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 Important Notes

• Please check green folders for Brain Checks and a review to study for the plant test on Thursday.
• The rest of the graded papers will come home tomorrow.
• Please make sure your child brings an armadillo fact. They will need that for computer time on Thursday. 
• I have told the students that once we hit 1,000 points total as a class on Scholastic Reading Counts, they will be rewarded with some type of party. Make sure they are taking test at home.
• If you want to order books, make sure to place your order by tonight!

 

• Congratulations to our Classroom Spelling Bee Representatives - Wyatt, Milan, and Eric! They will continue onto the Finals which will be on Thursday, February 26th.

• State Report - Due: Monday, March 2

• Your child should be able to do most of the report on their own. I suggest using ducksters.com
• Your child should be the one filling everything out in their very best handwriting. They should also have complete sentences.
• Pictures do not have to be drawn, they can be printed out. If drawn, need to be colored.

• Math Worksheets - Money (The test is Monday the 23rd.)
• Reteach
• Extra Practice
• Enrichment

• Don't forget to Review, Sign, and Return Progress Reports by Wednesday, February 25th.

• Thursday - February 26th - Wear your Spirit Shirts!

• Friday - February 27th - Go Texan Day! Wear your best rodeo outfit! We will be making a special snack of chili.

• Houston Zoo Field Trip (April 17th)
• The elementary classes will be having field-trip in April to the Houston Zoo. The cost of the field trip is $17 and this includes both admission to the zoo and a 45-minute class. Due to the classroom size and safety regulations, only students and teachers will be allowed to participate in the 45-minute class. However, parents are more than welcome to join in all other zoo activities. Please note that parents will need to purchase tickets separately. 

If you have any questions, please let me know.

-Ms. Denae 

Friday Update

• State Report                  Due: Monday, March 2

• Your child is coming home with a state report. 
• They have already been assigned a state.
• Your child should be able to do most of the report on their own. I suggest using ducksters.com
• Your child should be the one filling everything out in their very best handwriting. They should also have complete sentences.
• Pictures do not have to be drawn, they can be printed out. If drawn, need to be colored.

• Math Worksheets - Money (The test is Monday the 23rd.)
• Reteach
• Extra Practice
• Enrichment 

• Progress Reports were sent home today. Please sign and return by Wednesday.

 

Quick Notes

• Kindness Bingo
• Due: Tuesday, March 3rd 
• This is extra homework. It is not required, but I would like your child to participate. Students who return it will get something special..

• Friendly Letters 
• Your child is bringing home a graded friendly letter. I strongly suggest sending those. If the letter is to someone in the class room, you may return it in an envelope and I will pass them out.

• Does anyone have a couple of old rags (washcloth size) they would like to donate? They would be used to wipe off our math and reading/language arts center boards. 

Dear Parents,

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Last week was a busy week in 2nd grade. We started our kindness project and will continue to keep working on being kind children. Expect some extra homework to come home to keep the kindness going!

• Monday (2/16) - Non-Academic
• Friday (2/20) - Progress Reports - In class Spelling Bee - Discovery Dome
• Social Studies - We will have a short quiz over our government unit. Your child should have brought their spiral home to look over, also the Studies Weekly. Ask them to sing their government song to remember the branches.
• Houston Zoo Field Trip (April 17th)
• The elementary classes will be having field-trip in April to the Houston Zoo. The cost of the field trip is $17 and this includes both admission to the zoo and a 45-minute class. Due to the classroom size and safety regulations, only students and teachers will be allowed to participate in the 45-minute class. However, parents are more than welcome to join in all other zoo activities. Please note that parents will need to purchase tickets separately. 

If you have any questions, please let me know!

-Ms. Denae

Math Games & Black History

  

 

 

  

Weekly Update

Dear Parents,

Read your child's planner every night. They might have extra homework they need to complete or even bonus assignment. 

    Here are a few pictures from our 100th Day activities.

• Scholastic READING Counts
• Your child should be taking one test a week. I will be checking every week and recording their progress.
• Here is the link if you need it again. 
• https://h100003273.education.scholastic.com/slms/studentaccess

• Valentine's Day Party (February 13th)
• Valentine's Day Party Sign-Up (Even though slots for volunteers are taken, please know that you are all welcome to join and spend time with your child during the party!)
• Wear RED or PINK
• On this day, we will also be exchanging Valentine's cards or small treats. Parents are welcome to send their child with these cards or small treats on Friday (02/13), but please make sure you have enough for everyone! There are 13 students in our class. So the passing out of goodies runs smoothly, please make sure cards are filled out before your child gets to class. You do not need to send a box to put these in, because we will be making a treat bag in class.
• Random Acts of Kindness
• This week is Random Acts of Kindness Week. (https://randomactsofkindness.org/)
• Please take the time and look over the website with your child. See if there is an act of kindness y'all can do together.
• Be share to read their planner. They will have random acts they need to complete throughout the week.
• Tonight's homework is they need to give a compliment to 3 people whom are not in our class. They need to write down who it was and what was said.

If you have any questions, please let me know.
-Ms. Denae

 

Weekly Update

Penguin Videos

 

• Valentine's Day Party (February 13th)
• Valentine's Day Party Sign-Up (Even though slots for volunteers are taken, please know that you are all welcome to join and spend time with your child during the party!)
• Wear RED or PINK
• On this day, we will also be exchanging Valentine's cards or small treats. Parents are welcome to send their child with these cards or small treats on Friday (02/13), but please make sure you have enough for everyone! There are 13 students in our class. So the passing out of goodies runs smoothly, please make sure cards are filled out before your child gets to class. You do not need to send a box to put these in, because we will be making a treat bag in class.

• 100th Day  (February 4th)
• Wednesday, February 4th will be our 100th day of school. I have lots of fun activities planned for the class. We will be making a 100 piece snack. If you would like to sign up to donate please click on the following link. Remember we only have 13 students, so keep that in mind when buying the snack. Snack Sign Up
•  Each student needs to bring 100 of any item of their choosing. 
• All 100 items must be the same thing. 
• All 100 items must fit into one gallon sized bag.  

• Math Worksheets - Mental Math (The test will be Monday the 9th.)
• Reteach
• Extra Practice
• Enrichment

 
 

Week at a Glance