January 2 - 6

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to each of you!  Have a wonderful, relaxing time with your family over the holiday break.  

Thank you to all the parents who sent in cookies, appetizers, and refreshments for our teacher cookie exchange!  The treats were delicious and I took home a wonderful assortment of yummy cookies!  Thank you very much!

Dates to Remember...
Dec.19 - Jan. 2 - No School  Holiday Break
Tues. Jan.3 - School Resumes
Mon. Jan. 16 - No School  MLK holiday  Happy

Reading - When we return from holiday break, we will be discussing an article titled, Little Free Libraries.  Our essential question is, Can small acts bring a community together?  We'll be doing a close read of the article, looking for text evidence to support our answers, and working with new vocabulary:  stunning, encourage, contain, public, and variety.

Reading logs should be returned on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Math - We'll begin a new chapter in math when school resumes in January.  We will focus on 3 digit addition and subtraction.  We'll be looking at two different strategies ~ breaking apart addends, and using the standard algorithm with regrouping of ones and tens.

New Student of the Week - Brady
Estimation Jar Winner - Allison
Positive Paw Winner - Stephen

December 12 - 16

Dates to Remember...
Fri. Dec. 16 - Silly Sweater Day
                      Classroom Holiday Party 1:30
Dec. 19 - Jan 2 - No School Holiday Break
Tues. Jan. 3- School Resumes

 Holiday Traditions Project
The students will be sharing their holiday traditions next week!  Please help your child create a visual to go along with their written page.  If you have any questions, let me know.

Reading logs - The class voted to have lunch in the room as a reward for completing their December reading log.  They should be returned on Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Reading - During our Reading block this week, all 2nd graders will take part in a Holidays Around the World Unit.  Students will be learning how people in different parts of the world celebrate holidays.  They will have a passport and travel to the different 2nd grade classrooms as they learn about holidays in Sweden, Mexico, France, Israel, and Italy.  Look for your child's "Holidays" suitcase to come home on Thursday!

No spelling list or test this week.  We'll continue our Word Studies in January.

Math - We will finish our chapter on two digit subtraction this week.  We'll have a review and chapter test, then finish the week with some fun holiday math.

December birthday - Aubrey Dec. 20

Positive Paw Winner - Vanessa
Estimation Jar Winner - Ryan
New Student of the Week - Olivia

December 5 - 9

Mrs. Sulima came to our room today and helped us get started on Seesaw!  The students took a photo of themselves, drew pictures of things they like, and made a recording!  

Dates to Remember...

Wed. Dec. 7 - Early Dismissal  11:35
Thurs. Dec. 8 - Holiday Shopping 11:35
Fri. Dec. 16 - Classroom Holiday party 1:30
Dec. 19 - Jan. 2 - No School  Holiday Break
Tues. Jan. 3 - Return to school
                       Return December reading logs

Scholastic Book Order - If you are interested in ordering books for your child, please place your order by Monday.  Here is the link if you'd like to order online:

Scholastic Reading Club

Our class code is GVD6H.  You may also send in a check made out to Scholastic, along with the order form.  In addition, it's possible to order different levels of books for siblings.  You may order from any "book club" using the online link.

Reading - We will be working on a reading writing workshop this week.  We'll be discussing character traits and writing an opinion piece.  Students will write their opinion about a topic, state their reasons and give details about each reason to support their opinion.

Grammar focus will be on suffixes this week.

Holiday Tradition Project  
Students are bringing home information today about a holiday project.  The paper explains the project as well as a page for the students to fill out and return.  This project is due on Monday, December 12.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  

Math - We will continue to work with 2 digit subtraction this week.  We'll also solve problems using a bar models and we'll write equations to represent subtraction in word problems.  

Thank you to the families who donated books to our recent book drive.  I love to see families model the spirit of caring and compassion with their kids.  Little eyes are watching and learning from you!

Our school is again participating in the collection of hats and gloves for our Mitten Tree.  All donations will be given to a local agency for distribution to families in need.  Donations will be accepted until Dec. 16.  

Positive Paw Winner - Amey
Estimation Jar Winner - Aubrey
New Student of the Week - Haley