TGIF!!

We had a busy week playing Password and Sparkle in class! Ask your child what they are...you might be surprised to know that they can tell you what the word underestimate means.

We had our first spelling test today-10 students received 100%! WAY TO GO!!!

We are continuing our Social Studies Unit on Mapping. The students have learned about globes and continents. They should be able to tell you what continent they live on and what the 4 directions are.

Math groups start Monday. We are very excited to be able to teach your child based on their ability. Look out for math homework that may start next week...depending on who your child has for math.

Scholastic Book orders are due September 10. Also we are collecting milk caps, soup labels, and box tops in class. Please send them in with your child.

Many of you have requested work to do at home. I will be sending home postcards, address labels, and stamps. If you could label them and mail them it would be great!

We have sent our first email to our Trucker Buddy. The kids are excited to learn about where she goes and what she does. We have also received our first postcard from our exchange. It came all the way from Arkansas!

Keep cool and have a wonderful weekend!!

Notes for Next Week

It's Friday!

We had a blast in class this week...but we sure are tired. Your children have been tested on spelling, math, penmanship, and fluency this week. We will continue the testing next week with Reading Comprehension.

This coming week starts "real" school! Homework packets will go home on Monday. Their nightly reading journals will also be going home. They need to write the title of the book they are reading as well as 2-3 sentences telling about what they read.

We will be starting our mapping unit in Social Studies this week. We will continue learning about characters in the stories that we read. In math, your children need to memorize their addition and subtraction facts 0-10. This will help them when we split into math groups on August 31. Our first spelling test will be on Friday.

I look forward to an exciting week next week!

The First Day of School

Today was wonderful! We spent the day learning our classroom rules and procedures and how they affect others. The class went to an assembly this morning to meet Mrs. Montgomery, our principal.

We drew our self-portraits this afternoon and they will be hanging in the classroom very soon :) We are working on our "All About Me" books and it's very interesting to see what your children think!

We did take a spelling assesment and a math-timed test to see where or strengths are. Tomorrow we will take a penmanship assessment.

Scholastic Book orders are due September 10, 2009.

It is an honor for me to be given your children for the day. I want you to know that they will have fun learning something new every day. I have no doubt that they are very tired tonight so feed them well, tuck them in, and send them back to school tomorrow :)

The First Week of School

School has started! On Wednesday we will be learning about our classroom rules and procedures so that we can work well together as a class.

The students will also be taking a spelling pretest so that I know where they stand. This will also let me check their penmanship (very important in 2nd grade).

As the week progresses, the students will be taking assessments in Reading and Math for their groups placements.

Starting next week students will be bringing home Reading Planners. They will write about what they read that night and you will need to sign the planner. These need to be brought back to class every day!

Parents, remember to return your student information sheets.

The school bell rings at 8:25 and the tardy bell rings at 8:30.

Welcome to 2nd Grade

Can you believe that summer is already over? I am so excited to have your child in my class this year! We are going to have an amazing time learning new things and having fun together. 2nd grade is a big transition for most students. They are being given more responsibilities for remembering to bring back their work while having more freedom in the classroom to explore different topics that interest them.

But don't panic! Together, your children and you, will come through just fine. Remember, if you have any questions, plase let me know. This blog will be updated regularly so you can see what we are doing.

I look forward to meeting all of you!

Ms. Blok