LOTS going on in second grade!

THIS WEEK

Monday we are working on finishing up all of our ongoing projects before we leave for the holiday break.

Wednesday is our Buddy Mass and our Christmas party (11:00-12:15). Please join us if you can for these fun events. Make sure to check in to the front office if you are coming to the classroom at any time. Thank you. Wednesday is also a Non-Uniform day.  Please remember when you are coming to school in regular clothes that this is a Mass day and you must dress nicely.  You can refer to the Student/Parent Handbook if you are unsure of what to wear.  If you wear something that is inappropriate for Mass, your family will have to come to school with different clothes for you and you will not be participating in our exciting holiday activities. Thank you.

FIRST RECONCILIATION PREPARATION

We have completed the first four chapters of preparation for this Sacrament.  PLEASE take the time with your family to complete the first four chapters before Christmas vacation (it was all due today).  Our celebration is coming soon and we would love for everyone to be able to celebrate with us.  You must have this work done in order to celebrate First Reconciliation.

FIELD TRIP

Mrs. Wall made a mistake! Our field trip is MONDAY, JANUARY 7TH, not the 17th. A new field trip permission slip will be coming home today. We only need your information and signatures on this form to acknowledge that it is Monday, January 7th that we will be away from school. Please return this form as soon as possible. We are able to take four parent volunteers with us to the play on this day.

VOLUNTEERS AT SLEMS

Please be aware that the new diocese requirements are that you must be cleared with fingerprints, TB Test and the SAFE Environment course (online) for the remainder of the school year, effective January 1st, 2013, if you would like to volunteer in the classroom or be working with the students in any capacity. Thank you so much!

First Reconciliation

Chapter 4 First Reconciliation Family Homework

1. Read the chapter.
2. Complete the Family Focus.
3. Do the At Home activity.
4. Write on page 53.
5. Write your family thoughts about this chapter on the back of the At Home page.
6. Memorize the Act of Contrition if you have not already.
7. Have fun!

Great work so far boys and girls! We are almost ready for Reconciliation.

There will not be Reconciliation work to do over the holiday break unless you have incomplete work after this weekend. Please get your work done with your family ON TIME! All work from chapter 1-4 is due on Monday! Thank you.

First Reconciliation~Chapter 3

What to do this weekend with your family:
1. Read the chapter.
2. Do the Family Focus.
3. Do the At Home activity.
4. Complete page 41.
5. Write your Family Thoughts about Chapter 3.
6. Write (if you didn't finish in class) and practice the Act of Contrition.
7. HAVE FUN!!!


Christmas Concert Tomorrow Night

Please arrive to our second grade classroom at 6:00. You should wear your "Sunday best." Please no jeans and tennis shoes. When the concert is over, you will return to our classroom and a family member will come to our classroom to get you. Thank you!

Field Trip

We are going on a field trip the first day we return from Christmas vacation.  Please return your permission slips and money if you have not already. Parents, if you are interested in chaperoning, please email me. You must be a "cleared" volunteer to join us. You can find out if you are by emailing the elementary office. Thank you.

Dinosaur Webquest and MORE!

Dinosaur Webquest

We are finally finishing our Dinosaur Webquest! Today we had two wonderful presentations today in class!! Great work boys and girls! Mom and Dad, they will be online for you to see and listen to very soon. We will complete our presentations tomorrow in class.  Please remember, you need your dinosaur worksheet, script (the page you typed), and your rubric at school tomorrow.

http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/de/webquests/dino/dinowq.htm

DINOSAUR PROJECT RUBRIC	Beginning　 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Writing	Misspell words, no quotation marks, missing punctuation and capital letters.	Have all words spelled correctly but missing some punctuation or capital letters, missing quotation marks.	Have all words spelled correctly but missing some punctuation or capital letters.	Punctuation for every sentence, quotation marks, capital letters where needed
Model of Dinosaur and Period Picture	Dinosaur does not stand up and you picture is not correct.	Dinosaur does not stand up and picture is correct	Dinosaur stands up part of the time and picture is correct	Dinosaur has to stand up on its own, the whole time. You background picture looks realistic.
Dinosaur Worksheet	It was not turned in or incomplete.	It is complete.	It is complete and all answers are correct.	It is complete and turned in on time. All of my answers are correct.
Oral Presentation	You have less than 8 sentences and it is difficult to hear or understand.	You have less than 8 sentences.	You say at least 8 sentences out loud but some are difficult to hear or understand.	You say at least 8 sentences out loud. Everyone can hear you clearly and understand your words.
Group work	Needs help from a teacher more than three times to solve problems within the group.	Needs help from a teacher only 2-3 times to solve a problem within the group.	Needs assistance from a teacher only one time to solve a problem within the group.	Works well with their team to solve problems, shares materials, takes turns with others.

Giving Tree

We picked up more ornaments after Mass this morning.  Please return your UNWRAPPED gift with the ornament you chose from the tree by next week Friday. If you can't bring a gift, please return the ornament ASAP so someone else can buy that child a gift. Thank you.

Keeping Us Germ-Free

We have been lucky so far this year to stay pretty healthy in second grade.  We have used all of the baby/hand wipes that everyone brought to school at the beginning of the year. Tomorrow the students will receive a note requesting that each student bring in two packages of baby or hand wipes (NOT Clorox wipes) so we can continue to stay healthy and germ free. Thank you so much!

Clifford's Birthday Card

Boys and Girls, if you would like to do this as we talked about in class, we need to have our materials here by Friday. Please bring whatever you have to contribute to our card and we will do the picture on Friday. Thank you.

This week in second grade...

Monday
Book Orders are due TODAY! I will place the order this evening. You can order books at www.scholastic.com. Our classroom ID is J29LL.

Wednesday
We will have Mass, at which time students who did not take a Giving Tree ornament, may take one.
2:00 Dismissal

Friday
Our Christmas concert in the Community Center is at 6:30. Students need to arrive to OUR CLASSROOM no later than 6:05.  After the concert all students will return their classrooms with teachers and will be dismissed when a parent comes to each classroom to get them. Thank you.

HOMEWORK
We had a GREAT first week of the second trimester with our homework packets! Thank you for your wonderful responsibility second graders.  Please remember that www.raz-kids.com and www.mathletics.com is a part of your daily homework as well. You should read and do math every night with these websites.  Thirteen of our students completed their Raz-Kids reading last week. Great job!

Wish List
Moms and Dads,
You may have seen or read the Wish List for our class.  If you are thinking about purchasing something for our classroom we would love the geared clocks however, we no longer need the tables. Another great item would be a small classroom pocket heat laminator. They sell them at Costco, Staples, Lakeshore Learning Store, etc. for between $20-$50.