I hope this page will be a useful tool for you and your family. On your right you will find our spelling lists, math time tests and educational links. The following is other information that may be helpful to you:
1. Second grade lunch is 12:30 to 1:15. This makes for a longer morning, which is
always prime learning time, and a shorter afternoon. We have many morning specials to help break
up the day along with a snack to keep us going until lunch. Please help your child choose a healthy mid
morning snack. The cookies and chips are
much more fun for lunch. Children
in our classroom are allergic to peanuts.
Please be conscience of this when picking snacks for our classroom and
save the peanut products for lunch.2. Math homework will come home nightly and should be
returned the next day. This is also the
time when math facts, both addition and subtraction, should be memorized for
quick recall. A list of fun online games
to aid in this process can be found on our classroom website. The reading
record sheet should note the minutes read and material read. This will be given to your child on Monday
and is to be returned on the following Monday.
Your child may read silently, aloud or you can also read to your
child. Please be sure to have your child
total the minutes read (good math practice).
They can also be responsible for writing the titles and recording their
reading time. Spelling should be
practiced as much as needed to do well on our weekly tests. Pretests are on Monday and with posttests
given on Friday. Challenge sentences may
be assigned to those students who show proficiency with weekly spelling skills
on our pretests. These challenge
sentences often require a little more practice. You can use the website www.spellingcity.com/jdessoffy
to help your child practice (a link is on our classroom website).
3. Special Schedule:
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Art
9:20 – 10:20
Music
1:45 – 2:15
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Computer
9:20 – 10:00
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Fitness Education
9:50 – 10:25
Music
1:45 – 2:15
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Library Exchange
1:30 – 2:00
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Fitness Education
10:25 – 11:00
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Teachers:
Music: Mrs. Mahoney
Fitness
Education: Ms. Leonard
Library
Exchange:
Mrs. Dunlap
Art:
Mr. Rocco
Computer
Lab:
Mrs. Dunlap
* Your child may
bring home library books on Thursday.
They should be returned the following Thursday.
5.
Special Activities planned for the year include:
Bat
Activities in September
Winter
Concert in December
Penguin
Week in March
Western
Week in May
River
Ride in May
4.
Field trips enhance the curriculum and take our learning outside the
classroom. Those planned this year
involve visits to Hale Farm and Village to study life in 1850’s. Our PTA supports and funds this field trip
for the child. We will also visit the Beck
Center as a literature connection, the Art Museum and the Natural History
Museum.
7.
Mrs. Begg is our teaming partner in room 10.
She teaches Socials Studies as I teach Science for our two classes. We also do some teaming in other areas as
needed.
8.
Conferences are scheduled for November 9th from 4:00 – 5:30 as well
as November 10th from 1:00 – 4:45 and 6:00 – 8:00 and November 11th
from 8:30 – 9:30. I look forward to meeting with you and sharing insights
regarding your child’s learning and progress.