Still want to Chaperone?

I have three spots left for chaperoning that have become available for the field trip to the Cinderella play next Tuesday, December 7th.  The tickets are $6.  Please let me know as soon as possible if you'd like to go with us to the play.  We will be leaving school between 9-9:15 and returning sometime around 11:30-12. 

It's that busy time

The time of the year has arrived that is beyond busy.  Three important notes went home today in the homework folders.  One was explaing the first book project which will be going home this Friday along with the book that each student has been assigned.  This project is to be completed at home and then students will present their book and how they did their project some time the week that it is due (the due date for the project will be on the instructions on Friday).  Students' grades are heavily weighted on effort and direction following.

Second, a pink slip went home with almost every student asking for a specific type of candy for our "candy store" at the holiday party. If you did not get a pink slip with a candy assignment it's more than likely because you signed up to help with the party and will be given a special request. :)  Please let me know if you're having a difficult time finding the specific candy or if you have no idea what I meant.  These need to be brought into class no later than Tuesday, December 14th in order to make sure we have everything necessary for the "candy store".

At last but not least, a note went home today about a gift exchange that we will be doing the day of the party, December 16th.  Please read over the note and let me know if you have any questions or if you will not be able to participate.  Every child has been asked to bring in a wrapped gift of two winter accessories- a hat and gloves, a scarf and mittens, etc.  Please wrap both items as one present and label only with who it is from.  Girls should bring in a gift for a girl and boys for boys.

Mitten Exchange

Quite the week

We had quite week this past week.  Our story this past week in our reading program was Owl Moon so we spent a lot of time learning all about owls, doing owl art, and last but not least, dissecting owl pellets.  Some of the kids were a little hesitant about this project, but after digging in and finding lots of skulls and other little bones they were very excited!  We had our own little group of scientists classifying bones on our hands.

We also helped finish up the coat drive by making special tags to attach to the coats that were collected over the past couple months at our school.  The coats were delivered to Sierra Vista Elementary school along with some hot chocolate.  Below are some pictures of the tag making process and getting ready to attach.  The plan was to also take some pictures of them in action along with Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Rippingham's class attaching the tags and sorting the coats by size; however, it got a little hectic and I didn't have a spare second to snap a photo.

Easier Communication

In order to help with easier communication on our new website, I have changed the settings required to make a comment.  You will not need an account in order to comment on something or to ask a question!  Just click on the comment line (or the little pencil) under the post, choose Name/URL, type your name and comment or question and post!

Last one

Tomorrow in the Friday Folders I will be sending home the last paper-type news bulletin. From now on all the news and reminders will be given from this website. Please save the address to your "favorites" and try to check it at least once a week. Here is the last newsletter...
Second Grade Newspdf

This has been a fun, busy week.  We made 114 tags to be attached to the coats that were collected in the coat drive for Sierra Vista Elementary and we will be attaching them to the coats tomorrow.  We also dissected owl pellets today!  Pictures and more details soon....

Thank you

We had a great turn out for conference week with 100% of all our conferences completed. Thank you so much for helping make it a successful week!

Make sure to take note that next Wednesday, November 17th, is a 3:00 dismissal due to bussing issues due to high school proficiency testing. Have a wonderful weekend!

Due Dates

There are a couple of due dates coming up.

First....our November/December book orders are due by this Friday.  You can place the order online or send in the order forms with a check.  If you choose to order the books online please do so no later than the morning of Friday the 19th so the orders can be finalized at the same time.

Second....our first field trip will be here before you know it.  The $9 for our Cinderella play is due back by November 29th.  Please let me know if you'd like to chaperone.  Spaces for chaperones are limited.  I will notify parents who will be able to chaperone and at that time they can send in the money for their ticket.  I believe chaperones pay $6 since they do not pay for the pricey and fabulous school bus.

Cinderella Field Trip

Busy, Busy, Busy

This week has been crazy and it's only Monday, not a good sign. :)  We have half days everyday (except Wednesday is the normal 2:15 release and there's no school Thursday), we are taking the district-wide Math Benchmark tests (you will get the results on Friday) and we are going to decorate the t-shirts you all sent in to get ready for our first field trip in December.

Next week will be the only full week of school for the entire month of November.  We will doing a big unit on Owls to go along with our Owl Moon story for the week.  As a tie to Science we will be dissecting sterilized owl pellets in partners on Wednesday afternoon.  Make sure to let me know if you'd prefer your child not to participate in this activity.

On another note, today was the first day that Miss Loux was not in our class but we did have some sightings of her in building.  It's like a celebrity spotting or our own personal version of Where's Waldo? on a daily basis...fun! :)

So long Miss Loux...

This is Miss Loux's last week in our class.  I can't believe how quickly the time flew!  She will now be completing a ten week internship with the special education teacher at our school so we will still see her around.  I know that Julie had a great time working with all the students and parents in our class and will take lots of learning experiences with her on the rest of her teaching journey.  Good luck Miss Loux!  You're a great teacher!