December 13, 2010

This week, the 2nd grade will be studying The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. Wear pajamas on Wednesday!!! Remember: Pajamas must have pants or leggings. No sleeveless shirts, shorts or gowns without leggings please. Bring shoes for recess if they wear house shoes.

As you know, the second grade Winter Musical is Thursday. This is a fun and exciting week for our children but a tiring one as well. We will be practicing Monday - Wednesday with one daytime performance on Thursday, December 16th at 9:00 a.m. (plus the night time performance). Therefore, this will not be a regular week for our classroom. I will not be sending home a homework packet or spelling words for this week. Instead we will be doing some review lessons and fun activities for Christmas. Please continue to read nightly as usual. Thanks for your continued help and support. I truly appreciate you!

***Just a reminder: Please make sure that your child wears his/ her costume to school on Thursday and that he/she brings a change of clothes for after the performance.

The Christmas party will be at 1:45 Thursday afternoon. Please sign in at the office if you are attending. Also, if you are providing refreshments, please send them by Wednesday. Merry Christmas!!!

December 6, 2010

December 15th is Polar Express Day!!!

We will be doing activities with the book while wearing our Pajamas!!!!

If you would like to provide refreshments for our Christmas party on December 16th, please let me know by Wednesday.

The entire second grade will perform the winter musical, “A Bugz Christmas” on Thursday, December 16, in the high school auditorium. There will be a daytime performance for students and an evening performance for family and friends at 7:00 p.m. The students will wear their costumes to school on the day of the performance.

*Girls will be glowworms. Costume suggestions: White sweat suit with florescent orange shirt. You can take a t-shirt and spray paint it florescent orange. It will be stiff, but you can cut it out and glue or sew Velcro to attach to the sweat shirt, or felt costume made with multicolor sections.

*Boys will be wood ticks. Costume suggestions: Grey sweat suit with over sized shirt; make sure the shirt is a little big, so you can stuff the shirt to make the appearance of a tick!

*All of the specialty choir students will be lightning bugs. Costume suggestions: Black sweat suit or clothing with an orange, yellow or blue strip, and a toboggan with the same color stripe around it.

***These are only suggestions; any costume that matches the character will be great! Please remember there will be around 300 students on the stage, so no big costumes please!

Each year I like to have all of my children receive the same class Christmas present. Instead of a gift exchange, this year my students will need to bring 25 small Christmas type favors. These needn’t be expensive (the Dollar Store usually has some inexpensive and cute Christmas treats). I will then bag the “Christmas presents” for our boys and girls. This is usually just as cheap as, or cheaper than, purchasing one gift for an exchange, and this way every child gets the same present. Also, if you would like to send in a bag of wrapped Christmas candy to put with our kiddoes presents, that would be great. I appreciate your help in making this a fun holiday time for our children here at school too! Thanks for everything that you do! *Please have all of your treats for the presents sent in by Monday, December 13th. However, you may begin sending them in at any time. Thanks again!



November 22, 2010

The entire second grade will perform the winter musical, “A Bugz Christmas” on Thursday, December 16, in the high school auditorium. There will be a daytime performance for students and an evening performance for family and friends at 7:00 p.m. The students will wear their costumes to school on the day of the performance.


*Girls will be glowworms. Costume suggestions: White sweat suit with florescent orange shirt. You can take a t-shirt and spray paint it florescent orange. It will be stiff, but you can cut it out and glue or sew Velcro to attach to the sweat shirt, or felt costume made with multicolor sections.

*Boys will be wood ticks. Costume suggestions: Grey sweat suit with over sized shirt; make sure the shirt is a little big, so you can stuff the shirt to make the appearance of a tick!

*All of the specialty choir students will be lightning bugs. Costume suggestions: Black sweat suit or clothing with an orange, yellow or blue strip, and a toboggan with the same color stripe around it.

***These are only suggestions; any costume that matches the character will be great! Please remember there will be around 300 students on the stage, so no big costumes please!

Each year I like to have all of my children receive the same class Christmas present. Instead of a gift exchange, this year my students will need to bring 25 small Christmas type favors. These needn’t be expensive (the Dollar Store usually has some inexpensive and cute Christmas treats). I will then bag the “Christmas presents” for our boys and girls. This is usually just as cheap as, or cheaper than, purchasing one gift for an exchange, and this way every child gets the same present. Also, if you would like to send in a bag of wrapped Christmas candy to put with our kiddoes presents, that would be great. I appreciate your help in making this a fun holiday time for our children here at school too! Thanks for everything that you do! *Please have all of your treats for the presents sent in by Monday, December 13th. However, you may begin sending them in at any time. Thanks again!

Please send one of your child’s favorite holiday recipes to school. The recipes may be favorite seasonal recipes (Thanksgiving/ Christmas) or just a favorite recipe you cook throughout the year. It is very important that each child be included, so please send a recipe! Please make sure the recipe is written neatly or typed. Please place your child’s name on the recipe. The deadline to return the recipe is Friday, December 3rd.

Yearbooks are on sale now through November 30. The cost is $20.00 and your checks may be made payable to Lake Hamilton Elementary School. Please send your check (or $20) in an envelope marked yearbook with your child’s name and my name written on the outside.

November 15, 2010

Our field trip to the Arkansas Arts Center to see Junie B. Jones in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells has been postponed. Unfortunately the show has been sold out. However, we have already made reservations to see The Jungle Book in February. The cost will be the same. I will send you more information in January. For those of you that have already sent in your money for the field trip, I will be returning it to you. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. We are all very disappointed and were looking forward to the trip.

The entire second grade will perform the winter musical, “A Bugz Christmas” on Thursday, December 16, in the high school auditorium. There will be a daytime performance for students and an evening performance for family and friends at 7:00 p.m. The students will wear their costumes to school on the day of the performance. *Girls will be glowworms. Costume suggestions: White sweat suit with florescent orange shirt. You can take a t-shirt and spray paint it florescent orange. It will be stiff, but you can cut it out and glue or sew Velcro to attach to the sweat shirt, or felt costume made with multicolor sections.

*Boys will be wood ticks. Costume suggestions: Grey sweat suit with over sized shirt; make sure the shirt is a little big, so you can stuff the shirt to make the appearance of a tick!

*All of the specialty choir students will be lightning bugs. Costume suggestions: Black sweat suit or clothing with an orange, yellow or blue strip, and a toboggan with the same color stripe around it.

***These are only suggestions; any costume that matches the character will be great! Please remember there will be around 300 students on the stage, so no big costumes please!

Book orders are due on Thursday, November 18th. Books are great Christmas presents!!!

Yearbooks are on sale now through November 30. The cost is $20.00 and your checks may be made payable to Lake Hamilton Elementary School. Please send your check (or $20) in an envelope marked yearbook with your child’s name and my name written on the outside.

Thanksgiving Break is November 24-26.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLY and MASON for being leaders of the pack in November. Our character word for the month is COURAGE. We are working very hard to be courageous enough to make good choices and to stand up for what is right.

This week we will be studying...

Math ~ 2 digit addition, subtraction, problem solving

Science ~ plant life

Literacy ~ plural nouns, writing with detail, comprehension

Phonics/Spelling

~ r-controlled a syllable patterns

1.  smart

2.  scar

3.  shark

4.  start

5.  star

6.  spark

7.  sharp

8.  mark

9.  charm

10.  dark

11.  chart

12.  tart

13.  market

14.  garlic

15.  party

Dictation Sentences

1.  I got a charm and a chart at the market.

2.  We will play near the park until dark.

Bonus Words

1.  garden

2.  harvest

November 8, 2010

Book orders went home today. They are due on Thursday, November 18th.

Books are great Christmas presents!!!

Yearbooks are on sale now through November 30. The cost is $20.00 and your checks may be made payable to Lake Hamilton Elementary School. Please send your check (or $20) in an envelope marked yearbook with your child’s name and my name written on the outside.

Please send in your $6.50 and your permission slip ASAP for the field trip to the Children’s Theatre on December 8th!!!

We are very excited!!!

Thanksgiving Break is November 24-26.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLY!! She is the first leader of the pack in November. Our character word for the month is COURAGE. We are working very hard to be courageous enough to make good choices and to stand up for what is right.

Please help our boys and girls remember to bring a jacket to school. We go outside unless it is raining or the temperature (or wind chill) reaches the freezing point. We need fresh air and exercise, but we need a coat on these cold days that are coming too!

This week we are studying...

Reading: Retelling a Story

Language: Plural Nouns (adding s and es)

Writing: Using Good Details

Math: 2 Digit Addition (with and without regrouping), Elapsed Time, Place Value, Estimation, Simple Subtraction Facts

Spelling/Phonics

~Long i Digraph Syllable Patterns

1.  bright

2.  pie

3.  sigh

4.  high

5.  flight

6.  lie

7.  brightly

8.  lightning

9.  tighten

10.  tight

11.  light

12.  night

13.  necktie

14.  right

15.  slight

Dictation sentences

1.  The bright light gave him a fright.

2.  Did you eat the pie last night?

Bonus Words

1.  more

2.  later

November 1, 2010

Daylight Savings Time ends on November 7th! Don’t forget!

Thanks again for sending in our Halloween goodies!

Our kiddoes had a great time finding all the neat treats and candies in the bags!!

An extra homework assignment came home today.

Please complete the timeline and send it back in by tomorrow.

It is a very quick and easy homework project that we will enjoy sharing at school. Thanks!

Yearbooks are on sale now through November 30.

The cost is $20.00 and your checks may be made

payable to Lake Hamilton Elementary School.

Please send your check (or $20) in an

envelope marked yearbook with your child’s name

and my name written on the outside.

Can you believe that we only have seventeen days of school

before we get out for Thanksgiving? Time is passing so

quickly! Please continue to help your child remember to send

in his/her homework on Fridays. It is very important to teach

our children responsibility and astrong work ethic.

Thanks for all of your help!!

Thanksgiving Break is November 24-26.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

MIKEY, COOPER, TANNER AND KYNZEE

FOR BEING OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK IN OCTOBER!

Our character trait this month is self-control.

We are working on stopping and thinking before we act!

This week we are studying...

Math

~time, secret codes, parallel lines, math rules, polygons, points,

line segments, CGI math problems

Social Studies

~time lines

Literacy

~Nouns, Scarecrow writing, comprehension, fluency

Phonics/Spelling

~Long e Digraphs - ea, ee, ie

1.  dream

2.  feel

3.  yield

4. cream

5.  wheel

6.  field

7.  greedy

8.  increase

9.  relief

10.  beach

11.  weak

12.  neat

13.  peanut

14.  donkey

15.  sixteen

Dictation Sentences

1.  We go to the beach when school is out.

2.  I play in a grassy field not far away.

Bonus Words

1.  family

2.  eyes

October 25, 2010

We will have some Halloween fun time on Friday, October 29th. If you would like to send in bags of individual candy or party favors, you may. *Please have everything sent in by Monday, October 25th so that I will have enough time to bag everything for our children. We have 26 students in our room.

CONGRATULATIONS TO COOPER, TANNER AND KYNZEE FOR BEING OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK IN OCTOBER! Our character trait this month is self-control. We are working on stopping and thinking before we act!



Cooper



Report Cards go home on October 25th, which is also Parent-Teacher Conference Day. Please be on time because the schedule is packed!

Red Ribbon Week Schedule
October 25 – 29

Monday, October 25 – “PUT A CAP ON DRUGS” Students will be allowed to wear their favorite cap to school all day to show support for stopping drug abuse. Everyone will receive a RED RIBBON to wear all week and watch a video about why we celebrate Red Ribbon Week each October.

Tuesday, October 26 – NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, October 27 – “I’M A ‘JEAN-IUS’—I’M DRUG FREE” Everyone is encouraged to wear jeans to school on Wednesday.

Thursday, October 28 – “Join the Fight Against Drugs – BE DRUG FREE!” Everyone is encouraged to wear camouflage on Thursday.

Friday, October 30 - "This will be “WEAR RED DAY.” Everyone is encouraged to wear RED to show unity for the fight against drugs.  Any red clothing items acceptable in our dress code policy may be worn. No hair coloring or face painting, please.

This week we are studying...

Math~ ballpark estimates, rounding, making change, counting money, temperature, place value, odd/even numbers, number grids, Unit 4 Assessment

Science~ The Skeletal System

Literacy~ Nouns, Comprehension, The Writing Process

Phonics / Spelling~  Long O Digraph Syllable Patterns
1.  float
2.  doe
3.  grown
4.  boat
5.  shown
6.  toe
7.  below
8.  yellow
9.  toenail
10.  blow
11.  tow
12.  toad
13.  window
14.  toast
15.  approach

Dictation Sentences
1.  Show me the soapy yellow foam.
2.  Did you see the boat float on the river?

Bonus Words
1.  began
2.  while

The LHES Book Fair is this week in our school library. Our students may shop on Tuesday, October 19th during our regular library time. However, if you would like to shop with our children you may come at anytime during the week (8:30-3:00) and attend the book fair with them. Family Night is on Tuesday. The book fair will be open until 6:00 that night for your convenience!

We will have some Halloween fun time on Friday, October 29th. If you would like to send in bags of individual candy or party favors, you may. *Please have everything sent in by Monday, October 25th so that I will have enough time to bag everything for our children. We have 26 students in our room.

CONGRATULATIONS TO TANNER AND KYNZEE FOR BEING OUR LEADERS OF THE PACK IN OCTOBER! Our character trait this month is self-control. We are working on stopping and thinking before we act!

Report Cards go home on October 25th, which is also Parent-Teacher Conference Day.


There will not be any school on Tuesday, October 26th.


Red Ribbon Week is October 25th – 29th.

This week we are studying...
 
Math
~addition, subtraction, part/part/total, temperature, counting money, measurement, patial sums, CGI word problems
 
Science
~herbivores, omnivores, carnivores
 
Literacy
~compehension, main idea, nouns, context clues
 
Phonics/Spelling
~Long A Digraphs
1.  train
2.  stay
3.  eight
4.  sprain
5.  tray
6.  freight
7.  complain
8.  obey
9.  raisin
10.  braid
 
Dictaion Sentence
~The train was muddy and wet.
 
Bonus Words
1.  both
2.  walk