Hi Everyone,

Thank you so much for all of the responses for the Halloween Party.  We have everything that we need!  These are the items that everyone will be sending in:

Mrs.  McGowan:  Candy corn and chocolate chips.

Mrs.  McGeary:  Chocolate chips.

Mrs.  Hazimeh:  Rice cakes.

Raisins, tootsie rolls, plates, napkins, juice boxes, and brown paper bags  accounted for.  Thank you!

Mrs.  Borieo:  2 cans of orange frosting. 

Volunteers:  Mrs.  Dowgiallo, Mrs.  Evanko, Mrs.  Linenkugel, and Mrs. Hearn.

Volunteers can arrive at 12:45 so that you know what to do in the center that you will be working in. 

Thanks so much!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Hi Families,

Monday, October 28th,  is the day of our Fire House Field Trip.  Please be sure that your permission slip is turned in.  Students will eat lunch at school that day and get on the bus around 12:30. We will return to school around 2:00.  Volunteers are welcome to come along.  It’s a very interesting field trip. 

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Download 2.9 tonight for those that have a working printer.  Otherwise, your child will bring home a copy.

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Dear Parents,

There has been a change to the homework tonight.

Students have brought home a homework page.  So you do not need to download anything from the computer.

Wednesday download 2.9.

Thursday 2.10.

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Dear Parents,

Thank you to everyone who will either be volunteering at the Halloween party or donating items!

We have the following:

Mrs.  McGowan:  Candy corn and 2 bags of chocolate chips.

Mrs.  Evanko:  25 brown paper bags and volunteering.

Mrs.  Linenkugel:  Paper bags, paper plates, and volunteering.

Mrs.  Hearn:  Paper plates, napkins, and volunteering.

Mrs.  Borieo:  2 cans of orange frosting.

We still need  25 larger rice cakes in the package, 2 bags of tootsie rolls, and 25 juice pouches. 

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

P.S. 

Students who have returned concussion sheets are:  Antalana, Owen, Dominic, Ayce, and Margaret.  Thank you so much!

Hi Families,

I hope everyone had a wonderful 3 days off! 

Just a couple of reminders: 

Homework Due:  Published writing books due by Friday.  Those who were done chose something to write about.

Reading Calendar and books due.

Math “Halloween” addition and subtraction sheet due. 

Concussion parent letter due.  (This is to be turned in on 10/17/13 or kids cannot participate in gym or recess.)

Home Links:  Last Friday and math paper came home.  A blue card was stapled to the top of the paper.  You can use these instructions to print the Home Links from now on.  Just go to everydaymath.com, log in, click on the key underneath your child’s name.  Then click on the unit number and lesson number.  I will post this homework daily on my blog.  Thursday’s homework will be lesson 2.7.  Students who do not have printers have told me and I can make those copies.  Let me know if you have any questions!

2nd Grade Popcorn  and Bake Sale on Friday, October 18th:  Thank you to Mrs.  Hazimeh who volunteered to pop popcorn this upcoming Friday and to all of the parents who will be donating baked goods for the sale.  All of the proceeds can be applied to educational resources for the classroom!

Have a great rest of the break!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Hi Families,

Just a reminder that Dearborn Public Schools have Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (the 14th, 15th, 16th) off of school in honor of the Eid.  School resumes Thursday.

Homework over the break:  Read each night for 20 minute and  create a Topic List with your child.  This topic list will be a list of interesting things that your child can choose to write about during “Work on Writing.”  Also, your child will be bringing home their Writing Binder and Work on Writing notebook.  Your child will know if they need to finish a book they were working on in class.  Some have finished and some have not.  If your child has not finished they will have the 3 day break to finish.  You can have your child write a story over the break if they tell you they have finished.  Return the stories on Thursday.

Concussion Signatures Due:  Please fill out the concussion paper that will be sent home on Friday and return them Thursday.  Please fill out this new one if you already filled one out before.  The other form was regarding weapons in school.  This form is about what to do if their is a concussion in gym or recess.  Thank you for your cooperation!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

It’s been a busy couple of weeks.  Students have been working hard!  Below is a list of all the things we’ve been learning about:

Math:  Lots of addition practice in the last couple of weeks through lessons and games.

Writing:  We’ve talked about the writing process:  planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.  Many students are working on their published pieces.  I will send them home to finish if students haven’t finished by Friday.  That way students can have the weekend and the 3 days next week to finish.  Some students have already finished their published pieces.  Parents who want extra writing practice can have their kids write at home over the 3 day break.

Reading:  Great job with the reading homework.  It’s very important for kids to be reading each night, reading books that are just right for them, not too hard and not too easy.  Students have been working and practicing strategies such as:  chunking the sounds, stretching sounds and rereading, asking important details such as who, what, when, where, why, and how.  We also practiced what fluent reading sounds like.  Fluent reading should sound expressive and sound like someone talking.

Spelling:  We’ve been looking at parts of words and noticed how knowing a word or chunk of a word can help a student read and write new words that look like the known word.

Science:  We’ve been learning about the  needs of plants and the life cycle of plants:  seed, plant, flower, fruit.

Social Studies:  We’ve been learning about citizens in the community and what makes a good citizen.  We discussed respect and responsibility of citizens in the Dearborn community.

Popcorn/Bake Sale:  October 18th is our popcorn/bake sale.  Thank you so much for the notification of baked good parents will be sending in.  All of the money earned can be applied to classroom supplies, books, etc.

Field Trip:  We will go on a field trip to the Dearborn Fire House on Monday, October 28th from 12;30-2:30.  A permission slip will come home soon.

Halloween Party:  We will have a Halloween party on Thursday, October 31.  Details will come home in a note soon.

I’ll be sending home the math log in cards soon.  This way, parents can print the Home Links at home after reading the blog about what home link to print.  If anyone does not have a printer please let me know and I can make your child a copy.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana