Maye's Message
News from Mrs. Maye's Second Grade class
Thank-yous
Days/Dates to Remember
Monday - Library Book Exchange Day
Thursday & Friday - Gym
Friday - Wear your spiritwear (or wear a white shirt)!
Complete the online HSA Form to order
your child's free t-shirt - Friday, September 15
Scholastic Book Orders Due - Monday, September 18
Picture Day - Wednesday, September 20
Independent Reading Homework
This week I introduced the students to the Storia website (a Scholastic endeavor) which provides 1200 K-2 Ebooks that your child can also read for his/her homework expectation (20 minutes). A sheet with login instructions was sent home this week! If you encounter difficulties accessing this site from home, please contact me and I will submit the issue to Scholastic!
Reading for fun from home books is encouraged as well. Information about Reading Workshop, including how you can become familiar with our latest book-leveling system can be found on the Concord School website or by clicking on this link.
Please support your child in recording a favorite book read each night (M-Th) on Mrs. Maye's Reading Log. This log will be used throughout the week for students to discuss and recommend favorite books, genres, series and/or authors.
Here's a link to the Concord School homework policy page for more information.
Math Fluency Update
Reminders
Students should have a small bag to use inside their backpacks for books being borrowed from our classroom and school libraries. This bag helps to separate and protect these materials from other items in the backpack to ensure borrowed materials are available for years to come! Parents may purchase a bag from the Concord office for $5 (these are the same bags that were used last year for the 100BC books).
Students should have headphones for use in class with an I-Pad Air. Please send in a set contained in a zip-lock bag ASAP!
Visit the http://bit.ly/HSAForms to order a FREE t-shirt and avail yourself of future opportunities to volunteer and donate to Concord as well as your child's classroom!
Here's a video to help your child become proficient in shoe-tying! And here's another!
Click this link to view other important information on Mrs. Maye's GV website.
How You Can Help at Home
- What made you smile today?
- Can you tell me an example of kindness you saw/showed?
- What was the book about that Mrs. Maye read?
- Did you help anyone today?
- Did you like your lunch?
Here's a link to the Common Sense Media page entitled: "25 Apps and Sites for Gifted and Talented Kids."
Your child's GV Google address is their full first and last name (as you registered him/her) with no spaces @garnetvalley.com. Their password is the first 3 letters of his/her last name, all caps and student number (with no spaces between). We'll be practicing logging in to that account in school sometime in the next 2 weeks.