Mrs. Amella's 2nd Grade Newsletter
March 11th-15th
Mrs. Amella’s Student-Led Spring Conference Sign Up
Our Student Led Spring Conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 12th and Thursday, March 14th. Please click this link to sign up for one time slot.
Soaring Hawk Spring Book Fair Week
Our Spring Book Fair will be this week March 11th-14th. We will have our class preview and shopping on Monday, March 11th. The Book Fair will also be open late on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-7:00 during our Spring Conferences.
Student Council Food Drive
Our Student Council Food Drive will start on March 4th~March 14th. 2nd Grade can bring in boxes of pasta, Mac and Cheese, Marinara/Alfredo sauce or canned Ravioli or Hamburger Helper. Thank you so much for your kind donation which will help SHE families whose circumstances make it difficult to provide nutritious food for their children over the weekend.
Spelling Words for Week of March 11th-15th
Spelling Words-
1.feet
2. teeth
3.lives
4. men
5. women
6. shelves
7. children
8. people
9. fish
10. sheep
Challenge Words
1. thieves
2. knives
3. scarves
4. quizzes
5. calves
Flash Fluency-Sight Word Practice
Your child is bringing home a Flash Fluency Sight Word packet to keep at home for additional practice. These Sight Words are to help your child’s reading fluency. This is not required for nightly homework, but can be practiced when your child has some free time in the evenings. Your child has a copy of this packet at school that they will practice each day.They will get tested by a parent volunteer throughout the week. Your child will be asked to read all the words correctly. They will not be timed and don’t need to know how to spell the words. They will start with Test #1. Once they pass Test #1 in class without missing any words they can move on to Test #2 and so on. Your child will be able to tell you what test they are on at school, so they can continue practicing at home. A new packet level will be sent home once your child passes all 10 tests at school.
LUNCH, SNACKS AND WATER BOTTLE
I had a few parents ask if they could donate snacks! Any donation would be greatly appreciated. We have 22 students in our class this year and no food allergies. 2nd grade will go to lunch at 11:20-12:00 each day. Please send in a healthy, peanut free snack each day. Healthy finger foods work best for snack time. Please do not send snacks that require a spoon or snacks that are messy as we eat it outside during afternoon recess.Please make sure your child has a spill proof water bottle everyday to keep on their desk.
Specials
Mrs. Amella's Specials Schedule
March 11th-15th
Monday-Music
Tuesday-PE
Wednesday-Music
Thursday-PE
Friday-Music
Learning Targets
- Crew- Second Step (SEL, Social Emotional Lessons) Lesson #20 Responding to Playground Exclusion
- Phonics- Irregular Plural Nouns
- Reading- Paraphrase and Summarize Key Concepts, Context Clues, determine text importance, capitalization, inflectional endings -ing,-ed, adjectives, summarize and synthesize, understand shades of meaning.
- Writing- Opinion Writing
- Math- Recognize and Draw Shapes
- Social Studies/Science- Fast and Slow Land Changes.
- Second Step Resources for Families:Here is a home link connections for our entire year!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16yIp_MpkgUfVIuEbN7yfoBRDFGAp-Hww/view?usp=sharing
2nd Grade Curriculum and Information Slide Show
Here is a link to our 2nd Grade Curriculum Slide Show for your references. This has all the curriculum we will use this year and other important classroom information.
Important Dates
March 11th-14th~Soaring Hawk Spring Book Fair
March 12th and 14th~Spring Conferences ~ Sign up link
March 15th~ Class Pajama Day and Stuffed Animal Party
March 18th-22nd ~ Spring Break No School