Gray's Kiddos
The Happenings of Room MC-1
Tuesday, October 8th
Calendar
October:
10.11 - Pumpkin Patch -- see note below
10.21-10.25 Fall Break
10.29 - Conferences
10.31 - Minimum Day - Halloween
10.31 - Conferences
11.1 - No school = Conferences
Odds and Ends
Pumpkin Patch
Thank you for sending in the $5 for the 2nd grade churros booth! We will also be having a basketball shoot game. We are in need of some parent help. Click on this link (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4BA5A623A6FD0-pumpkin2) to sign up.
Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences are right around the corner...in fact the week we return from October break. Conferences are student led conferences - so please keep that in mind when you are signing up for a conference slot. If the times available do not work for you, please let me know. We will work something out. I am looking forward to chatting with you about your child's progress in 2nd grade.
Here is the link to sign up for a conference time - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4BA5A623A6FD0-conferences
Halloween Party
Please let me know via email or note in the planner if you are interested in helping me plan our Halloween Party on October 31st. We have a minimum day that day. Many hands make light work. If you can't meet, but have some ideas I would love to hear those too!
LEXIA
Your child has been working really hard in Lexia Core 5. If you remember, we talked about it at back to school night. As students have spent more time on Lexia I am truly seeing its benefits. Each student is working on their own level, on the skills that they need. It is wonderful. Students are beginning to see their progress as well as they pass levels.
Each child has a certain number of minutes generated by Lexia. Some have 20, 30, 40, or 60 minutes. It is important for students to reach their minutes. We are working really hard in class to get our minutes done, but sometimes it can be tough to get it in. Please try to log into Lexia with your child at least once a week, preferably Wednesday or Thursday. On the initial log in screen the middle box indicated their goal minutes as well as how much more time they need to reach the goal (see picture below). If you child has not reached their goal please have them work in Lexia for 15-20 minutes.
Curriculum Update
HOMEWORK:
Please find the blue sheet in your kiddos planner. Sometimes you might see your child have the math homework partially done. If so that is because we are working on it in small group. Please be sure to go over it with them as well.
TUESDAY FOLDER:
I apologize for not sending them home today! I remembered just as we got to pick up. They will come home tomorrow (or the next day we have school).
READING
We are reading Teacher's Pet this week.
WRITING:
We are continuing to fill our writing journals with stories. We are focusing on making sure we are using capitals and periods.
MATH:
We are getting close to wrapping up chapter 2 in math. Please be sure you are checking their homework. We are also starting to take weekly addition facts test. Students have 4 minutes to work on 100 problems. The goal is to improve their score by 5 each week. Everyone started with facts 0-5. As students master the 0-5 they will move on to 6-10 and then a 0-10. Once they have mastered addition they will move to subtraction. The beauty of this is that each student is working on the facts they need to practice. Please try to spend at least a few minutes a couple times a week working on facts.
SCIENCE:
Our goal this week is to get back into Science!
Technology: Students finished their acrostic poems! They look amazing. Come check them out in the classroom!
Physical Education: Just a reminder that our days are on Wednesdays and Fridays. Be sure that your child has appropriate footwear on these days. We do PE with Mrs. White's class.
Technology Links
Lexia - https://www.lexiacore5.com/?SiteID=3144-5749-2242-0166
IXL - https://www.ixl.com/signin/unionhillschool
Think Central - https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do?orgID=04471918 -
username- firstnamelastname
password - student
Kids can use think central to log in and look at reading and math. Please let me know if you are having any problems accessing technology at home.
PTC
- PTC Meeting Wednesday October 9th...6pm...B2
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