Wednesday

Good afternoon,

We are back on schedule this week after the long weekend. There will be a spelling test on Tuesday and the grid is due on Friday. Our new story is a Native American folktale called "How Chipmunk got his Tail" by Joseph Brucak. We will be working on suffixes and contractions. In addition, students are working on characters and their traits. 

In religion, students have begun working on their saint research using ipads. They will be writing their reports when their research is complete.

In math, we are working on two-step story problems. 

Reminders:

Oct. 27- Pioneer Village field trip Students need a sack lunch.

Oct. 28- Harvest Festival 6-9 PM

Nov. 1-10:00 Mass

Nov. 7-11 Fall Parent Conferences will take place in the afternoon

              11:50 dismissal for primary all week.

Don't forget to sign up for the 2B booth for the Harvest Festival. 

Harvest Festival 2B Booth sign up

Happy Wednesday!

Weekly news

Good Afternoon,

Students have figured out that the Harvest Fest is not far away and they are so excited! 

Please find a permission slip and a FACTS form for the 2nd grade field trip to Pioneer Village on Thursday, October 27. This is a fun outdoor field trip where students experience a pioneer village as they can learn about the history of the Western Expansion. Please return the forms promptly.

This week students have been writing about the weather and they finished up writing about "From a Pumpkin Seed to a Jack-O-Lantern. I see a lot of improvement in their writing from the beginning of the year. In math, students are continuing to regroup in addition and subtraction using bar models as a strategy to decide whether to add or subject. In religion, students we finished up the unit on the Ten Commandments. In science, we are learning about liquids and then gases next week. Since this is a short week there will not be a spelling test on Tuesday. There will be new spelling words and a new grid on Tuesday. 

Important dates:

*Tomorrow is vision and hearing screening. 2B time is at 10:40.

*Don't forget no school this Friday or Monday!

*This Thursday is the end of the 1st quarter.

*Oct. 20- Report cards accessible online.

              Permission slips and FACTS forms are due

*Oct. 27-Field trip

*Oct. 28 Harvest Fest

*Nov. 1- 10:00 All Saints Day Mass, instead of Wednesday

*Nov. 7-11 Fall Parent Conferences will take place in the afternoon

              11:50 dismissal for primary all week.

Happy Wednesday!

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