Wear Orange on Friday

Students are encouraged to wear orange on Friday to show kindness and to show that bullying is not allowed at MLE!

Phonics

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

 

Upcoming Dates

 Tuesday, Oct. 12th- 2 Hour Late Start, Wear an Irish Shirt

Clasroom Fund

 If able to we are asking families to send $10.00 to school by Oct. 8th. Please make any checks payable to your child's teacher. This money will aide in our journey of learning by funding many needed educational supplies throughout our academic school year. Thanks for your support. The best learning is HANDS ON LEARNING!

Spelling Words

Week Of:

Oct. 4-8

One-Syllable Words

1. train

2. stay

3. eight

4. sprain

5. tray

6. freight

Two-Syllable Words

7. complain

8. obey

9. raisin

 

Homecoming Dress Up Days

Next week is Homecoming week. Check out the following dress up days we will have in the elementary.

Monday, Oct. 4th- America Day

Thursday, Oct. 7th- Class Color Day-2nd Grade Wear Blue

Friday, Oct. 8th- School Spirit Day

Book Fair is Coming

The Book Fair will be in person this year. Check out the following dates that the Book Fair will be open to the public.

Monday & Tuesday, Oct. 18th & 19th: Open to the public- 9:15am-7:30pm

Wednesday, Oct. 20th: Open to the public - 8:15-11:30am

Wellness Wednesday Tomorrow

 Wear workout clothes on Wednesday!

Wednesday Lunch Menu Change

Due to some product availability issues, a menu change is necessary for Wednesday's lunch options.  The grain bowl option will not be available and instead will be replaced with spaghetti with meat sauce. Thank you.

Spelling Focus

 Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that have open syllable patterns within them as in cry, go, she, etc.

 

Spelling Words

Week Of:

          Sept. 27-Oct. 1          

One-Syllable Words

1. cry

2. go

3. she

4. fly

5. we

6. so

Two-Syllable Words

7. baby

8. robot

9. tidy

 

Phonics

 In phonics this week your child worked with words that had a long vowel-consonant-silent e pattern within them as in cake, tape, made, etc.

 

Classroom Fund

If able to we are asking families to send $10.00 to school by Oct. 1st. Please make any checks payable to your child's teacher. This money will aide in our journey of learning by funding many needed educational supplies throughout our academic school year. Thanks for your support. The best learning is HANDS ON LEARNING!

 

Classroom Blog

If you have returned to school my classroom blog signup sheet, I have entered your email address/addresses. Make sure you check your email for the feedburner confirmation email otherwise you are not yet completely signed up. This blog will be a great way for you to easily stay connected with what is going on in the classroom and any important dates/reminders.

Library

 Every Friday our class will go to the library to check out new books!

Wear a Shirt on Monday with a Positive Message!

Sorry for the short notice but we are asking students to wear any type of shirt on Monday that has a positive message on it. Tomorrow afternoon we will be attending a program called Rachel's challenge. The main focus of this program is all about spreading KINDNESS!

Upcoming Dates

Monday, September 20th- NWEA Reading Test

Thursday, September 23rd- Book Orders Due

Math

Math this week was all about learning addition fact strategies. At home practice with your child making ten facts: 5+5, 6+4, 8+2, etc. Use a dice, a deck of cards, or flashcards to help your child become fluent with these facts.

Word of the Month

The word of the month for September is Friendship. Ask your child to share with you the stick and stone activity we did this week and ask your child about the 3 smiley faces on their fingers. When 3 friends(smiley faces) join another 3 friends(smiley faces) you have a group!

Spelling Tests

 A spelling test will be given every Friday or the last day of school for the week.  Please have your child study all 9 words each week.

 

Spelling Words

 Sept. 20-24

One-Syllable Words

1. crate

2. stroke

3. glide

4. woke

5. plate

6. pride

Two-Syllable Words

7. reptile

8. naptime

9. mistake

 

Spelling

 Next weeks spelling focus is working with words that have a vowel-consonant-silent e pattern within them as in crate, stroke, and glide.

 

Important Things to Know

~ Please send a pair of socks to school with your child for him/her to keep in their locker for phy ed. and an extra set of clothes due to water on the playground, etc.

~ We will have a scheduled snack time within our classroom every afternoon. If your child does not do snack cart at school, then please help remind your child to bring a snack from home every day. If your child chooses to bring in more than one snack, please send them in a sealed plastic container to keep in their locker.  

~ Every Friday will be board game Friday. Your child may bring his/her favorite board game or card game each week.