Check's Top Chefs
Welcome to Second Grade! 2018-2019 (Edition 1)
Hello Families,
We've had a great first 8 days of Second Grade! Students have been getting re-aquatined to our school and meeting all of our new friends and teachers. Your children are truly "TOP CHEFS".
Getting to know you...
We have been getting to know each other during our Morning meetings and numerous other fun community building activities. Students are enjoying sharing their "Mystery Bags" pictures coming next week :). PLEASE send in a family picture so we can display it on our classroom "recipe" board. Please feel free to email me a picture and I can always print it at school. Thank you! :)
Hopes and Dreams...
This week we've been cooking up our Hopes and Dreams for this year. Students decorated Chef hats, and we wrote down our hopes and dreams on recipe cards for our classroom bulletin board that we will revisit throughout the year. I am looking forward to parents filling out their hopes and dreams to add on our bulletin board next to your child at "Back To School Night".
Classroom Community...
The Top Chefs and I created our classroom promises. We talked about what rules are and how we should follow them to work together as a TEAM. Second Graders have been enjoying numerous read aloud's with some wonderful discussions and fun follow up activities. Top Chef's created Flower Glyph's to show all about who they are and how they learn best. These will be displayed in our hallway, so be sure to check them out :). In Math, we have been diving into Math Investigations, and looking at numbers and the many different ways to show there are more than one way to describe numbers. Students have also been enjoying the many math materials to explore during math centers. Ask your child what center they enjoyed the most. Our ST math program will be starting soon, JiJi is looking forward to another fun year!
One Of My Favorite Books :)
How many feet are napping in your house?
Outdoors With Friends
Learn To Learn Lego Challenge
Can You Build Mr. Learnie?
Team Work With Legos
I Can Do It
Fun Friday STEM Challenge with Legos
Snap Cube Exploration Station
Keva Plank Challenge
Math Material Exploration
Top Chef Of The Week
Daily Specials...
Mondays - P.E. and Art
Tuesdays - Music and P.E.
Wednesdays - Library and P.E.
Thursdays - Music
Fridays - Library Checkout, P.E. and Fun Friday :)
Important Dates...
September 3 - No School / Holiday - Labor Day
September 4 - PTO Meeting @ 6:30 pm
September 4-7 - Kindness Kick - Off Week
September 10 - Grandparents Day Lunch Celebration ( 11:00 a.m. - 2nd grade lunch)
September 11 - Back to School Night / Grades K-2 @ 5:30- 6:15
* State Of The School Address @ 6:15-6:30
Back To School Night / Grades 3-5 @ 6:30-7:15
September 19 - Kindergarten Potluck
September 26 - United Way Day of Caring
September 21 - No School / Professional Development Day
September 24 -28 Book Fair
Have a wonderful long weekend!!
Mara Check
(434) 823-4800