MISS STANLEY’S NEWSLETTER
November 9 - 13, 2015
Dear Parents,
We had some fun events this week in
second grade! I hope your child told you all
about the author visit and Nut Day we had this
week. Ronda Friend was amazing. She is a
wonderful story teller, singer, writer, and so
much more. Her energy was contagious. We
even had one of our very own students from
our class get involved with some of the fun.
She pulled Ian right up with her in the action. I
even got to get up in front of the group and
show some dance moves! Well….let’s just say
you didn’t miss much as far as my dancing is
concerned. Mr. Beach stole the show on that
one. The only male classroom teacher gets
“picked on” a bit working with all these ladies
at Hoxie Grade School! ;)
Nut Day was also this week. The
students were excited to stomp away to get
those seeds out! We buried the nuts up close
the highway so have your child point it out next
time you are driving through town on Highway
24. We’ll dig them up in the spring. Then, the
students will get to plant a burr oak seed and
black walnut seed in cups and bring them
home.
Thanks for all you do!
Miss Stanley
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 16: K-6 Music Concert
November 25-27: No School/Thanksgiving
Break
Rocket Math
You should have seen some Rocket Math
papers come home this week in your child’s red
take home folder. The students are doing well!!
I’m pleased how the class is doing overall.
When your child meets the goal written at the
bottom of the page, they advance to the next
letter in the alphabet. Each time they advance,
more math facts are introduced, but they’ll only
have 40 problems. The facts start easy and get
harder. As your child gets more problems
correct, their goal goes up. I am moving their
goals rather gradually.
WEEKLY FOCUS SKILLS
Reading: Unit 3 Week 1
Genre: Expository Text
Spelling: Long a
1. nail
2. train
3. main
4. hay
5. stay
6. break
7. steak
8. weigh
9. sleigh
10. prey
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
scrape
strange
good
often
too
Go to www.spellingcity.com/kelliedstanley to
practice your spelling words!!
Vocabulary Words: amazing, force,
measure, objects, proved, speed, true, weight
Vocabulary Strategy: Similes
Comprehension Strategy: Reread
Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose
Grammar: Action Verbs
Math: Adding Numbers with More Than One
Addend
Science: Finish Animals and Start Forces and
Motion
Social Studies: Studies Weekly #7 Explorers
I would like to ask you a favor. We have had some
behavior issues when the students are not in my
classroom. These issues are not major issues. It
really comes down to respect and making good
choices. I would like you to talk to your child about
what they can do when they are near someone
that’s not making good choices. What can they say?
What can they do? We have talked about what it
means to be a leader and how to intervene in a
positive way. Teamwork is so important in my
classroom because it is important in life.