Ice Cream Prices

Pints- $3.27 (I do not let them buy these, we do not have enough time to eat it all)
Cookie Sandwich- $3.55
Screwball- $1.09
Ice Cream Sandwich-$1.09
Push-Ups- $1.09
Fudge Bar- $1.09
Strawberry Shortcake Bar- $1.09
Orange Creamsicle- $1.09
Banana Bar- $1.09
Snicker's Ice Cream- $2.73
Twix Ice Cream- $2.71

Spirit Day

Tomorrow is our first football game!!!!!

Please show your school spirit by wearing your red, white, and blue. Badges and tattoos will be on sale in the morning. We will NOT have a pep rally.

Important September Dates

These are the important dates I know as of now. If I receive any additional dates I will let you know :)

Monday, September 2- Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday, September 3- School Picture Day
Thursday, September 12- Homecoming Parade (5:30) followed by Glow in the Dark Pep Rally
Friday, September 13- Homecoming Day (Dismiss at 12:00)
Friday, September 27- Grandparent's Day

Math Test

Don't forget we have a math test TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

School Pictures

School pictures will be Tuesday, September 3. Hope everyone comes ready to smile BIG :):)

Homecoming Parade

Our Homecoming Parade is Thursday, September 12 at 5:30. Children will need to be lined up behind the hospital by 5:15. Please send me an email to let me know if your child will be participating or not by Wednesday, September 4th. Thanks :)

Labor Day!!!!

Please don't forget Monday is a school holiday. Hope everyone has a safe and happy Labor Day!!!!

Lunch Cards

You can now load money on your child's lunch card. You can load it through PayPal or by going to www.pepifoods.com.

Please let me know how much money you load on your child's card. Several have tried to use their card for ice cream and such and it does not work. It is a lot easier if you will just send me an email or note when you load money on the card. If your child is ordering please send their order to me, either daily or weekly. Especially ice cream orders so I will know if they are allowed to purchase it or not. You can still send cash if you do not want to load money on the card.

SCIENCE TEST TOMORROW!!!!

We will have our first science test tomorrow. Your child should have brought home their study guide and book. It is on Chapter 1 Lessons 1-3, reading over it again would also be helpful. They are not very long.

AR Begins Monday

We are going to begin AR on Monday. I sent home the bookmarks today for you to see where your child will be. PLEASE send those back on Monday so they are able to use them and know what books they can check out. 

I will be setting their goals and sending those home Monday. I will also give them a book on Monday from our classroom to read until we go to the library next week. Please do not forget to sign off on their Reading Log when they are ready to take a test. 

Have a great weekend!!!!!

Labor Day Weekend Boston Butt Sale

The Athletic Boosters will be selling pre-cooked 8-9lb. They will be $25 each and will be picked up Friday August 30 behind the gym between 2:30-6:00. You must pre-order by Tuesday, August 27th. To reserve your Boston butt pick a ticket up at the office. There will be a very limited amount available that day.

Homecoming

If anyone has a big metal utility wagon, preferably with sides that can let down :) please let me know! We need 1 for our Homecoming wagon.

THANKS :)

Yayyy for 2nd Grade!!!!

We had an AWESOME day today!!!! I am so proud of everyone on their great behavior!

PLEASE sign all test that were sent home today and send them back. Also don't forget to sign behavior charts.

Have a great afternoon :)

Reading Comp Test and Vocabulary

I have graded most of the reading comprehension tests and vocabulary test. I have not recorded them yet but plan on doing that tomorrow and sending them home in their homework folders. I only counted 2 points off for misspelled words on the vocabulary test this time, but the future tests will not be like that. The vocabulary words are written on the sheet for the students to copy so there is no reason they should be misspelled. In the future if the word is misspelled it will be counted wrong. Please talk to your children about this and about neat handwriting. I do not want to count something wrong just because I am not able to read it.

Discipline Plan

I have had a few questions about my discipline chart so I will explain it :)

Everyone starts on Green (Ready to Learn) you can move up or down throughout the day. If your child moves up first they go to Yellow (Good Job), next is Orange (Excellent), then it is Red (Outstanding). If your child moves down they go to Blue (Reminder), Purple (Teacher's Choice), then Pink (Parent Contact). If your child down not get on Blue, Purple, or Pink all week then they get a treat on Friday.

This week I am letting the ones who moved to Blue on Monday and Tuesday win back their treat by not moving down again this week.

If you have anymore questions please feel free to email me!!

Homework Extras

Here are the things your child should have brought home tonight:

Homework Folder (with Math and Language Daily homework sheet)
Reading Book (Read Come Back, Jack! for test tomorrow)
Reading Vocabulary


PLEASE sign your child's daily behavior chart that is found in their homework folder. 

Math Test

We will have our math test on Thursday. It is pretty much a basic review of things from 1st grade. Students can look over pages we have been doing in class that are sent home in the Homework folder.

Back to School Rally!!!

The Back to School Rally is Thursday at 6:00 on the football field!!

Homecoming

Homecoming T-shirt order forms were sent home in folders yesterday and are due back Monday August 26th!! They are $15.00.

Homecoming is early this year, September 13. The Thursday before there will be a parade starting at 5:30, there will be a form in folders today with more information. PLEASE send it back by September 9th.

Daily Calendar and Tests

Please sign and return all tests and daily calendar that is sent home with your child. I would like to keep these on file.

Thanks :)

Field Trip Update

I am looking for 1 more driver for the November Field Trip to Landmark Park!!

Landmark Park: Kim Stevens, Christina Martin, Mandie Baker, ??

Shakespeare: Amanda Paul, Corrie Carroll, Christina Martin, and Pam Little

Thanks so much to everyone who is driving us!!!!!!!

READING UPDATE

We are still waiting on our new reading series to come in. We have decided to go ahead and start in our old reading books with the first story (Come Back, Jack!). We will test on this story and the vocabulary next Wednesday August 21. We have already been reading the story and going over the vocabulary in class. If you have any questions please email me.

Thanks :)

For the Classroom

Please send 2 more spiral notebooks for your children. We will be needing a Science notebook and Reading Vocabulary notebook and we are quickly running out of notebooks.

Thanks :)

Field Trip Fun in January Also :)

We are going to take a trip to Montgomery to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. We will be seeing Goodnight Moon . We had to reserve tickets early because they sale out so quickly. The cost will be $16 for students and $18 for parents. We will again need 4 parent volunteers to go on the trip. I will take the first 4 I hear from. I will be asking for the money in the next few weeks, PLEASE do not send yet. The sooner we pay the better seats we will receive. I will post more information about departure time and our lunch plans closer to the trip.

We are looking forward to this trip!!!!!

Field Trip Fun

We are making plans for our first field trip!!

It will be November 20 and we will be going to Living History Week at Landmark Park in Dothan. We will need 4 drivers for our class. They ask that we do not bring parents; therefore, the parents will drop us off and pick us back up. This could be a great time to get some Christmas shopping done!! I know it is a few months away but I wanted to give everyone a heads up. I will take the first 4 drivers I hear from. We are very excited!!!

Important Information

*If you have not returned the blue folder with all signed paperwork, it is due by Monday, August 19.
* We will take a spelling and language test this week. Please see the homework tab for more information.  We will not take reading or math tests this week.
* We  will complete a sample language test today in class.  I will send it home for you to study.  
* Please send another one subject notebook.  We will be doing science a little different than last year, so that did not get added to the supply list.

WELCOME TO 2nd GRADE!!!!!

I am so excited for this new year and to have all of your children in my class. I know our year will be wonderful. 

We do not have our reading, language, math, or spelling books in yet :( therefore we will just be doing fun/educational things this week. I will be sure to let you know when our books arrive and we begin with our lessons. 

We do have our spelling workbooks in; therefore, we will have a spelling test this week. I am sending home our spelling words today (08/12/2013). 

I am not sure when we will begin AR but I will be sure to let everyone know that also. 

We will begin with our behavior chart tomorrow (08/13/2013).