Important Announcements:
*Read Across America week will be
celebrated next week at DT with some special spirit days:
Monday 2/25: Book: My Many Colored Days: wear your favorite
color
Tuesday 2/26: Book: Fox in Socks: wear crazy socks
Wednesday 2/27: Book: Wacky Wednesday: wear wacky,
mismatched clothes
Thursday 2/28: Book: I am Not Going to Get Up Today!: wear
pajamas
Friday 3/1: Book: Cat in the Hat: wear a hat
*Our class is scheduled to take the
Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) reading comprehension test on Wednesday,
February 26th, 2014. This
test will assign a lexile for your child’s reading level. A second grader should be in the 300 – 600 range. I will send a report home with your child’s
updated lexile after we take the test!
*Volunteers needed! Sometimes reading aloud to an adult will help
a child slow down and think about what he/she is reading. I am looking for some volunteers who would
come in on Wednesday, February 26th from 9:30 – 10:00 (ish) to
listen to students read aloud their Reading Counts test. If you would be willing to do this, please
contact me! Thanks!
*Now that the great melt has been going
on and the weather has warmed up, we are trying to go outside during recess as
much as possible. Your child should make
sure to wear his/her winter coat, hats, gloves, and anything else he/she may
need to play outside.
*Come Play with Me will take place on
Monday, February 24th 2:10 – 2:55.
It is a time where parents are invited to come to gym class with your
child. A criminal history check
must be on file and no siblings are allowed to attend. Hope you can make it!
*Spring Fling will take place on Friday, March 7th. Our class will be collecting school supplies
to make into a basket that will be part of the silent auction. If you would like to donate items such as:
pencils, pens, markers, colored pencils, notebooks, folders, dry erase markers,
or any other school supplies, we would love to have them! If your child donates, he/she will get tickets
to spend at the Spring Fling. The Spring
Fling will also take donations of: bags of candy, 2-liters of soda, and baked
goods. The Spring Fling also needs
volunteers! If you would like to
volunteer, you can contact Krista Tschaenn at kristatschaenn@gmail.com.
*Our reading competition is well on its
way! If your child reads or listens to a
book (either at school or at home), and it has a reading counts quiz on it,
he/she can take the quiz during reading stations. The books that are in the database (and many
books are) have assigned point values. If
your child passes the test, he/she will get a sticker for every point the book
has to put on his/her sticker chart.
When your child fills one sticker chart, he / she will earn a
token. When your child fills the second
sticker chart, he/she will be invited to a special pizza party with Miss
Whisman. Your child will have until Spring
Break to complete this reading challenge!
*Our next school-wide goal
for behavior tickets is 25,000.
*Yearbook
and Class Composite orders and money are due on Friday, February 28th. An envelope went home with your child for the
order.
*Track
and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30th. Mark your calendar!
*I believe in building relationships with the children both
inside my classroom and outside the classroom.
If your child participates in any extracurricular activities (sports,
dance, theater, etc.), or has any other events that he/she would like to invite
me to, please let me know, and I will do my best to come!
*The blog will also be updated with this information as well
so if you need to see it again visit http://misswhisman.blogspot.com
.
A Look at Next Week:
Science/ Health
Science/ Health
Forces of Motion
Spelling
Words from Dr. Seuss books
Reading
Stories by Dr. Seuss
Skill: review of skills taught
Math
Shading Fractional Parts; Fractions of Regions; More or Less
than ½; Fractions
Social Studies
Economics
English/Writing
Dr. Seuss writing
