Welcome Back!

Wow!  Who would have believed we would have used 7 snow days half way into January?!

This week we are reading a fun story Dex: The Heart of a Super Hero.  We will be looking at how the characters respond to different events that happen in the story.  In language we will be learning to use dictionaries.  Our spelling words have the suffixes -ly and -ful.  We will all have the same spelling list this week due to taking the last spelling test today.

In math we are working with 3 digit numbers, word problems, and practicing telling time.

We will begin our unit on biographies in a couple of weeks.  Students will need to have a biography to read for this unit.  They will be learning about a famous person through their reading and will present what they learned to the class.  Their is an optional people poster that can be done at home if they would like.  More information will be coming home about that soon.  For now, please help your child select a biography to read.  This may be a book you already have at home, one you may purchase, or borrow from the library.  Students will have an opportunity to look for biographies at the school library in the coming weeks.

Have a wonderful week!

Amy

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AK

Happy New Year!

I am so happy to be back in the classroom with my kiddos!  It sounds like everyone had a wonderful break!

This week during ELA we will focus on writing an opinion paper.  We will also learn about proper nouns and our spelling words this week are 2-syllable words with long vowels.

We began our next unit in math where we will be working with numbers to 1000.

This Friday is our next Focus Friday.  We will learn about commitment.  Everyone please wear GREEN.  We have won the participation trophy two months in a row!  Could we make it three?

Report cards will come home on Friday.

January's calendar indicates that 2nd grade will have a performance on the 18th.  This has been moved to March. 


Have a wonderful week!
Amy

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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AK

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