We were full of tricks in week 6!

IMPORTANT DATES FOR FAMILIES TO REMEMBER:

Friday, 10/20: Principal Coffee – Memorial-Spaulding Sped PAC (Parent Advisory Council) to meet on October 20th @ 8:30 am in the Cafe. All parents of current special education students are invited to attend.

Tuesday 10/24-Thursday 11/2: Fall Conferences - Click HERE if you have not already signed up for a fall conference. 

Thursday, 11/2: Early Release - 12:30 dismissal

IMPORTANT NEW INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES:

Fall gourds:

Thank you so much to the families who sent in pumpkins and gourds! We have a traditional orange pumpkin, a pumpkin with green "warts", a white pumpkin, and assorted mini gourds. We are looking for 2 more volunteers to bring in 1 large gourd each. I noticed recently that they have them at Roche Brothers outside on the sidewalk. If you would be willing to donate one to the class, please reply all and describe what you are planning to bring in. Thanks in advance!

Check and update your child's student info on Skyward:

In a few of my recent attempts to contact families via information in Skyward (the system that we use to store student contact information and how you view your child's report card), I have noticed some incomplete information, such as only one phone number for contact. We use this when trying to reach families and may need to reach you quickly in an emergency. Please log into Skyward to check and update your contact information. If you know how to log in and are familiar with the system, click HERE. If you would like to watch a short video tutorial about Skyward to further familiarize yourself with the system, click HERE. Thank you!

REMINDERS FOR FAMILIES:

Home Toys/Trading Cards: We have a no home toy/no trading card policy in second grade. Please reinforce this at home and do not allow your children to bring toys from home or trading cards, such as Pokemon cards to school. There have been issues with this at lunch recess and home toys/trading cards are becoming a distraction. Thank you! 

Absence from Extended Day: If your child attends extended day and will be absent from extended day for any reason (absent from school, playdate after school, etc), on a day that s/he usually attends, please call extended day at 617.630.5151.

Fall conferences: Please sign up for a fall conference at your earliest convenience. At this conference, we will discuss your child's transition to second grade, look at work together and plan for a successful second grade year. 

Wishlist: I’ll be posting items to our classroom wish list when there is a specific need or wish that would help enhance learning in our classroom. The items posted will likely change throughout the year, but for now they are mostly books that will enrich our classroom’s independent reading and read aloud libraries. If you are curious, you’ll always be able to find it through our classroom’s Sign Ups page. Click HERE to go there.

ASK ME ABOUTS:

Ask me about...

• my bat schema
• any meaningful connections I made when reading this week
• my 4th grade buddy
• my small moment story or stories that I have written or am writing...what are some ways I tried to hook my audience?
• what I now know about seeds and how they travel 
• how turn around facts give me fact super powers

LOOKING FORWARD:

Looking forward, we will:

• continue our reading work of practicing making text to self, text to text and text to world connections and tell how the connections I make help me better understand what I read.
• learn about closed syllable exceptions and vowel teams for reading (Click HERE for unit 3 family fundations letters.)
• continue strengthening our small moment stories through adding sensory details, feeling and word choice
• continue our math practice of addition and subtraction to 20
• begin our first social studies unit on world geography and landforms

Have a great weekend!