Monday

Nov. 23

Team Time: 10:30 to 11:10

Noon Dismissal for Conferences

Tuesday

Nov. 24

Activity Break:10:45to 11:45

Noon Dismissal for Conferences

Wednesday

Nov. 25

No Late Start Today

Noon Dismissal for Conferences

Thursday

Nov. 26

No School

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!

      Friday

Nov. 27

No School

Enjoy a special holiday weekend with your family and friends.

Homework:

* Fire Safety Home Check and Escape Plan

* Spelling

* Math pages 15 -16

* Read every day for at least 20 minutes

*Spend time this afternoon studying for your spelling dictation test tomorrow.

*Check over your homework and have a parent sign it.  Then put it in your backpack to turn in tomorrow.

Spelling Dictation

Test Today

Homework Due Today

Happy

I am so thankful

for all of you!

Note:  Thursday folders will come home on Wed. 11/25, but there will not be a MAP Homework sheet for over our Thanksgiving holiday.  I always encourage Xtra math and reading!

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

2^nd Grade Update

Fire Safety Visit: Nanette Tatum from the Gig Harbor Fire Department presented a fire safety lesson and sent a packet home with each child.  Please read the fire safety packet information with your child and have him/her conduct a home fire safety check and escape plan, and turn it in on WED.

Sight Night: Congratulations to all of the MAP students for another successful Sight Night.  425 pairs of glasses were collected and given to the Lion’s Club.  These glasses help many people in other countries see better.  You should be proud of your efforts on this service project!

Progress Reports:  Celebrate your progress!  Tell your parents what you’ve learned this trimester and discuss your goals.

Sharing and Caring

*Save the Date!*

     We would like to invite you to our 10^th annual Sharing and Caring program.  This year your child will be singing in 2 programs.  Wednesday, Dec. 9^th, from 7 to 8 pm is our special performance for families, and Thursday, Dec. 10^th, at 9:15 is our school performance.

      Students and visitors are invited to bring new unwrapped toys, books, games, clothing, canned food, and gift certificates for those families in need during the holiday season.  We will donate all contributions to GH FISH and Key Peninsula Children’s Home Society.

Students may begin bringing in their items on Dec. 1^st.

Thank you for your kindness!          

Monday

Nov. 16

Komodo Dragons: OLARC

Flounders: Music

Tuesday

Nov. 17

Komodo Dragons: PE

Flounders: TECH

Wednesday

Nov. 18

Komodo Dragons: Music

    Flounders: OLARC

Thursday

Nov. 19

Half day for Conferences

Noon Dismissal

      Friday

Nov. 20

Half day for Conferences

Noon Dismissal

IMPORTANT!!!!!

Komodo Dragons, your

LIBRARY BOOKS

ARE

DUE TODAY!!!!!

Do a little homework every night.

 Conferences begin Thursday through next Wednesday.  If you have

alternative transportation plans, please let me know first thing in the morning.

IMPORTANT!!!!!

Flounders, your

LIBRARY BOOKS

ARE

DUE TODAY!!!!!

Spelling Dictation

Test Today

HOMEWORK
DUE
TODAY

When your child reads to you, please have him/her practice retelling the important parts of the story.  Ask him/her WHO is the story about and WHAT happened.

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

2^nd Grade Update

Conferences:  Attached you will find your conference information.  If you need to change your day or time please call or email me.  Please remember that this is a parent-student-teacher conference.  Your child will have a key role in the conference so plan on bringing him/her along.

Reading:  We continue to make sure that we have selected “just right” books to read during our read to self time.  While reading, we are practicing the comprehension strategy of visualizing or making a movie in our head of what is happening in the story.  The decoding strategy we’ve reviewed this week is focusing on parts of the words we know to help us figure out longer words.

Writing: We are working on “painting a picture” in a reader’s mind by using words to illustrate how we were feeling.  For example, instead of writing, “I was embarrassed.”  We may write, “My face turned bright red and I slumped down in my seat so no one could see me.”

Math:  We have begun a new unit in math called, Stickers, Number Strings, and Story Problems.  The focus of this unit is using what you know to make problems easier to solve, developing and refining strategies for solving a variety of addition and subtraction problems, and counting by groups.  This week we practiced using what we know to add a string of numbers.  For example, when solving this problem, 8 + 5 + 2 = _, students may use this strategy: 8 + 2 = 10 and 10 + 5 = 15, so the answer is 15. 

Science:  Last Friday, we partnered with the 5^th graders from Mr. McClelland’s class to learn about variables.  Students did experiments with catapults and various sized cups of water to find out how changing one thing will change the outcome of the experiment.  2^nd graders explained what they have learned about milkweed bugs and butterflies.

Monday

Nov. 9

Komodo Dragons: OLARC

Flounders: Music

Tuesday

Nov. 10

Komodo Dragons: PE

Flounders: TECH

Wednesday

Nov. 11

No School in honor of Veteran’s Day

Thursday

Nov. 12

Komodo Dragons: TECH

Flounders: PE

      Friday

Nov. 13

Show your Orca spirit today by wearing black and white!

IMPORTANT!!!!!

Komodo Dragons, your

LIBRARY BOOKS

ARE

DUE TODAY!!!!!

Do a little homework every night.

*Book Orders are Due

**Practice your addition and subtraction math facts.

Today at 11:00 am, take a moment to think about all of the veterans and current servicemen and servicewomen who have bravely served our country.

HOMEWORK
DUE
TODAY

Spelling Test Today

Conference Information

My conference schedule is on the back of this sheet.  If you haven’t signed up for a conference or need to change your time please contact me.

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

Read for 20 minutes

2^nd Grade Update

Hands on Art:  Thanks so much to Katrina Craycroft, lead docent, and all the parents who helped with our first Hands on Art project of the year, Building a Foundation.  Students learned about the basic elements of architecture and then drew a building using these elements.

Halloween/Fall Celebration: All of the MAP students had a wonderful morning of crafts and games last Thursday. Thanks so much to all of the parents who contributed time, talent and decorations to put this together.  MAP students and teachers really appreciate all you do!  A special thank you goes to Leslie Holley for coordinating this celebration!

Reading: The reading strategy practiced this week was: visualization.   When readers really understand what they are reading they are able to picture the story in their minds.  If they are not able to visualize what is happening in the text, they need to go back and reread.  Ask your child what he/she visualizes.

Math:  Students have been identifying objects and designs that have mirror symmetry and have been determining what makes a design symmetrical.

Reading Homework:  Thank you so much for having your child read a “just right” book to you for at least 20 minutes every day.  Reading to an adult is a wonderful way for your child to practice all of the decoding, comprehension, and fluency skills learned at school.  Learning to read well takes time and practice, so the more time you spend reading with your child, the better reader he/she will become.