Thank you to all of you who helped make the walk-a-thon a success! The kids had a great time and our class raised over $700 for the PTO! How awesome! Please look for a letter from Tahoe Safe Alliance in your child's backpack today. They will be coming to our class on November 3rd to talk about "Hands are Not for Hitting." If you do NOT wish for your child to participate, please sign and return the letter to me before November 3rd. Thank you!
This week will be very busy for us! Tomorrow morning we will have a fire drill and a presentation by the fire chief. Wednesday, the Humane Society will be visiting the 1st and 2nd graders to talk about "What do pets need?" and "The costs of a pet". Thursday, we will participate in the state wide "Great Shake Out" which is an earthquake drill and an earthquake safety video.
***IMPORTANT***
Next week (10/19- 10/22) will be our fall conferences and school will be out at 12:15 every day. There will be no child care after 12:15, so please be sure that you pick up your child by 12:15. The conference sign up sheet for 2nd grade is on the inside of our classroom door. Please be sure to stop by during drop off or pick up time this week to sign up for a conference time. Conferences will be informal and last about 15 minutes. We will briefly review how your students did on the iReady diagnostic, how they do in class, and sign our LP2 paperwork. Please sign up for your conference time as soon as possible. Thank you!
This week in ELA we are working on our Unit 1 Reading Assessments, adjectives and adverbs, and narrative writing. In Math we are working with 2-step word problems. In Science we are learning about basic animal needs. In Social Studies we are learning how to be good citizens. In Health we are learning about how to make healthy food choices.
Spelling List
(spell long o and a words, recognize the vowel sound in do)
(spell words in the -ind family, add the ending -ing with no change to the base word)
no
go
going
most
kind
find
gave
so
do
doing
mind
blind
Writing Prompt
This week we are beginning our writing unit on Narrative Writing. A narrative tells a made-up or real story. The characters can be people or plants, animals, and objects that act like people. Narrative writing has a beginning that introduces the characters and setting, a middle that shows how the characters think, feel, and act, and an end that finishes the story and makes sense. Please have you child write a narrative about a prince or princess. It should be at least 5 sentences in their best handwriting on lined paper. Thank you!
In closing, I'd also like to remind you that students should be appropriately dressed for the weather and that ALL students need to have a water bottle to keep at school as we do not have cups to offer them should they be thirsty. If your child needs sunscreen, please apply it before they come to school. Thanks so much!
Have a great week!
Miss Jenny