NOVEMBER 29

Wow! Another month gone! December always goes by very quickly with all the activities during the month. We will be working on Advent activities in Religion as well as beginning our Reconciliation preparation.

We have begun learning about money in Math. We use our "fake" coins to practice counting. It would be helpful if you could use real money at home to give the kids extra practice. Keep practicing Math facts, too!

Remember our field trip to the Visitor's Center this Thursday, December 1. Please send BOOSTER SEATS. I may need another driver if I don't hear from anyone today or tomorrow.

Here's a SECOND GRADE WISH LIST:
If you have any portable/personal cassette players no one uses and headphones, we could use them for our Listen to Reading times. If you have any personal CD players also, we may be able to record books onto CDs to use, too.

If your children have "outgrown" or no longer read paperback books you have around the house, we can always use those,too. My kids are now "into" the My Weird School book series. I was at Sam's last week, and I noticed they have an entire SET of 21 books, but I didn't have the $50 to buy it, of course. I have purchased several of them, but not as a set. I really like that they are enjoying them and will read more!

We could also use craft containers with 26 compartments for our magnetic and other letters to practice spelling words.

Thank you!! Have a good day!

November 18

THANK YOU! We had 100% for our Parent-Teacher Conferences! That is wonderful! I was happy to meet with all of you!

We have a "tentative date" for First Reconciliation. We hope to have this on Wednesday, January 11th at 6:00. I am waiting to confirm this date with Father but right now it looks OK. I will let you know for sure when it's set.

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving break, and we wish all of our hunters a safe and successful hunt!!!

Keep practicing those Math facts and Spelling words as well as Reading each night. It makes a big difference, and our scores are showing this improvement! Hooray!

Have a good weekend!

November 14

Here are a few more pictures! Halloween, Respect Award, and Lunch with Firemen!

This week we will be doing our usual work, but we will also be making our turkey centerpieces for our Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, November 17. Hopefully ALL kids will eat hot lunch on this special occasion!

Our mimio board is here and will be put up as soon as our maintenance men have the time to do it. They have much work to do every day, and we are thankful for these type of EXTRAS we ask them to do!

REMEMBER: PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17. I KNOW WE WILL HAVE 100% PARTICIPATION!

Our school did a good job with the Stuff a Truck project. Thanks to all who helped.

LOOKING AHEAD:

We plan on having a Baby Jesus Party again this year in December. We will be bringing in gifts for babies such as diapers, wipes, shampoo, powder, formula, food, etc. This year the Baby Jesus gifts will be given to The Brick. More information on this will follow when we have a date set.

Thanks for all you do!

November 7

Friday is our Veteran's Day Program. Our class, along with grades 3 and 4, will be doing the music for the program. Boys are asked to bring their "cowboy" themed costumes by Thursday. Girls will have costumes at school. I'm looking forward to seeing this program! Ms. Betzold does a super job! She works hard and has extra practices to make this a good program. Thank you, Ms. Betzold!!

Today we did our fluency tests for Reading. These are one minute tests where kids read a passage to see how many words they can read correctly in one minute. They did a wonderful job of improving! I am proud of them!

Remember to send things for Stuff the Truck! We need LOTS of goodies!

We have two retired teachers who are now helping us each week! Thank you to Mrs. Gundelach and Mrs. Setzke! You are appreciated!!!

Are any of you interested in coming in to make Christmas ornaments for the for the State Capitol tree? I know there are some creative people out there, and I'd be happy to have you come and do that with my kids. They are to be "handmade by students, lightweight, and 4 to 6 inches in size. They also need to be strong enough to handle shipping and storage. They want ornaments that represent our community and/or school. The color should contrast with the tree color for maximum visibility." The ornaments will not be returned to us, and they need to be sent in by Friday, November 18th. Let me know if you have great ideas and would like to do this project.

Have a great day!