Upcoming Dates

 Wednesday, February 1st- Rise & Read (7:30-8:00)

Spelling Words

                              Week Of:

Jan. 30—Feb. 3

1. she’s

2. she is

3. it’s

4. it is

5. you’re

6. you are

7. weren’t

8. were not

9. won’t

10. will not

11. didn’t

12. did not

13. you’ve

14. you have

15. they’ve

16. they have

17. we’ve

18. we have

 

Math

Keep encouraging your child to practice their addition and subtraction facts daily. In math students are working on solving 2 and 3-digit addition and subtraction problems with regrouping. Knowing their facts fluently will help them greatly each step of the way when it comes to regrouping and solving bigger math problems.

Valentine's Day

 If your child would like to make a Valentine box at home they may. Otherwise, I will allow some time in class for students to decorate a bag.

Valentine's Day

  On Tuesday, February 14th I will allow some time in the afternoon for students to exchange valentines with one another. If your child chooses to bring valentines to school, please make sure that he/she brings enough valentines for everyone in our class. We currently have 22 students in our classroom and all candy/food brought to school must be store bought. Class names are as follows:

Sophia, Kieran, Morgan, Liam, Parker, Ellie, Leo, Clif, Lindsey, Eli, Austin, Oliver, Aaron, Caleb, Hugo, Ryder, Hoyt, Aayden, Graham, Ajax, Jenna, Cooper

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, January 24th- Evening Conferences

Thursday, January 26th- Book Orders Due, Evening Conferences

Friday, January 27th- Wear a Hat for $1.00

Spelling Words

The spelling focus for next week is working with compound words. Two words put together.

Jan. 23-27

1. softball
2. someone
3. nighttime
4. cherry pie
5. fire drill
6. high school
7. good-bye
8. part-time
9. ice-skater 

Conferences

Conferences are next Tuesday and Thursday evening. I am looking forward to sharing all of the great things your child has been accomplishing!

Rise and Read

To kick off I Love to Read month we are inviting students and their families to come read before school on Wednesday, February 1st. If you and your family plan to attend this event, please return the Rise and Read form that was sent home in Wednesday envelopes last week. 

Valentine's Day

 On Tuesday, February 14th I will allow some time in the afternoon for students to exchange valentines with one another. If your child chooses to bring valentines to school, please make sure that he/she brings enough valentines for everyone in our class. We currently have 22 students in our classroom and all candy/food brought to school must be store bought. Class names are as follows:

Sophia, Kieran, Morgan, Liam, Parker, Ellie, Leo, Clif, Lindsey, Eli, Austin, Oliver, Aaron, Caleb, Hugo, Ryder, Hoyt, Aayden, Graham, Ajax, Jenna, Cooper

 

Battle of the Books

If your child is participating in the Battle of the Books in early March keep encouraging your child to read away and check out new books as needed to read.

Responsibility

The word of the month for the month of January is responsibility. We spent some time this week as a class discussing different ways to show being responsible at home, at school, and when other places. At the Irish Pride Celebration this week students also learned a new RESPONSIBILITY song. All throughout the month of January students will continue to practice ways to show responsibility.

Upcoming Dates

Monday, January 16th- NWEA Math Test

Tuesday, January 17th- Mrs. Schneider Gone

Friday, January 20th- No School, Teacher Workshop Day

Spelling Words

                                Week Of:

Jan. 16 - Jan. 19

1. puddle

2. saddle

3. bottle

4. table

5. noble

6. bridle

7. nickel

8. label

9. global

Spelling test on Thursday of next week!

 

Math

At home continue to have your child practice his/her basic addition and subtraction math facts by using a deck of cards, dice, or flashcards. Fact fluency is so important by the end of second grade.

Writing

In writing this week time was spent learning about Proper Nouns. Next week your child will do a Snow Globe writing activity. Be watching for this writing project to be featured in the Maple Lake Messenger towards the end of January.

Guided Reading

In Guided Reading your child has been working on the reading skill of sequencing. Using signal words such as first, then, next, and after, your child has been listing series of events. The students have also enjoyed listening to Jack and the Beanstalk and The Polar Express and then doing a sequencing activity with both of these stories.

Spelling Words

 Jan. 9-13

1. claw
2. small
3. boss
4. draw
5. stall
6. gloss
7. salty
8. bossy
9. jigsaw