Thursday, December 11, 2008

December 15-December 19

Things to Know...
Reading Logs are due the first day of every month. Children who have participated will receive a coupon from Pizza Hut for an individual size pizza.

Outside Recess! We WILL be going outside for recess on days when the temperature is above 20 degrees. If your child would like to play in the snow, he/she needs to have snow pants and boots. Any child who needs to stay inside for recess must have a doctor's note. Thank you for your cooperation!!

Christmas Parties! Please NO party bags. Helpers ONLY: If you are assigned the classroom party, please be at school by 1:50. NO siblings, please. Thank you!

We are celebrating the holiday season with a book exchange. Please send a wrapped book by Thursday, December 18th.

On Thursday, December 18th we will be visiting Fairview Village to sing Holiday Carols. We will be eating lunch later than usual, please send a sack lunch with your child!

Thank you to Kelly, Tommy and Corey for their contributions to our Reward Bin!
Please NO Pokémon Cards/Game Boys/toys are allowed at school.


READING: This week for reading we will be visiting 6 countries to learn how each one celebrates the holiday season. The children will be visiting China, Sweden, Israel, Mexico, England and Poland.


Spelling: The spelling words for this week will be holiday words.


MATH: We will be finishing Chapter 7 and taking our test this week. Please keep practicing subtracting facts with your second grader. Many of the children’s errors are computation errors.


SOCIAL STUDIES: We finished Unit 5 on Early America. This week we will be working on a mini project that focuses on Early Americans who have made history.