Mrs. Shafer's Super Second Grade Class
News and Daily Assignments
Our super kid this week is
READING/LANGUAGE
ARTS- We will continually work
on writing complete sentences. We are working especially hard on remembering
that sentences ALWAYS begin with capitals and end with some kind of
punctuation. Our class will continue to review CVC, short vowel then double the
consonant when adding vowel suffixes, and changing the -y to -i when adding
vowel suffixes. We will be having fun reading and writing, and identifying
onomatopoeias and alliterations throughout the year. We will continue to
complete reading logs and take AR tests on the books we get from the
library. We learned how to write a
letter and will continually work and build on this skill in our journals. We will continue having fun and learning
about Rainforests. Think GREEN!!! J
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Our
class has elected to read and complete "ClassroomsCare" reading logs
totaling 50 books. When we complete our
goal, Scholastic Book Club will donate up to 250,000 books to military families
as our way of saying thanks for their service to our country.
WE DID
IT!!! Our class logged in over 50
books!! A big THANKS to all the
parents who completed the "ClassroomsCare" reading logs for their children. We have now helped get 250,000 books donated
from Scholastic to our military families.
Go class!!!!
Unit
1 Week 1: No more spelling for the year! J Bonus:
Develop homework skills using this fun and exciting website: www.edhelpforparents.com (password: SPRINGHILL).
There are fun games to help with second grade
skills. Enjoy!
HOMEWORK THIS WEEK
|
Monday Study
mixed math facts and spelling words. No homework for the rest of the school year!!! |
Tuesday Study
mixed math facts and spelling words. |
Wednesday Study
mixed math facts and harder spelling words. |
Thursday Study
mixed math facts and spelling words. Work
on homework packet. |
Friday ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND! J |
A
wonderful website for spelling: http://www.spellingcity.com/misstriplett/
Thank
you Miss Triplett for sharing this with us!
This website is very easy
to navigate and there are lots of fun games using the current spelling list.
Another wonderful website passed on from a caring grandmother: www.ALearningIsland.org. If you are in need of knowing
the level of the book your child is reading check the local library or www.scholastic.com for help.
Educational
web sites: www.abcteach.com, www.bbc.co, www.candlelightsotires.com, kidslab.com, www.manatee.k12, www.edhelper.com, www.internet4classrooms.com, www.primaryresources.co.uk, www.starfall.com,
www.brainfun.com, and www.aplusmath.com.
Upcoming
events: All upcoming field trips, holidays, pictures, and special events will
be listed here.
May
17th: ALL books due back
in the library!!
May
18th: Second Grade Awards @ 10:00 @ Williamson Auditorium (This is a
change!)
May
21st: a trip to Longview Public Library @ 1:15
May 27th & 28th: Early
Release @ 11:30
REMINDERS:
Please make sure your child wears or brings tennis shoes each
day!
Don't forget about Fabulous Friday festivities every Friday
morning! Everyone needs to be here by 7:45.
Your children’s spelling words can be found in their
notebooks that should be taken home daily.
Please read and practice math facts with your children nightly.
These are skills they will use all their lives.
Please
write in the "Reading Log" section of your child's notebook whether
he or she likes, dislikes, enjoys, or is bored with the books he/she reads in
her notebook. You can just use happy, sad, or indifferent faces to speed up the
process. This helps me to know what books the children really enjoy so I can
buy them for our class library. THANKS for your time.
PTA meetings are usually held at noon on
the first Thursday of the month on the Intermediate campus.
VOLUNTEERS
WANTED:
Simple Strategies for Creating
Strong Readers:
1.
Invite a
child to read with you every day.
2.
When reading
a book where the print is large, point word by word as you read. This will help
the child learn that reading goes from left to right and understand that the
word he or she says is the word he or she sees.
3.
Read a
child's favorite book over and over again.
4.
Read many
stories with rhyming words and lines that repeat. Invite the child to join in
on these parts. Point, word by word, as he or she reads along with you.
5.
Discuss new
words. For example, "This big house is called a palace. Who do you think
lives in a palace?
6.
Stop and ask
about the pictures and about what is happening in the story.
7.
Read from a
variety of children's books, including fairy tales, song books, poems, and
information books.
PLEASE REMEMBER!! You can order online from the Scholastic book orders... http://pcool.scholastic.com/parentordering/login.jsp?ESP=SBC/ib//acq/pcool_slimnav_Parents///nav/txtl////
username: MrsShafers2ndGradeClass
password: Welovetoread
AR INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Children
who have made 100’s on 10 AR tests will receive a prize from the chest, for 25
AR tests I will buy them a dessert for lunch, for 50 AR tests they make a 100 I
will have lunch with them, for 75 AR tests I will let them work at my desk for
the entire day and if you make 100's on 100 AR tests you will attend a special
celebration at the end of the year!
My conference
time is 2:45 to 3:30, Tuesdays through Fridays. If you would like to schedule a
conference please call the school and leave a message or email me. I try to
return calls between 8:45 and 9:15 Monday through Thursday while the children
are in P.E. or music.
Feel free to e-mail me anytime! J
