Sunday Schedule: Week 1, Day 3
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night (new lists will be handed out on Sunday, December 2; spelling test will be on Wednesday, December 12)
IXL Math for possible extra practice: M.4, M.5, M.6, M.8 (old practice: any A, D, E, F, K.1-K.3, M.1-M.2, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
This past week in Reader's Workshop, students did a lot of great work studying text features of non-fiction texts. We noticed how things like the table of contents, keywords, the glossary, photo captions (and many more!) help us understand our topics better!
Students have been excited about our non-fiction writing unit in which they've chosen a topic to teach to their audience. This past week, one of the things we focused on was how to elaborate on our chapters by adding details, examples, and suggestions.
Math Newsletter Topic D went home with students, please let me know if you did not get one!
Reminders:
Information about Rainbow Day was sent home today. Please take a look at the information and the color your student has been assigned. (Also, please make sure the form you received has your student's name on it and you don't accidentally have someone else's! Thank you!)
Reminder that Sunday, December 2 is InsideOut Day!
Our class has been given the opportunity to attend the Sleeping Beauty Show at the Royal Opera House on Thursday, December 6. Please return permission slips by Tuesday, December 4! Also note that we are not opening up the opportunity for parent volunteers for the show. We only have an allotted number of seats in the theater, and although we'd like to take you all(!), we just can't.
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
Upcoming Events
Omani Tent Day on Thursday, November 29
Reminder that Omani Tent Day was moved to Thursday, November 29. Please note that students are allowed to wear traditional Omani attire on this day or the colors of the Omani Flag (or their typical PE uniform as we have PE on this date; I will allow students to change if you want to send a change for PE). We will head out to the field near the Early Childhood wing for our session at 11:00-11:25 on this day to enjoy an Omani Culture Share event. The students will get to try some traditional foods, take in traditional music, and much more!
Friendship Feast also on Thursday, November 29
After Omani Tent Day, 2AN will head over to the grade two Friendship Feast at 12:00 to start an international lunch. Excited to enjoy dishes from around the world! Students will also use this time to reflect on what they are thankful for!
Join us for either event if you can make it!
Reminder that Omani Tent Day was moved to Thursday, November 29. Please note that students are allowed to wear traditional Omani attire on this day or the colors of the Omani Flag (or their typical PE uniform as we have PE on this date; I will allow students to change if you want to send a change for PE). We will head out to the field near the Early Childhood wing for our session at 11:00-11:25 on this day to enjoy an Omani Culture Share event. The students will get to try some traditional foods, take in traditional music, and much more!
Friendship Feast also on Thursday, November 29
After Omani Tent Day, 2AN will head over to the grade two Friendship Feast at 12:00 to start an international lunch. Excited to enjoy dishes from around the world! Students will also use this time to reflect on what they are thankful for!
Join us for either event if you can make it!
Week of November 25
Sunday Schedule: Week 2, Day 4
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night (new lists were handed out on Sunday, November 18, spelling test will be on Thursday, November 29)
IXL Math for possible extra practice: M.1, M.2 (old practice: any A, D, E, F, K.1-K.3, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
Some snapshots from our Discover Oman Experience at the Bait Al Zubair Museum on National Day!
Reminders:
The Annual Second Grade Friendship Feast will be on Thursday, November 29. We're excited to have the time to spend with parents and reflect on what we're thankful for while sharing delicious dishes from around the world. Information for volunteering and organizing dishes to share has been organized by room parents. Please contact room parents for ways to volunteer or get involved.
For Omani Tent Day, you can see on the permission form that students are able to dress in Omani National Dress on this day (moved to Thursday, November 29).
Just a heads up.. Our class has been given the opportunity to attend the Sleeping Beauty Show at the Royal Opera House on Thursday, December 6. More information and permission slips will be sent home on Sunday, November 25!
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night (new lists were handed out on Sunday, November 18, spelling test will be on Thursday, November 29)
IXL Math for possible extra practice: M.1, M.2 (old practice: any A, D, E, F, K.1-K.3, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
Some snapshots from our Discover Oman Experience at the Bait Al Zubair Museum on National Day!
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| Thank you for bringing cupcakes to share with the class, Hamad! |
Reminders:
The Annual Second Grade Friendship Feast will be on Thursday, November 29. We're excited to have the time to spend with parents and reflect on what we're thankful for while sharing delicious dishes from around the world. Information for volunteering and organizing dishes to share has been organized by room parents. Please contact room parents for ways to volunteer or get involved.
For Omani Tent Day, you can see on the permission form that students are able to dress in Omani National Dress on this day (moved to Thursday, November 29).
Just a heads up.. Our class has been given the opportunity to attend the Sleeping Beauty Show at the Royal Opera House on Thursday, December 6. More information and permission slips will be sent home on Sunday, November 25!
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
Week of November 18
Sunday Schedule: Week 2, Day 2
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night (new lists will be handed out on Sunday, November 18, spelling test will be on Thursday, November 29)
IXL Math for possible extra practice: review type activities any D or K.1-K.3 (old practice: any A, E, F, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
This last week our class enjoyed exploring non-fiction and digging deeper into how we can read non-fiction text with purpose. Students practiced paying close attention to detail, noticing how non-fiction text features can help us better understand what we read.
Our writing work is taking off, in the form on informational books! Students have been excited this past week as they created their table of contents, wrote their introduction pages, and started writing chapters about a topic that they could "teach" someone else about.
Math Newsletters, Topics A-B and C went home this past week. Please let me know if you are not seeing these come home with your student.
Reminders:
Discover Oman! For this first round of Discover Oman our class will be going to the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18. Please note the appropriate attire for this type of field trip. On the permission slip, you can use the Museum heading to find that students attending a field trip to a museum should be wearing comfortable shoes, long pants, and are allowed to wear any green, white, or red shirt in honor of National Day (or TAISM Polo). (Note: This is also our PE day. Students will attend PE that afternoon. If you would like to send your student with the TAISM sports shorts to change for PE, you may do this. Otherwise, on this date, long pants will be okay. PE on this date will be outside.)
For Omani Tent Day, you can see on the permission form that students are able to dress in Omani National Dress on this day (moved to Thursday, November 29).
Chaperones! If you would like to help chaperone for the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18, please let me know via email so I have an idea of the number of chaperones we will have on this date. The more the merrier!!
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night (new lists will be handed out on Sunday, November 18, spelling test will be on Thursday, November 29)
IXL Math for possible extra practice: review type activities any D or K.1-K.3 (old practice: any A, E, F, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
This last week our class enjoyed exploring non-fiction and digging deeper into how we can read non-fiction text with purpose. Students practiced paying close attention to detail, noticing how non-fiction text features can help us better understand what we read.
Our writing work is taking off, in the form on informational books! Students have been excited this past week as they created their table of contents, wrote their introduction pages, and started writing chapters about a topic that they could "teach" someone else about.
Math Newsletters, Topics A-B and C went home this past week. Please let me know if you are not seeing these come home with your student.
Reminders:
Discover Oman! For this first round of Discover Oman our class will be going to the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18. Please note the appropriate attire for this type of field trip. On the permission slip, you can use the Museum heading to find that students attending a field trip to a museum should be wearing comfortable shoes, long pants, and are allowed to wear any green, white, or red shirt in honor of National Day (or TAISM Polo). (Note: This is also our PE day. Students will attend PE that afternoon. If you would like to send your student with the TAISM sports shorts to change for PE, you may do this. Otherwise, on this date, long pants will be okay. PE on this date will be outside.)
For Omani Tent Day, you can see on the permission form that students are able to dress in Omani National Dress on this day (moved to Thursday, November 29).
Chaperones! If you would like to help chaperone for the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18, please let me know via email so I have an idea of the number of chaperones we will have on this date. The more the merrier!!
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
Week of November 11
Sunday Schedule: Week 1, Day 3
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night (same list as last week, Spelling Test on Thursday, November 15)
IXL Math for possible extra practice: review type activities any D or K.1-K.3 (old practice: any A, E, F, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
In Reading, we will move into Unit 3, Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction. This reading unit coincides with our upcoming Informational Writing Unit, Nonfiction Writers Write to Teach Others. In Math we will move into Module 3, Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of numbers to 1,000.
Reminders:
Deadline to return photo order forms is Monday, November 5.
Deadline to order books from the Scholastic order is Thursday, November 15.
Discover Oman! For this first round of Discover Oman our class will be going to the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18. (Please return your permission slip that was sent home last week so you can attend with the class!) Also, please note the appropriate attire for this type of field trip. On the permission slip, you can use the Museum heading to find that students attending a field trip to a museum should be wearing comfortable shoes, long pants (and TAISM polo). For Omani Tent Day, you can see on the permission form that students are able to dress in Omani National Dress on this day. Chaperones! If you would like to help chaperone for the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18, please let me know via email so I have an idea of the number of chaperones we will have on this date. The more the merrier!!
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night (same list as last week, Spelling Test on Thursday, November 15)
IXL Math for possible extra practice: review type activities any D or K.1-K.3 (old practice: any A, E, F, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
In Reading, we will move into Unit 3, Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction. This reading unit coincides with our upcoming Informational Writing Unit, Nonfiction Writers Write to Teach Others. In Math we will move into Module 3, Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of numbers to 1,000.
Reminders:
Deadline to return photo order forms is Monday, November 5.
Deadline to order books from the Scholastic order is Thursday, November 15.
Discover Oman! For this first round of Discover Oman our class will be going to the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18. (Please return your permission slip that was sent home last week so you can attend with the class!) Also, please note the appropriate attire for this type of field trip. On the permission slip, you can use the Museum heading to find that students attending a field trip to a museum should be wearing comfortable shoes, long pants (and TAISM polo). For Omani Tent Day, you can see on the permission form that students are able to dress in Omani National Dress on this day. Chaperones! If you would like to help chaperone for the Bait Al Zubair Museum on Sunday, November 18, please let me know via email so I have an idea of the number of chaperones we will have on this date. The more the merrier!!
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
Week of November 4
Sunday Schedule: Week 2, Day 4
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night
IXL Math for possible extra practice: review type activities any D or K.1-K.3 (old practice: any A, E, F, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
It was extremely rewarding to meet with all of you for Parent/Teacher Conferences these past two days! Thank you all for your time! As always, continue to let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
NEW UNITS! Parent Teacher Conferences was a perfect natural break in our units. This next week we will be starting new Reading, Writing, and Math Units.
In Reading, we will move into Unit 3, Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction. This reading unit coincides with our upcoming Informational Writing Unit, Nonfiction Writers Write to Teach Others. In Math we will move into Module 3, Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of numbers to 1,000.
Reminders:
Deadline to return photo order forms is Monday, November 5.
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
This week's homework: 15 minutes of reading each night, 1 SpellingCity activity each night
IXL Math for possible extra practice: review type activities any D or K.1-K.3 (old practice: any A, E, F, S.8-S.15)
Classroom Happenings:
It was extremely rewarding to meet with all of you for Parent/Teacher Conferences these past two days! Thank you all for your time! As always, continue to let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
NEW UNITS! Parent Teacher Conferences was a perfect natural break in our units. This next week we will be starting new Reading, Writing, and Math Units.
In Reading, we will move into Unit 3, Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction. This reading unit coincides with our upcoming Informational Writing Unit, Nonfiction Writers Write to Teach Others. In Math we will move into Module 3, Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of numbers to 1,000.
Reminders:
Deadline to return photo order forms is Monday, November 5.
If you're looking for the 2AN Schedule, it's now posted on the Blog! Be sure to also check the actual blog website from time to time (taism4an.blogspot.com) as the Upcoming Dates Section at the top of the blog might come in handy to fill calendars out with dates a bit ahead of time!
Birthday treats! Let me know if you'd like to bring in birthday treats for the class! We have 17 students in the class that are always welcoming of treats. :) We will typically have birthday treats at 10:15am with our snack time. So, if you can drop them off in the morning before snack, we will enjoy them with snack. If not, let me know so I can plan for another arrangement. (Note: We do not have a peanut/treenut allergy in our classroom, but we do have a few students that are to avoid nuts and beans.)
Spelling Practice (next two weeks)
New spelling lists were sent home this week that will run the week of November 4 and the week of November 11. I sent a paper copy home this round so that you and your child have a hard copy of the words and the list names. I will continue to do this to ease the process of finding lists on SpellingCity! :) Now that you have a hard, paper copy of the words, you will easily be able to see your student's list on SpellingCity! Keep practicing one activity per night.
Students will take their test on this set of words on Thursday, November 15. (Note: We did not take a test on the first list of words. I will communicate future test dates and new lists through the weekly blog! Hope that helps!)
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