Friday, January 28, 2011

January 31 - February 4, 2011

DATE CHANGES that affect our school calendar!

*February 10: PTA meeting... Blue Pods performing!
*February 21: A regular school day. This is our makeup day for bad weather recently.


"Animal Research Project" --- Due Date: Presentations will be Friday, Feb. 4th! Second graders need to know how to do an "at-home" project in preparation for third grade. Do not hesitate to email me with any questions.

***Valentine's Day letter will come home this week! 

Sunday, January 23, 2011

January 24 - 28, 2011

DATE CHANGES that affect our school calendar!
*February 8:  PTA meeting has been rescheduled to February 10.  Blue Pods performing.
*February 21:  A regular school day.  This is our makeup day for bad weather recently.

**See this site for "Snowflake Bentley."  Real pictures of actual snow crystals taken by Wilson Bentley.  Absolutely beautiful!  I hope your family will enjoy this website.
http://snowflakebentley.com/WBsnowflakes.htm

 *Remember special updates regarding changes in grading for second semester Spelling tests. All words still count 5 points each. Dictation sentences are worth 5 points, too. One mistake on a dictation sentence is -5 points. Remember to practice words missed on each test, because those words will often be seen in the next week's dictation sentences!

"Animal Research Project" letters come home today.  Due Date:  Presentations will be Friday, Feb. 4th!  Second graders need to know how to do an "at-home" project in preparation for third grade.  Do not hesitate to email me with any questions.....  My letter to you explains all the details  :^)

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

January 18 - 21, 2011

**See this site for "Snowflake Bentley."  Real pictures of actual snow crystals taken by Wilson Bentley.  Absolutely beautiful!  I hope your family will enjoy this website.
http://snowflakebentley.com/WBsnowflakes.htm

PTA Meeting is tonight, Tuesday, January 18th.
GOTCHA party is this Friday. The "Music Man" will be coming to entertain us!



*Remember special updates regarding changes grading of Spelling tests:
Spelling tests will change as we begin 2nd semester, Unit 4. All words still count 5 points each. Dictation sentences are worth 5 points, too. One mistake on a dictation sentence is -5 points. Remember to practice words missed on each test, because those words will often be seen in the next week's dictation sentences!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Great site for telling time!

I have found a great site online for teaching your child how to tell time to the nearest five minutes and nearest minute.  Please look this up... You will need to control the buttons to move the hands, and ask your child to call out the time.  There are other games on this site as well.  Students MUST be able to tell time using both the analog clock (with hands) and digital (numbers only).  I hope you enjoy this as much as we have in our class!
www.teachingtime.co.uk

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

January 11 - 14, 2011

NEWS FOR PARENTS:

**PTA is cancelled for tonight!  Will be next Tuesday.

**Lee/King Holiday is next Monday, January 17th.  No school that day!

**Read special letter sent home today regarding changes for Spelling in second semester....

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

January 4 - 7, 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas Holiday and New Year's Day.... and now we are BACK TO WORK :^)

Information for Parents: 

*Please note that Spelling and Language tests are next Monday!  We will complete Unit 3 Testing next week, Tuesday through Friday. 

*Report Cards - Thursday, January 6th.  Please sign and return all papers. 
A and A-B students will receive a Chick-fil-A coupon AND a Coosada bumper sticker!