Dear 2nd Grade Families,
We are starting to read, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. We look forward to our field trip on December 14 to the Old Creamery Theater in Amana to see the story in action. Continue to read at home. Our next FAST testing for the fluency of reading will be at the end of January. We have started timing ourselves on stories at school to increase our fluency, but the more reading, the better we will get. Our next unit in math will be working with money. So, feel free to have your child practice counting the money in your purse, your pocket, your car, or money found in the couch! We have gotten pretty good at making amounts on our Daily Openers, but we haven’t practiced with real coins very much. I have to be honest, I set pretty high standards for my students, regardless, of the grade they are in. These 2nd graders continue to impress me with continuing to meet and exceed those expectations. For example: quiet during work time, following hallway expectations, doing better at listening the first time, following our routines, not distracting others, and much more. These probably seem like easy, normal school expectations, but on a daily basis, it is so easy to talk with your friend, ignore the teacher, or do what you want instead of work. I encourage you to ask your child about how they are doing. Now, I admit, we are not all perfect, all of the time, but we have a great class to be in!!! I’m also sending home a new December calendar for their book in a bag. Be sure to remind them to turn in any old calendar that they might still have. tanyawaltersclassroom.weebly.com ---I am continuing to add math and reading sites, so please keep checking it out! I just added spelling lists to it as well! ---Keep checking and signing your child’s planner. If you haven’t seen it yet, ask them about it! ---Our school collects box tops, so if you notice any of these on canned foods, boxed food, cereal, tissues, anything, please save them and send with your child to school. ---Book Bags can be returned each morning if your child is ready for a new book. Keep filling out the calendar and tracking your reading each day/night! If your child still has an orange October calendar, remind them to get a new light orange November calendar from me! DECEMBER 10: School Board Meeting, 6:30 pm 12: Early Dismissal, 1 pm 21: Early Dismissal, 1 pm 21: ES & HS End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester 24 - 31: No School - Winter Break (School Offices are CLOSED) Please don’t hesitate to ever contact me with questions or concerns. I look forward to next week! Mrs. Walters [email protected]
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