Red Ribbon Week

Let's Work Together...on Addition Facts!

We need your help in 2nd grade!! We've worked on making addition flash cards for each student to keep in their backpack. We've been working on addition for awhile now in 2nd grade, and we're getting better. We want our 2nd graders to know their addition and subtraction facts automatically! This will make everything else we do in 2nd grade so much easier!!!
This is something I'd love for you to help your child with at home, also. If you have other children at home, this is something I'm sure they could use extra practice with, too. If your kids get bored at night (or they've had their TV quota for the day), practice addition/subtraction facts with the flash cards!!
Your child should work on the facts sheet that is sent home each week and return it on Friday. We're taking a TIMED test each Friday. I was very lenient this week with my grading...it's going to get tougher!

Ponds 4 Kids

Thanks to the volunteers who helped with the pond!! We couldn't have done it without you!!!
Ms. Robinson, if you check us out again, it was really nice to meet you! Thanks for your help!

We held the torch today!!!

Ms. Davis caught us in an exceptionally good line in the hallway and we were awarded the torch today! Way to go, class!!!

WOW!! Look @ our plants grow!!!

Remember when we planted our seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, kidney, or pea)? That's only been a little over 1 week and look at them grow! We can't wait to see how much bigger they get in another week (that is if Mrs. Davis's not-so-green thumb can keep them alive that much longer, with our help, of course!)...

Corduroy (September 22-26)

This week we'll be reading Corduroy. It's one of my favorites!!

Here are our spelling and vocabulary words for this week:

I will not be @ school this Friday (the 26th) and my goal is to take all of the tests we normally take on Friday on Thursday of this week. That includes the reading passage test! So, please help me work extra hard Monday-Thursday and you can have Thursday night off!!! Thanks for your cooperation!

Fun Friday

Here we are enjoying Fun Friday!!!

We are talking about living things in 2nd grade. We've discussed the differences in plants and animals. We know that living things need food, oxygen, and sunlight to survive. Last week, we each planted a seed. We planted sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, peas, and red kidney seeds. We recorded our observations and we can't wait to watch our seeds and see what happens in the next couple of weeks!!

The Lion and the Mouse

Vocabulary Words:

snoozing: taking a quick nap

furious: very angry; mad

repay: to pay or give back

raged: to act violently

gnaw: to chew

Spelling Words:

repay

meter

eve

gene

beside

elect

pretend

these

hero

demand

compete

create

evening

delete

eraser

Today, the Litterbug came to visit 2nd grade! EEWW! We learned a lot last week about taking care of our earth when we read For the Love of Our Earth. We knew so much about it we were able to help the Litterbug and his team decide what to do with trash...throw it in a garbage can and bag it up so it doesn't litter our beautiful earth!!!

Thank you, Mrs. Saylor!

Mrs. Saylor, thank you for your help today!! You're a lifesaver!!!

September 8-12

Our story this week is:

Our spelling and vocabulary words:

We love art day!!

We went to art today and discussed lines...here we are with Mrs. K.

Please buy a t-shirt for your child!! They are $6 - this is what they look like, except WILD will be written in zebra print. We'll wear these shirts on field trips and on special days. Each 2nd grade class will have its own color shirt. It'll make it so much easier to find my class when we're in a crowded place. The shirts are really cute and I'd love for everyone to have one!

$ and order forms due September 17th

I always tell my students about my dog, Win, so I thought I'd put a "family portrait" of our family so they could see. Win is just like a baby - not very cooperative!

This is the best shot we got, and he's not even looking at the camera!

September 2-5

This week, we'll be reading For the Love of Our Earth. Don't forget that school pictures are Wednesday, the 3rd. Our Grandparent's Day lunch will be held this Friday, the 5th. If your child has someone coming to eat with them, please fill out the lunch form that was sent home so our lunchroom will know approximately how many lunches to fix. This will aid in getting through the lunch line quicker on this busy, crowded day.
We had a school-wide Fun Friday last week, where we watched a movie and had popcorn! The students who had participated in every Fun Friday up until that point were invited to attend. We'll be starting our month of Fun Fridays over this week, so encourage your child to think before acting!!
We're still doing really good on our reading passages. I'm so excited to have such great support from my students' parents! You'll see the benefits of these passages as your child's DIBELs score continue to rise!
Thanks for all of your hard work!
Kelsey - I'm going to keep you as student of the week this week because I didn't get a chance to make sure you got to see yourself on our website! I'll make sure tomorrow at school that you get to see yourself on the Internet!