100's Day Party and Other Interesting Things

Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015, we will be celebrating 100 days of being in school! Hopefully you were able to see the email I sent out earlier today or the note about the party on hot pink paper. Every child needs to bring 100 small things to count at school. They can bring 50 of one thing and 50 of another thing. Some things that have been brought in the past are popcorn kernels, uncooked dried beans, buttons, hard cereal, cotton balls, Lego's, and many other options. Also, they don't need to dress up like they did in 1st grade. We have other things we do in 2nd grade. It will be a very fun day! 

Take Home Reading Library:
Things have slowed down with the children and their books from the Take Home Reading Library. Here are some things that will make it work better for the students and the parents who volunteer to trade out the books.

• Parents: Please make sure to initial next to the book that your child reads. If you do not sign/initial the white paper next to the book that is home, even if your child reads the book, a new book will not be sent home the next time. If you have lost the white paper with a list of books on your child's reading level, please send a note back and we will send that paper home.
• Gallon Bag: Please keep the book and white paper in the gallon size bag that it comes home in. This is the best way to keep track of the book and paper. This also helps in the trading in and out process of books.
• If you have lost a book, please send $6.00 back to school to pay for a book or a new book will not be sent home. Thanks. 

Parent Teacher Conferences: They will be coming up in a few weeks on March 18th and 19th! A paper will be coming home at the end of the week with information that you'll be able to sign up online for an appointment time. I hope to see all of you there.

36 Math Club

We need more kids passing off their Math 36 club facts.

If you would spend 5 minutes every night practicing, this

will help your child pass off their facts. We have some great

parent volunteers who come in twice a week to test

the children. There are still many of the children that need to pass off the addition facts, so let's get practicing. We celebrate our kids each Friday at 1:15 who pass off

math 36 club facts during the week. We want all children to feel the excitement of being honored in front of all of the 2nd

graders and receive a certificate of completion.

I will be working on the volunteer calendar after I post this blog post. Hopefully it will be up tonight or tomorrow. It's always a busy night at my house, so I'll do my best! Thanks for your understanding.