Hensley's Happenings
News from Miss Hensley's Class
October 13, 2017
News and Information
Parent Teacher Conferences-Oct. 24 and Oct. 26
I will be holding short parent-teacher conferences to discuss your child’s progress in 2nd grade. Please use the form sent home Thursday to request your top 3 preferred days/ times. The earlier you return the form, the more likely it will be that you will be assigned one of your preferred times. If you would prefer a phone conference, please check that box. I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your awesome 2nd grader. These dates are for my class only. Other teachers or grade levels may do conferences at other time. If we have recently met about your child, do not feel like you need to meet again -- unless you really want to of course!
Here is a link to the schedule thus far! You should've also received a purple sheet confirming your date and time.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aVN2skNOOzCEkiZ-PJHk6diB15Y9je0KrkH7ljwrElk/edit?usp=sharing
Fall Party Thank you!
Thank you to all of the parents who helped with our fall party. A great time was had by all! Special thanks to Mrs. Hunt for organizing the party, and to all the moms and family members who were here today!
Book It Program:
Last Friday you received a Book It calendar. Please have your child read for 20 minutes each night. Color in each day they read for 20 minutes. Return the calendar to school after October 31st and your child will receive a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.
Grandparent's Day Is Coming!!!
My class will have grandparent's day on Wednesday, November 8 from 8:30-9:30. Invitations were sent home earlier this week. Please pass those along to grandparents! Also, if you could please RSVP to let me know that someone is coming to be with your child I would appreciate it!
Book Fair is coming!
Mrs. Frank will be holding our annual Scholastic Book Fair November 9-13.
If you’d like to sit with your child at lunch we’d love to have you. Lunch begins at 11:47 a.m. If you wish to eat the school lunch, please call the office to order a tray.
Homework
Your child's nightly homework: Read 20 minutes every night!
I hope you are finding the leveled books and activities that I am sending home helpful! We progress monitor next week and I'm excited to see how much they have grown already this year!
Reading
This week we are working on identifying story elements (characters, setting, problem, solution) in our stories. We continue to review skills from the past units (main idea/ details, characterization, multiple meaning words, synonyms, etc.)
Math Skills For This Week
Geometry
vocabulary: side, angle, vertices, quadrilateral,
polygons
built polygons
composing and decomposing shapes
English and Writing
Writing- finished up our personal narrative unit with lessons in revising and editing to make a fantastic personal narrative that our grandparents will love!
English skills: finding singular and plural nouns in sentences
Spelling Words
Pretest -Wednesday
Final test- Friday
germ stern herd clerk fern
person batter hammer wiser letter
letters slower paper papers sweeter
keeper sleeper better dinner jerk
Homework Help and Hints!
Here is a fun and educational website: www.funbrain.com . You can practice all kinds of basic reading, math, and English skills in a game format- all for free!
Data Binders- Look for them Monday
Important Events
October
16-20 No School- Fall Break
November
6-10 Book Fair
8 Grandparent's Day 8:30-9:30
14 Otis Spunkmeyer Pick up at Swayzee
14 Picture Retakes
15 Midterms posted to Skyward
22-24 Thanksgiving Break, no school
Contact Me
Email: staciehe@ohusc.k12.in.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/ohusc.k12.in.us/staciehensley/home
Location: 600 E Walnut St, Converse, IN, United States
Phone: 765-395-3341
Twitter: @staciehensley26