Happy New Year!

I had a wonderful break and I hop you did too!  But, I am ready to get back to my routine!

This week we are reading a wonderful story, Akiak, about a dog that runs the Iditarod Dog Sled Race.  We will be looking at facts and opinions and learning about possessive nouns.  We will not have a spelling test this week, but will begin again next week.  

In our new unit in math we will be looking at place value to one thousand.  The unit overview will come home in Wednesday folders.  Please take a look at it to see what your child will be learning.  You may want to hold on to this so that you can help your child if they have questions while they are at home.

This Friday is our next Focus Friday.  We will be learning about commitment.  Please help your child remember to wear green on Friday!

Report cards will come home in Wednesday folders this week.

Looking ahead, the second grade performance will be Thursday, January 17th.  Your child should be in the gym by 6:45.

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary

Dear Parents, 

This week we will focus on learning about holidays and customs from countries around the world.  There will not be a spelling test this week.  We will be reviewing spelling patterns and language skills.  We will wrap up unit 4 tomorrow with our test.

Please turn in any reading logs for the "Donut Forget to Read"  reading challenge by Wednesday.  I will send a note home with those students that meet the challenge.  We will have donuts and milk Friday morning before school.

Next week we will have the Holidays Around the World presentations.  The girls will present on Monday and the boys will present on Tuesday.  Please have them practice with you at home so they are comfortable talking about what they learned!  This is definitely a high light of second grade!

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

Hello Parents!

This week we are reading two very interesting stories, A New Coat For Anna and A Starry Messenger.  We will practice reading skills such as summarizing and picking out key details from the stories.  We will continue to practice writing complete sentences and our spelling pattern this week is contractions.  When you are helping your child practice their spelling words, please know that it is very important that they put the apostrophe in the correct spot. Otherwise, it is incorrect.  

During math we will continue to practice using inches, feet, and yards.  We will have our next unit test next week.  I will be sending home the practice test on Thursday to be completed and returned no later than Monday.

In preparation for beginning cursive writing next week, I will be sending home practice manuscript papers tomorrow.  Please have your child practice their handwriting by completing at least one page each night.

Next week second grade will also begin our unit on Holidays around the world.  Each day we will learn about a different country and explore their traditions and customs.  In conjunction with this unit, students can research a country on their own and present what they learned to the class.  This is an optional activity, but one I hope you will encourage your child to participate in.  The information about the project came home in take home folders today.  Only one student and present on a country.  Please turn in the green paper as soon as possible to reserve your country.  I will return the green paper to you.  In class we will learn about America, Mexico, England, Germany, and Sweden.  Please choose countries other than these.

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary

Dear Parents, 

I hope everyone enjoys their time with family and friends and has a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Remind your students to keep reading while we are out on our break and turn in those 

"Donut" Forget to Read reading challenge logs!

If you are out shopping the Black Friday sales this week, please consider making a purchase for our Adopt-a-Family.  Donations need to be brought to school no later than Friday, November 30th.  

Blessings!

Amy

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Hello Parents!

This week we are learning about the cultures of Native Americans.  This is always a fun unit for second graders!  Our spelling pattern this week is making words plural that end in the letter y.  (change the y to i and add -es)  We will review reflexive pronouns and work on writing more interesting sentences that don't start with "I".  Some examples I gave the class were - "On Saturday I _____" "After we went to the movies I _____"  "Instead of playing soccer I _____."

On Friday we will have our spelling assessment and we will begin our writing assessment for report cards.

In math we are creating and using the data in graphs and in science we are learning about animal habitats.

Reading Challenge reading logs can be turned in anytime.  We will begin graphing the total number of minutes we have read so far!  Happy Reading!

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary

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Happy Monday Everyone!

This week we are working on informative writing.  We read two articles today about phones now and long ago and will be writing an informative paragraph about what we learned.  Most have never seen a pay phone and many didn't know what a landline was.  Yes, I am feeling a bit old!

In language we are using irregular past tense verbs and will be learning about reflexive pronouns (myself, himself, ourselves, herself, etc.)  The spelling pattern for this week is consonant digraphs (sh, th, ch, wh) and our spelling test will be on Friday.

In math we are solving story problems and adding and subtracting 2 digit numbers.  We will have our next unit test on Thursday.  We will do the pre-test in class on Wednesday and they will bring it home that night so that to review.

If your child is going to buy the Mega Pass that will benefit Special Olympics, please turn the form and money in no later than Wednesday.  The purchase of the pass allows your child to participate in pj day, crazy sock day, team jersey day, book character day, hat day, and stuffed animal day the week of November 12-16.

Friday is ILE's Thanksgiving lunch.  We will eat lunch at 12:15 in the cafeteria at table 1.  I hope you are able to join us!

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary

Hello Parents!

A BIG thank you to all the parents that contributed to make our Halloween a huge success!  I hope you have had time to take a look at the pictures on Class Dojo!

This week we are working on our informative writing.  We will write about what we learned about the life cycle of a butterfly.  We will also continue learning about how text features help us understand our reading.  In language we are learning about irregular past tense verbs (go-went, come-came, do-did). We will not have a spelling test this week.

In math we are adding two digit numbers and solving word problems.  Some students have unfinished math classwork to complete as homework.

Students are now able to take AR tests.  AR is a wonderful motivator for some students and not for others.  Because of this I have asked them to set a goal for themselves.  Maybe they want to test on 2 books per week, maybe 5. They should read a book 2 times before testing on the book. However, for those that will begin testing on chapter books, once is enough. I explained that I don't want them to rush through books just to take a test.  I will give them Dojo points for books they test on AND score at least 80%.  Beginning next week I will print their AR report and include it in their Wednesday folders so you can see their progress.

Looking ahead:

Wednesday, November 6th - NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 9th - Thanksgiving lunch at 12:15

Have a wonderful week!

Amy Kane

2nd grade

Indian Lake Elementary

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