Happy Thanksgiving

Today's lunch.

Welcome back, I hope you had good Thanksgivings--from what I hear you did.

Zoo Field Trip
The entire second grade is taking a trip to the San Diego Zoo on Friday, December 16th.  I need parent volunteers to drive and help chaperone the trip.  I have created a sign up form where you can sign up and tell me how many seat belts your vehicle has in total.  If you would like to volunteer I will need you from 8:50 AM to 1:30 PM on that day.  A also need to know if any chaperones have a zoo pass.  The students get in for free but be we are only allotted so many chaperone spots.

Sign Up For Driver/Chaperone Spots Here

20 sided-dice
I often use 20 sided dice to plays games for math lessons.  I am missing 5 of the dice.  When something goes missing it is almost always because of a mistake on my part.  However, I am missing enough of these dice that I figured I would ask you if you had seen any.

Lice
There have been some students in Room 5 affected with head lice.  Please check your child and let me know if you have the issue too.  I will keep it private but I want to gauge how wide-spread the problem is.  After 9 days of vacation Room 5 should be clear.

Curriculum Overview

Literacy - Studying how authors typically portray boys in their books.

Math - Adding up to make 100, number patterns, finding missing tens and ones.

Writing - Writing about and describing small moments of our lives.

Language Conventions and Word Study - syllables

Social Studies - understanding maps

Parent Teacher Conferences - All Short Days This Week

Students worked hard to edit, type, and 'publish' a writing piece for the writing wall.

All Short Days This Week
Every day this week is a short day.  All of the school days this week will start at 8:55 AM and end at 12:45 PM.

Parent Teacher Conferences
Thank you for signing up for parent teacher conferences.  If you want to check your time go here to the online sign-up form.  I have not changed anything--whatever time you signed up for you still have.  I look forward to meeting with you.

Photo Gallery
I posted some pictures in the Photo and Video Gallery.  Check it out using the link in the upper right.

Curriculum Overview

Literacy - Studying how authors typically portray boy characters in their books.

Math - Mental Math, 2 digit addition and subtraction

Writing - Writing about things we are thankful for.

Language Conventions and Word Study - synonyms and antonyms, syllables

Thank you for signing up for Parent Teacher Conferences

Most of Room 5 on Halloween.

Parent Teacher Conferences
Thanks for taking the time to sign up for parent teacher conferences.  I forgot to mention last week that is is required for me to meet with the parents of all my students.  It is also something I very much value.  If you haven't signed up yet, log on now and see if there is a time that is good for you.  If you haven't signed up by Wednesday I will begin making phone calls so we can be sure to schedule a meeting for next week.

Click on this link to sign up for a conference time.

Veterans Day on Friday
Veterans Day is this Friday, there will be no school this Friday.

Homework Journal Special Assignment
Over one or two days make a list of synonyms and a list of antonyms.  At least 5 pairs of each.  I sent home a sample.

Curriculum Overview

Literacy - Studying how authors typically portray boys in their books.

Math - Mental Math, 2 digit addition

Writing - Writing about things we are thankful for.

Language Conventions and Word Study - Synonyms and Antonyms

Science - Geology, materials of the earth: pebbles, rocks and silt

Social Studies - Understanding Maps