​Happy Monday Everyone!


This week we are reading about our economy from our Social Studies book.  There will not
be a regular reading and vocabulary test this week. This unit will take us through next week
and we will test next Wednesday.  With this unit, 2nd grade will have a "Market Day." 
Students will decide if they will produce a good or provide a service.  They will produce
(create) their products at school, not at home.  I will have craft supplies that they can use,
but if there is a special suppley they need to create their product they can bring it from
home.  Please do not go to any expense for this activity.  Suggested products have been: paper airplanes, drawings, "cutie catchers", writing stories or poems.  Suggested services have been: 
organizing someone's desk, painting nails (polish coming from home) tutoring someone in reading or math, magic tricks.   I will give them time in class to make their products or business cards if they are providing a service.   All students must have their  good or service approved by me no later than Wednesday.   Market Day will be Thursday, March 26th. All students will receive a grade for 
participating in Market Day.  


Have a wonderful week!


Mrs. Kane                                                                                                                                                                                     

Happy Monday Everyone!

I will keep this short and sweet!

We will be focusing on our Christmas Around the World Unit
this week. The only homework will be to work on their
projects. Please remember that girls will make their presentations
on Wednesday and Boys will make their presentations on Thursday.

There will be no reading, spelling, language, or math tests this week.

Friday we will have our Christmas party beginning at 10:30 and
students are dismissed at 11:30.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Kane

Welcome Back Everyone!

I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving as much as I did! We would like to welcome
our new student Hailey. She has just moved here from Kentucky. So when you
see her, please give her a big ILE welcome!

This Friday is the last day to turn in items for the adopt-a-family program.
Nothing was turned in today, so the list that went home last Wednesday
is still current as to what is needed. Thank you in advance for helping a
family in our community during Christmas.

We are reading a folktale, Two of Everything and will focus on understanding
characters and summarizing the story. Our spelling words have the vowel
digraphs -ee and -ea. In language we are learning to write friendly letters
and will be writing a letter to Santa this week!

We will continue our unit on subtraction with regrouping. Our unit test
will be next Monday. Tonight the math homework is extra practice with
this skill.

Next week we will begin our social studies unit, Christmas Around the World.
As part of this unit, students will pick a country to research. They will prepare
an oral report and a special project about that country. A note about the project
will be in Wednesday folders along with the country your child chooses. If your
family has a special connection to a particular country, and your child would
like to select that country, please let me know. There projects will be due
on December 17 for girls and December 18 for boys. If you have any questions
after the paper comes home on Wednesday, please let me know.

Homework:
Monday - Math practice, Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences
Tuesday - Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences
Wednesday - Wed. folders and read for 15 minutes.
Thursday - Read this week's story and write 3 sentences, study spelling words,
math study guide comes home (due on Monday)

Have an awesome week!
Mrs. Kane

Happy Monday Everyone!

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Thanksgiving lunch
on Friday! I know the kiddos enjoyed having you here.

This week we are learning about Native Americans and will be
reading from a booklet. This booklet will come home on Thursday
so your student can re-read the information to prepare for the
test on Friday. Our spelling words this week have vowel diagraphs
-ai and -ay. We are finishing up our language unit on verbs and
we will have your unit test next Monday.

We are wrapping up topic 8 two-digit addition in math this week
with our test on Wednesday. The study guide came home today for
homework and is due by Wednesday.

Homework:
Monday: Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences. Math study guide
due on Wednesday.
Tuesday: Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences. Math study guide
due on Wednesday
Wednesday: Wednesday folders, read 15 minutes
Thursday: Read for 20 minutes and write 3 sentences, study spelling
words.

Stay warm and have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents -

This week we are reading a fable How the Chipmunk Got It's Stripes. We will
focus on characters in this story. Our spelling words are base words with
-s and -es endings. We are continuing our unit study of verbs in language.
Today we started helping verbs. We are learning a "Helping Verb" song.
Your child has a copy of the song in their take home folder. If they can sing
the song for me I will give them 5 points extra credit on our verb test.

In math we are continuing our unit of two-digit addition. Our test on this
unit will be next week.

The bookfair is here! Tomorrow when we go to the library, your child will
be able to shop the bookfair. If you would like to go to the bookfair with
your child, it will be open after school on Thursday from 3:30-6:30. We will
also go to the bookfair for 15 minutes after lunch on Friday.

Please make plans to attend our Thanksgiving lunch on Friday. Our lunch
time is 12:00 on this day. Parents may buy their lunch for $6.60 and
children are $2.55.

Friday progress reports will come home.

Homework:
Monday: Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences. Math practice worksheet
Tuesday: Read 20 minutes and write 3 sentences.
Wednesday: Wednesday folders. Read for 15 minutes.
Thursday: Read this week's story and write 3 sentences. Study spelling words.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Kane

Hello Parents!

If your child decided to do an activity for the library's reading fair, that must
be turned in tomorrow.

This week we are reading different Halloween books and working on main
idea and detail. We will also work on dictionary skills. Our spelling words
this week will have the suffixes -ed and -ing. We are continuing our unit
study on verbs in language.

In math we will finish our unit on numbers to 1000 with a test on Thursday.
I will send the study guides home Tuesday and they will have two nights to
complete them.

We will finish up our science unit on habitats this week, as well.

This week is Red Ribbon Week. The following are our dress up days
for the remainder of the week.
Tues: Favorite team jersey
Wed: Pajama day
Thurs: Wear Red
Fri: BRING your costume for the Halloween parade.

Homework this week:
Monday - Read for 20 minutes and write 3 sentences, math worksheet
Tuesday - Read for 20 minutes and write 3 sentences, math study guide due Thurs.
Wednesday - Wednesday folder, read 15 minutes, math study guide due Thurs.
Thursday- Read for 20 minutes and write 3 sentences, study spelling words

I hope everyone can join us Friday for our annual Halloween costume parade. The
parade begins at 2:00. We will begin changing into our costumes around 1:15.
After the parade, you are welcome to stay for our Halloween party. I hope you
can join us!

If you have any questions please let me know!

Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Kane

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