Accelerated Reader (AR)

Today your child should have brought home information regarding Accelerated Reader, also known as AR. The white sheet is their test results from the STAR test they took. Please review that paper closely as it will give you a lot of information. The pink paper is information on the Parent Home Connect. You can log in and see what books your child is taking quizzes on and how they do on them. It is a really neat program so check it out! I will give them a STAR test each quarter. You can also check the Accelerated Reader link at the top of the page to get more information on this program.

Showcase Tab

Hi Parents! A new tab has been added. Come check out the Showcase tab where you will find pictures and/or classwork. Added are some pictures from today when they were buddy reading their story of the week.

JupiterGrades

A letter will be sent home today with information about JupiterGrades. I think it's a great program and am excited for you to be able to utilize it as well.

Sorry about the spelling tests not being sent home yesterday. They will be going home today along with the JupiterGrades letter and other graded work.

Your child will have spelling homework tonight along with their reading log homework. Make sure to sign your child's log and agenda.

Thanks,

Spelling

I am sending home your child's spelling test paper tomorrow (Tuesday).

Most of the class had a hard time with this past spelling test. We did have a couple of students that received a 100% and even spelled some of the challenge words correctly. Yay! I wanted to let you know that I will not be counting this test as part of their grade.

Starting this week, I will be counting every spelling test as part of their Language Arts grade weekly. Please make sure that your child is studying their spelling words daily. If your child writes a letter backwards, it will be counted wrong. The challenge words on the newsletter will only be for students in the LEAP program. They will complete the 15 plus the 5 challenge words.

As always, if you have any questions regarding spelling please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thanks so much,

Routines

Today we started following our regular schedule. It was nice to start our routines and what we will be doing each day with our curriculum. We also started writing in our agendas today. Some students were able to copy all of their spelling words into their agenda while others had a harder time copying from the board. This will take time and practice. At the end of the day we also wrote what we did for Reading, Math, and Language Arts. Please look at their agendas daily and sign at the bottom. Some students did not get to write in their agendas because they were out for DIBELS testing. Hope you all had a great Monday! Everyone stayed on green today so we had a great day!

BEE Binders

BEE Binders were sent home today with a letter explaining them. B.E.E. stands for Bring Everything Everyday. Please make sure that your child is bringing their BEE Binder to school daily. We are still putting them together so they aren't completed yet. It would be very beneficial for your child to have Divider tabs w/pockets (5 tab). It will help them stay organized. I have used them in the past and my parents LOVED them! Please don't remove papers that are in the protected sheets. Anything that needs to be removed from those sheets will be done at school. Thanks for working with me on getting your child's binder together.

First Day of School

The kids did a really good job today! They made great character choices and earned skittles towards their classroom reward. We played a few games to learn about each other and went over classroom rules and procedures. We went on a tour around the school and they did a great job walking in their ABC order quietly. I am looking foward to learning more about each student and working with them this year.

Welcome!

I would like to welcome you to 2nd grade! It was great meeting everyone that came to Meet the Teacher Night! I'm very excited about this school year and getting to know each and every one of you.

Just a reminder to have all the paperwork that was in the red folder turned in by Friday, August 12th. Make sure to read through everything with your child so they know what to expect this year as well. There is also a page in handbook that you will need to sign and tear out.

Again I am excited to work with you and your child this year and making it a wonderful year!

Thank you,