Ms. Johnson's Class
2nd Grade
GO ROYALS!!
- Please send snack with your student every day.
- The zoo field trip is next Tuesday, October 14th. Please send in permission slips and email me if you would like to be in the drawing to be a parent volunteer on our field trip.
October Important Dates
2 Picture Day
3 PTA Movie Night
7 CiCi’s Pizza Night 4:00-8:00pm
9 Early Release 2:10pm/ End of First Quarter
9 Skating Party 6:00-8:00pm
10 No School
14 2nd grade Field Trip to the Zoo
21-23 Book Fair
21 Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:30pm
23 Early Release 2:10/Parent-Teacher Conferences
24 No School / Fall Blood Drive
31 Book Character Day 3:15-3:45pm
We are learning about....
Reading
We are finishing up our Fairy Tale unit this week. We have read so many different versions of many classic fairy tales. We will be making a Fairy Tale book of all the work that they have been doing. Look for it to be going home at the end of the week.
Writing
Our grammar unit is in full swing. Each day we watch a different short video introducing the topic we will be learning about. So far we have learned about nouns, common nouns, proper nouns, and reflexive pronouns. We will learn about collective nouns during our Science unit on life cycles of animals. See if your child can tell you what reflexive pronouns always end in (self or selves) and also some examples of common (teacher, store, holiday, month) and proper (Ms.Johnson, Lillian Schumacher, Labor Day, Target) nouns.
Math
CHANGE!!!!!! Our Unit 2 Test will now be next Tuesday on September 30. I will send home a review the day before. Please help your child review the material before their test the next day. Thanks :)
Social Studies
This weeks Scholastic News article was about the Main Idea of the story. We talked about the author Cynthia Rylant and her good work habits and what we could learn from her about changing our own work habits.
Your child may access the Scholastic News website at home and play games, read, watch videos, and more. When you get to the website there is a blue box that says Student Login in the top right corner. Click on that and put our classroom password in. Our password it Ls2ndgrade.
Here is the link to the website:
http://sni.scholastic.com/SN2?eml=CM///20140611//txtl/SN2/CarrierCard/VanityURL/
Science
EXCITING NEWS! Our caterpillars have completely formed their chrysalis'. We moved them to their new habitat and in 7-10 days we should have some Painted Lady Butterflies.
Next week our class will get the chance to rotate between the 2nd grade teachers classrooms to learn about the life cycles of different animals. (we moved this a week later to fit other stuff in)
Homework
Your child will have Spelling words that will come home every Monday and we will have a test each Friday. Please practice the words at home every night.
There will also be a Fluency Passage that will go home on Monday's and is due on Fridays. Please read the passage with your child every night and mark how many words they read in a minute and any mistakes they made. Most Friday's I will read the passage with them again at school to see their progress.
Finally, your child has a monthly reading log in their Shark Binder. If your child reads 10 minutes a night they will reach 300 minutes by the end of the month. When your child brings it back at the end of the month, they will receive a surprise from me. :)
Thank you for all you do at home to help your kiddo succeed at school! :)
Lillian Schumacher
Email: rjohnson@liberty.k12.mo.us
Website: ls.liberty.k12.mo.us
Location: 425 Claywoods Parkway, Liberty, MO, United States
Phone: (816)736-5490