Mrs. Ballnik's Second Grade

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Mrs. Ballnik’s Class My e-mail is ballnic@dearbornschools.org
Friday, September 22, 2017
Important Days to Remember
Gym on Tuesday-Please remember to wear tennis shoes and bendable clothes (not jeans).
Parent Conferences are on November 9, 15 and 16 from 4:15 – 6:30 p.m.. Thank-you for signing up at Open House. If you were not able to come to Open House, please send me a note with the time and I will tell you if it is taken. If you email me, it will be easy for me to reply.

PLANNER
Please bring them every day.
FRIDAY SPELLING TESTS
Every Friday there will be a spelling test. Please study the 10 words and the spelling pattern. They will also get 5 words from the Dolch word (very common words in reading list) to practice. These will be written by your child in their planner on Mondays. Please practice every day with your child so that they will do well on the Friday Spelling test.
Spelling tests will be corrected and sent home on Monday. Students that show their tests to their parents and get them signed will receive a reward.
I don’t have time to correct and record tests on Friday.

MATH- We will have Unit 1 math test soon. The test has numbers with tens and ones to sequence such as 89 90 ___. It also will have
-greater and lesser than < > and equal to =
– take a number apart, such as 25 is _____tens ____ ones
-there will be tens and ones pictures to write the number for
Review addition homework as it comes home. Homework is usually due the next day. Please continue to review addition sums to 10 and then above to 20 with your child.
Look for the study guide to come home near the end of next week. I hope to give the Unit 1 test on Friday or the following week. We had to switch around the computer test times because of a computer problem and that may put the test back.
Go over the study guide by giving additional practice that is made up from the items that you feel needs practice. Then return it to school signed by the parent for credit. Remember, we fill the study guide in together, so please check it over to see if it is correct. I send it home that day and usually can’t check everyone’s study guide before they leave.
Response questions are extra credit, but very important to learn to do. Those are the fill in the blank questions on the test. Ask your child to explain how they get answers to be able to do the next step of writing how they get their answers.
SCIENCE. – MYSTERY BAGS CAME HOME and are due by next Wednesday. We will listen to your child present his/her bag as the bags come in.
The mystery bag should be returned by Wednesday. Please help your child fill in the paper describing the object that they put in the bag. Our class will have fun trying to guess the object when your child reads the description. Please work with your child on this.
We will continue to learn that our world is made up of Matter and ways TO DESCRIBE THAT MATTER, such as, words that tell its color, size, texture and shape. Please discuss other properties also, such as, does it float or sink, what type of matter is it; solid, liquid or gas. etc. We will be making a solid, liquid or gas flip book next week.

SOCIAL STUDIES- We continue to learn what a community is and reasons to live in one, such as to get our 3 basic needs and for safety.
READING- Read, Read, Read!
Please be sure that your child reads something at least 20+ minutes per day. In addition, reading aloud to your child is important also.
BOOK BAGS
If your child has a book bag from first grade, please bring it in to use this year. I will send bookroom books home soon, but please go to the library on a regular basis, if you do not already do this. I need to finish reading testing for all of the students before I send home correct book level books.
Star of the Week!
We started the Star of the Week by having a name picked out of the can of sticks with everyone’s name on it. Each child will make a “I like (student’s name) because” _______page for the Star of the Week book that each Star will get. The Star also takes home a poster to fill out and bring back the next day to present to the class. Star students also get to be the line leader and have other special jobs!

Congratulations to Mohamad Hammoud for being the Star of the Week!

Happy Birthday to Sathwik Dondapati on September 17th!
Happy Birthday to Ayah Majed on September 19th!

Have a great weekend with your wonderful child!
Mrs. Ballnik

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