Thursday Blogger

This is a photo of my friend reading at our reading stations.He is reading a book called SURVIVORS.

This is a photo of three friends reading

 

December 1st-5th

Hello Families of Room 2!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• The Adopt-a-Family fundraiser is getting off to a great start!  Thank you so much to all who helped bring in food items, paper products, and cleaning supplies!  This week students are asked to bring in personal care items.  On Friday, we have Wacky Hair Day to support Adopt-A-Family (please bring in $1!)  Thank you in advance for helping out!
• Please remind you child to turn in their November reading logs this week.  The December reading logs went home with your child last Tuesday.
• Friday is our writing celebration!  Please remember to turn in your RSVP form if you have not done so already.  The students and I are very excited!
• Fortel's Pizza Pick-Up day is this Thursday the 4th!
• This Saturday is the Winter Festival from 9:00-12:00!

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  In writing this week, we are publishing our informational texts.  On Friday, we will have our author's celebration!  Please return the writing celebration RSVP form if you have not done so already!

Reading:  This week we will be discussing the main idea of a text.  We will focus on what the author of a text is mainly trying to tell us.

Science:  This week we will begin Chapter 5: Ecosystems!  We will identify the ways in which living and nonliving things interact with an ecosystem.

Math:  This week in math, we will begin Chapter 5:Division! We will focus on modeling division as equal sharing.    

Have a great week!

Blue Ribbon Picture and Read-a-thon!

Check out the picture we took with the Blue Ribbon Award in our new t-shirts!

We love reading!

November 24th-25th

Hello Families of Room 2!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• The Adopt-a-Family fundraiser is getting off to a great start!  Thank you so much to all who helped bring in food items, paper products, and cleaning supplies!  
• We will have a Leader in Me assembly on Tuesday, please have your child wear their Leader in Me shirts!

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  In writing this week, we are publishing our informational texts.  We will have a celebration on December 5th for all parents to attend.  Please return the writing celebration RSVP form if you have not done so already!

Reading:  This week we will be discussing the main idea of a text.  We will focus on what the author of a text is mainly trying to tell us.

Science:  This week we will begin Chapter 5: Ecosystems!  We will identify the ways in which living and nonliving things interact with an ecosystem.

Math:  This week in math, we will start creating our multiplication flashcards!  Be on the lookout for these to come home on Tuesday and practice these with your child often! 

Have a great week!

Thursday Blogger- Writing

Writing informational books! 

End of the day!

Tuesday Read Aloud!

We loved the expression Romy used during our read aloud today! She read "Skippyjon Jones in the Dog House" and we were all laughing at this very silly book!  Thanks for sharing Romy!

November 17th-21st

Hello Families of Room 2!
Listed below are the important reminders and objectives for our week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks!

Important Reminders:

• The Adopt-a-Family fundraiser is getting off to a great start!  Thank you so much to all who helped bring in food and paper product last week!  This week, we are asked to bring in cleaning products! Thank you in advance for all of your help!
• Scholastic book orders are due this Monday, November, 17th!
• This week is our Blue Ribbon Celebration Week!  See below the themed days for our week: 
• Monday: We are FLYERS!
  Wear your green and gold to celebrate that we are high achieving Flyers! 
• Tuesday: HATS off to Concord!
  Wear a hat on this day!
• Wednesday: Show your BLUE Ribbon Pride!
  Wear blue to celebrate our big award!
• Thursday: Concord is a COMFY place to learn!
  Wear your pjs or something comfy that day!
• Friday: We are a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School!
  All students will be given a Blue Ribbon t-shirt today to wear!

Weekly Objectives:

Writing:  In writing this week, we are publishing our informational texts.  We will have a celebration on December 5th for all parents to attend!  More details about the time of the celebration will be coming home shortly!

Reading:  This week we will be discussing strategies to help us think deeply about our text.  We will ask each other questions that require readers to think beyond and about a text!

Social Studies:  As we continue our social studies chapter on communities in history, we will focus on understanding timelines.  Our test will be this Friday the 21st!

Math:  This week in math, we will continue our work with arrays.  We will use multiplication to represent combinations!  Our test on arrays will be on Wednesday the 19th! 

Have a great week!