Miss Warner's Second Grade Class Website

Dear room 8 families,

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday spent with family and friends. I had a fantastic holiday myself! It all started with our class celebration. It was such a special day! Thank you to all the parents who contributed their time and talents to make a memory for our kiddos that will last a lifetime. I also want to thank everyone for contributing to such a generous class gift for me. I already used some of it at the after Christmas sales! I felt showered with love by all the thoughtful gifts and sweet cards that poured in throughout the week. With a heart full of gratitude, THANK YOU.

Although the holiday break was excellent, it is so great to be back in school! I am excited to begin our new unit “Journeys”. We will be learning all about this outstanding country of ours. This week, we will be readingTar Beachby Faith Ringgold. This piece of literature will be our gateway into learning about different types of homes and communities. Students will also create beautiful artwork inspired from the book that will be displayed at the winter art gallery. The winter art gallery will be held in the MATES MPR on Thursday, January 26^th.

I am looking for a few items needed to create the cover of each students’ Journey notebook.

           ~ maps that you will not need back

           ~ travel section of the newspaper

           ~ travel magazines

If you have any of these items on hand please send them in by Friday.

Thank you as always for your continued support. You are such a vital part of your child’s education and I am so appreciative of all that you do.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2012!

Love,

Miss Warner

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December Newsletter

Dear Parents,

I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving and had a relaxing break. We are right back into the swing of school with only 2 short weeks until winter break. We will be working hard this month and doing a fun unit with The Polar Express. We will also be doing a secret pal book exchange. Your child will draw the name of one of their classmates and then buy and wrap a book for them that they think they will enjoy as a holiday gift exchange. We will exchange our books on the day of our class party. If you have any questions, please see me.  

              Thank you for your continued support,

                                 Miss Warner

 Important Dates:

·         December 2^nd – Report Cards go home

·         December 10^th- Camarillo Christmas Parade

·         December 16^th – Free Dress/Pajama Day

·         December 16^th – Class Holiday Party

·          December 18^th- Chorus at The Oaks Mall 6:30 PM

·         December 19^th-January 3^rd – Winter Break

·         January 4^th- Students return from break

 Focus of the Month:

Reading- The Polar Express

Writing- Narrative Writing

Math- Continuing with fractions, money, measuring using inches, cups, tablespoons, teaspoons and reading recipes, identifying similarities and differences among coins, reading and creating bar graphs and venn diagrams, ordering 2 digit numbers, symmetry and memorizing addition facts with sums of 13 - 18

Phonics- Continue with the Long Vowel words

Core Value- There will not be an assembly for Core Values for December due to the short month

Reminders:

·         Remember to pack a snack for your child. This helps them refuel at recess so they can be ready to learn.

·         Tuesdays continue to be pizza sales and Thursdays are chicken nuggets. If you would like your child to buy lunch on these days, make sure to pay the office or send your child to school with money the morning of.

·         Our class party will be on Friday, December 16^th from 8:00-9:00 A.M.

October News

Dear Parents,

Wow! September flew by and here we are in October. Your students continue to work hard in the classroom and many of them are showing the Heart of an Eagle. On Monday, October 31^st the school will have our 3^rd annual Halloween parade. Please feel free to stay and take pictures as your child walks by and then join us in the classroom for a Halloween breakfast party. A sign up for the party will be hung on the window outside the classroom as the day approaches.  

                                 Miss Warner

·         October 5^th – Johnny Appleseed Assembly

·         October 16^th – Thousand Oaks Street Fair

·         October 17^th – 21^st Parent/Teacher   Conferences 12:30 dismissal and writer’s gallery in the MPR

·         October 23^rd – Fall Carnival

·         October 25^th – Core Values Assembly

·         October 31^st – Halloween Parade and Class party

Focus of the Month:
Reading- Story Parts

Writing- Continue focusing on powerful sentences and narrative writing

Math- Telling and showing time to the half hour, temperature, counting dimes and pennies, fact families, graphing, tally marks, reviewing lines, dividing and identifying halves, fourths and eights, as well as continuing addition facts

Phonics- Long vowels including the different spellings for a, e, i, o, u as well as the magic e at the end of a word and two vowels together

Geology- Rocks, minerals and gemstones, volcanoes and beginning to assign parts for our play “Geology Rocks”

Core Value- Everyone is responsible for their actions and words

Reminders: 

·         We need to have several parents donate pumpkins to our classroom to be used for fun math activities and eventually carving. If you are interested in donating a pumpkin, please let me know.

·         Parent/Teacher conferences will be the week of October 17^th-21^st. Please look for a time and date slip in your child’s homework folder and return the slip for confirmation. I look forward to meeting with each of you.

·         Remember to pack a snack for your child. This helps them refuel at recess so they can be ready to learn.