G-28 News & Events
January
Curriculum Update
New Supplies
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a restful vacation and
enjoyed time with your families. We sure did! We also wanted to
thank everyone for all the thoughtful holiday gifts and for all
the awesome parents who worked so hard to make our holiday
celebration so much fun!
We are looking forward to all the fun and exciting things ahead
in 2015. Over the next few weeks the children will be taking a
trip to the desert as part of our geography/science study. We
will be learning about desert animals, plants, and the habitats
they live in. Through this unit we will continue our study of plant
life adding animal life cycles as well. The children will also have a
chance to taste some real cactus jelly YUM! Along with our
desert study, we will be honoring Martin Luther King Jr., and
begin our biography unit. During this unit the students will read a
variety of biographies in class about different heroes. We will
study people who have made our lives better and how their
contributions affect our lives today.
In math, we will continue to add mentally. At the end of
December we were adding tens and hundreds to two-digit
numbers. This month, we will mentally subtract tens and
hundreds. This is all leading to adding and subtracting two-digit
numbers with regrouping. Once we are able to fluently add and
subtract tens and hundreds, we better understand the
strategies necessary when adding two-digit numbers. In writing,
will continue with informational writing. Last month we worked on
writing non-fiction books that focused on teaching our
classmates about a particular plant. This month, we will use the
same skills to write about animals. It’s important for students to
be able to write about and explain their learning to others.
As always, thank you for all your continued support in making
G-28 THREE GREATS!
To start off the new year we are
replacing some of our old school supplies
with new ones. To help with this we are
asking our families to donate any of the
following items below:
1. a new box of 12 count Crayola
colored pencils
2. a new box of 24 count Crayola
crayons
3. small size glue sticks (6 count)
4. sharpened #2 yellow pencils
Warmest regards,
Erika Huerta and Amy Schwender
AR Goals & Monthly
This is an optional donation and we would
appreciate any help you could provide
with the above items. These materials
are for your child and will go directly into
their pencil boxes to replace their well
used and mostly broken supplies.
As for a classroom donation we would
greatly appreciate colored copy paper.
Our supply is running low.
Thank you for all your support. We would
appreciate any donations by Monday,
January 12th.
Felix
Projects
During the first week of January the
students will be taking the STAR reading
test to update their reading level. The
goal of taking and passing 5 AR quizzes
continues this month. As a reminder, if
your child exceeds this goal they will
receive a new book as a special reward.
Please encourage your child to complete
their AR quizzes each week.
As the same as last month the children
will also need memorize/recite one of our
poems and complete a reading log by the
end of the month. Please make sure
reading logs have the required selections
HIGHLIGHTED and include a PARENT
SIGNATURE. We greatly appreciate all
your support at home with these
requests.
We will not have a book report this
month, but next month the students will
be completing a Family Ancestor Report.
To help with this upcoming project, start
discussing with your child a little about
their heritage and where their ancestors
originated.
Felix is finishing up his travels to the student’s homes this month,
and will be starting his next round of travels in February. This
time Felix is ready to travel throughout the United States and
would like the children in G-28 to join him. For our next Felix
project the children will be selecting one of our 50 states to learn
about. They will research their chosen state and learn 5 or more
interesting facts about their state to share with the class. The
children will create a Felix State Report Book, where they will
record all of the things they have learned from each
presentation. More information about this project will be sent
home with your child when they take home Felix.
Children’s Discover Museum
On Wednesday, January 7th the second grade classes will
have a visit from the Children’s Discovery Museum. A
representative will come to do some discovery-based
learning with our class. We will have a 90-minute
presentation involving exploration and experimentation with
dry ice. We will get to observe chemical reactions and
discover how they are made. A visit from CDM is a great
way for students to learn more about physical science.
January Events
Wednesday, January 7
CDM Classroom Visit
Monday, January 26
Letter H Celebration
Monday, January 12
Book Orders & New
School Supplies Due
Friday, January 30
Reading Log & Poem Due
AR Quizzes Completed
Crazy Hair & Hat Day
Monday, January 19
No School
Happy Birthday!
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