September 4, 2018
Dear Parents,
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.
This week:
Spelling: Our first list to practice comes home on Tuesday, September 4th. The rule to practice is CVC, I and a. You and your child can practice any way you’d like. Some ways to practice would be to practice a different way each night. Monday: write the words 3 times each in a different color. Tuesday, write each word in rainbow colors, Wednesday, make flashcards, Thursday: write rhyming words for each word, and then Friday we will take the test. Tests will be graded as soon as possible and most likely returned on the following Monday.
Reading:
Reading bags/folders will not come home this week as we are currently working on building reading stamina in school and learning students’ book levels so that they can pick good fit books to match their levels. Reading bags/folders will be sent home in a few weeks.
If you would like your child to have reading homework but it hasn’t been assigned yet, feel free to have them choose good fit books at home or read books on myon.
Math: We will begin our math program this week where homework can be found in the “Return Me” section of the folder.
NWEA testing: Nwea testing is given 3 times per school year. Once in the fall to see where students begin the year, once in the middle to monitor progress, and once at the end. Students in 2nd grade are tested in Reading, Math, Science, and Language. We will take our first 2 tests this week on Wednesday and Thursday in the morning.
Have a wonderful week.
Sincerely,
Gina Parana

8-30-18
Dear Parents,
It has been a wonderful first week with your children. We have spent the week going over procedures and routines. The students are very eager to learn the new procedures and rules.
This week we have also been learning about each other: our favorite foods, colors, activities, books, birthdays, etc. I shared with the students some things about me: I love peanut butter and chocolate, reading, swimming, and my favorite color is red. I told the students my birthday is January 4, 1971. We integrated Math by creating a graph of our birthdays.
During our reading block, we went over “Read to Self”, picking good fit books, and 3 different ways to read a book. Ask your child about these things.
Some important dates to remember:
Friday, August 31: No school
Monday, September 3, No school
September 10: Book fair preview
Homework:
So far our homework has been: taking things home that were not finished in school.
Next week we will begin math homework on certain days.
Blog:
Please subscribe to my blog. You can find it by going on to the Dearborn Public Schools website, find a teacher, and type in your email.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Parana

Please see the class dojo site for updated information.

Welcome back to a new week!

Some reminders for this week:

Spelling: drum, frying, price, train, track, dream, frame, printing, traps, trim, french, explore, lakes, North America
Students can practice spelling on their own at home.

Homework: Great job logging reading minutes in the planner each day. Students continue to do a great job reading each night.

Math Homework: Our goal for homework is to build fluency with multiplication. We will be working on the 4s this week but if your child is further ahead than that they are more than welcome to practice the fact they need to work on:)

Field trip money: Field trip money is due! Thank you for turning it in promptly!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

December 17, 2017

Dear Parents,

It’s our last week before winter break. Where has the time gone?

This week we have:

Late Start: Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

Gingerbread Fun: FRiday, December 22, 2017 at 12:45.

Spelling: gr, br, cr pattern
grapes, bring, cried, grow, brain, crow, grace, gray, grain, cross, crowd, brake, jeans, genes.

See the dojo for more announcements:)

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Good Morning!

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Spelling this week:

Double consonant syllable pattern:  happen,  button, bottle, rabbit, soccer, tunnel, better, letter, kitten, cotton, dinner, happen, better, information, places, verbs.

Math:  Regrouping with subtraction and subtraction fluency.

Conferences this week:  I sent reminders to those who have conferences this week:)

Fire House Field Trip:  This Thursday at 9:30.  Volunteers are always welcome:)

Science:  We are finishing our stability and motions science kit:)

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Gina Parana

Halloween Candy Corn Tower Challenge

Good Morning,

I hope everyone is having a great week. Please view the Halloween Fun note to see if you can volunteer or send in some Halloween treats.

The students will be working on a project while they enjoy a juice box, a cookie, and a piece of candy.

So basically what we need is:

Parent volunteers to help organize costume changing the last hour of the day.
25 sugar cookies.
25 juice boxes.

Please let me know what you are able to donate and I thank you in advance.

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Take the survey here

Good Morning!

I hope everyone survived the storms from last week! Michigan has such crazy weather!

This week:

Spelling: honest, honestly, penny, penniless, begin, beginning, friendly, friend, friendliness, clear, clearly, enjoy, enjoyment, accomplish, accomplishment, Bill of Rights, angles, right, turn, degrees.

Math: We begin to study angles: acute, obtuse, right, straight, etc. We will measure, discuss, and explore angles. We will also work on dividing and multiplying:)

Social STudies: We are finishing our unit on government. We will have a quiz this Thursday. Our review and studies have taken place in class.

Science: We have been studying the Earth, moon, and sun. Ask your child all that they know about these topics and study the moon together each night:)

REading: New reading logs were sent home on Monday. You can log minutes on the reading logs and they will be turned in to a drawing each Friday for the month of March. Your child could win a Barnes and Noble gift card if their name gets chosen!!!

Wednesday, March 15th is Late Start.

Wednesday the 22nd is our Music Concert at 6:30. STudents will need to arrive at 6:15 and go to the cafeteria.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and as always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,
Gina Parana

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a wonderful week off from school. The weather was so beautiful!
We will now have a great week at school!

Spelling: disappear, improper, miscommunication, antisocial, import, export, invisible, distrust, mislead, disagree, divide, division, focus, subtract, thrown, throan, aloud, allowed, past, passed.

Reading and Writing: We are studying narrative writing as well as narrative reading.
We will be using strategies we’ve learned to review and practice test items similar to what will appear on the MSTEP test that all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders will take coming up soon in March or April.
Thank you for logging minutes read on the planner and returning the planner to school each day!

Math: We continue to study long division. Please practice at home as much as you can. This concept is very hard for students. We have been taking 3 digit numbers and dividing them by one number. There was a video on youtube that had a little saying to remember the steps in dividing. Divide, multiply, subtract, bring down.
Kahn Academy: I am hoping by now that everyone has logged in to Kahn Academy. Please let me know if you were unable to do so. I hope students have practiced as well. The really nice thing about Kahn Academy is it has the students work on things that they struggled with on the NWEA. It reviews concepts for them, lets them watch videos of things they may have been confused on, and lets them practice.

Science: We are studying the EArth, sun, and moon:)

Social Studies: We continue to learn about our government and the roles of each branch of government: executive, judicial, and legislative:)

Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,
Gina Parana