We aren't on break just yet! As we get ready for our last four days of 2011, please keep in mind that the kids will still be learning and will still have homework Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! We will have a set of word wall words that are on the fun side, but we will still test over them on Thursday. We will continue our geometry work, studying faces, vertices, and sides, 3-D shapes, line segments and parallel lines. We will also work on our first draft of our slice of life pictures.
As you well know, the kids have been reading like crazy at home. They brought home the gift sheets to complete at home this weekend. Just a simple sentence on each one they earned for 60 minutes of reading. I am happy to announce that everyone participated this week and earned at least one gift sheet. Many kids read so much, they earned three or four gift sheets. That is a lot of reading! Since the best way to become a better reader is to just spend more time reading, this is a wonderful investment, sure to produce great returns!
We have far exceeded our 100 gift sheets we set as our goal, and we still have almost another week in the program. Needless to say, we have earned our "Read-In" Party. This will take place on Thursday morning. Everyone is invited to wear their pajamas, BRING their slippers, bring a stuffed animal and a special snack. Yes, for this day only, they may bring chips or cookies for snack! No candy, please. Sorry - I can only go so far! :-) Also, kids may bring in special books that they would like to read and share with others during our "Book Share" time. They will bring these books home on Thursday afternoon. Please limit the number of books to three. ANY books are ok, as long as it doesn't hurt to carry them in the backpacks.
Speaking of reading, I am looking for parents to come in to read some of the new Monarch Books. These are books that are in contention for the Monarch Award for Picture Books. There are many to choose from and I can be flexible to meet your schedule. It would take about 10 -20 minutes, depending on how much you stop to discuss the story with the class. We are going to try to get through all of the selections, so I thought it would be nice to bring in some guest readers. Let me know if you are interested (this week or after break!). If you are in the school for any reason, the books are in the LMC, right as you walk in. Feel free to stop in and see which one you would like to read and let me know, so I don't read it to the kids myself!
As a reminder, we will have our PTA sponsored Winter Party on Thursday afternoon. FOr second grade, the PTA provides a pizza slice and a cookie from 2:15 - 2:45 in the room and from 2:45 - 3:15, the kids get a dance party in the gym with Kaptain Karaoke! What a fun day to finish up December!
Mealworm permission letters came home today. IF I don't get one back signed by Tuesday, or a call, or an email, I will set your child's mealworm, pupa, or beetle free into the field behind my house! Thanks!
Have a wonderful weekend!!
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