Happy "Hump" Day! I've been a busy bee lately (meetings and a workshop), so I apologize for my 3-day absence from the blog. :D I will be recapping Monday - Wednesday.
LEFT at Home:
- Monday & Tuesday:
- Reading BOOKIT! Program letter: We are all hyped up to earn a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut!! (I haven't received the program information yet - which is unusual. I will be checking with Mr. Hammerschmidt to make sure we get what we need for this awesome program!) Keep reading!!
- Classroom Party Letter (White): The cost for all three parties will be $5.00 per student. Please send the money by October 11 so our room parent will have plenty of time to get things together for our first party - Animal Safari Theme! Here's some more information on our upcoming parties:
- Animal Safari: This is taking the place of a traditional Halloween party. The 2nd grade teachers have chosen to replace the Halloween theme with a fun kick-off to our curriculum-based animal unit. :)
- Christmas Party: We will be doing special projects related to the winter holidays.
- Heart Healthy: This is taking the place of a traditional Valentine's Day party. Again, the 2nd grade teachers have chosen to replace the Valentine's theme with a fun and exciting curriculum-based human body unit (heart!).
- Tri-County Arena Calendar (Green): Ice Skating Lessons
- Discovering Amazing Abilities (Green or Orange): Youth Basketball presented by the YMCA
- Girls Cross Country event for students K-5 (white)
- Picture Make-up/Retake Day (green half sheet): If your student hasn't gotten their picture taken yet, please stop in between 7:30am-12:00 (noon) to have it done, even if you don't plan on ordering. The pictures will be used for the yearbook! :)
- Wednesday:
- Spelling and Reading Words/PreTest (short e sound)
RIGHT Back to School:
- Monday-Tuesday:
- Math Homework & Remembering 1-11
- Wednesday:
- Math Homework 1-12 (all) [Remembering 1-12 is extra credit]
- Scholastic Book Orders (Due Oct. 31)
- Upper Elementary Scholastic
- 3rd Grade Lucky Scholastic
- 2nd Grade Lucky Scholastic
- November 5 Free Workshops (White)
- World Language (Purple): Become a beginning learner in Spanish or German for $25.00!
Our Day:
- Joke of the Day: Why was it thundering and lightning in the lab? [Because the scientists were brainstorming] :)
- Daily 5:
- Read to Self: Our stamina is at 14 minutes and 57 seconds today! Fantastic!
- Writing: Our stamina is at 10 minutes and 43 seconds today! Wow!
- Read to Someone: Today was our first day of Read to Someone!
- When we read to a friend, we sit EEKK! [Elbow to Elbow, Knee to Knee]
- We came up with a list of what it should look like, sound like, and feel like when we are reading to a friend.
- Why is Read to Someone so important??
- #1 It is FUN!!
- #2 We help our friends become better readers and they help us too!
- DOL/Number of the Day:
- We are working on uppercase letters at the beginning of sentences, punctuation at the end, and spaces between words.
- Today's number is 2! Did you know that 100 more than 2 is 102?? Cool!!
- Library: We are learning all about poetry - specifically, rhythm and beat! We clapped along to Miss Pritzl's glorious renditions of many different, fun poems!
- Math: Unit 1, Lesson 12
- Today we learned about "Put Together" and "Take Apart" word problems. We read the question two or more times to really determine whether we needed to find a missing partner (addend), or if we needed to find a missing total.
- MegaMath: Carnival Stories: Fishy Fun!
- Science: Yesterday we watched a video on Birds, and today we started a video on Reptiles. We will watch videos on 5 of the 6 animal groups to gain a better understanding of characteristics for each group. Next week, I will test your child's knowledge of the 6 animal groups by having them create a "foldable" book with characteristics and drawing a picture for each animal group.
- Gym: It was a super fun day in gym today - we got to play a game! We have many friends tying shoes for a friend and even teaching friends to tie shoes!! I'm soooo impressed with how this class cares for each other!
For Thursday:
- We have Art, Music, and Picture Retake.