Second Grade’s Feb. 3-7, 2015, Classroom News Valentine’s Day Parties: Will be Friday, February 13th. Be looking out for emails to help with this if you’d like; time is TBD. A class list will be emailed out for Valentine’s Day cards if you’d like to participate in that exchange. Volunteers: If you’d like to help in the classroom in any way please just let us know! 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- Character Traits; Long e sound for Y/changing y to I; The verb “to be” (linking verbs vs. action verbs); Writing Descriptive Paragraphs. Spelling – See Spelling List (Star Folder on Mondays) Homework “Tic-Tac-Toe” is on the back Math – Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers Using Dimes and Pennies Part; Sub 6, Solving by Guessing & Checking; Covering Design w Tangram Pieces; Writing # Sentences to Show Equal Groups, Multiplying by 10 ) READING Homework- Please remember to read with your child every night and initial the Reading Log! February 4th – Green Apple Banking Day (College Shirt with Jeans) February 9th- Literacy Night 5:30 PTA Meeting, 6:00 Literacy Night February 13th- Valentine’s Day Parties Teacher Info: Mariesther Flores (bilingual) mariestherflores@waysideschools.org; Veronica Laney vlaney@waysideschools.org; Susan Stephenson sstephenson@waysideschools.org; Meagan Tanton mtanton@waysideschools.org