Polar Express Party Volunteers, Gift Exchange and Sing Along

 

Hi Parents,

We are still in need of about 5 more parents to help run the Polar Express Christmas Party. We need two parents at each station. Here is the sign-up link:HERE

 

The party will be next Wednesday, Dec.21st from 9:00-11:00. The party may actually only go until 10:30. Each child needs to bring a small, wrapped gift for either a boy or girl ($5.00 limit) for a gift exchange at the end of the party.

The kids will be able to wear their pajamas/bathrobe/slippers that day and also bring a blanket, a pillow, a stuffed animal and treats to eat while we watch The Polar Express Movie in the afternoon.

Sing Along Preview

You should have received a note today inviting you to the Sing Along Preview next Thursday afternoon starting at 2:00 in the Gym. 2nd Grade will be the second group performing that day, so make sure you are there early and not late or you will miss us singing. The kids have been working so hard to learn their songs, so plan on being there to support your child.


There will be no spelling next week, but Take Home Reading Books will still be exchanged out on Tuesday and Thursday.

Parent-Teacher Conferences, Book Orders and Reading

This week is Parent Teacher Conferences. Please make sure to bring your child with you. This is our chance to celebrate your child and their success so far in 2nd grade. We can also help your child set new goals for the next nine weeks. If you can't remember your conference time, please send me an email and I will send it to you.I can't wait to meet with you and your child! Please be on time since we only get 15 minutes to talk about so much! 

Book Orders 

I wanted to remind you that the BIG Christmas Book Order is due tomorrow! Remember that you can order books online and our class will receive free books for our class library. If you want to keep the books a secret, please send me an email and I will keep them in my closet to hand them off to you secretly without your child knowing. 

Books are such great presents and you can get some really great deals from buying them online or through the book order. If you order them online, please remember to use our class code is HLCVM at https://clubs.scholastic.com/

Monthly Home Reading

It's almost time to send back the November reading calendar. Make sure that your child's name is on the November sheet and filled out with all of the days when your child read. It's so important that your child reads 20 minutes every day.

The December reading calendar will be sent home tomorrow in the homework folder. Thanks so much for your support in helping your child become a better reader!

 

Christmas Party Coming Soon

More details will be heading your way soon! Yay!!

Reading Calendars and Animal Reports

Hi Parents! I have a few things that you might be interested in. 

Reading Calendars
September Reading calendars will be due soon. You can either send them back tomorrow Sept. 30th or on Monday October 3rd. I will be sending home October AND November Reading Calendars tomorrow. Please keep them in a safe place such as the Homework Folders, or wherever you deem to be a safe place. 

Since we are going off-track in a few weeks, I'm sending home the reading calendars for both Oct. and Nov. now.We will be off-track from October 20th-November 13th. Make sure that you write down how many minutes read each day that you read. 

Math Homework: This homework, (especially if sent home at the end of the week) will be DUE on MONDAYS!!
  

Animal Reports
We are doing Animal Reports here at school. If you don't see a library book coming home, this is the reason why. Every child checked out a book on an animal that they wanted to do their report on. The children are learning how to do basic research by reading their books and filling out the information for their reports. These will be completed here at school and not at home. 

Math 36 Club
So far we have had only two children pass off addition, and one of those students has also passed off their subtraction and their Humdinger. I hope that more of the children will be able to pass off their math facts soon. We have a few parents that have been coming in to test the students here at school, but they need extra practice at home too. Thanks for helping your child succeed at math.

***Congratulations to Lexi Stevenson for passing off all three of her 36 Club facts: addition, subtract and Humdinger and Colin Turnbaugh for passing off his addition. 

Every Friday, the whole 2nd grade celebrates the children who pass off Math 36 Club. They receive a certificate and get to put their name on a chart. We want to celebrate every child in the class this year.

Thanks so much for all of the parents who have been coming in to volunteer in class and those trading out Take-Home Reading books. I also wanted to thank those of you that have sent in things for our class store. The children LOVED having store last week and we will have one more before we go off track. They are working hard to earn as many Dragon Bucks as possible. So any donations sent in are truly appreciated!