Next week in M3...

Our first full week of school in quite some time has come to an end! I am constantly amazed by these sweet kiddos!

Reminder:
- Flyers for the Sweetheart Dance went home on Thursday. Our PTA website has more information
- Don't forget about sign ups to be a mystery reader:
 http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090549a8ad2da4f58-mystery
- Our Six Flags reading logs are going to be due next month! Don't forget to fill those up for a free ticket to Six Flags
- Order those yearbooks before it's too late!
- Remind your kiddos about the importance of washing hands and sneezing/coughing in their elbow! We're working hard to keep the germs out of our classroom
- I'll be submitting our next Scholastic book order on the 31st of this month you can place your orders online at scholastic.com/bookclubs with our class code: RBZR3
- On Valentine's Day we will have an exchange, NOT a party. I will send home a list of class names once it gets closer. Please make sure that your child has a valentine for each person in our class. I will have bags for the kids to decorate that morning.
- Please refer to the green school calendar that was sent home today for upcoming school events

What we're learning:
Reading: Compare and contrast two stories
Writing: Caldecott book award opinion writing
Grammar:Adjectives
Phonics: /oo/ syllable patterns
Math: 10 more, 10 less/100 more, 100 less (mentally adding and subtracting). We will also continue practicing adding and subtracting within 1000
Content: We'll start learning about Jackie Robinson

Bonus learning: To go along with our pushes and pulls unit that we did we are going to have a video call with the Denali Sled Dog team! We will do this next Tuesday (Target friends will join on a call with another class on Monday).


Spelling:
brook
push pull
push
look
full
bully
bookshop
seagull

away
got
later
head
read
saw


Wish List:
-Pencils
-Erasers
-Crayons
-Clorox wipes

THANK YOU to families that have donated to our class! We appreciate it more than we can say.

Updates for the week...

Spelling words will be the same since we were  not here to practice them. As far as what we're learning, we're going to keep on with was was planned for last week so we can be sure to get all that awesome knowledge in! 

*If your child did not complete last week's homework, it is up to you whether they do it or not. I am sending home a new homework sheet today that will cover the same material. 

 
THIS THURSDAY is STEM night at KSE! 6:30-8:30 on the 2-5 campus! We have many great presenters coming to show off their career in the field of STEM, a food truck, and a free raffle! I hope to see you all there. 

Ice Day!

You heard right, we’re out again tomorrow!

If your kids are just so sad about having no school work to do (I can almost hear the eyes rolling), don’t forget about our online resources! I have kidsa-z.com (reading) and mobymax.com (a little bit of everything) set up and the kids have all logged in before. Today I set up mathzor.com for everybody. The log in will be your child’s first and last initial @cpellegrini (ex: CP@cpellegrini) for the username and their password is 123. This is great fact fluency practice.

Spelling from this week will be assessed next Friday after we've been able to practice together. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I hope you’re all staying safe and warm! 

Next Week In M3...

Rain, rain go away! We miss the playground!

Reminders and announcements:
- NO SCHOOL on Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Mother Son Date night flyers went home yesterday! Make sure to get your tickets!
- I have received a couple questions regarding the Science Fair...We are completing our science fair project in class (importance of hand washing using slices of bread) so no need for you all to worry about getting a project done.
- I will submit our next Scholastic order on January 30th.
- Don't forget to keep filling in the Six Flags reading log for a free ticket to Six Flags!


What we're learning:
Math: Adding to sums within 1000
Reading: Finishing up with fables
Writing: We will dive into opinion writing
Grammar: Adverbs and adjectives
Phonics: /oi/ diphthong and /ou/ syllable patterns
Content: We will finish up our learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Spelling:
down
shout
mouth
town
sprout
south
surround
powder
outside

don't
head
last
put
saw
school
took

This link: http://academics.cobbk12.org/index.php/ad/tl/iandi/math/#1470316751360-16cb7b4c-0e7b will take you to a page that can also be found by navigating through the Cobb County website! If you scroll to the bottom of the page and chose 2nd grade there are math videos to each unit (except 4...which happens to be what unit we're on but I'm told that video is coming soon)! Please take a look.

Next Week In M3...

Friday already? These two days flew by! It's been great to get back to our routines. We spent some time talking about resolutions and each student came up with their own for school! Ask them about it tonight!

Reminders:
-Report cards come home TODAY! Please only return the signed envelope and please do not seal it. Make sure you keep your child's report card.
-Monday will be a C day so we will have PE. Please make sure your child is wearing appropriate shoes.
-If there is a change in transportation make sure to send a note in your child's folder
-I know a couple of you are still waiting on your scholastic orders. They could not be delivered while the school was closed over the break but they are being redelivered to us.

Wish list:
-Pencils
-Glue sticks
-Crayons
-Pink erasers

What we're learning next week:
Reading: We will begin learning about fables
Writing: We will finish up our state informational papers and move into opinion writing
Grammar: Intro to verbs
Phonics: diphthong /oi/ syllable patterns and vowel diphthong /ou/ syllable patterns
Math: Adding more up to four addends (ex: 32 + 12 + 24 + 10 = ?)
Content: We will continue to learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and observe our science fair experiment (the importance of hand washing)

Spelling:
down
shout
mouth
town
sprout
south
surround
powder
outside

don't
head
last
put
saw
took

Welcome Back!

Happy New Year! Did you know that this is the year of the dog? I think that means it's going to be a great one (so does Sammy). 

I hope you've all had a wonderful and relaxing winter break! I am so ready to have the kiddos back and hear all about the fun they've had over the past two weeks. 

Announcements/Reminders:

-Tomorrow will be a A specials day so we will have art. 

-If you haven't ordered your yearbooks the price has increased but there's still time to order!

-Any Square1 Art that was not picked up is in our classroom and will be sent home tomorrow. 

-No school on January 15th in honor of MLK Jr. Day

- Don't forget that if your child is doing the Six Flag Reading Log I need to have it back by February 16th (I believe that's the date I changed it to) so I can have them submitted by March 1st! 

 -Report cards will be coming home on Friday! 

What we're learning:

Grammar: Review 

Phonics: None

Writing: Finishing up our state informational papers

Reading: We will read about resolutions and make our own for the remainder of the school year

Math:Review of strategies and continued practice of 1 and 2 step word problems 

Content: We will get started on our science far project and I will introduce Martin Luther King Jr.