the October
Reding Fair. This is a voluntary activity, but if your student chooses to participate, I will
give an extra credit grade in reading. They should have brought the information home with
them before fall break. The deadline for their project to be turned in is Tuesday, October 28th.

This week we are reading Animals Building Homes. We will be looking at how text features
help us understand what we read. In language we will be writing a narrative story from the
point of view of an animal. Our spelling words this week will contain double consonants or
-ck.

In math we will begin Topic 17, numbers and patterns to 1000.

Animal habitats will be our topic in science.

Since it is a short week, we will not have the same homework routine.

Tuesday: Write a letter to a soldier. These letters will be sent to soldiers around
Thanksgiving. They can only be one page, but can be front and back. Nothing should
be glued, taped, or stapled. They letter can be decorated with crayons or markers.
I will give an extra credit grade in language if these are turned in tomorrow.
Wednesday: Wednesday folder and math facts sheet
Thursday: Read Animals Building Homes and study spelling words.




If you have any questions please let me know.
Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents!

 

What a beautiful day for the first day of Fall!

 

This week our reading material comes from our science book. We are starting our unit

on animals. Our reading focus will be on facts and opinions and text features.

The spelling words this week are consonant blends with letters r, l, and s, and we are

continuing our unit on nouns.

 

We will wrap Topic 3 Subtraction Strategies this week with a test on Wednesday.

The math study guide is coming home tonight and is due on Wednesday. 

 

All picture orders must be turned in by Wednesday, September 24 or you will be charged

a late fee. There will be a re-take/make up day for pictures in October.

 

Homework:

Monday: Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences, math study guide due Wednesday

Tuesday: Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences, math study guide due tomorrow

Wednesday: Wed. folders and read for 15 minutes

Thursday: Read this week's reading (science book pages A30-49)

 

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents!

 

Thank you to everyone who came out to support us during the Warrior Walk

on Friday!  The money we raise at this event is so important to this school.  If you

weren't aware, PTO funds the salaries of the reading coach and the computer

teacher.  These two positions are so important, so thank you for helping fund them!

Your childs' WW pledge packet is in their take home folder today.  Please

send back pledge money as soon as possible.

 

Tomorrow is our Library day - please remember to send library books to school tomorrow.

 

Picture orders are due on Wednesday, September 24. After that there will be a late fee.

 

This week we are reading Henry and Mudge and our focus skill is sequence of events and plot.

Our spelling pattern this week is long o, u, and e words and we will contiune to work on

nouns in language.

 

In math we will begin Topic 3 Subtraction Strategies.

 

We will wrap up our butterfly unit with a test on Thursday. Your student will be bringing home

a butterfly study guide in their take home folders. Please review the vocabulary words

and practice labeling the parts of the caterpillar with them each night.

 

Homework:

Monday: Read for 20 minutes and write 3 sentences about what they read, math facts worksheet,

study for butterfly test.

Tuesday: Read for 20 minutes and write 3 sentences about what they read, study for butterfly test.

Wednesday: Wednesday folders, study for butterfly test

Thursday: Study spelling words and read Henry and Mudge

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Kane

Friday is Warrior Walk!  We will be walking from 1:30 - 2:20.  We would love for you
to come out and cheer us on!  Today I am sending home your student's water bottle.  Please
wash them and put your child's name on it in sharpie.  They can bring their water bottles
on Friday full of water to drink during the walk.  Their Warrior Walk shirts will come
home on Thursday.  Our grade level color is black and my class flag is white.  So if
they were black and white we are covered.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Mrs. Kane

Dear Parents -

This week we are reading Jellies pages 337-353 in our reading book. With this story we

are learning about fact and opinion.

Our spelling words are short -e, -i, and -o words.

In language we are starting our unit on nouns.

In math we are studying addition strategies. Please be practicing math facts at home. We

will begin taking math speed drills this week to help build our fluency. That's a fact is a great website to use to practice math facts http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/thats_a_fact/english_K_3.html​.

We were very excited to see most of our caterpillars are now chrysalises!

Homework this week:

Monday - read for 20 minutes and write 3 complete sentences, math addition worksheet

Tuesday - read for 20 minutes and write 3 complete sentences

Wednesday - Wed. folders, read for 15 minutes (no sentences)

Thursday - Read for 20 minutes and write 3 complete sentences, study spelling words

**Please send the green homework paper to school each day so that I can check that homework

has been done. On Fridays it will be turned in to me.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Have a wonderful week,

Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents!

I think your children would agree that we had a great first day of 2nd grade! During math

we got to have m&m's. We all got a skittle for waiting nicely in the halls. We got to

share fun facts about ourselves with our friends, listen to stories, color, go to recess and

art! What's not to love about 2nd grade!

We do not have our actual "Take Home" folders yet. So today your child is bringing home

a yellow folder. Inside you will find their behavior calendar and an explanation of that

calendar. Please review this with your child, initial the calendar and send it back tomorrow.

Everyone did a fantastic job of being here by 8:15 and getting our day off to a great start - thank you!

I hope you have a great night with your 2nd grader because I had a great day with them!

If you have any questions please let me know.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents -

A quick rundown of what is happening this week.

 

Monday - Thursday: Read for 15 minutes and write 2 sentences

Tuesday: Math facts homework

Wendesday: Math study guide due on Friday

Weekly reading and spelling homework due by Friday

 

In addition to our weekly reading, phonics, and spelling tests on Friday, we

will also have our Topic 16 math test on Friday.

 

If you have any questions, please let me know.

 

Have a wonderful week -

Mrs. Kane