October 31, 2014

READING

                        Next week we will continue reading and doing activities with the story Owen and Mzee.  We will be comparing it to other books we have read on friendship.  We will work on collective nouns.

         

                   MATH

            Next week we will be working adding multiples of 10 and problem solving.  Our Topic Test will be next Friday.  Our next chapter will be on mental math subtraction.

Student  of the Week

Alana is the Student of the Week!  She likes to do gymnastics, karate and play on her kindle.    Her favorite animals are a dog and cat  and her favorite color is purple.   When Alana grows up she wants to be a Lawyer.

Halloween Party

Thank you to Ms. Rivera for organizing our party.  Thank you to Mrs. Kotel, Mrs. Staehely  and Mrs. Zielke for making our party a lot of fun with the activities.  Thank you Mrs. Piechnik, Mrs. Cinco, Mrs. Sarno and Ms. Michell for the treats.  We had a great time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

November 3^rd – No School Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 4^th – No School – Institute Day

November 20^th – Second Grade Music Concert

November 26-28 – Thanksgiving Break

October 24, 2014

READING

            Next week we will be continuing with our story Owen and Mzee.  We will be comparing it with another story on friendship by using a Venn Diagram.  This week we did a Halloween Descriptive Writing activity.  We learned about adjectives and used them in our writing.

                             MATH

 

                            Next week in math we will start a new topic called Mental Addition.  We will be adding two-digit numbers. 

 Student  of the Week

Liam is the Student of the Week!  He likes to play basketball, build with legos and has a little brother.  His favorite animal is dog and his favorite colors are rainbows.   When Liam grows up he wants to an Airport Worker.

Happy Birthday

October 19 - Emily 

Halloween Partries/Parade

Friday, October 31st

 Parade-1:40, Party-2:00

Please come and watch the parade.  The students should bring their costumes to school in a bag.  We will put them on prior to the parade starting.  Only our parent volunteers will be able to be at the party.  No makeup will be applied at school and no toy weapons are allowed. 

Muisic  Concert

Please remember to send in a mini flashlight with your child’s name on it for our Music Concert.  You will get the flashlights back after the concert.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 30^th- – Spooky Story Day- Wear orange and black and bring in a Halloween story

October 31^st – Classroom Halloween Party

November 3^rd – No School Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 4^th – No School – Institute Day

November 20^th – Second Grade Music Concert

October 17, 2014

READING

            Next week we will be reading a story about two unlikely animals that become friends.  We will be reading to find out the author’s purpose of the story.  We will work on possessive and plural nouns.

                             MATH

 

                             Next week in math we will be working on counting to 100, subtracting and adding 10 to a given number, even and odd numbers and using data from a chart.

Student  of the Week

Dominick is the Student of the Week!  He likes to play games on the computer, play basketball and has a lot of friends.  His favorite animal is a dog and his favorite color is red.   When Dominick grows up he wants to be an Artist.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thank you to everyone who signed up for our parent/teacher conferences.  I look forward to meeting with you on the week of October 27^th.

Halloween Partries/Parade

Friday, October 31st

 Parade-1:40, Party-2:00

Please come and watch the parade.  The students should bring their costumes to school in a bag.  We will put them on prior to the parade starting.  Only our parent volunteers will be able to be at the party.  No makeup will be applied at school and no toy weapons are allowed. 

Muisic  Concert

Please remember to send in a mini flashlight with your child’s name on it for our Music Concert.  You will get the flashlights back after the concert.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 24^th – PTO Family Halloween Party

October 24^th -  Field trip to the Firehouse

October 30^th- – Spooky Story Day- Wear orange and black and bring in a Halloween story

October 31^st – Classroom Halloween Party

November 3^rd – No School Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 4^th – No School – Institute Day

November 20^th – Second Grade Music Concert

October 3, 2014

Reading

          In reading, we will be doing a “Close Reading” of an article.  We will be doing three reads and focus on the main idea, the author’s purpose and being able to connect the article to another text. 

                          MATH

                  

          In math we started our topic on subtraction strategies.  Next week we will be working on using addition to subtract in order to solve problems.  We also took our addition and subtraction timed tests for the month of September.  The children are improving!  Keep working on addition and subtraction flashcards.

 Student  of the Week

Alex is the Student of the Week!  He likes to go swimming, build with legos and minecraft.   His favorite animal is a zebra and his favorites color are blue and red.   When Alex grows up, he wants to be a Policeman.

  

Fire Safety Assembly

Firefighter Tony came to our school on Thursday and talked about fire safety.  We learned about choosing a special meeting place in case of a fire, how to “stop, drop and roll”, and that we should never go back inside to get something we forgot.  He also showed us the special gear that firemen wear for protection.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 8^th – Picture Day

October 10^th – Early Dismissal at 12:00

October 13^th – Columbus Day – No School

October 24^th – PTO Family Halloween Party

October 31^st – Classroom Halloween Party