MCGHEE'S MESSAGES
NOVEMBER 26-30
IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION
12/3-7 Book fair open everyday
12/4 during your student's regular lunch and recess time where a Grandparent or any other family/friend can bring a bag lunch for you and your student then shop the Book Fair together during their recess
12/3-7 Socks and underwear drive-send in either or both to donate to needy children, sizes 4-16 children
12/7 McGhee Bookfair 7:55-8:40-parents are welcome to come shop with the kids
12/3-12/7 Bookfair
12/12 OSE Grinch Day-dress up like your favorite character from The Grinch, we will watch the animated movie and do many fun Grinchy activities!
12/18 Chipotle Spirit night for OSE 4-8 pm
12/19 Holiday party 12:35-1:35 2nd Grade Food List - Sugar Cookies, Icing, Sprinkles, Juice, Pretzels
12/20 2nd grade Polar Express Day! Wear your pajamas and we will watch the movie, have hot chocolate and popcorn, and do many fun Polar Express activities!
12/21 early release day
12/24-1/4 Winter Holidays-no school
Whew! Lots of things happening! We will be making our special surprises for our families starting this week. Please be sure and send in a clean Pringles can with the lid, a wire coat hanger and 1 yard of cotton holiday fabric. Thanks!
Our fine arts will be different all of this week. We will be going at 7:55 each day to accommodate the book fair. Monday will be Day 1, Tuesday Day 2, Wednesday Day 3, Thursday Day 4 and Friday we will go to the book fair as a class. We discussed where everyone is going and so they should be ok with the changes.
We will be doing an afternoon 15 minute recess instead of our morning break this week. This will help break up the long afternoon and give them their additional physical fitness time. I believe it will be at 1:30 just for this week.
The kids have been doing a great job working and behaving and getting back in to our routine. 3 weeks before the next break! We can make it!
Thanks!
April
WHAT WE ARE LEARNING
Language Arts-We are loving our new book clubs. The kids picked out holiday novels and are reading in small groups. They will do a group book report at when they are done reading. We also finished up our procedural texts unit by writing about how to catch Santa! New spelling lists went home and the test will be this Friday.
Social Studies-We are comparing the past and the present. We are looking at technology, science, entertainment and transportation.
Science-We completed our unit on force and motion. We created ramps out of blocks, practiced vocabulary and watched a science video to solidify our learning. Rocks and minerals is next!