Mrs. Spencer's Classroom Blog

Our spelling pattern this week is long e spelled with ee, ea, or y.

Pattern words – treat, clean, seat, mean, need, week, feed, peek, very, baby

Sight words – new, must, ate, over, any

Thank you for attending our Thanksgiving plays. The children had a wonderful time performing for you and you were a great audience!

We hope you can join us for our  next performance, a 2nd Grade Concert,  on Friday, December 16, at 2:30.  Our class loves to sing!

We will be decorating gingerbread houses on Wednesday, December 21, at 1:30. If you would like to come to help please make sure you have a volunteer form on file in the office.

I am sorry to have  to ask again but we are in need of Kleenex.

You are invited to attend our Thanksgiving Plays on Tuesday, November 22 at 11:00 and 2:00 in our classroom, room 211. Please sign in at the office. The plays are very short so please be on time or you might miss them.

There is no school on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday this week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Please remind your child to read everyday.

Michigan Weather!

It is very cold outside. Please be sure your child is dressed to be outside. The children go outside for lunch recess and we go out for recess daily as well.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Spelling Words

Pattern – long o sound spelled ow, oe, and  oa

Pattern words – know, snow, low, row, toe, foe, road, toad, coat, goat

Sight words – want, came, will, saw, eat

Our Unit 2 Social Studies test will be on Monday, November 21st. We will be working on this unit all week. I am going to send the study guide home tomorrow so please read it over with your child everyday this week as part of their homework.

We are going to continue our math unit  on money, time, and place value. This week, we will focus on telling time, reviewing coins and their values. Please allow your child to sort coins and count coins at home.

Wednesday is a late start! School will begin at 9:40. 

We will be going to the PTA Bookfair on Wednesday morning. 

I will send home reminders for Parent -Teacher Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. If you can not come, please email me at spencej@dearbornschools.org  or leave a voicemail at 827-8075.

We are working on Thanksgiving plays.  My goal is to have the plays ready for you on Tuesday, November 22, at 11:00 and repeated at 2:00. If we need more practice, we will have the plays after Thanksgiving. I will let you know later in the week. 

There is no school on Wednesday, November 23, Thursday, November 24, and Friday, November 25 for Thanksgiving.

Looking forward to a great week!

Our math unit is all about time, money, and place value.  Many children do not know the names of the coins or their values. Please let your child sort real coins and practice naming the coins.   I have added a few math game links here on the blog for coin practice, time practice, and place value.

Weekly Spelling Words – Long i sound

Pattern words – try, cry, pie, tie, wild

Sight words – myself, down, was, are, under

Students have  NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 8 because of Election Day! 

We had a wonderful time on Halloween with Apple Day and Halloween activities. Thank you to all the parents who were able to come in to help!

Here are a few photos of our activities.

Allergy season is here. If you can spare a box of Kleenex we would appreciate it. Thank you.

School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8^th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”

If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.  Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.  Read the rest of this entry »

School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8^th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”

If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools.  Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years.  Read the rest of this entry »