Week 27

Welcome to week twenty-seven! This week’s theme is: Dr. Seuss Week

Our class is creating a class book.  We are having our book published by the Studentreasures company.  If you wish to order a copy of this book for yourself please complete the order form that was sent home Friday and return it by tomorrow. If you do not wish to order the book please still return your signed order form with the “no” box checked so that we can earn a free copy of the book for our classroom library.  We need every student to return an order form with either “yes” or “no” checked in order to receive a free book for the classroom library.

Tomorrow, Wednesday February 27th,  is our field trip to the BYU Art Museum.  We will be leaving the school at 9:00 and returning at 12:30.  We will eat a late lunch when we return.  Feel free to send a small snack with your child for them to eat when we have a break at the museum. This will be a very exciting trip for our class!


Only a few more weeks left in our Box Top Contest!  Keep sending in Box Tops to help second grade win our school contest!  The grade with the most box tops per-capita on March 8th gets a "Uniform Free Day."

Here is a look at what we are learning this week:

Art: Students will continue working on their student directed art projects using mediums such as collage, pastels, paper construction, and water color. Both classes have earned a special clay day for cleaning up quickly. 

ASL:  No ASL this week, we will focus on Spanish.

Dance:  Students will continue studying the different types of movement. 

Health: Learning about our teeth.  

Math: Students will continue learning two digit subtraction, those students who have mastered two-digit subtraction will move on to three digit subtraction. 

Music: In music we will be practicing songs for a special spring performance. 

PE: Various games in the gym

Reading: In reading we will be having guided reading with our leveled books, phonics lessons focusing on short u, e, o and i or er, ir, ur and fluency practice. 

Science: Students will finish their study of electricity and begin their study of rocks.

Social Studies: Students will study ancient cultures.

Spanish: Students will finish studying the Spanish vocabulary for animals.

Writing:

·                     Writing: Hand writing with Mrs. P: This week will be learning the penmanship of cursive “p"

·                     Composition with Mrs. P: This week we will work on persuasive writing.

·                      Spelling: Students are grouped by levels and engage in Words Their Way sorting activities.  Students sort words into categories by sounds patterns according to their present level of functioning. 

Week 26

Welcome to week twenty-six! This week’s theme is: Our Heros


Keep sending in Box Tops to help second grade win our school contest!  The grade with the most box tops per-capita on March 8th get a "Uniform Free Day."

Quail Run will be holding an afternoon social to give students the opportunity to say good bye to Mrs. Tammy Yorgason and Mrs. Colleen Slade on Friday, February 22, 2013 from

2:30-3:00 pm in the lunchroom.  This is a unique opportunity and we hope that many parents can join with us as we bid them farewell.  

Please remember to send your student's "Take Home Reading" books back to school so our volunteers can send home a new book for your child.  

Here is a look at what we are learning this week:

Art: Students will continue working on their student directed art projects using mediums such as collage, pastels, paper construction, and water color. Both classes have earned a special clay day for cleaning up quickly. 

ASL:  No ASL this week, we will focus on Spanish.

Dance:  Students will continue studying the different types of movement. 

Health: Learning about our teeth.  

Math: Students will continue learning two digit subtraction, those students who have mastered two-digit subtraction will move on to three digit subtraction. 

Music:In music we will be practicing songs for a special spring performance. 

PE: Various games in the gym

Reading: In reading we will be having guided reading with our leveled books, phonics lessons focusing on short a, and i or variable vowels ar and or. 

Science: Students will continue their study of electricity and batteries. 

Social Studies: Students will study climate

Spanish: Students will begin studying the Spanish vocabulary for animals.

Writing:

• Writing: Hand writing with Mrs. P: This week will be learning the penmanship of cursive"h,t"

• Composition with Mrs. P: This week we will work on special narratives to be bound into a special class book.

• Spelling: Students are grouped by levels and engage in Words Their Way sorting activities.  Students sort words into categories by sounds patterns according to their present level of functioning. 

Week 25

Welcome to week twenty-five! This week’s theme is: Be Mine!


On Thursday, February 14^th, we will be having a Valentine’s Day Celebration from 12:15-12:45.  If your students would like to hand out Valentine’s Day cards during this time, they are welcome to. If students choose to bring cards, they must bring a card for every student in the 2^nd grade (see list that was sent home previously).  Please do not send candy, fruit snacks or other food items with your child’s Valentines.  Small favors such as stickers, tattoos, etc. are fine.  Bringing Valentine’s Day cards to school is completely optional and children who do not bring Valentine’s Day cards will still participate in our celebration.

Starting on Monday, February 8^th through Friday, March 8^th, our school will be having a Box Tops and Labels for Education contest.  Students will bring in Box Tops and Labels for Education to their teacher.  At the end of each week of the contest, the class who brought in the most Box Tops and Labels per capita will receive 15 minutes of free time or extra recess.  At the end of the 4 week contest period, the class who collected the most Box Tops and Labels For Education will earn a uniform free day.   Box Tops and Labels for Education allow us to earn money for our school to use on supplies.  You can find Box Tops and Labels for Education on various grocery products such as: Campbell’s Soup, Betty Crocker, Spaghetti O’s, Real Simple, Dannon, V8 and many others.

Here is a look at what we are learning this week:

Art: Students will continue working on their student directed art projects using mediums such as collage, pastels, paper construction, and water color. Both classes have earned a special clay day for cleaning up quickly.

ASL:  Valentine’s Day signs.

Dance:  Students will continue studying the different types of movement.

Health: Hygiene. 

Math: Students will begin learning two digit subtraction.

Music: Drum beats, recognition and names of notes on the staff- Children are learning FACE and Every Good Boy Does Fine mnemonics to help remember names of notes.

PE: Various games in the gym

Reading: Large Group Phonics: Long Vowel Review, Small Group Phonics: Vowel Combinations: oo, Shared Reading: Amazing Animals “Ant,” Guided Reading by leveled groups, Centers (SSR, iPods, Computers, Partner reading

Science: Students will finish up their study of physical changes and begin studying electricity.

Social Studies: Students will study climate

Spanish: Students will begin studying the Spanish vocabulary for animals.

Writing:

• Writing: Hand writing with Mrs. P: This week will be learning the penmanship of cursive “g”

• Composition with Mrs. P: This week we will practice writing our opinions with three supporting reasons by writing about our favorite winter activities.

• Spelling: Students are grouped by levels and engage in Words Their Way sorting activities.  Students sort words into categories by sounds patterns according to their present level of functioning.  We finished our MOY (middle of year) assessment. Those who were absent need to make this up while the others continue to work on their new sorts for the week.