Week Of December 2nd 2013

Aloha families!  I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and enjoyed some time with friends and family.

This week is a regular week.  We will have homework each night.  In math we are beginning to learn strategies for subtraction regrouping.  Please be patient as your child learns different ways to solve a problem.  I promise we will get to the standard math algorithm, but for now we will continue to explore different ways to solve a problem.  If you have any questions please contact me.

This year for our winter program we will Performing a song called "North Pole Rock and Roll".  Your child will be dressing up in a 50's style outfit.  We are asking all students to wear a plain white T-shirt with blue jeans and tennis shoes.  Also if your child has sunglasses they can bring those in on the day of the performance.  Girls are encouraged to wear their hair in a high ponytail and to wear a nylon scarf around their neck.

I will send home more information in the Wednesday envelope.

Week of November 25, 2013

Aloha Families!  This week is a short week.  We end school on Wednesday at 12:45 and come back to school on Monday December 2.

Wednesday we will be making pumpkin pie!! Yummy!  Please send all of your ingredients in by Wednesday before lunch.

This year due to an error in scheduling  Surf Night will be held on Friday November 29th.  I plan to be in my usual spot selling baked goodies.  I hope to see all of you there!

Here is a quick peek at some of our Turkey Disguises that came in this week!

Stop by and take a look at our classroom door this week.

I would like to take this time to thank all of you for your support during the year.  We couldn't do it without you!!

Have a restful and Happy Thanksgiving!

Week of November 18

This week is a full week of school.  On Wednesday I will be sending home our Wednesday envelopes with lots of  notes.

Next week we will have 3 days of school.  On Wednesday is our Turkey Trot.  Please read the notice in the Wednesday envelope.

On Wednesday of next week we will also be making pumpkin pie!  Please sign up to send in a donation for that day.  The sign up sheet will also be in the envelope.

Week of November 12th

I hope everyone had an enjoyable three day weekend. Since it is a short week and we have other items we need to finish, we will not have any spelling words this week.

Instead we will have a skill sheet along with a math sheet all week.

On Wednesday I will be sending home a fun family activity.  It is called Turkey In Disguise.  I am asking that you help your child to disguise their turkey so it won't be eaten on Thanksgiving.  Please help them to complete the attached worksheet at well.

This is a fun way to help your child be creative and think outside the box a bit.  Please send in completed turkeys by Monday November 18th.

If you have any questions please contact me.

November Is Here

Aloha Families!  I have not done a very good job of keeping up with our website.  I am making a concious effort to update this once a week!

Can you believe it is already November!  Time is flying by and we are learning so much everyday.  This month we will continue with our study of Nocturnal animals.  This week is all about the desert.

Last month I put up a Donor's Choose project and it was fully funded!  I am so happy our class will have 4 iPads now for an iPad center.  We have been using them for reading and KidBiz, and now I hope to start using them for other projects.  Thank you so much to those of you who donated.  I truly appreciate your help!

Our class had lots of fun on Halloween and made some fun treats to eat.  Thank you again for all the donations.

 Here are some pictures of lots of fun things we have been doing in class.

Costume Graph

Candy Graphing

Halloween Riddles

Mosaic Pumpkins

 Drawing Sugar Skulls

Nocturnal Animal Pictures and Facts

I am looking forward to a fun filled November!!

Frogs and a Field Trip

Aloha families!   This week we are learning all about frogs.  We will be studying their life cycles and lots of interesting facts.  If you child has any books or items about frogs that they would like to share please send them in.

Don't forget this Friday is our Field Trip.  Permission slips and money are due on Wednesday.  I have sent home notices/permission slips in your child's homework folder.  Please let me know if your child cannot attend.

Moving Along

We are already 6 weeks into our school year and the students seem to have adjusted very well.

Keep checking homework and behavior charts daily.

This month we have a Field Trip to the Hawaii Theatre.  It will be on September 20th. Flyers went home last week.

We will be seeing  A Korean Cinderella.

The cost is $12.

If you have any questions just contact me.

Spelling Homework

Our back to school week went very well!  We are working on our rules and  routines and getting used to being back full time.
This week we will begin our regular spelling homework.
Each week I give the students a Pre-Test to see how well they know a skill.  If they pass the Pre-Test I will give them a more challenging list of words.  Each night they will have a spelling assignment.

Monday-Write words 3 times each
Tueaday-Write the words in ABC order
Wednesday-Write 10 sentences using a word in each sentence.
Thursday-Study words for spelling Test.

Our spelling rule this week is short a.

Please check your child's homework journal to see what list they have to study this week.

If you have any questions please contact me.

Aloha! Welcome Back To School

Aloha new second grade families!  I am so happy to be starting another year here at Sunset Beach.  I look forward to getting to know all of your children and learning new and fun things along the way.  Please check out our class website and let me know what you think by leaving a comment.  If you sign up by email you will automatically receive any new posts that I make.

I am excited to meet everyone on Monday August 5th!!

Thank You

Last week was one of the best weeks ever!!  I felt so loved and appreciated and I just want to send out a big warm Thank You to everyone!

The rest of the year is winding down quickly and I just wanted to give you a heads up on a few dates.

This Friday is May Day!  Please have your child to school on time if they are participating.  Girls need to bring in their tank tops by Thursday and wear their bikini bottoms to school. You can take out their braids and spray their hair, or we can do that here.

Boys need to wear their bright colored shorts to school on Friday.  We will provide the shirts.

Next week is our last week.  We will not have homework and we will be bringing home our supplies starting on Tuesday.  Please send your child to school with a heavy duty bag that they can carry their items in.

Thursday is our Class Auction.  If  you have donated items thank you very much!!  If you are planning on sending in some things please send them by Thursday May 23rd.

To end out our year I thought it would be fun to have a picnic out on the far end of the field Thursday May 23rd.  We would love for you to join us from 11:00-12:00.  Bring your lunch and a blanket and enjoy having lunch with your child.

This has been a fun and busy year for all of us.  I would just like to again thank each and every one of you for all of your help and support this year.  I couldn't do it without your wonderful support!!

4th Quarter Already!

Aloha families!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break and you are ready to get back into the swing of things.

Can you believe it is already 4th quarter!!  It will go by quickly, especially with May Day coming up on May 17th.  Make sure you mark your calendars.

I am sure many of you have heard about our new money system that we are using in class.  The students are given Beach Bucks for doing their classroom jobs and school work.  I will send home a letter on Wednesday letting you know more details. If you have any questions about it just let me know.

Remember to keep checking your child homework and making sure they are reading for 20 minutes each night.  They are preparing for the 3rd grade now and the homework is going to get a bit tougher.  Remember it is still their responsibility to do it, but a gently reminder and routine always helps.

Have a wonderful week!

Almost Spring Break!

Can you believe we only have two weeks until Spring Break!?  Where has the time gone?

These next two weeks we will wrap up this quarter learning about magnets and money.

Don't forget we have a play coming up on Friday March 15th.  Most students have brought in their $5 to cover the cost.  If you have not sent money please send it by Thursday March 14th.

On Friday we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday by reading about him and reading the Lorax.  The students love reading all the Dr. Suess books and were so interested to learn new facts about him.  Remember to read, read, read at home!!  Here are a few cute pictures using our Dr. Seuss camera.

Busy Week

I hope everyone enjoyed their 3 day weekend!  The weather has been great and hopefully we won't have too many rainy days this week.

Please check your Wednesday envelopes this week for our new Yoga program information.  Each students needs to have permission to join in on the yoga class.  If you have any questions please let me know.

Last week was a lot of fun!  We were busy, busy, busy!!

Thank you so much for all of your help with the 100 Day Mystery Bottle.  The clues were great and the kids had a blast trying to solve what was in their bottles.

We also finished up our activities with Penguins...

This week we will be moving on to Whales!  If you have any great books or information about Whales please feel free to send it in.