Mrs. Victory’s 2nd Grade Week of: January 13, 2014 I hope everyone had a fantastic Winter Break! Report Cards are being sent home on Monday, January 13, 2014. Please sign and return them to me by Friday, January 17. No school Monday, January 20 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Classroom Rules and Goals • Treat everyone with respect. • Be kind to everyone. • Don’t talk when others are talking. • Keep your hands and feet to yourself. • Walk in the building. • Try your best every day. • Use your brain! • Have Fun! Tuesday, January 28 is an early dismissal day. We will dismiss at 10:45 that morning. Homework begins again this week. Your child will have oral reading fluency homework each evening. Please make sure you are having your child read this aloud to you and you initial under the appropriate day. Your child should also have the vocabulary flashcards he/she made in the left pocket of his/her 3 ring binder. Please practice those words each night as some of them are quite tricky. There are also math vocabulary flashcards in the left pocket of his/her binder. Reviewing these will help your child in math the next couple of weeks! If you need ideas on things to do at home, please don’t hesitate to ask. I’m here to help! The flu is going around school. I really don't want it to hit the class- Related Arts Monday PE Tuesday Art Wednesday Music Thursday PE Friday Library room!! If you’re feeling generous, please send in Lysol spray and Clorox wipes to help kill the germs! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to get in touch with me throughout the day: (victoryr@rcschools.net). What are we learning this week? Reading: comparing and contrasting Vocabulary: active, earth, explode, island, Monday No School local, properties, solid, steep Phonics: r controlled vowels: er, ir, ur, ear, wor Lang/Writing: linking verbs and helping verbs Math: place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands); standard, word, and expanded form Social Studies: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.