Tom the Turkey

Your child's homework this week will be to disguise Tom the Turkey so he doesn't get eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.  We went over this in class on Monday afternoon.  Students can use absolutely anything they can find around the house to decorate their turkey (dried pasta, cotton balls, construction paper, tissue paper, gemstones, fabric scraps, etc.)  I only ask that the turkeys are not simply colored in as that does not disguise the turkey.  In the past, kids have chosen to disguise their turkey as Superman, a princess, an army man, a peacock, a pirate, a monster, etc.  Use your imagination and be creative!

Please disregard the part of the note that asks students to write a story about their turkey.  This will be done in class on Thursday, November 20.  On this day, your child will complete a persuasive writing prompt (Common Core Standard CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.21) convincing the reader why turkey should not be eaten for Thanksgiving dinner.

Have fun with this!  I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with to disguise their turkeys!  Please have them turned in no later than Wednesday, November 19.

Thanks!

Weekly Newsletter (November 17-21)

Additional Reminders:  

Tuesday, November 18--PTO meeting, 6:30--Family Health Night

Wednesday, November 19--Fall Picture Make-Up Day

Fall Festival

Come out and join us Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. for our annual Fall Festival! There will be food, drinks, games, pony rides, a petting zoo, and lots and lots of fun!  This is a huge fundraising event for our school, so please come out and support WCES!

Social Studies (Nov. 3-7)

Due to the practices we have been having each morning for our Veteran's Day performance, there will be no social studies test on Friday.  

No School!!!

No School on Tuesday, November 4!  

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Veteran's Day Performance

This is just a reminder that next Tuesday, November 11, 2014, the 2nd grade students will be having a Veteran's Day performance at 1:00 in the afternoon and at 6:30 at night.  The kids and Mrs. Hunter have been working so hard to get ready for this!  At some point during the performance, we will be showing a slideshow of pictures of veterans in our families.  If you have someone in your family who has served or is currently serving in any branch of the military, please send us a photo of them so that we can scan it and add it to our slideshow.  All photos will be returned as soon as they have been scanned and uploaded.

We also want to encourage you to invite those veterans to come see our 2nd graders perform.

Thanks for all your help!

Weekly Newsletter (November 3-7)

Reminders:  

No School on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 (Election Day).  

All Fall picture money is due Wednesday, November 5.

Read your story and study your spelling and vocabulary words every night!

Pumpkin Globes

Our pumpkin globes turned out so cute!  Creating a globe with a pumpkin really helped them understand the difference between maps and globes, which was our goal.  This was something they had been struggling with and creating the globes themselves really helped them to grasp the concept of how globes differ from regular, flat maps.  Thank you so much for sending in the pumpkins and helping the kids grasp this difficult concept.

Our Ocean Habitat

I am sorry it took so long to get this up here, but I definitely wanted to make sure everyone has the chance to see our AMAZING ocean habitat!  These turned out to be soooooo good!!!  I am so proud of my kids and how hard they worked to turn our hallway into a scene straight out of the ocean!  (This will stay up in the hall until at least Fall Festival, maybe longer, so you should have plenty of time to come in and see what a great job these kids did with this project!)

Weekly Newsletter (October 6-10)

Please Note:  all of our weekly tests (reading, spelling, language, vocabulary, and math) will be on Thursday, October 9 due to Fall Break on Friday, October 10.

Picture Day is Tuesday, October 7!

No School on Friday, October 10 or Monday, October 13--it's FALL BREAK!!!

Science Fair/Habitat Assignment

This is just a reminder that if you are participating in the science fair, your child's project is due tomorrow, Monday, October 6.

Also, all plants and animals in our ocean habitat are due in class tomorrow, October 6.  We will be building our habitat on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Have a great Sunday!

Book It Program

Our class will be starting the Pizza Hut Book It program this month.  All you have to do is make sure your child reads for at least 20 minutes each night and colors in the corresponding day on their Book It calendar that they received in their folders today.  At the end of the month, you and your child should sign the calendar and return it to me.  For doing this, your child will receive a FREE personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut!  Read every night!!!

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Scientific Method

Here is the scientific method that your child must follow if he/she decides to do a science fair project.  Remember, this is totally optional, but your child does have the opportunity to earn two extra 100's in science for completing a project that follows these guidelines.

Habitats!

Ok, so for some clarification, we are studying habitats this week and next week (along with last week) in science.  Each class has chosen a habitat to build.  My class will be building the ocean.  Mrs. Peppard's class is building the desert, Mrs. Lockerman's class is building the temperate (seasonal) forest, and Mrs. Durard's class is building the rain forest.

Your child will be assigned a part of the ocean to build.  They must work on this at home, as well as in class because we just do not have the extra class time to do it all here.  On Friday, we will have some computer lab time for them to do some research on their assigned part of our habitat.  Any additional research that could be done at home would be an exceptional help, as well.

Next week, October 6-10, is a four day week, as Oct. 10 starts our Fall Break.  So, our plan is to do a more in depth writing assignment on the ocean on Monday (Oct. 6), spend Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct. 7-8) constructing our habitat out on the wall in the hallway outside of our classroom, and spend science time on Thursday (Oct. 9) swapping classes to talk about the habitat each class built.

Now, for grades...

Your child will receive 3 grades from this project.  First, they will be graded on the building and index card writing of their assigned part of our habitat.   Second, they will be graded on their participation of the entire assignment.  And  finally, they will be graded on our writing assignment that we do on Monday.  So, please let me be clear--if your child does NOT build their assigned part of our habitat and have it turned in to me on Monday, October 6, they will receive a 0 in the gradebook for both their part AND participation.  That's two 0's in the gradebook.  That will reflect heavily on their science grade.  So it is very important that this is done and turned in to me in a timely manner (MONDAY, OCTOBER 6!)

I have attached a copy of the habitat letter that was sent home on Monday.  If you have any other questions, please call me, email me, or leave a note in your child's folder.

Thank you!

Science Fair Letter

This is just a reminder that the science fair is NOT required.  I will however be giving your child two additional 100's in science for completing it, provided all of the steps of the scientific method are followed.  I apologize for that second letter not coming home today (9/30).  It will, however, be in your child's folder tomorrow (10/1).  

Weekly Newsletter (September 29-October 3)

Please remember to study your spelling and vocabulary words each night and read your story! There will be a reading, language, spelling, and science test on Friday!

Grandparent's Day

Don't forget: our Grandparent's Day celebration is this Thursday, September 18 from 8:00-8:45.  Invite your grandparent's to come and share this day with us!

PTO Meeting

This is just a reminder that we have a PTO meeting tomorrow night at 6:30.  Our wonderful 2nd graders will be performing at this meeting, so please try and attend.  They have all been working very hard on their songs for this performance!  Hope to see you there!

Book Fair

It’s BOOK FAIR week!

Come and visit the book fair this week, 

September 15-19.  

You can also send money with your child to school and they can visit the book fair at some point during the day.   

Fundraiser

This is just a reminder that the fundraiser order forms AND money are due on Thursday, September 11.  There will also be a reminder in your child's folder on Tuesday.  

Thanks!