Welcome to our classroom website!!
Wow! We have completed our first week of school. Our first week has gone well. I am excited by the children's enthusiasm and genuine love of learning. The children are trying hard to learn the routines of second grade and to meet out class' expectations.
Our classroom news will be communicated through Schoolnotes which can be accessed through our school's website. After logging onto MOTCharter.com, click Academics, then Classroom Updates, and then my name. This website offers you an option to automatically receive an email to alert you to any website updates. Feel free to also check out Mrs. Gill's and Mrs. Gemmato's websites for subject specific updates.
Summary of our Week:
Reading: We read our first story, "Ant and the Three Little Figs" and practiced writing definitions of vocabulary words chosen from the story. We also completed, with partners, a comprehension assessment.
Next week's story is "Come Back, Jack".
Writing: We wrote our first story titled, "All About Me".
Next week we are writing a Who Am I? class book.
Grammar: Capitalization
Next week: Sentence structure (naming and telling parts)
Spelling: Practiced 2nd grade Word Wall Words: about, have, they, said and was.
Next week: because, color, really
Social Studies: Continents, map skills
CLASSROOM UPDATES:
HOMEWORK
There will be no homework for the week of September 2nd. Homework (spelling and math)will begin the week of September 8th. I may send home some worksheets for practice which do not need to be returned.
We will begin using our Handwriting books on Tuesday, September 2nd.
NWEA testing begins Friday August 29th during specials.
Book Fair is September 8-12.
Our first Scholastic Book Order was sent home Friday, August 29th and is due September 15th.
Agenda books should be coming home each night. There will be notes and reminders in the agenda books. Please intitial your child's agenda each night. Also, if you have any questions or notes regarding your child, you may write them in the agenda book. I check the books each morning.
Please send one snack (please no chocolate)in with your child daily for afternoon snack.
We have begun switching classes. The students have language arts in the morning. Then they have science, math, and social studies in the afternoon.
Tuesday, September 2 is a C Day. We rotate through the schedule.
The following is our specials schedule:
A Day - gym
B Day -spanish
C Day - art
D Day -music
E Day - technology
F Day - wellness
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