Gray's Kiddos
The Happenings of Room MC-1
Monday, August 26th
Calendar
August:
8.28 - Volunteer Orientation - Wednesday 9am in the MPR
8.29 - Picture Day
8.30 - Early Release
8.30 - 2nd Magazine Sale Turn In
September:
9.4 - Magazine/Cookie Sale Final Turn in
9.11 - PTC Meeting 6pm in B2
9.14 - PTC Inaugural Dash Into Color 5k Run
ODDS and ENDS
What an amazing first two weeks of school! Kids are doing a fantastic job settling into our routines.
Homework comes home this week. Please check the front pocket of their planner for a blue sheet, white sheet, and yellow sheet. The blue sheet outlines the daily homework. The white sheet is their spelling words and pretest they took on Monday. And the yellow sheet is a choice board that they will use to decide how they study their spelling for the week. The Blue sheet is the only sheet that needs to come back to school on Friday. If there is math homework, kids will write that in their planner. Remember, homework should only be 20-30 minutes.
Curriculum Update
HOMEWORK: The blue sheet homework starts today. Nightly homework includes: reading a book, practicing word lines (on back of sheet), practice spelling and math. There is a yellow sheet that has the choices for the practicing spelling words. They do not need to do all of the choices, just one a night.
READING
We will be reading the story Henry and Mudge in our anthology. Our focus for this story is
sequencing events and the authors word choice. Henry and Mudge is a realistic fiction, which means it is a story that could have happened but didn't!
WRITING:
This week we will be focusing on narrative writing by writing sentences that tell a story.
MATH -We have started chapter 1. Students are focusing on Odds and Even numbers. There will be a parent letter in the Tuesday folder. Students also logged into IXL today at school. Their logins are taped on the inside cover of the planner.
Reading Buddies: Be sure to ask your 2nd grader about their reading buddy! On Friday we got together with Mrs. Platner's 7th grade class. The kids had a chance to play and then read a book with their buddy! We are so excited to do different activities throughout the year. Our goal is to meet every Friday for about 30 minutes.
Physical Education: Just a reminder that our days are on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Technology: Students have logged into Lexia and will be logging into ixl this week. They did a phenomenal job logging into the devices, many had already memorized their username and passwords for google already!
Library: Library starts this week on Tuesday. Kids can check out one book. Please be sure to have your child return the book the following Tuesday. If they do not bring it back they will not be able to check out another book.
PTC
PTC Meeting Wednesday September 11th...6pm...B2
Please join us for our Inaugural Dash Into Color 5k Saturday Sept 14th. Visit https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/GrassValley/DashIntoColor5k to register. Use coupon code (BACK2SCHOOL) when registering your family of 4 for a huge discount. Coupon expires August 23rd.