Peek at Our Week

 

Thank you to all the parents who participated in student conferences. As always, please reach out with any concerns or questions. Thank you for all the class donations too! : )

 

No Fundraiser Fundraiser: Our class is in the lead for 2nd grade!

 

Please vote! Early voting for the levy is still going on. Last year only 39% of NP school families voted. Please get out and vote. : )  Voting goes from Sept.19-Nov. 3. 

 

Harvest Parade and Party - Friday, Oct. 31

• Parade 2:15 pm.  Doors will open at 2:00. For safety reasons you will need to check in at the entrance and receive a sticker indicating one of two options - "Parade" if you are just attending this event,  "Volunteer" if you have signed up to help in a classroom.
• Party: will being immediately after the parade.
• Party Helpers Needed: If you'd like to help out at the party, please check out this sign up genius link.

 

Important Dates:

Thur. Oct. 23.........PAC mtg. 6-7:00

Oct. 28-31.............Red Ribbon Week - Please see this flyer for more details.

Fri. Oct. 31............2:15 Harvest Parade with the party immediately following

Wed. Nov. 12........Veterans Day Assembly 11:00-11:25

Thur. Nov. 20........PAC mtg. 6-7:00

Nov. 26-28............Thanksgiving Break

 

Please help your child get a good night's sleep each night and start the day with a healthy breakfast. We've got lots of learning to do. Have a great week!

~  ~  ~  ~  ~ ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ 

 

This is what we'll be learning this week...

READING/Writing

• Phonics- suffix -ed (3 sounds - /id/, /d/, /t/
• Sight Words - sure, use, used,  reading and spelling
• Comprehension Skill - Character traits/ Beginning, middle, end
• Writing - Nouns, Adjectives and Adverbs to make strong interesting sentences

 

MATH -

• Addition strategies - counting on, friends of 10, doubles, doubles +1, doubles -1, near doubles, 
• Comparing numbers
• Reading and writing numbers through 1,000.
• Finding the place value of a number up to 3-4 digits

 

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS (2nd Step) -  Reporting bullying: When you haven’t been able to get mean behaviors to stop, you should tell a caring adult. If you practice reporting bullying, it’s easier to report bullying when it really happens. • Identify caring adults to talk to about bullying or mean behaviors • Differentiate between tattling and reporting • Demonstrate how to report bullying

 

SOCIAL STUDIES- Citizenship

 

SCIENCE - Holiday experiments and STEM activities

 

HEALTH - Red Ribbon Week - making healthy choices for our bodies.

 

Click our  Peek of the Week to see more information about all the cool things we'll be learning.

 

Have a great week! 

Kara