Weekly Update 03-21-14

Important Announcements:

*Happy Spring Break!  It has been a long winter (and I am not convinced it is not over yet), but we made it to spring break!  I pray whatever your plans are that you are able to relax and enjoy!  I will be in town over the break and am looking forward to starting on some projects around my house. 

*I have decided to extend the reading competition until the end of April.  I REALLY want to eat pizza with your child!  Spring Break would be a great time to read some books.  Encourage your child to continue to read and take Reading Counts tests while at school! 

*Report cards will be available online starting today. 

*Second grade will be practicing philanthropy by having a penny war the week we return from spring break.  The object is to have the highest amount of points by the end of the week.  The classroom with the highest points will receive a special treat.  Our class will earn points by donating pennies to our class bucket.  We will have points subtracted if other classrooms donate silver coins and dollar bills in our class bucket.  The money that second grade raises will be donated to Delaware Trail’s Relay for Life team. 

*Smile!  Spring pictures will be taken on April 16^th. 

*Our next school-wide goal for behavior tickets is 25,000.

*This year's Relay for Life will be Saturday, May 17th - Sunday, May 18th from 9:30am-9:30am on the Town Hall Green.  I will be doing Relay for Life this year in honor of all of my family members that have fought cancer, but especially in memory of my father that lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in January of 2012.  This is a family friendly event so join our team!  It's going to be a lot of fun and we hope you will join in to make a huge difference!  You can join our team by visiting our team page at: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=1501859&pg=team&fr_id=58499&fl=en_US&et=jBA1EedW0kb81W1fpTi0wA&s_tafId=1292306

*A field trip is in the works for second grade.  I will have more details as they become available. 

*Track and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30^th.  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

Life Cycles

Spelling

Vowel patterns aw. au, au(gh), al

Reading

Story: The Signmaker’s Assistant

Skill: main ideas and details

Math

Coin Combinations; How Much?; Coin Values; Calculators and Money

Social Studies

History of Brownsburg

English/Writing

Run-on sentences

Weekly Update 03-14-14

Important Announcements:

*We had THREE birthdays this week!  Atta celebrated her birthday on Monday, and John and Luke are celebrating their birthdays on Saturday!   Happy Birthday, Atta, John, and Luke! 

*March is National Nutrition Month.  Mrs. Fought came in and taught our class about nutrition and eating healthy snacks.  It was a wonderful lesson that the students really enjoyed.  Thanks, Mrs. Fought! 

*Encourage your child to continue to read and take Reading Counts tests while at school!  Our reading competition continues until March 21^st! 

*TODAY marks the end of the third nine weeks grading period.  Report cards will be available online starting on Friday, March 21^st. 

*We will be taking SRI again on Monday, March 17^th from 9:00 – 9:30 a.m.  If you are interested in volunteering and listening to a child read his / her test aloud (you cannot help with any words or answers) please let me know!  I will print reports and send them home later next week.  This test will assign a lexile to your child’s reading comprehension.  A second grader should have a lexile between 300 – 600. 

*Each of us has been touched by cancer in some way.  Honor someone fighting cancer or remember someone who has lost that fight next week. Student Council will be selling paper shamrocks for a $1.00 donation to Relay for Life. Shamrocks can be personalized and they will be displayed on the windows of the DT media center. 

*Friday, March 21^st will be Riley Sunglasses Day.  If your child donates $1, he / she will be allowed to wear sunglasses to school. 

*Does your child have a talent that he/she wants to showcase at our annual “Delaware Trail, You’ve Got Talent” show on Thursday, May 15^th?  If so, have your child ask me for an audition form.  Forms are due by Friday, March 21^st.   The talent show is one of the ways that we raise funds for Relay for Life.  It is always a fun-filled evening so mark your calendar and come support our amazing students and their talents! 

*March 24^th – April 4^th is our spring break! 

*Smile!  Spring pictures will be taken on April 16^th. 

*Our next school-wide goal for behavior tickets is 25,000.

*This year's Relay for Life will be Saturday, May 17th - Sunday, May 18th from 9:30am-9:30am on the Town Hall Green.  I will be doing Relay for Life this year in honor of all of my family members that have fought cancer, but especially in memory of my father that lost his battle to pancreatic cancer in January of 2012.  This is a family friendly event so join our team!  It's going to be a lot of fun and we hope you will join in to make a huge difference!  You can join our team by visiting our team page at: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?team_id=1501859&pg=team&fr_id=58499&fl=en_US&et=jBA1EedW0kb81W1fpTi0wA&s_tafId=1292306

*Track and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30^th.  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

Nutrition

Spelling

Consonant patterns: gh, ph, ck, ng

Reading

Story: Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores

Skill: character and setting

Math

Capacity; Weight; Review Unit 9; Unit 9 test will be Thursday, March 20^th

Social Studies

Economics; test will be Thursday, March 20^th

English/Writing

Planet reports

Weekly Update 03-07-14

Important Announcements:

*We had TWO birthdays this week!  Cooper celebrated his birthday on Monday, and Joey is celebrating his birthday today!  Happy Birthday, Cooper and Joey! 

*March book orders were sent home today.  If you would like to order, please turn in your order with payment by Thursday, March 13^th.  I want to place the order and have the books in time for spring break reading.  If you want to order online and pay with a credit card, you can!  Visit the Scholastic website and use code GVCWL to order. 

*Encourage your child to continue to read and take Reading Counts tests while at school!  Our reading competition continues until March 21^st! 

*Friday, March 14^th will be Red for Riley Day.  Wear red in support of Riley Children’s Hospital!

*Friday, March 14^th marks the end of the third nine weeks grading period.  Report cards will be available online starting on Friday, March 21^st. 

*Friday, March 21^st will be Sunglass Day.  If your child donates $1, he / she will be allowed to wear sunglasses to school. 

*Does your child have a talent that he/she wants to showcase at our annual “Delaware Trail, You’ve Got Talent” show on Thursday, May 15^th?  If so, have your child ask me for an audition form.  Forms are due by Friday, March 21^st.   The talent show is one of the ways that we raise funds for Relay for Life.  It is always a fun-filled evening so mark your calendar and come support our amazing students and their talents! 

*March 24^th – April 4^th is our spring break! 

*Smile!  Spring pictures will be taken on April 16^th. 

*Our next school-wide goal for behavior tickets is 25,000.

*Track and Field has been moved to Friday, May 30^th.  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

Nutrition

Spelling

Consonant patterns: kn, wr, gn, mb

Reading

Story: Bad Dog, Dodger!

Skill: plot and theme

Math

Perimeter; Travel Interview; Capacity and Area; Area and Perimeter

Social Studies

Economics

English/Writing

Planet reports