Second Grade’s Feb. 3-7, 2015, Classroom News Literacy Night – Monday, Feb 9th: Join us for a PTA meeting from 5:30-6 then Literacy Night/IB Authorization Celebration from 67! Valentine’s Day Parties: Will be next Friday, February 13th. Be looking out for emails to help with this if you’d like. A class list will be emailed out for Valentine’s Day cards if you’d like to participate in that exchange. Vision Clinic: Information went home last week regarding a Vision Clinic at the school. If you qualify, please turn in your packet by February 18. Presidents’ Day, Feb 16: No School! I.B. Unit of Inquiry Where We Are In Place and Time– What makes a home? We are furthering this development in the classroom in our writing and school activities by looking into our own homes, homes in nature, and encouraging student-led inquiry on homes and journeys. Language Arts- Writing Process, Text & Graphic Features, Commas in Dates & Places, AR controlled words Spelling – See Spelling List (Star Folder on Mondays) Homework “Tic-Tac-Toe” is on the back Math – Counting Quarters; Rounding to the Nearest 10; Estimating & Counting Large Collections; Finding One Half of a Set with Even and Odd Numbers of Objects READING Homework- Please remember to read with your child every night and initial the Reading Log! February 9th- Literacy Night 5:30 PTA Meeting, 6:00 Literacy Night February 13th- Valentine’s Day Parties February 16th – Presidents’ Day – NO SCHOOL Teacher Info: Mariesther Flores (bilingual) mariestherflores@waysideschools.org; Veronica Laney vlaney@waysideschools.org; Susan Stephenson sstephenson@waysideschools.org; Meagan Tanton mtanton@waysideschools.org