Hello All!  

I hope you are staying warm in this cold and snowy weather we’re having right now!   The kiddos sure are enjoying their time outside to play in it though! With the weather in mind, please be sure that your child has ALL necessary outside clothing to play in the snow each day.  Please also remember to send shoes to school so they don’t have to clomp around in their boots all day.  J

Here are a few notes from the Dates to Remember section:

Our Elementary Christmas program will be Monday, December 15.  Students should arrive at 6:40, and the program begins at 7.  Please have your child dressed in their nicest clothes. 

2^nd Grade Santa’s Workshop will be on Tuesday, December 16.  The 2^nd grade classes will be rotating to each of the three classrooms to create special Christmas gifts and activities to take home to their families.  There will be more information coming. 

Our Classroom Christmas Party will be on Thursday, December 18.  We ask that each child takes in a $3-$5 gift.  The girls should bring a gift for a girl, and the boys a gift for a boy.  Please be mindful of the dollar amount of the gift you purchase.  If the gift costs $5.50, please ask your child to choose something else.  Going above or below the range can lead to hurt feelings in during the party.  Thank you for your help!!

There will be more information on school and classroom Christmas events coming home when all of the details get worked out.  Please be looking for these notes, and I’ll keep you posted here as well. 

Reading:
Our vocabulary words for this week are: habitat, nature, escape, journey, buried, peeks, restless, and spies.  We practice these words daily in many different ways.  Please take a moment to review with your child what they may have learned about these words.  Our test will be next week Wednesday, November 26.

A new spelling list will be coming home with your child on Monday.  Please review these words with your child daily.  The test will be next week Wednesday, November 26.

We will be discussing the non-fiction genre of expository text again this week.  Our Essential Question is: What are features of different animal habitats? Your child will be excited to share what he or she has learned about these habitats.

Math:
This week we will be continuing our focus on strategies to help us learn and memorize our subtraction facts as well as strategies to help us solve subtraction number stories.   

We are working hard on our Rocket Math!  This is to help us memorize our addition facts and see how many we can answer in 1 minute.  The students are really enjoying it!

Thank you again for all of your love and support for your children!  I've spoken with many of you this week on various concerns, and I welcome them all.  I appreciate you working as a team with me and with our school to make your child's education as successful as possible!

Mrs. Rozeveld

Classroom Happenings

Hello All!  

I hope you have had time to enjoy this beautiful, sunny, and almost warm fall weather that we've had this weekend!  Here are some updates on our up-coming week.

Reading:
Our vocabulary words for this week are: check, choose, chores, cost, customers, jobs, spend, and tools.  We practice these words daily in many different ways.  Please take a moment to review with your child what they may have learned about these words.

A new spelling list will be coming home with your child on Monday.  Please review these words with your child daily.  The test will be on Friday.

We will be discussing the non-fiction genre of expository text again this week.  Your child will be excited to tell you what they've learned about how we know a text is a non-fiction and expository.

Math:
This week we will be continuing our focus on strategies to help us learn and memorize our addition facts as well as strategies to help us solve addition number stories.   

We are working hard on our Rocket Math!  This is to help us memorize our addition facts and see how many we can answer in 1 minute.  The students are really enjoying it!

Thank you again for all of your love and support for your children!  I've spoken with many of you this week on various concerns, and I welcome them all.  I appreciate you working as a team with me and with our school to make your child's education as successful as possible!

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Rozeveld

Classroom Happenings

Hello All!  

In our dates to remember, I have removed our 2nd grade field trip to Klackle Orchard at the end of October.  We will not be going to the orchard in October.  We will no be taking our 2nd grade fieldtrip in February.  We are working out details and will send home information when it becomes available to us.

Reading:
Our vocabulary words for this past week were: stares, decide, relationship, trade, glance, friendship, proper, different.  We have practiced these words daily in many different ways.  Please take a moment to ask your child what they may have learned about these words.

A new spelling list will be coming home with your child on Monday.  Please review these words with your child daily.  The test will be on Friday.

We have been discuss the genre of fiction all of this week.  Your child will be excited to tell you what they've learned about how we know a story is a fiction story.

Math:
We took our first math test this week.  This was a review fo all that we have been talking about in this first month.  We have also begun Rocket Math!  This is to help us memorize our addition facts and see how many we can answer in 1 minute.  The students are really enjoying it!

Thank you again for all of your love and support for your children!  I've spoken with many of you this week on various concerns, and I welcome them all.  I appreciate you working as a team with me and with our school to make your child's education as successful as possible!

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Rozeveld

Classroom Happenings

Hello All!  We have been working so very hard these last 3 weeks!  Please be very proud of your child because they have truely tried their best!

Just a reminder that our first Scholastic Book Order is due tomorrow, Friday, September 19.  Many of you have ordered, and I thank you for that!  Every order helps to provide points for more books for our classroom!

In our dates to remember, I noted that our 2nd grade field trip to Klackle Orchard is coming up towards the end of October.  We will be sending more information home later, but we wanted to get the date out to you as soon as we could in case you would like to attend and needed to make necessary arrangements.

Reading:
Our vocabulary words for this past week were: afraid, depend, actions, nervously, peered, perfectly, recue, and secret.  We have practiced these words daily in many different ways.  Please take a moment to ask your child what they may have learned about these words.

A new spelling list will be coming home with your child on Monday.  Please review these words with your child daily.  The test will be on Friday.

We have been discuss the genre of fantasy all of this week.  Your child will be excited to tell you what they've learned about how we know a story is a fantasy story.

Math:
We have been doing a lot of reviewing in math.  We're reviewing our skip counting, making 10s, and addition facts.  We have also begun Rocket Math!  This is to help us memorize our addition facts and see how many we can answer in 1 minute.  The students are really enjoying it!

Thank you again for all of your love and support for your children!  I've spoken with many of you this week on various concerns, and I welcome them all.  I appreciate you working as a team with me and with our school to make your child's education as successful as possible!

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Rozeveld

Happy First Week!

Welcome to Second Grade!  We've had a spectacular first few days, and we have been busy!  Thank you for sending in all of your child's supplies!  We are feeling very well stocked to start our year.

For the most part this week, we've just been practicing our classroom routines and trying to get back into the swing of things.  In math we have reviewed some counting skills.  We have also started some of our daily calendar routines such as date, attendance, number of the day, counting money, and weather.  In reading we have talked about visualizing while we read.  We have practiced making a picture in our head to see what the characters are doing in a story.

In our "Dates to Remember" section, I noted that Picture Day is next week Tuesday, September 9.  Because we are in 2nd grade, and it is the K-2 picture day, our pictures are usually not taken until after lunch and lunch recess.  If you have a certain shirt that you would like your child to wear for pictures and are concerned about them maybe spilling their lunch or getting too dirty outside, please send a spare with them to change into for lunch and recess.

Thanks again for your help and support for your child and our classroom as we begin this school year.  I'm looking forward to a great year!

Some Things to Keep in Mind

Parents,

If you haven't quite received your child's teacher letter for next year yet, you should soon!!  This is so exciting!!  

Here are a few things that I would like your child to bring to 2nd grade next year.  Please put your child’s name on each package.

   *a pencil box or pencil case                           *3-4 glue sticks or 1 large glue stick

    *one box of 24 crayons                                *one vinyl or plastic covered folder

    *4 dry erase markers                                  *one 1-inch 3-ring binder

    *one clean used sock to use as an eraser           *one box of Kleenex

    *one container of hand wipes or baby wipes        *one composition notebook

Our classroom is also in need of some supplies for our STAR binders for next year.  If you are willing to donate a 3-hole punched, see through pencil pouch or 2, or a small package of clear, top-load, sheet protectors, that would be much appreciated!! 

I will have some sign-up reminders at our open house night too.  

Enjoy the rest of your summer!! Can't wait to see you all soon! 

Mrs. Rozeveld

Happy Summer!!

Summer Break is finally up on us!!  It seems to have a bit of a soggy start, but warmer weather is ahead!  Enjoy your summer, be safe, have so much fun, and I hope to see all of your smiling faces passing me in the hallway next year!!

Remember to check out some of the learning links on the right side of this blog.  Also, remember to check out the Fizz, Bang, Boom Summer Reading Program at our Community Library!

Last Week Events

Celebrating the last week of school: 

June 9-12

Monday: Last PE class

Tuesday: Last Music class,

       Track and Field Day 12:15

       Bring: water bottle, socks and tennis shoes,

layer your clothing.

Wednesday: extra year end cleaning – we’ll clean out our lockers, desks, chair pockets and parts of the classroom

       Dismiss @1:45

Thursday: Game Day!!  Bring in your favorite game to enjoy with your friends for the day. If you would like to send in the game early, you may.  The students will take it home with them today.

Awards Assembly @12:30

Dismiss @ 1:45

Zip out of school and into summer vacation!!

End of the Year Happenings

Here are a few reminders for the only 27 days that we have left of this 2013-2014 school year.

o   Next week Wednesday, May 14^th, is the HERO fieldtrip for the students involved in that program.  With the students who are still here we are having a Wednesday Fun Day!!  One of the activities we have planned is to walk to Kelley’s for ice cream.  Please send in $1 to cover the cost of a small ice cream cone for your child.

o   This week began our end of the year assessing.  Please be sure that in these last few weeks as the weather is getting nicer, days are longer, and nights are shorter, that your child is getting enough rest and a good breakfast before school.  We need to finish out this year strong!

o   Book Fair – The Book fair will begin next week as well.  Our class’ day to “shop” will be Friday, May 16^th. On this day the students will have a wish list to write down a book or two that they would like. They will then bring this list home and you may decide whether or not to purchase the books.  THEN, our class’ day to “buy” will be the following Thursday, May 22^nd.  You may send in the money on or before that day along with their wish list with the item/items that you wish to purchase.

o   Monday, May 19 – Delayed Start.  Classes begin at 10:00am.

o   Fun to Be Fit –

Friday, May 23rd

High School Track

1:00 - 1:30

All are invited to join us in celebrating the importance of exercise!  No pets:)

We  are asking parents for healthy snacks for after the event...water bottles, fruit, etc.  If you are able to provide any, please email me with what you would like to bring.

o   Monday, May 26^th – No School. Memorial Day.

o   Tuesday, June 10 – Track & Field Day

o   Wednesday & Thursday, June 11 & 12 – Early Dismissal at 1:45

o   Thursday, June 12 – Last Day of School with early dismissal at 1: 45.