Hi Parents and Fourth Graders! Just wanted to make a mention that if you have not checked out the “School Supplies 2015/16” page at the left side of our blog, you are going to want to, now that all the school supplies sales are beginning at our local stores! So just click on over there and you will see all of the things we will be needing for our school year. Happy shopping and see you all soon in the last week of August for Open House!
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Market Day!!!
Dear Parents,
Our students are working on an Economics Unit for social studies, in which part of their learning involves creating a product to sell at our Market Day on Feb. 13th. In order to create their products, the students have created a list of supplies that we will need in order to create the goods that they are going to sell. We are asking parents, if they are able, to donate some of the following supplies and send them in by Monday, January 27th! Here’s what we need:
duct tape of all designs
ziploc sandwich bags
toothpicks
Q-tips
lots of clay in lots of colors
red yarn
googley eyes of all sizes
sports stickers
small letter stickers
bobby pins
2-4 new sets of markers
paint you can use with clay?
We appreciate anything that you can supply! Students are excited to get into production next week! On Market Day, we throw open all of our second grade classroom doors and sell our wares! Students will learn about goods and services, consumers, production, and profit. It’s one of the best days in second grade!
Thanks for your help!
Mrs. Quigley 
2nd Grade Summary!
Hi Parents and Students!
This is my first post for the year! I want to say THANK YOU for all of the wonderful supplies you have sent in to support our classroom! We really appreciate it. They will be well-used throughout the upcoming weeks and months.
We are off to a really great start. The children have been doing a great job creating a caring community of learners. We are learning about our brains and how to calm them. We are getting back into routines and firing up those brain cells! We have even starting reading level assessments to make sure we are picking “Just Right” books.
In approximately 2 more weeks, we will be starting library. Students will be allowed to check out 2 books. One book will have to be a Reading Counts book, and the other book can be anything they are interested in. Reading Counts starts this year. This program takes the place of the WEB reading your child did in 1st grade. Every night they will come home with a library book to read in a baggy. Your student will read their book at home that evening, and then come to school and sign up for a Reading Counts test on the computer. This test will consist of 10 questions, checking your student’s comprehension of the book. If your child passes the quiz, they return it to the library and get another one. If they don’t pass the quiz, they have an opportunity to read the book again the next night, and then try again the next day. More information will be coming home about this in the future. Keep your eye out for a gallon size baggy and directions coming home.
Finally, we had fun making this I-Pick video for you below. Be sure you check it out!
Have a great rest of the week and don’t forget school pictures are this Monday, Sept. 16th!!! -Mrs. Q
One More Quick Post!!
Parents,
I forgot to ask if any of you have any extra Christmas wrapping you could donate? We have a special surprise coming home for you soon, but we will need a little wrapping paper for these precious items! I sure would appreciate any donations! Also, with this nasty flu going around, we are using a lot of disinfectant wipes. We could use more of those too! Thanks so much!!
2 G Summary! 9/26/11
Hey Everyone! Happy Sunday/Monday! This is the 2 G Summary! My nick name for the second grade update! I will try to keep you updated each week with what is going on in our classroom! We have lots to say – so here goes!
First, a big thank you for all of the supplies you have contributed to our classroom! We could not make it without all of the wonderful donations from our families. We will put it all to good use for sure!
Next, our Walk-a-Thon was a success on Thursday! The rain held off and we were able to walk for 45 minutes to an hour! Most students made their goals they had set for themselves! Thank you again everyone for your contributions! These days we are doing more with less and we are very thankful as a staff for your help! Parents if your student is still collecting money for their packet, they can send it in this week. (More pictures at the end of the post!)
Third, our field trip news! I apologize everyone that I have not yet been able to notify those moms/dads that have been chosen as chaperones, due to waiting on background checks to be completed. I was notified on Friday at the end of the day that those are now complete! So I will be sending home notices to those parents who are chosen. The kids and I will pull names from a hat. Just a note, moms and dads, if you really want to come and you are not chosen, just plan to drive yourself or carpool with a few other moms and meet us there! You may not be able to ride the hay wagon with us, due to room, however, Klackle’s has a great gift shop and lots of baked goods! I’m SURE you will find some way to entertain yourselves while you wait for us! 🙂 The field trip is October 4th at Klackle’s Orchard in Greenville.
Now for our subjects we are learning in school! Thank you for getting those homework packets in on Mondays or sooner! Reading Counts is off to a good start! Some answers to questions my wonderful students have asked are as follows: Yes, books should be sent to school EVERY day. That way your child can read them during Daily 5. Yes, every student should be trying to read every night for at least 15 minutes! The calendars can be sent in on Monday, Oct. 3rd. And moms and dads, I am reminding your students daily that it is THEIR RESPONSIBILITY to get their things into their backpacks for school. 🙂 So often I hear, “my mom forgot to put it in.” 🙂
I will be contacting some parents to help on a weekly basis with Reading Counts tests. I would need these parents to come in on Mondays or Thursdays at 3:00. Please shoot me an email (lquigley@hpseagles.net) and let me know if this would be something you would like to do! Overall, all subjects are going well. In math, practicing addition and subtraction facts would be EXTREMELY helpful. See the site I have listed under my blogroll for a good site to make your own flash cards.
Ok! I think I have been very long-winded!! Sorry about that! I’ll try to be briefer in the days to come! Have a great last week of September! – Mrs. Q
Thanks for the Supplies!!!
Parents,
Just want to post a great big thanks for all of the donations for our classroom! As the year progresses, it is so great to have the necessary items we need to complete projects, keep the germs at bay, and kleenex to wipe our noses as the weather changes from summer to fall to winter to spring. So again thank you, Parents! I could not do it without you!
