Weekly Updates December 14

We have had a busy week! We were troopers with some end of the 9 weeks tests, finished our social studies unit, completed our math unit, and we had a great day celebrating holidays around the world with all the second grade teachers!

It's the final countdown until winter break. Here is what is going on next week.

Phonics

There will be no spelling list next week due to the short week.

ELA/Writing

We will finish our personal narratives about a time we got hurt or sick.

Math

On Monday we will introduce our unit on geometry. Chapter 5 is about lines and shapes.

Science

We will not start our new unit until we come back in January. It is a really fun, engaging unit that I am excited about. We will be moving on to learning about matter. We will have lots of hands on learning in science. I will show them a video to introduce the unit on Monday, and we will delve into the content and experiments after break.

Class Party

Tuesday we have our class party at 11:00. The kids will be making gingerbread houses. Anyone is welcome to join us.

Pajama Day

Wednesday will be a special treat. It will be pajama day in our room. We will do a craft, read The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg and then watch the movie. Just will be a good, relaxing last day.

Supplies

I will send an e-mail out, but I am going to ask for supply repleneshment for the new semester after winter break.

All I am asking they bring is a school box, one box of colored pencils, and one box of markers.

At the beginning of year we did communal supplies, and I am not liking it. I guess you live and learn as a first year teacher! They are running low quickly and it has become a mess.

 If they just bring a school box, markers, and colored pencils, they can keep those coloring supplies in the school box, and I will give each child a pair of scissors and gluesticks from our supplies we already have.

I hope everyone is ok with this.

If they could bring it next week we can get them ready for January.

Thank You

Thank you for a great first semester class. I couldn't have asked for a sweeter class. Thanks for sharing your children with me everyday.