March 17-21

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope everyone remembered to wear GrEeN today:) I know my kiddos looked very festive today!!

This week we are reading the story One Dark Night (pgs. 184-203). We are working on sequence (first, next, then, last/finally). Our phonics skill is Prefixes...

pre- before... prepay (pay before)

re- again... reread (read again)

dis-/un- not... disagree (do not agree)/unhappy (not happy)

Please practice these prefixes with your child each night. This skill is the focus in our spelling words as well.

Spelling Words:
1.unsafe                  6. retie                  11. preschool2.preheat                7. rewind              12. disagree3. rerun                  8. unpack                 *prehistoric4. disappear           9. unplug                  *unfortunate5.unlock               10. regroup                *reunion*=Bonus Words

We will be continuing our Measurement unit this week in math. We will be using a ruler to measure objects in inches and feet! Let your child practice at home by giving them a ruler and allowing them to go to town measuring all kinds of household things!

This week is our last week before.....

~~ SPRING BREAK!!!~~

The kiddos are more than ready for this BrEaK. They are going stir crazy in the classroom and are ready to be OUTSIDE! To be honest, I am too:) These pretty days, full of sunshine, are making me want to be outside running and reading! I will be sending home some reading homework over the break, BUT before you get all upset about having homework to check, it will be fluency. It won't take too long each day and it will help your child to stay on track! DIBELS will be coming up again soon and the goal is

87 words per minute.

 That seems like a lot of words for your child to read in 1 minute but I know with consistent practice your child can and will MAKE it!!! 

The week we come back from Spring Break, we will be going to the Circus. It will be April 4th, in Huntsville:)

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

March 10-14

WHEW!!! We made it through last week! What a fun and crazy BUT tiring week:) We had lots of great times last week and did lots of fun crafts:) Here are a few pictures of last week...

We had so much fun! Lisa Spence and Hannah Rains were some of our Guest Readers! We even took a trip to the AHS Fine Arts Center to watch Jack Hartmann to ~DANCE~.

This week is back to normal (or at least 2nd Grade normal(:) 

Our Reading Story is Fire Fighter! pgs. 158-171. We are studying the skill: Suffixes (endings) -ly, -ful, -or, -er.

-ly.... in a ______ way (quickly.... in a quick way)

-ful.... full of   (powerful.... full of power)

-or/-er.... a person who (sailor.... a person who sails/teacher.... a person who teaches)

Spelling Words:

1.   cheerful

2.   visitor

3.   slowly

4.   weekly

5.   teacher

6.   helper

7.   hardly

8.   graceful

9.   yearly

10. quickly

11. fighter

12. sailor

*13. gardener

*14. competitor

*15. extremely

Words to Know: station, building, roar, masks, quickly, tightly, burning

Upcoming Events:

*March 24^th-28^th: Spring Break!

*April 4^th: Trip to the Circus! If you haven’t paid $20.00, Please do so as soon as possible!

From the Teacher:

*Please send in Lysol Wipes, Kleenex, and Germ-X! We are need of all these products!

Contact info:

Jennifer Rains

jrains@albertk12.org

March 3-7

Good Morning!

This week is going to be a busy week! This is READ ACROSS AMERICA week!!! I am so excited about all the fun dress up days and activities we have for this week:) We have the Book Fair here each day and our Family Reading Night is Thursday from 5:00-7:00! It will be a great night to spend with the family! We also get to see Jack Hartmann at the Albertville High School Fine Arts Center this week (so much and so busy but very exciting)!


We will be reviewing this week in Reading. We will take our Unit 4 Assessment. We are also going to be reading a lot of Dr. Seuss books and completing fun activites that go along with the books.

Dress up days as follows:

Monday: “Hats off to Seuss” wear your favorite hat.

Tuesday: “Fox in Socks” wear crazy socks.

Wednesday: “Wacky Wednesday” Dress Wacky!

Thursday: Pajama Day

Friday: Dress as your favorite book character.

I can't wait to see everyone dressed up and ready to celebrate Dr. Seuss and his many wacky books!!

Feb. 14

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Wow! What a week:) We began the week like a normal week and it turned out to be anything but that! I hope everyone had fun in the snow and rested on their days off:) I was about stir crazy by Thursday! I am glad to be back at school with the kiddos.

Today is Valentine's Day! Whoo Hoo:) We are going to have a fun heart-filled day. We will pass out valentine's and eat yummy snacks!

This week has been crazy and such a short one! So next week we will just pick up right where we left off Monday.

Spelling Words

1.       joy

2.     noise

3.     royal

4.     moist

5.     broil

6.     cowboy

7.     spoil

8.     joint

9.      foil

10.enjoy

    11.destroy

    12.loyal

*employee

*corduroy

*turquoise

This Week In Reading

Our sweet story this week will be

I Like Where I Am. (pages 100-115) The comprehension skill this week is theme and plot. Our comprehension test will be given on Thursday.

Vocabulary Words:

tears strong trouble giant fair block chuckle

What are we Learning?

Math-  Chapter 7- Money and Time

Vocabulary: dollar, dollar sign, coin, cent, dime, nickel, penny

Grammar- This week we will learn about adverbs that tell when and where

Upcoming Events:

*:Jack Hartmann Concert! The cost is $3.00- Jack Hartmann has been rescheduled for sometime in March.

*February 24^th: Circus Field Trip money is due. $20.00 for students, $13.00 for parents.

*March 3-7: Read Across America Week

From the Teacher:

*Check your child’s folder each night!

* When sending lunch money, please put your child’s lunch number on the envelope.

*We are still having a BOX TOP contest. Please send in all Box Tops that you come acrossJ

Contact info:

Jennifer Rains

jrains@albertk12.org