News From Second Grade - 11/4/16
Dear Parents,
Wow, November looks like a short, but very busy month. We have a lot of important days/holidays to learn about; Veterans Day, National Smoke-Out, and Thanksgiving.
Monday’s Coyote Coupon Celebration was so fun! The entire student body was treated to some amazing science experiments. Mrs. Raymond showed a chemical reaction with her Oozing Pumpkins. Ms. Charette’s Self-inflating Balloons had everyone thinking and predicting what would happen. Mrs. Marshall introduced Bernoulli’s Principle (which explains lift and why planes fly) with lots of flying toilet paper! Ms Charette also revealed the grand total weight of the candy collected for trick or treating. You can check out her cool video at
Menu Change- November 7th we will be offering cheese pizza in place of the cheese ravioli and bread stick.
Spelling - Due to next week being a short week for students, we will not be moving to the next spelling pattern. Reading logs will go home as usual, though.
Pick a Better Snack - Our next nutrition visit is on 11/14. If your second grader is to receive a prize, he/she needs to return the BINGO card on or before the 14th.
Skills - Each second grade teacher is teaching a language (Common Core Standard) concept to their reading class in the afternoon. Half of our time is spent on reading and the other half is skill. Mrs. Wight is instructing on homophones (words that are pronounced the same, but have different spellings and meanings ex: to two too). Ms. Lavoie is instructing on collective nouns (a noun that names a group of people, animals or things ex: a flock of birds and a bunch of grapes) and reflexive pronouns (a specific type of pronouns that are formed by combining regular pronouns with the words self or selves. ex: himself, herself, itself, themselves, and myself). Mrs. Lee is instructing on forming and using regular, irregular, and past tense verbs. When done, all second graders will be introduced, practiced, and assessed on these concepts.
Conferences- Parent Teacher conferences are coming up this month. Please be sure to return your sign up sheet by Wednesday, November 9th! Thank you to those of you who already turned them in.
Sincerely,
The Second Grade Teachers
Calendar of Upcoming Events November - December
11/8 - Workshop Day 11/15 - P/T Conferences 3:30pm-7pm
11/9 - Conference Sign ups due 11/17 - P/T Conferences 3:30pm-7pm
11/11 - Holiday 12/2 - Trimester 1 Grades Close
11/23 - 11/25 - Thanksgiving Break 12/3 - Breakfast with Santa
12/15 - Gr. K-2 Holiday Concert @ 6pm
12/19 - Gr. 3-5 Holiday Concert @ 6pm
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