Upcoming Dates

Monday, November 9th- Teacher Workshop Day (No School)
Tuesday, November 10th- 2 Hour Late Start (Wear an Irish Shirt), Trash to Cash Collection Day

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Nov. 2-6

One-Syllable Words

1. dream

2. feel

3. yield

4. cream

5. wheel

6. field

Two-Syllable Words

7. greedy

8. increase

9. relief

Happy Halloween!

Guided Reading

 This week during whole group reading instruction and during small group reading instruction our class worked on identifying the main idea and supporting details to go along with the main idea.  Next week we will continue to work on the skill of main idea and details with new guided reading books. 

Winter is Coming!

The chilliness has arrived in the air.  Please make sure to send warm clothes to school with your child to wear outside during recess time!

Halloween Candy Collection

Just a reminder that on November 2 & 3 our school will be collecting individually wrapped store-bought Halloween candy to help raise money for local food shelves.  For every pound of candy collected, Allina Health will donate $1.00 to local food shelves.

Phonics

In phonics this week your child worked with words that had the long o sound within them as in boat, show, and toe.  We spent a lot of time focusing on the letter patterns oa, oe, and ow within words. 

Pizza Hut Book It

Maple Lake Elementary is participating in the Pizza Hut Book It Program again this year. 

The only way to get better at reading is to do it. The Pizza Hut® BOOK IT!® Program motivates children to read more by rewarding them for their reading accomplishments. It can be used to enhance programs that teach children how to read, support comprehension and intervention programs, and encourage parents to spend more time reading with their children at home.

These certificates will be honored at any Pizza Hut and at the Monticello movie theater for 1 free movie ticket. Please be sure to use the certificate before it expires, which is 30 days from the date posted on the certificate.

I will start handing these out in the classroom to those students who have their yellow book log sheet signed each night for reading and math.


Happy Reading!

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Oct. 26 - Oct. 30

One-Syllable Words

1. float

2. doe

3. grown

4. boat

5. shown

6. toe

Two-Syllable Words

7. below

8. yellow

9. toenail

 

Halloween/Fall Activities

On Friday, October 30th, some academics for the day will focus around Halloween/Fall.  Throughout the day our class will go to Mr. Hammerschmidt’s classroom, Mrs. Skay's classroom, and our classroom to do several Halloween/Fall related academic activities.  If your child chooses, he/she may change into their Halloween costume at 11:45.  Please note that having your child wear a costume is entirely up to you.  Just a reminder that all candy brought to school must be store bought!  There are 22 students in our classroom.

 

Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, October 28th- Wellness Wed.(Wear Workout Clothes)

Phonics

This week in phonics your child worked with

homophones.  Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and have different spellings as in: wait and weight.

Lunch Menu Change

There has been a lunch menu change for this Friday.  The menu will be as follows:

• Hawaii Chicken Sandwich or Crispy Beef Strips

CAFE Reading Strategies

We continue to discuss various reading strategies that your child can use when he/she gets stuck on a word.  Your child also has been learning new reading strategies to help him/her better understand what they are reading.  We call these strategies CAFE reading strategies.  The "C" stands for comprehension, the "A" stands for accuracy, the "F" stands for fluency, and the "E" stands for expand vocabulary.

Guided Reading

I have officially met with every Guided Reading group so be looking for new books in your child's book bag almost every other day.  Please encourage your child to READ, READ, and READ!

Writing

In writing our class has been working on adding details(adjectives) to our writing.  Your child is also working on beginning every sentence with a capital letter and ending every sentence with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark.  Your child is also learning more about nonfiction books.

 

Guided Reading

This week your child is working on rotating from one Daily 5 to the next.  Look for guided reading book bags to start coming home after MEA break.

Writing

In writing your child has been learning about each step of the writing process.  We currently are learning about the rough draft part of the writing cycle. 

Upcoming Dates

October 7th-14th- Book Fair Open
Monday, October 12th- Evening Conferences
Tuesday, October 13th- Evening Conferences, 2 Hour Late Start, National Hot Lunch Day
Wednesday, October 14th- No School, All Day Conferences
October 15th-16th-  No School

Word of the Month

Respect- a feeling or an understanding that someone or something has value

Smart Board

We do a lot of neat things with the smart board that is in our classroom.  Ask your child to share with you some of the things we have done and do with our smart board.

 

National Hot Lunch Day

Next Tuesday is National Hot Lunch Day.  Second graders will eat lunch at 11:15.  Just a reminder that visitors are not allowed to go out to the playground with students for recess.

Spelling

There will be no spelling words or a spelling test next week due to a short two day week.

Phonics

In phonics this week your child is working with open syllable patterns within words as in be, he, shy, dry, go and so.