INTERNATIONAL LUNCHEON

Don't forget to save the date, Thursday, December 22 @ 11:30 for our classroom International Luncheon. More details will be arriving shortly!

Chaperones for High School Musical, Friday, December 9th

Our 5 chaperones for "High School Musical" are Mrs. Weisenberger, Mrs. Siebert, Mrs. Messer, Mrs. Lessard, and Mrs. Mills. If, for some reason you are unable to chaperone, please email us ASAP so we can ask another parent to fill in for you.


We had a long list of chaperones sign up for this field trip. Unfortunately, with 1st grade going as well, our number of chaperones is limited to 5. There are 2 more field trip coming up in the spring (Discovery Museum, Animal Ark) which will be more open to as many chaperones as would like to join us.


A field trip reminder note will be going home next week.  Please send your child to school with a cold lunch that day in case we are late returning from the trip.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Coupon shopping this week!

We finally found time for the kids to gather up their coupon papers and good citizenship coupons and shop in our classroom store.  Some chose to save, but most of them found something they "needed" to buy with their coupons.  We know this time of year can be difficult, but while your out shopping on "Black Friday" and you find some good bargains...try to think about helping us replenish our classroom store. Thanks for your generosity!

In our thoughts and prayers

We would like our families and students to know you are in our hearts and prayers.  We hope you are all safe!  If you are in need of anything because of the fire,  please let us know if there is anything we can do!

MATH FACTS

With Nevada's newly adopted Common Core Standards a big focus for 2nd grade is for your child to have their math facts memorized up to 20 (meaning sums to 20). One way to practice this is with flashcards at home.  Below is a link to a website with free math flashcards to print and also a link to play math games that focus on memorizing math facts with addition and subtraction. 

 

Free Math Flashcards

Math Games to Practice Math Facts

OWL BIOLOGISTS

Owl Video

The kids had a great science day being biologists! Last week we read fiction and non-fiction stories about owls. Then watched several videos on owl behavior and habitats, and even saw an owl coughing up a "fur ball." (owl pellet) They've learned a lot of amazing facts about owls.

Today was the culmination of their learning.  They worked in pairs dissecting owl pellets.  They had a diagram to help them sort what they were discovering.  They found skulls and bones from many common owl victims: birds, rodents, shrews, moles.  Check out the pics during our morning of science.

PIZZA PARTY TOMORROW, Wednesday, Nov. 9!

Our class earned a Pizza Party for meeting our Jog-A-Thon fundraising goals! On Wednesday, November 9th, our class will be getting pizza delivered to them in the lunchroom.  They will still need to bring a drink and a snack on this day, but they won't need to pack the "main dish."  Great job 2nd grade students and parents! Thanks for your hard work!

Links to Learning

New learning links have been added under LInks to Learning. Two have math games to help your child master those basic addition and subtraction math facts, as well as other strands and levels in math and language arts. The others are virtual tours of Plimoth Plantation where the first Thanksgiving took place and a great owl video.  Please take a few minutes to check it out and show it to your child.  They are great resources to help boost your child's academics! New links will be added as we find more. Thanks!

Upcoming International Winterfest Luncheon

Please mark your calendar for Thursday, December 22nd from 11:30 - 12:45.  This is our Annual International Winterfest Luncheon in our classroom.  In December, your child will be learning about a particular country.  To help us celebrate all that they've learned, we will be asking you to send in a food item from that country.  This activity brings parents and students together!  More information will be coming...but please try to arrange your schedule so you can be here for your child on that day.  It will mean a lot to them!

OWL ACTIVITY

Parents,
We are doing an owl activity next Wednesday morning at 10:30. It will take 1 hour.  We will need some extra helping hands if you're available.  Also, if you are a weekly volunteer in our classroom, we will not be doing regular rotations next week because of the minimum day scheduling, so if you would like to join us on Wednesday morning instead of your regular weekly rotation time, we would so appreciate the help!