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Newsl etter 8/25/14

Vol ume 1, Issue 2


Fortsons Bulletin 2
nd
Grade Newsletter
Welcome to the 3
rd
week of school! Wow! Time flies when we are having fun
learning!!! The students are doing an excellent job at following the rules,
walking in line, and getting along with their peers. Please continue to
encourage our child to exhibit responsible behavior and demonstrate self!
control.
"an of the students have found that #
nd
grade is bus. There are a lot of
standards we must get through before the students are read for third
grade. Please continue to encourage our child to tr his$her best in ever
assignment given.
Thank ou so much for all ou do to help me help ou child.
From The Teachers Desk
Weekly Acaem!c Focus " Voca#ulary
READING: The students will learn about main idea and how to
demonstrate and recount events and details of thoughts, actions, and
feelings.
~detail, events, main idea
WRITING: The students will learn about collective nouns, how to identify
them, and use them in writing.
~noun, collective nouns, groups
PHONICS: The students will learn/review that sounds short and long
vowels make. They will also discuss long vowels, compound words, and
silent e.
~vowels, long, short, compound words, silent e
MATH: The students will continue place value. They will also learn about
skip counting, number names, expanded form, word form, and standard
form.
~place value, ones, tens, hundreds, skip counting, word form,
standard form, expanded form, number names.
SCIENCE: The students will discover the three properties of matter and
how they can change.
~matter, solid, liquid, gas, dissolve, condensation, evaporation
SOCIAL STUDIES The students will distinguish the diference among
CLASSROOM WISH LIST
Ziplock Bags
Gummy Bears
Healthy Treats
Clorox Wipes
Baby Wipes
$r! %c! &al Dr' (eester )w! %t
V! ce*$r! %c! &al +rs' A%,el -o%,
NOTE:
Please sign the agenda
nightly.
Homework due Friday.
August 27th-School
Council/Title Parent
!eeting "#$##am.
Accelerated %eader will
&egin on Se'tem&er ".
(a&or )ay Holiday-
Se'tem&er ".
sgiy
%omework Plus! write a stor using some of our spelling words in the
composition book. This will be due on &rida of each week. This will help
our child improve their writing skills.
Please do all homework in the 'omposition (ook.
Thurs.* Se't +- Curriculum ,ight. -S.( /$0#-1$##'m with !rs.Holmes. All
othersrom 1$##-7$## in homeroom.
Students are res'onsi&le 2or making sure they ha3e their homework inside
their 2older.
Important Information
(elow is a list of helpful websites for our child to explore at home. )ou will
find learning games that will in enhance the learning we do in class.
http://www.spinandspell.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.softschools.com/
http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games.html
http://www.abcya.com/second_grade_computers.htm
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
http://www.mathchimp.com/2nd-grade-math-games
Acaem!c Tr!.!a
/el&0ul We#s!tes
http://averyblock.weebly.com/
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1uest!o%2 If 20 people are drinking Capri Sun, 16 are eating fish, and 12 are
doing both, what fraction of the people is eating fish and Capri Sun?
Last Weeks !nswer" #"$0
Monroe Elementary has the saying: When You Miss School, You Miss
Out!! This is a true saying. Each time your child is absent your child
misses out on aluable time from learning. !ur goal is to hae "##$
attendance each day. The student%s goal should be to come to school
eery day ready to learn something new. &e urge you to send your child
each day on time. 'chool begins at (:#). Try to aoid checking your
child out early. Een a little ")-*# minutes make a di+erence. Each day
your child comes to school he/she is further e,uipped with the proper
tools to pass any assessment gien. -t takes all parts working together to

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