November Book it!

ALL November Book It! coupons came home last week. 

If your child read 15 days or more in November, and turned in their calendar, they received their FREE pizza coupon! So good! They also received an extra incentive from me to start their day off on good choices for the week. Wow! 

*Students can explain to you what that means :)

Report Cards

Report cards came home Friday! 

Please take a moment to sit down with you child to look over their successes and areas we will continue to work on. 

You may keep the report card, and all other papers inside the envelope. However, please send back your child's report card envelope signed. We will reuse this for the next round of report cards. Thank you!

A new Book It! for the month of December went home!

GOAL: 15 Days of reading (or more!)

* Please return ALL November Book It! forms by Friday, Dec. 6th.

A December Epic calendar also went home! Super fun activities to join in on for the whole month!

If your child did not get one of these please let me know.

Thank you!

I Survived the Titanic

We are beginning a book study in class. 

I Survived: The Sinking of the Titanic. 

Not only are we reading this as a class, but we are also talking about the vocabulary and having comprehension discussions per chapter.

We are enthralled in the book and are enjoying a good read about an actual event in history!  

Hagerty Gives Back

Hagerty insurance participated in Giving Tuesday once again!

ALL second graders in TCAPS went home with a brand new cook called If I Built a Car. Great book!!

 

 

  Three awesome Hagerty employees visited Westwoods to not only read and pass out the book, but they also brought swag for the kids to construct! They were able to build their very own Hagerty sunglasses!! They had fun doing it! 

Thank you to Hagerty for your generous donation of books and sunglasses to all second graders! 

 

 

 

Big Day!

Tuesday, December 3rd has A LOT happening!

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION!

Field trip to The Polar Express

Please have your child's permission slip filled out online.
The Polar Express Permission Form
A donation of $2 covers your child's bus transportation. The movie is free!

OR
Gingerbread house making

Please check out the sign up genius if you would like to donate to your child's celebration.
Gingerbread Making Supplies

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OTHER REMINDERS...

Optional homework due

LA/Writing and Math activities were passed out before break. If students turn this in on Tuesday they will recieve a clip up for each.

December Scholastic book order due

If you would like me to place your order please have this in by Tuesday, Dec. 3. Please only send in a check made out to Scholastic Books. Thank you!

Book It! calendar due

Please have ALL November Book It! calendars due! Please have these turned in no later than Friday, Dec. 6th. I will have all December calendars going home on Monday, Dec. 2. Happy reading!

Hagerty Gives Back

At 3:15 Hagerty employees are coming to Westwoods to read all second graders a story! When that story concludes all students will be receieving that story to take home to add to all personal libraries! Thank you Hagerty!

Dec. Scholastic Book Order

On Tuesday, all students brought home a large December book order. There are FOUR magazines attached. If you would like to place an order please have this in by
Tuesday, Dec. 3rd

If you are completing your order online, you are welcome to make your order when you want, whenever you want, as many times as you want.  

Our Class Activation Code HFPT3

Please also remember to write a check with any orders made out to Scholastic Book Club for the exact amount. (One check for the total amount).  

Please NO CASH

Also, if you are ordering any books as gifts please let me know. I can set those books aside and get them to you at a separate time.

Thank you!! 

OPTIONAL Homework

OPTIONAL Homework for Thanksgiving break!

Both are pages below we did not get to in the classroom on Tuesday. I decided to send home as an activity to do over the break. I did not tell the kids this was OPTIONAL, so please pass on the message. Number one over the holiday break is to rest, relax, enjoy family and have fun! If kids could squeeze in a little time for a fun math and language arts activity that would be a bonus!

Each completed piece can get a clip up on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd for an added incentive.

LA/Writing - How to Cook a Turkey

This writing activity can be as goofy as the students would like! They can dress the turkey with any condiment, cook it in any appliance, and then present it with a silly finale. Details and elaboration are key! There is a planning page and a final form writing page. Have fun!

Math - 2 Digit Addition

Two digit addition with and without regrouping is something we have been working on in the classroom. Have the students show off their skills with this fun and festive math activity. Please encourage students to read and follow the directions. Thanks!

Facts & Opinions

This past week one of our focuses were facts and opinions. Students had fun learning the difference between each and then applying to different areas of learning. In addition to having fun with all facts and opinions under the sun, we also applied it to our Journeys anchor text this week, Jellies.

They had to dig into their information text and find facts and opinions from the text...while creating a jellyfish at the same time. Turned out awesome!

These came home on Friday for you to now enjoy!