Miss Hawthorne's 2nd Grade: February 2012

This week we....

had Mrs. Matthys come talk to us about our character.
went to the computer lab and got to work with Netbooks which are student laptops!
had LEGO LAB!
made our Valentine Bags for next week!
had a few friends go to the AR store.
had show and tell because we fill our marble jar!!!
got ALL 5 GREEN CONES! Miss Hawthorne is PROUD!
are updating our blog!
are learning Zone Hockey in PE.
started Mr. Klutz is Nutz. We are on chapter 11!
Ms. Stone (a high school student) spent the week in our classroom! We will miss her!!! Big sadness she is leaving! :(
did number of the day! We are on number 107!
are still doing daily 5!
had a friend take clay from art and are still trying to figure out who took it...Honesty is the best policy! We are hoping a friend will come forward to confess.
did a form of division in Math using fractions!
took our fraction test.
learned words with the /oo/ sound. We can spell them with oe, oo, ue ew, u, ui.
will have our Valentine celebration next Tuesday!!! We are excited!!!
did spelling! We love to spell!
got a new computer in our room! It is very fancy!

Counselor Visit

Cool Week! A high school student came to shadow our class for the week!

Lego Lab!

Number of the Day routine!

Show and Tell

We are updating for 2 weeks since we missed our update last week!

We have

been to the library.
eaten lunch on the stage! FINALLY we earned all 5 GREEN cones!
been to computer lab.
finished 2 chapter book: Ms. Daisy is Crazy and Mr. Sunny is Funny. They are hilarious! Mr. Klutz is Nutz is our next book!
gone to art and have gotten to make clay cupcakes!
continued learning new sight words and vocabulary words.
made it to the month of February!!!!!
made it to our 100th day! We celebrated by making candles for our 100 day cake with 100 words we know! We drew a picture ourselves when we are 100. We wrote about what life would be like when we are 100.
gotten a new purple writing folder.
continued Daily 5.
went PE and are learning Hockey!
had Ms. Bell come substitute for us in the morning this Friday so Miss Hawthorne could assess reading.
are still learning rocks!
updating our blog! FINALLY!
had a friend leave our class and move back to Korea! We are VERY sad that he is gone and will MISS HIM A LOT!!!!
have celebrated Miss Hawthorne's half birthday last week! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! Ya'll made me feel special!!
had Mrs. Matthys come visit us.
been doing our spelling tasks.
had some kids visit the AR store.
been learning ai and ay words.
been learning ow and ou words.
taken our test on subtraction with regrouping.
started fractions!!! A fraction is a _________________________. Ask your kids!
learned that illustrations in a story help with comprehension.
been using context clues to define words.
taken a field trip to the Paramount to see Mexican dancing. (Ballet Folklorico). The men danced with machettis.
THE END.

I will be sending home a report with your child's DRA (Reading) and TPRI scores on it next week when I complete testing. If your child is working on or above grade level, a mid-year conference is not necessary. If your child is working below grade level, it is mandatory. Please be looking for these letters to come home some time next week. If your child is working on grade-level and you would like a mid-year conference anyways, OF COURSE we can schedule one!

Have a great weekend!