3 days to go!

Tuesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log*

*The newsletter states that there is Math homework tonight. This has changed. Students only need to read for 20 minutes.

It would be a great idea to study for the Spelling test. The test is on Thursday. There are 25 words because it is a review week. While we have had the words before, it is still important to refresh your brain! :)

4 days to go!

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Topic 7 Study Guide (Students MAY NOT use a No Homework pass on this!)

This Week...
Math: Topic 7 Test (Subtraction); Topics 1-8 Review
Reading: Review various comprehension skills and strategies; No story from the reader this week!
Language Arts: Synonyms, Antonyms, Adjectives, Homophones

Class News:
* I am in need of donations for our Christmas party on Friday! Please contact me to let me know what you would like to donate. This will ensure we don't end up with too much of one thing!
* Christmas break will begin after school on Friday, December 21. Students will return to school for second semester on Thursday, January 3.
* We will have our December AR celebration on Friday. The goal is to have 1.5 points this month with at least 78% accuracy.

December 13

Thursday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Pratice 7.5

Sincere thanks

Thank you so much to everyone who donated to our Christmas care packages for soldiers, whether you gave items or money for the shipping. The turnout was amazing! Today we were able to mail 16 boxes out to 4 different troops. We could not have done it without you! Your generosity warms my heart and makes me so proud to be a Hendricks Hurricane!

Wednesday Homework:

1) DEAR Log

2) Math Practice 7-4

*Tomorrow is the last day our Santa Shop is open!

Great job to all 2nd graders!

I am so proud of all my kiddos. They did a FABULOUS job in our 2nd grade Christmas program! A BIG thank you goes out to Mrs. Thomas, our wonderful music teacher, who put it all together!

Tuesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 7.3

Reminder: Santa Shop is open tomorrow and Thursday! 

Christmas program tomorrow!!

Reminders:
-Our Christmas program is tomorrow night at 6:30pm. 2nd graders need to be in their classrooms by 6:10pm to get ready.

-Tomorrow is the last day we're taking donations to send in our Christmas care packages for soldiers. Thank you so much to everyone who donated already!

-Santa Shop is December 10-13. 

This Week In...
Phonics: Three consonant blends (scr, spr, str)
Reading: Cause & Effect; Visualizing; Using a thesaurus
Language Arts: Punctuation; Combining sentences; Synonyms
Math: Mental Subtraction; Subtraction Strategies

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 7-2

Spelling Change:
There will be a slight change in our Spelling routine. I will continue to send the words home on Fridays, and students should practice a little each day as usual. We will take a practice test on Wednesday so students can pinpoint the words they struggle with most. Students will take their Spelling test on Thursdays afternoon.

Christmas play on Tuesday!

-2nd graders will perform their Christmas play on Tuesday, December 11th @ 6:30pm. All 2nd graders need to report to their classroom by 6:10p to prepare for the play.

-Spelling tests will now be given on Thursdays to lighten Friday's test load. Our Spelling list for the next week goes home every Friday, so this should still leave plenty of time to practice. It is so important to practice the Spelling words at home each night because we don't get to spend a lot of time in class on Spelling because we have MANY other things to learn and do!

Thursday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 7-1

HW Change

Please donate items to send in our Christmas care packages for American soldiers in Kuwait. We will be collecting items until next Tuesday! (Dec.11th)

Please contact me if you have any questions about what you can donate.

Wednesday Homework:

1) DEAR Log

Field Trip Today

-We had a great time on our short field trip to The Strand. We watched Alice in Wonderland performed as a play.

-PLEASE send in donations for our Christmas care package for soldiers. Contact me for more information or for suggested items. We need to send our packages next Tuesday so please send them in ASAP! Thank you for all you do :)

Tuesday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Topic 8 Study Guide*

*Students MAY NOT use a No Homework pass on the study guide.

Happy December!

Class News:
-Please donate items to our Christmas care packages for soldiers. A green flier with the information went home today. If you have any questions, please contact me!!
-Field trip tomorrow morning to watch Alice in Wonderland @ The Strand!
-2nd Grade Christmas play is December 11th @ 6:30
-December AR Goal is 1.5 points with 78% accuracy

Monday Homework:
1) DEAR Log
2) Math Practice 8-9


This Week In...2nd Grade Reading: The Alvin Ailey kids: Dancing as a Team; Summarizing, Visualizing
3rd Grade Reading: What's in Store for our Future?; Summarizing, Fact & Opinion
Phonics: Words with ch, tch, th, wh, and ph
Language Arts: Writing book titles; Using have, had, and has
Math: Topic 8 review and test (2 digit addition); Begin Topic 7 (Mental Subtraction)

Spelling Words Here

Friday was such a fun day! We had our monthly school convocation where they announced the Students of the Month. Congratulations to Chase who is the Student of the Month from our classroom! Our Friday celebration for the students who earned it was helping me decorate our classroom Christmas tree. We also got to make fossils to wrap up everything we learned about dinosaurs and fossils this week!

Next week's Spelling words:
each, teaching, teeth, wishbone, matching, which, path, fishing, watch, dish, white, chase, body, pretty, young, different, someone, school, done, circle