February 13, 2012
Dear Parents,
This week in reading we will read a very entertaining story called "The Bremen Town Musicians." It is written in play form which is a nice change. We will also be working on the sounds of 'ear,' 'are,' and 'ore.'
In math we will work on counting on by tens. We will do this as a mental math lesson and we will also use the Smart Board which has a great visual hundreds chart. This will be the last week of addition timed tests since next week we will take our first subtraction test on minus 2 and minus 3.
In religion we will be discussing the Liturgy of the Word and the importance of attending Mass every weekend.
Our cursive is coming along quite nicely! The children are doing an exceptionally good job on it. However, any extra practice of only the letters we have learned would be helpful.
What a fun week we have ahead of us! We are so excited about the great Valentine boxes that were made at home and giving and receiving Valentines from each other. We are all looking forward to our four day Presidents' weekend beginning on Friday!
I am sending home information on a required dental poster contest that all second graders must do. This is an "at home" project. The information is very clearly stated. I also sent home the paper on which it is to completed. All posters are due in my classroom next Wednesday, February 22nd. One poster from each second grade class will be chosen and sent to the contest. If the children would like to turn it in sooner than that, that is fine.
God bless America, Land that I love!!!
Mrs. Carel