December 3, 2012

Can you believe it's already December? We have a lot of activities going on during this month. Parent/Teacher Conferences will be taking place Thursday, December 6, from 3:30-7:30, Friday, December 7 from 7:30-3:30 and Monday, December 10 from 3:30-7:30. I look forward to meeting with all of you and discussing your child's progress at school. You will also be receiving your child's report card at that time. Scramble Note: There will not be Scramble on Monday, December 10 because of conferences. Our Winter Concert for grades K-2 will be held on Tuesday, December 18 at 6:00 at the High School. Your child should have brought home an informational letter this week. We are working very hard on time with our second graders. Our focus is time to the quarter hour. Please feel free to practice with your child at home. We are using phrases such as: Quarter past Quarter after Half past Quarter to A quarter to Quarter till There are great time games on my blog under Math Activities. That's all for now--Happy Holidays Everyone! Cindy Shahan

Fall Party Was GREAT!

Our Fall Party was a great time!  Thanks to all of our award-winning helpers that made it a great success!

Stroll For A Goal

Thanks to everyone for all of their help with Stroll For A Goal!  Thanks to all of your efforts, our class earned a Popcorn Party!  We had a blast that day, right down to getting "pied" in my face!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Where, oh where is this year going?  I can't believe it's already November!  That means Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up soon.  Please watch for an upcoming scheduled time that will be sent home with you child in the upcoming days.  We will do our best to accommodate your busy schedule.  I look forward to the opportunity to visit with each of you to discuss your child's progress in school.

A special thanks to everyone that has donated food for our "Stuff A Truck" campaign!  We will continue to collect food until the end of November.

We are currently working on coins, their value, and the value of coins in amounts of less than $1.00 in math.  The coins we focus on are pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.  You may hear your child say we are skipping around in our math books, and we are!  We are using most of the math lessons related to money presented throughout second grade, and doing them all now, in an effort to ensure success in this ELO--Essential Learning Outcome.  If you have any questions about this delivery of instruction, please be sure to contact me.  I am hopeful this approach will have very favorable results.