2nd Grade News - Week 5

  Wow!  What an amazing group of 2^nd graders I have.  Every day they come to school ready to work hard and get down to learning.  I’m very very proud of all the effort they have been putting in.  Make sure to take a few minutes this weekend to praise them for all of their hard work.  They deserve it!

  There are just a few updates that I want to let you know about.  In addition to going to library on Tuesdays for our library lesson, we will be going on Thursdays for 20 minutes to check out books.  If your child chooses to bring their library book home on Thursday, it needs to be returned by the following Wednesday for check in.  We will also be going to four Kinderkonzerts at Woodstock school this year!  These concerts are put on by the Oregon Symphony and are very kid friendly.  I have included a permission slip in your child’s homework folder.  You will need to sign the permission slip 4 times, once for each trip.  No chaperones are needed for these field trips.

  Our field trip to the Hoyt Arboretum is Wednesday, Oct. 2^nd.  Please make sure your child dresses appropriately for this trip.  We will be outside the whole time.  If there is any chance of rain I would recommend having your child wear a rain coat and rain boots (or shoes that can get dirty). 

Academic Areas of Focus for Next Week:

Literacy:        Lucy Calkin’s Reader’s Workshop

                                    -Reading strategies for figuring out tricky words

                                    -Reading strategies for figuring out brand new words

                                    -Checking our reading/Self Monitoring

                        Lucy Calkin’s Writer’s Workshop

                                    -Setting goals for ourselves as writers

                                    -Learning writing moves from a text

Mathematics:  Copying and extending a growing pattern

                          Counting by 2’s and 5’s

                          Reading a clock face

Science:  Plant Adventures

Upcoming Events: 

            *Substitute Teacher/MTSS Training – Monday, Sept. 30 – Tuesday, Oct. 1^st

            *Hoyt Arboretum Field Trip – Wednesday, Oct. 2^nd 

            *Bike and Walk to School Day – Wednesday, Oct. 2^nd

            *No School – Teacher Inservice – Friday, Oct. 11^th

            *Kinderkonzert Field Trip – Tuesday, Oct. 15^th

            *Dine Out at Hopworks – Monday, Oct. 21^st

            *October Birthday Celebration/T-Shirt Day – Friday, Oct. 25^th

            *Fall Festival – Friday, Oct. 25^th

            *Halloween Parade – Thursday, Oct. 31^st

Have a Great Weekend!

Mrs. Hawksford (ahawksford@pps.net)