Thursday, December 8, 2011

 Dear Parents,
On Monday, December 19, our Santa’s Workshop will start at 9:30.  I am still missing CDs and $1 from many children.  They are due Dec. 15th.  Right now I am planning on Becky Cotter, Mike Kitson, Kristin Whipple, Kaci Roller, and Scott DeRuiter.  Please be here around 9:20.

Our Christmas party will be in the afternoon on Tuesday, December 20.  I do not need any parent help, but I do need help with treats.  Please look below for your child’s name.
Carsten-1 quart of vanilla ice cream
Reese-1 quart of vanilla ice cream
Kayda-1 quart of vanilla ice cream
Anna-a big bag of chips
Karly-a big bag of chips
Hunter-a 2 liter of root beer
Aleah-1 quart of vanilla ice cream
 Karri-paper plates and napkins (at least 27)
Alex-plastic spoons (at least 27)
Derrick-12 oz. or larger plastic cups (at least 27)
Macy-a 2 liter of root beer
Wesley-a 2 liter of orange soda

For the gift exchange at our party, I would like each child to bring in a small gift for everyone.  You could go to a dollar store or Wal-Mart and find one item that you can get multiples (for example:  rubber insects, snakes, frogs, bouncy balls, stickers, candy, pencils, erasers, etc.).  This is not meant to break your pocket book.  Please try and keep it under $4.
On Wednesday, December 21, we will have a sing along in the morning and movies in the afternoon.
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Mrs. Wimmler                                                                             







 

















 



















 




Friday, December 2, 2011

Second Grade News

December 5-9
Here is a peek at what we will be working on this week.
Reading:  Our new vocabulary words for this week are: 
          friend                   show                    since                    those
          giants                   gripped                batter                  thousand
          pitched                bounced              advice                  approaching
          bound                  pitching               returned              serious
          terrible                been                    baseball
This week we will practice summarizing the stories we read.  This means that we will be telling about the most important parts of a story in a few short sentences.  As you read at home with your child, please take a few minutes to help your child summarize the stories.        
Spelling:  The new spelling list for this week is stapled to this letter.
Math:  We will continue practicing how to make change from a dollar.  We are learning how to count up from the cost of an item to 100.  For example, if an item costs 26 cents, the students are learning to start counting up from 26 until they reach $1.00 to determine the amount of change due back .  Please take a few minutes every night to make up a few problems to practice with your child.     
Elementary Christmas Program:  We will have our program on Monday, December 12 at 7:00 in the high school gym. 
Santa’s Workshop:  This will be on Monday, December 19 from 9:30-11:00.  Please make sure your child has a CD and $1.00 sent in by December 15 so we can get everything purchased and set up for the workshop.  We could use 1 or 2 more parents to help with this.  Please let me know if you can come to help for a little while that morning.
Classroom Christmas Party:  Our party will be on Tuesday, December 20.  Please have your child bring in 25 small items for our gift exchange.
 Have a great week!
Mrs. Wimmler