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