Snowtastic Poetry Tomorrow at 1:30

We will see you tomorrow. There will be cocoa and  cookies after the reading.

Welcome Back !!!!

Thanks to the lovely weather, we missed our little Valentine exchange. Not to worry!!

We will exchange cards tomorrow morning.(Monday) It would be fun to have a few snacks but we can also get by with what we have.

Yes we will also have our Snowtastic Poetry reading this Thursday. I will send the time when it is set up. I guess it is good that the snow has stuck around or we wouldn't have Snowtastic poetry.

I hope your vacation was wonderful. I'm looking forward to getting back to creating good things.

Best, Jen

Poetry in Winter

I thought as we wind up our poetry unit it would be interesting to watch a famous New England poet read one of his most famous poems.

Click on the link below to see the poet himself!

Robert Frost

Check your backpacks!!

You will find this week's homework,a scholastic order form and a math test from topic 7.
Please review the test with your child- this would be helpful.
Scholastic orders are due on Friday 1/31/14.

Ideas for Math

The children have just completed a District assessment in Math. I'm feeling that they need more practice with basic addition and subtraction facts. This is an annual Second grade teacher lament. I have found a cool website and have shared with the kids in school. It would be great to have them use it at home. here is the link  ict games
Also, good ole' fashioned  flash cards from the dollar store work just fine. Have them test you, set up a competition, offer rewards, all of these things will help them to enjoy their work.  The more fluent they are with basic facts, the more success and enjoyment they will have in Math. Basic facts are to math as words are to reading. Good luck

Save the date.

We will be having a Snowtastic Poetry Reading on February 14th. We have not decided on a time yet but we do know it will be in you student's homeroom and it will happen in the afternoon.

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