1/25/11 math homework

Math Homework 1/25/11. Find real world examples of spheres, pyramids, cylinders, cones, rectangular prisms, and cubes. Also, find real world examples of circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. List as many as you can of each on a separate piece of paper.

Since Break

Since winter break I have not been as good at updating the blog as before! I am so sorry! I will make sure the spelling words are up and ready to go.

Report Card Fun!

I just finished report cards with 1 hour to spare! Whew! For the most part I continue to be amazed at the wonderful improvements our darling children are making. They are all working so hard and are so eager to continue to learn more. What a wonderful group of children, thank you for sharing them with me.

On the report card you will see quarter one grades, then quarter two grades, followed by a S1 grade - that stands for a cumulative of 1st and 2nd quarter grades. In the past, we let the quarter grades stand for themselves and did not average them together so that is new and different with our new system.

I will send home a paper copy of the report card next week. Have a wonderful long weekend!

This week we started our new reading unit. The genre is expository text. Expository text gives information. It tells people something. It uses facts about real events or people. It presents information in a clear way, and gives events in the order in which they happen. Our new reading theme is “Look Again”. The students will be learning a lot of information about animal camouflage. If you have any books at home about our new theme please bring them in to share with the class! Also students may go to the Animal camouflage link found on on the Mill Creek Website under student. Have fun exploring this site at home too! We will have a special guest come and visit out classroom from Deer Flat Wildlife refuge later this month.

Santa Letters!

We wrote letters to Santa and since I already sent them to the North Pole, I thought you would enjoy reading them. The assignment was to introduce ourselves to Santa, ask for what we wanted, and tell Santa why we deserved the things we asked for. Enjoy! Follow the link below:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_NClVH_GG5bOTdiMmUzYWYtOTYwYy00MzU5LTllMzgtODljOGEzMDA5MGEy&hl=en&authkey=CK2Uh68G

Field Trip Update

We are only able to have 2 chaperones on this field trip. If parents would still like to attend, i believe that they will let you sit with us, but you will need to follow and pay for your own tickets. Tickets are $5. I wish we could take all of the parents that would like to come!

The Nutcracker Field Trip!

Second grade has just found out that we get to go on a field trip in 9 DAYS! Since second grade's musical performances are spread out between the four quarterly assemblies, we are being treated to a real live artistic performance of "The Nutcracker." If you would like to be a chaperone (space is limited) please let me know ASAP, as slots fill up quickly. It will be on Dec. 8 (Wednesday), and we will be leaving the school right away and we will get back by lunch.