I hope everyone enjoyed the surprise snow day on Tuesday! It sounded like the kids had lots of fun getting outside to build forts and towns, playing with siblings, and going sledding! Kids sure help us appreciate all the seasons, don't they?! We have another fun week ahead next week with Pajama Day on Wednesday and we can't wait to celebrate God's faithfulness with 100's Day.

Homework:

We will stick with the usual.

New reading slips and math homework will come home on Monday, January 31. Please return them the following Monday.

New Bible Memory will come home in the Homework Folder on Monday, January 31 for the month of February. Thanks so much for working on Psalm 1.

Jungle Explorer of the Week: 

Sophia was our special Jungle Explorer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with the class. We enjoyed getting to know more about you and that you love playing soccer, Playmobil, reading, and writing, and your favorite food is brussel sprouts. Your favorite place is Disney World and you want to be a veterinarian  when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Sophia, and we loved getting to know more about you this week!

Sight Words:

Thanks for helping your child practice these words at home: does, friend, enough, should, you're, through, ready, might, suddenly, beautiful, special, couldn’t, either, thought, they're

Please make sure to go back and practice words that your child has had trouble with in the past. Sight word test on Feb. 4

Friday Praise Piano Players Needed~  We've been excited to be gathering again on Friday mornings for a time of praise.  It fills our hearts to hear the children's voices singing praises to God.  We have some holes in our schedule for piano players during the months of February, March, and April.  If you are able to help us out in this area, please call the SS office for available dates. Our Friday praise time is from 8:20-8:50am.

WACKY WEDNESDAYS: 

We'll have had some fun themed Wednesdays in January/February to spice up these wintery days. Last one next week!

The day will be as follows:  

Feb. 2  -Pajama Day

100TH DAY OF SCHOOL:

Wednesday, February 9 (if we have no more snow days) will be our 100th day of school! Where has the time gone? We are looking forward to celebrating 100 days of God's faithfulness together! We have lots of fun activities planned, and one of them is dressing like we are 100 years old! (No wheelchairs or walkers though, our classroom just isn't big enough!) Don't feel like you need to go buy things...just get creative with this! We wanted to give you a heads up so you can start raiding your Grandma's closets for some fun ideas!

CEREAL: 

Another thing we need you to have your child do is count out 100 pieces of their favorite cereal and bring it in a baggie with your child's name on it by Friday, February 4. We'll provide the bowls, milk and spoons and we'll be having a hundred's day breakfast together on our special day! Your child might need to eat a little at home too--100 pieces is not as much as you'd think! :)

VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY:

We are going to celebrate Valentine's Day with a small party on Friday, Feb. 14. If your child would like to bring cards to pass out, there was a class list in last week's Friday Folder on pink paper. If you choose to fill out cards be sure to do it for the whole class OR all of the students with the same gender as your child so we don't have any hurt feelings. Candy/treats are also ok as long as they are packaged things. Thanks!

Reading Blizzard:
The 2nd graders love to celebrate reading! One way that we will do that this year is by having a "READING BLIZZARD" during the school day on Wednesday, February 16. The students will come to school in their pajamas, and they may also bring a pillow, blanket, and a stuffed animal. We will spend a large part of the day reading, hearing stories from special guests, enjoying pizza together, and doing a variety of other fun reading/blizzard themed things!

IMPORTANT DATES:

Jan. 31: Reading slips, Math Homework due

Feb. 4: Sight Word Test, 100 pieces of cereal due to school

Feb. 7: Reading slips, Math Homework due

Feb. 9: 100’s Day

Feb. 14: Valentine's Day Party

Feb. 16: Reading Blizzard

I hope all of you had a wonderful and relaxing long weekend! These short weeks go so fast. We had fun this week celebrating and remembering Martin Luther King Jr. and his accomplishments. Can you believe it? Our first semester is complete, and next week we will be celebrating our 90th day together! 100's day is right around the corner!

Homework: 

*Current reading and math pages are due Monday, January 24. 

*On Monday, a new reading slip and math page will come home, and they will be due Monday, January 31. We be starting our subtraction pages.

*Keep Practicing Psalm 1 together at home. 

JUNGLE EXPLORER OF THE WEEK:

Rhys was our special Jungle Explorer of the Week! Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with our class. We enjoyed getting to know you and learning that you love playing soccer and video games, your favorite place is Florida, Disney World, and your favorite foods are mac 'n cheese and rotisserie chicken! We love that you want to be a chef when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Rhys, and we loved getting to know more about you this week! 

REPORT CARDS: 

Report cards are available to view today! Please take some time to look through this with your child and celebrate their growth and talk about how to work through their challenges. Remember that these standards are end of the year goals, so we all have areas where we can keep on growing and challenging ourselves.

WORDS OF THE WEEK:

Thanks for helping your child practice these words at home: does, friend, enough, should, you're, through, ready, might, suddenly, beautiful, special, couldn’t

Please make sure to go back and practice words that your child has had trouble with in the past. Our words for this week: either, thought, they’re.

Sight word test on Feb. 4

WACKY WEDNESDAYS: 

We'll have some fun themed Wednesdays coming up in January/February to spice up these wintery days. 

These days will be as follows:  

Jan. 26 -Crazy Hair Day

Feb. 2  -Pajama Day

100TH DAY OF SCHOOL:

Tuesday, February 8 (if we have no more snow days) will be our 100th day of school! Where has the time gone? We are looking forward to celebrating 100 days of God's faithfulness together! We have lots of fun activities planned, and one of them is dressing like we are 100 years old! (No wheelchairs or walkers though, our classroom just isn't big enough!) Don't feel like you need to go buy things...just get creative with this! We wanted to give you a heads up so you can start raiding your Grandma's closets for some fun ideas!

CEREAL: 

Another thing we need you to have your child do is count out 100 pieces of their favorite cereal and bring it in a baggie with your child's name on it by Friday, February 4. We'll provide the bowls, milk and spoons and we'll be having a hundred's day breakfast together on our special day! Your child might need to eat a little at home too--100 pieces is not as much as you'd think! :)

VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY:

We are going to celebrate Valentine's Day with a small party on Friday, Feb. 14. If your child would like to bring cards to pass out, there is a class list in today's Friday folder on pink paper. If you choose to fill out cards be sure to do it for the whole class OR all of the students with the same gender as your child so we don't have any hurt feelings. Candy/treats are also ok as long as they are packaged things. Thanks!

IMPORTANT DATES:

Jan. 21: Report Cards go live

Jan. 24: Purple Reading slip, Math Homework due

Jan. 25: Pocket Day

Jan. 26: Crazy Hair Day

Jan. 28: Library books due

Jan. 31: Reading slips, Math Homework due

Feb. 4: Sight Word Test

Feb. 8: 100’s Day

Feb. 14: Valentine's Day

Feb. 16: Reading Blizzard-more info. coming later

Can you believe it? Our first semester is complete! This week has been busy with Delta and NWEA assessments and preparing for our chapel. Your child is amazing! I am always amazed with how much they have learned in such a short amount of time. Our classroom community continues to grow close, just like a family. It has been so great to laugh together, and to support each other when life is tough. Thanks for being an active part of our classroom, and for supporting us the many ways you do!

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 

Monday we will have off school to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Next week, we will have some conversations and lessons about the active work he completed in our world. We will look at how MLK Jr. brought kindness to the world around him and cared so much about people, rather than judging them based on what they looked like. We will talk about the call we have to love others.

Homework: 

*Current reading and math pages are due Tuesday, January 18. 

*On Tuesday, a new reading slip and math page will come home, and they will be due Monday, January 24. The math Homework is a page to have your child continue our work on subtraction with borrowing.

*Keep Practicing Psalm 1 together at home. 

SUBTRACTION: 

We just started double digit subtraction, and we have been easing our way into it this past week and doing a lot of practice. If you find some spare time, give your child a few extra problems at home and see how they're doing. We'll get lots of practice--we learned a lot of strategies, but are really zoning in on the one you'd choose---"borrowing" or "ungrouping" from "next door" if needed. Using base 10 blocks and expanded form to show or check our work. Anyone who is still on addition for their math homework will be switching to subtraction after the report cards come. We will switch to everyone doing subtraction on Jan. 24.

JUNGLE EXPLORER OF THE WEEK:

Hallie was our special Jungle Explorer of the Week! 

Thanks for sharing your poster and pictures with our class. We enjoyed getting to know you and learning that you love playing with your pets, your favorite place is Arizona, and your favorite foods are ice cream and pizza! We love that you want to be a waitress when you grow up! You are so special to God and to us, Hallie, and we loved getting to know more about you this week! 

WORDS OF THE WEEK:

Thanks for helping your child practice these words at home: does, friend, enough, should, you're, through, ready, might, suddenly

Please make sure to go back and practice words that your child has had trouble with in the past.

Due to so many snow days, we'll do these words again next week: beautiful, special, couldn't.

WACKY WEDNESDAYS: 

We'll have some fun themed Wednesdays coming up in January/February to spice up these wintery days. 

These days will be as follows:  

Jan. 19 -Sports Day

Jan. 26 -Crazy Hair Day

Feb. 2  -Pajama Day

IMPORTANT DATES:

Jan. 17: No school MLK Day

Jan. 18: Purple Reading slip due, Math Homework due

Jan. 19: Sports Day

Jan. 21: Library books due

Jan. 21: Report Cards come home

Welcome back!

Welcome back everybody! I hope all of you had a wonderful and relaxing break, and that you also had some special moments to reflect on our Lord Jesus Christ and his amazing gift to us! It feels great to be back learning and growing with your child at school! What a crazy week with all the snow days! I hope all of you stayed warm and cozy and enjoyed some fun family time together!

HOMEWORK:
Next week we'll stick with the usual:
*Purple Reading Slip and Math homework will be due Monday. New homework will be sent home on Monday, Jan. 10 and due back Tuesday, Jan. 18, and the new Homework pages will come home on that Tues. because of no school on the 17th.
*Psalm 1. Please keep practicing this with your child when you have time. 

SUBTRACTION: 

We just started double digit subtraction, and we are easing our way into it this week. If you find some spare time, give your child a few extra problems at home and see how they're doing. We'll get lots of practice--we learned a lot of strategies, but are really zoning in on the one you'd choose---"borrowing" or "ungrouping" from "next door" if needed. Using base 10 blocks and expanded form. Anyone who is still on addition for their math homework will be switching to subtraction after the report cards come. We will switch to everyone doing subtraction on Jan.24.

WORDS OF THE WEEK: 

Thanks for helping your child practice these words at home: does, friend, enough, should, you're, through, ready, might, suddenly

Please make sure to go back and practice words that your child has had trouble with in the past. We'll do these words next week: beautiful, special, couldn't.

WACKY WEDNESDAYS: 

We'll have some fun themed Wednesdays coming up in January/February to spice up these wintery days. 

These days will be as follows:

Jan. 12 -Hat Day   

Jan. 19 -Sports Day

Jan. 26 -Crazy Hair Day

Feb. 2  -Pajama Day

IMORTANT DATES:
Jan. 10: Purple Reading slip due, Math Homework due

Jan. 12: Hat Day

Jan. 14: Library books due
Jan. 17: No school MLK Day

Jan. 19 Sports Day

Jan. 21: Report Cards come home