November Updates!!!

I am so sorry that I have not updated for the past 2 weeks. I have plans to add pumpkin pictures, Halloween pictures and field trip pictures this weekend. If you have pictures that you would like to share please email them to me. I want to thank those of you that have sent pictures.

I know that it has been confusing with us not having library books for 3 weeks! I forgot to send books from our class library this week:( We will have books this week Friday.

The homework projects look great!!! We are using the information to make family trees and recipe books. A new project will go home the week we return from Thanksgiving break.

Updates in the Pond

• No school November 23, 24, 25
• PTO and 2nd Grade program December 12th
• December Family Project is due December 16th
• Christmas Party December 21st - breakfast and a few activities
• Watch for activities the week of December 19th. We will need candy canes, hot chocolate and other activity items
• Christmas break starts December 22nd

Proud in the Pond

Arianna is our November Student of the month!! Happy Birthday Kaitlyn- November Birthday!! Chloe is our AR Leader! Mathew is on S on his Rocket Math!!!

Spelling City

If your looking for spelling practice or games, spelling city.com is the place to visit. I have the spelling lists updated for the next two units. We are currently starting 3.3 -compound words.

Math Facts and Practice

Please remember to practice Rocket Math. At the beginning of the year I placed practice sheets in the binder to be used or copied. In order to be successful and to complete work in a timely manner simple math computation must be mastered. There are still many that are using their fingers to add and subtract.

Math practice sheets may be made using mathfactcafe.com. This website can be used for math addition and subtraction pages, money practice, flashcards. It is a very useful free site!

Sight words

Sight words will be tested next week. I will test all students over the current lists in your child's binder. Please review the lists.

I hope that everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving! I am looking forward to Black Friday shopping. The challenge of finding the great deal and shopping at 4 in the morning is exciting. I am also looking forward to spending time with my family pigging out!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Walker

Weekly News and Updates

I hope everyone is enjoying fall and the fall weather. As I've said before it is my favorite season!

We continue to stay very busy and we are still trying to settle into a good routine. I am hoping to set up a volunteer schedule and send it home next week. If you are available at a set time weekly please let me know so I can include you. Our homework schedule is a set schedule and it is the same weekly. Please check the FROG Binder for the homework assignment sheet and the Walker's Weekly for important news and assignments. Also with keeping and ensuring a routine it is very important that a note is sent before a planned absence or early dismissal. I can change our schedule or prepare makeup work if I know ahead of time that a student will be missing class time. Our math series covers a new skill daily so everyday is very important.

Save the Date

• Pie Pumpkins are due no later than Thursday (27th). These are pumpkins sold at grocery stores - not the large pumpkins and not the tiny pumpkins.
• Red Ribbon Week is this week. Check the binder for dress up days.
• Our Fall/Halloween Party is Monday, October 31st @ 1:30. Students and parents only.
• Grandparents' lunch and book fair is Friday, Nov. 4th.
• Our class will visit the book fair Tuesday, Nov. 8th. Any money sent needs to be in an envelope labeled with your child's name, and amount.
• Our field trip is Wednesday, November 9th. This is our only field trip!
• A Social Studies Project will be sent home next week.

Proud in the Pond

Our Student of the Month for September is Abby! Our Student of the Month for October is Chloe! They both do their best with all of their work. They are kind to their classmates.

Matthew is our Top Frog for the week!

Mathew and Cole are blasting off in Rocket Math! They both are on R!

Don't forget to complete our new survey!

Mrs. Walker

We're starting another week of learning and it is so close to fall break! We have to stay focused and then we'll be ready for a long, enjoyable break! This week we will work on reading, building, and breaking apart contractions. We will review reality/fantasy stories and how they are different. Our focus in Language will be proper nouns. We will constantly strive for reading with fluency, accuracy, and expression. This takes practice. In math we will begin money. It is very, very, very important that your child can identify coins and their value. We will jump right in to counting up the value of coins to a dollar. This can easily be practiced just by letting your child count change around the house, or by having them count out the money needed for purchases. Please continue to practice Rocket Math.

Thursday is Mr. Creasy Day. Mr. Creasy is retiring. He is veteran and an important part of our school. We will all need to wear red, white and blue on Thursday. Please feel free to make him a card.

Friday is Ms. Tate Day. Friday is her last day. You may write her notes, draw pictures, or just tell her how much we will miss her.

Friday is our behavior movie and ticket auction. Please, remember to send in auction items.

Let's have a great week!

Mrs. Walker

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Friday we had Apple Math

We had so much fun Friday collecting data using our apples. We weighed our apples, found the circumference, observed our apples by using our senses, and finally graphed our favorite apples by using the data collecting survey from our class blog.

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Pond Updates

It's finally fall! I absolutely love fall. College football, leaves changing, cool brisk air, pumpkins- these are all of the things that I love about fall. We are going to have a great week just simply because it is fall!

Last week, we worked hard learning about types of sentences, place value, ch/sh/th/wh sounds, reality vs. fantasy, and habitats. This week we will continue working hard and learning. We will focus on finding nouns, sequencing stories that we've read, using a hundreds chart to find patterns, focus on r controlled vowels (ar/or/ore), and learn about landforms. We will work on our selection and amazing words by reading and understanding their meanings. We will continue to work towards being better writers with good sentence writing. Our sentences will be complete, contain 5 or more words, and have a subject other than I. We will test over Topic 4 in math and end the week with apple math. The week will be busy!

Don't forget to send an apple by Thursday. Watch for apple pictures this weekend on our blog.

Lastly, I wanted to give everyone a heads up on our first and only field trip this year. We will go to Travelers' Rest Plantation on November 11th. Watch for a note to come home after fall break.

Let's have a great week!
Mrs. Walker

Our Week in Review

This is Ms. Tate our student teacher introducing tens and ones using Fruit Loops. We are really enjoying having her in our class and we've learned a lot!

We had a very busy week in second grade. We read nonfiction selections about the desert and other habitats. After reading we spent a great deal of time finding main ideas and supporting details. Be sure to ask your child about how a table is like the main idea and details. With our spelling/phonics we read and built words with inflected endings after changing the base word by doubling the last letter or dropping the e. Language this week was a review over statements and questions. We are also working on our first major story writing piece with brainstorming activities. This week in math we focused on relating addition to subtraction and vice versa. We tested over Topic 3 (subtraction). We began Topic 4 (Place Value) Friday. In science we began our study over habitats. In our Literacy Stations we finished our reading and writing over the Solar System.

I look forward to a busy week full of learning next week!

Below are pictures of our lesson using Fruit Loops to find tens and ones. Learning is always fun when food is involved!

Our Week Ahead

As always next week will be a very busy week. Please check your child's binder for updates, homework, important dates. The F.R.O.G. Binder is the lifeline between school and home.

In math we are continuing subtraction strategies and we will test over this unit Friday. Don't forget to practice Rocket Math.

In spelling we will spell and build words with inflected endings- ing and ed- after changing the base word. Spelling City is a great website to use for spelling practice.

In language we will continue writing sentences with 5 or more words, a subject other than "I", using correct mechanics. We will also review questions and statements.

In reading we will read nonfiction "A Walk in the Desert" and practice finding the main idea and details. The phonics reader will be read Monday and a phonics activity will accompany it. Leveled readers will be read in class and sent home Thursday for fluency and comprehension practice. Please remember to have your child read their library book and leveled reader for AR practice. When the students have read their library books 2 or more times and someone has asked them important questions about details in the book then they may bring their book back for an AR test. 5 100% (s) = a lunch in the classroom coupon and a free day coupon for their library book.

In science we will focus on habitats/landforms. We will review space in our stations.

Please remember: to review papers in the Friday/Monday folder and send back papers that are in the return pocket. Sign the behavior Log even if nothing is circled or checked(no circles mean no cards).

Let's have a great week! :)

Mrs. Walker

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