New News- 2nd grade: Mrs. Holtz
November 3, 2016
New News
World Market
We also started investigating different areas around the world and are thinking of joining the World Market as a class. More information to come!
Thanksgiving Feast
Thanksgiving Lunch Date Changed to Nov. 17
Come to Heritage’s annual Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday, Nov. 17. Save the date!Please note the lunch calendar online shows it on Wednesday, we have chosen to move our Thanksgiving lunch to Thursday. Sorry for any confusion! Click here for the flyer to RSVP and pre-pay.
Heritage Video Production Team
Classroom Suggestions
I also need some help / suggestions for the end of the day. My students this year have a very difficult time cleaning up at the end of the day. Last week, I introduced a new end of the day procedure where I was much more clear on their clean up expectations. However, this new procedure does not seem to be working at all! I have also introduced an incentive where students can earn stars to get a prize (30-minute video, 30 minutes of free Chromebook time, or 30 minutes extra recess). They seemed to be very excited about being able to earn 10 stars. Today, I pulled up the end of the day procedures, talked about earning a star, and let them get to work. I was handing out Thursday folders and trying to redirect students to continue cleaning up. Unfortunately, the room was still extremely messy at 3:30 (15 minutes later). I kept them for 4 minutes as I have been spending up to 30 minutes after they leave picking up things that students should be cleaning up.
Are any of you available to come in and help support me during this time? Or do you have any suggestions on how to make this an easier transition at the end of the day? I'm all ears! Thank you in advance.
I also am truly sorry for any inconveniences that this may have caused today.
Classroom News
Math
- This week we are working on double digit addition. Students are already learning the concepts of regrouping 10 ones to 1 ten!
- If you would like to work on math with your child at home, you have access to their eBook and lessons at home. Have them log into their ConnectEd account. Their password should be on their PW sheet, which can be found on Google Drive. If you are unable to find it, please send me an email and I will be happy to get it for you.
Reading
Guided Reading
- 9:00-9:45: Parent Volunteers and I meet with your child, ask comprehension questions, and break apart unknown words. So far this school year, we have used Storia. Storia is an online, digital library.
Reading Strategy Time
- 9:45-10:15: Students are working on strategies during reading flooding time.
- Some of the strategies include relating ideas, context clues, distinguishing important information, literary elements, making judgments, inferences/conclusions, and text structures.
Writing
- This week students are working on their individual word sorts, a how to paragraph, reading responses and blogs.
- There should be two new entries this week!
- Here is the link to your child's blog page. You can find their blog page by their initials. Feel free to leave comments on blog pages. If you could write 2 glows (things they are doing well) with 1 grow (things they need to work on). The support would be great!
Old News!
Classroom Website
Google Drive Picture Folders
You should have received a 2016-17 2nd Grade Holtz Pictures Google invite from me.
This is where I will put all of the classroom pictures that I take this school year. Please feel free to add any pictures that you take as well into this folder.
Specials and Double Specials (Updated)
Easy Ways to Earn $$ for Heritage
Here are some easy ways to earn money for Heritage:
Load a King Soopers gift card year-round to allow us to earn 5% of your purchase. Buy at the front office today.
Send in your clean Longmont Dairy milk caps; we earn 5 cents each
Clip Box Tops and Labels for Education; put in baggies and deliver to your child’s teacher.
Better Your Home, Better Our School! American Furniture Warehouse will donate 2-4% of purchases you make betweenOct. 7 and Oct. 16 back to Heritage! If you've been thinking about switching up your home furnishings, there's no better time to refresh your home! Click here for details and the school code.
Birthdays
Class Schedule
Upcoming October Events
Mother/Son Event- Skate City
Thursday, Nov 3, 2016, 06:00 PM
5801 S Lowell Way, Littleton, CO 80123
No School
Tuesday, Nov 8, 2016, 09:00 PM
3350 Summit View Parkway, Littleton, CO, United States
Thanksgiving Feast
Thanksgiving Lunch Date Changed to Nov. 17
Come to Heritage’s annual Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday, Nov. 17. Save the date!Please note the lunch calendar online shows it on Wednesday, we have chosen to move our Thanksgiving lunch to Thursday. Sorry for any confusion! Click here for the flyer to RSVP and pre-pay.
Thursday, Nov 17, 2016, 11:45 PM
3350 Summit View Parkway, Littleton, CO, United States
Chipolte Restaurant Night
Tuesday, Nov 22, 2016, 05:00 PM
9500 Heritage Hills Circle #700, Lone Tree, CO
Day of Code
Friday, Dec 9, 2016, 08:30 AM
3350 Summit View Parkway
2nd World Market
A Taste of Heritage 2nd World Market is Dec. 14
Celebrate the diversity of our school community through music, food, crafts and performances from 3-6 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 14.
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2016, 03:00 PM
3350 Summit View Parkway, Littleton, CO, United States
Mrs. Jillian Holtz
Email: jnholtz@dcsdk12.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/jnholtz/
Location: 3350 Summit View Parkway, Littleton, CO, United States
Phone: (303) 387-6725
Twitter: @HoltzJillian