Yay!!! I am finally able to log into the blog.  We love technology when it works for us.   Here are some reminders for the week.

Thursday, October 1st is PINK OUT DAY for breast cancer awareness.  If you can, wear a pink shirt and uniform bottoms.

Friday, October 2nd: Schools are closed for professional development.

All STAR assessments are done.  We sent home information regarding your child's performance on the assessment.  It went home in their yellow folders yesterday.  Please go over this information with your child and let us know if you have any questions.  

This week in reading we are working on...

*Asking and answering questions about the text

*Writing personal narratives

*Using commas in writing 

*Continents and Oceans

Week of September 21-25:

Wednesday: Reading Star Test will be administered on September 23.  Mrs. Hull's homeroom is 9:50-10:20 and Mrs. Cummings's homeroom is 1:20-1:50.

Spelling test is Tuesday.  Only those students who did not receive a  100% on the pretest are required to take the spelling test.  A list of words went home with the students last Tuesday to study.  Spelling City is also up and running.  Log on to www.spellingcity.com/hull2ndgrade/ .  Our spelling list is on the website and students can play games and activities with our spelling words to practice.  Spelling City also has an app for your smart phones and tablets.

This week in Reading the students will be finishing up the unit on Author's Purpose and Collective Nouns. A collective noun is a word for a group of people, animals or things.   The Collective noun test will be given on Wednesday.  The students have collective noun flash cards that they should be studying.  These are the collective nouns that we are focusing on and also the ones that will be on the test.  This is also a fun website to with collective noun games to play: http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-3-games/ela-games/collective-nouns.html

During our Unit on Author's Purpose, the students have been focusing on why the author writes the text.  The students have been taught that authors write to either persuade, inform or entertain.  The students will be given the author's purpose test on Friday, September 5th.

Air Show Field Trip:

1: Clear water bottle (okay)

2: Sunscreen 

3: No Back Packs

4: Comfortable walking shoe (colors are okay)

5:  Spirit Shirt ( standard school bottoms) Or full school uniform

6: Bring Bag Lunch

Week of September 15:
STAR testing will be this week.  We do not have the specific days and times that the students will be testing.  We will update you as soon as we know. Math Star Test will be given today, September 16th.  Reading STAR test will be given Wednesday September 23rd.

Imagine Spirit Wear!!! Students are allowed to wear Imagine Andrews shirts this Friday!!

Andrews Air Show Field Trip is this Friday.   Permission slips went out yesterday.  The cost of the trip is $4.  The air show can be loud.  Please send in ear plugs with your child if you feel that they will be sensitive. We also recommend bringing a water bottle.  The bus will leave between 9:30 and 10:00 and return between 2:00-2:30.  We highly recommend that students bring a bag lunch but if  your child needs to pack a lunch then please indicate so on the permission slip.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Week of September 8th:

Back to School Night September 10th!!!!!  We hope to see everyone there!

School Closed on Monday September 14th

Bring in those Box Tops!  We are currently collecting box tops for the month of September so keep collecting them.

STAR Assessment:  The STAR assessment that was scheduled for last week was postponed to next week.  We will post the testing schedule next week for the days and times that our second graders will be testing.