WELCOME TO THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR!

Aha! Those of you who attended Open House were promised I would update our 2nd grade site. It turns out I currently can't access it from school (how ironic!) and am attempting to do so at home. So here goes.....

Last week was GREAT. I honestly don't know when I've had so much fun meeting a new class. The kids were all pleasant, respectful, and knew how to have fun when the situation called for it. We're going to have a terrific year. The kids all wrote about their first day in their journals. We'll edit their paragraphs and hang them in the hallway a.s.a.p.

Our theme for September is Communities. We've been reading about the many kinds of jobs a community can offer. We brainstormed all the jobs necessary to help keep a classroom moving smoothly, then we applied and were hired for those jobs. This week we'll study the variety of goods and services a community needs to be successful.

The homework assignments for last week, Sept. 9-11, looked like this:

Wednesday:

Please give your parents piles of fascinating reading material to peruse, complete, and return.

Thursday:

Please attend Open House and write your street address on the house pattern provided.

Friday:

Please write the names and addresses of three people to whom you could write throughout the year.

Here's the homework for THIS week, September 14-18.

Monday:

Please write the following vocabulary words in descriptive sentences. You'll also find the vocabulary words listed on the bottom of the spelling pretest you'll take home today.

tomorrow ~ the day after today noun

different ~ unlike, not the same adjective

groan ~ to make a deep, unhappy sound verb

excited ~ thrilled, happy about something adjective

carefully ~ using care, thinking about what you're doing adverb

whisper ~ to speak very softly verb

Choose 2 or 3 spelling words to study tonight.

Tuesday:

Please read, complete, and return the Community Workers page.

Choose 2 or 3 more spelling words to study tonight.

Wednesday:

Please interview your parents about their jobs, complete, and return the Parental Careers page.

Keep studying those spelling words!

Wear comfortable clothes today. We'll take a walk around the Village to look at buildings and businesses this afternoon.

Thursday:

Please read, complete, and return the Jobs at Home page.

Don't forget to study for your spelling test tomorrow!

Friday:

Please read, complete, and return the Community Signs page.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Groff