Our Turkeys are Hiding

The turkeys look great!
Come in Wednesday for our Holiday feast and a short play read by your your child.

Important dates:
November 26th:  $8 for field trip is due, book orders also need to be turned in at school (unless ordering online)
November 27th:  last day to submit book orders online

Week of November 2nd

Science:  We finished up our sound unit in science by making guitars.  We will now be discussing the life cycle of salmon.

Social Studies:  This week we discussed the 1964 earthquake and students wrote a paragraph to add to their Anchorage books that we are making.

Math:  Are focus is on place value to 1,000.

Reading:  Reading groups

Group 1:  We just finished the Nate the Great series.
Group 2-3:  We have started a poetry unit.  Students will be bringing these home to work on during the next few weeks.
Group 4:  We will be reading Mike and Spike this week.

**Continue to bring the binders in so that I can put the portfolios together.

Important Dates:

November 5th, Wednesday:  PTA Meeting @ 4:45
November 7th, Friday:  Spirit day.  Wear Blue and Yellow!!!
November 14th:  Movie night @ 6:30 (How to Train Your Dragon 2)
          **Free admission

Halloween Pictures

Students had a blast on Halloween!!!

October 27, 2014

What a busy month!!!

Parent conferences went well.  It was great getting to meet and talk with everyone.
Don't forget to bring in the one inch binders (I mentioned this to all students who will be staying till the end of the year).


Halloween Party:
October 31:  We will spend the last 30 minutes of the day having a party.  It is okay to bring drinks, chip, fruit, treats, etc.

*Students may wear costumes at the end of the day on Friday.
Costumes should be:
~school friendly
~NO weapons, scary face painting or masks (anything with blood color)

Important Dates

October 30th:  Flu and vaccine clinic

October 13

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Karah won 2nd place for her fire prevention poster.

Important information:

Bring in your box tops!!!!  There is a school-wide competition--help class get ahead.  

October 13:  School wide fundraiser.  

October 17:  Dominos Pizza fundraiser

October 20:  Book Fair Begins

October 22-23:  Parent Teacher Conferences (Half Days for Students)

October 1st

Math:  We are learning addition and subtraction strategies.
Reading:  We just finished reading aloud My Father's Dragon
Science:  We are studying sound and what makes sound.

For Your Information
*October 3rd     Healthy Futures Log due
*October 3rd     Book Orders Due (Code:JDNZW)
                         -Order online or send in the form*October 6th     Fire Prevention Week
PTA News
*The PTA fundraiser (School Mall) begins on October 13th. 
*The next Domino’s fundraiser will be October 17th. 
*There will be no school on October 17th.

September 24

Reading logs are going home!!!

I am sending reading logs home today.  When students complete the reading logs and turn them in they will get a free pizza coupon from Pizza Hut!  Please keep the reading logs in the plastic sleeve inside the folders.

It is important that students are reading every night and working on fluency and accuracy.  The table below will help with how many words your child should be reading and a website for you to reference.  Some students read quickly and once they are reading fluently then the focus is on the child being able to understand what they read and can they retell the story in their own words.

FLUENCY http://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101/fluency
How many words per minute should 2nd graders be reading?	Fall 55	Winter 80	Spring 92

This week I am meeting with students and sending them home with books to practice reading.  There are questions in the back that they can answer verbally.  This will be a good check to see if they understood what they read.

Thank you for all your support and working with your child!!

**Important Date**

Friday:  Order Pizza From Dominos!!!!  This is a fundraiser for our school.  Dominos donates money for every pizza our school orders.  Tell your child goes to Ursa Major and that they are in Ms. Conner's class!!!

**Also, where your school shirts or Blue and Yellow on Friday to show school spirit!

October 1, Wednesday:  Picture Day--Come to school with your best smile :0)