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!