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