Mrs. Spencer's Classroom Blog

I hope everyone had a nice break and stayed healthy.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! 

Weekly Spelling Words

This weeks words have the schwa a sound. 

Pattern – alone, ago, again, away, agree, alike, amazing, above, idea, along

Sight – team, cousin, store, friend, really

Math  –  We will be finishing up Unit 6 in math and the test will be on Friday. The study guide will be the homework that comes home. 

Science   – Erosion is the topic in science this week. We will be doing an erosion activity later in the week.

Please continue to encourage your child to read everyday. 

Field trip notes will be coming home mid week. Please sign both sheets and send in $5.00 for the Dearborn Historical Museum by Monday, March 5. 

Dr. Moughni’s Reading Log is due on Monday. Class February Reading Logs are due on Thursday. 

If you can spare a box of Kleenex it would be appreciated. 

I hope everyone has a nice winter break!

Please encourage your child to read daily. We have a class reading log (the calendar with the hearts on it) and Dr. Moughni sent home a reading log as well. Encourage your child to tell you what they are reading about.

Thank you for all the Valentine treats! The children enjoyed delivering treats and Valentines to their classmates.

We did some graphing with m & m’s at math time. Here are a few pictures of the activity.

Students are sorting graphing M & M’s by color.

Students are sorting and graphing M & M’s by color.

Students are sorting and graphing M & M’s by color.

Students are sorting and graphing M & M’s by color.

Students can access two websites from my blog that are great for math practice. Frontrowed.com is good for math and reading.  Iknowit.com is good for math practice.

I hope everyone enjoyed the snow day on Friday. We will get back to work tomorrow. 🙂

Tomorrow we will have our spelling test for last weeks words. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern – oil, soil, moist, hoist, toy, joy, royal, loyal, coin, join

Sight – work, upon, our, black, pick

Math – we are working on addition and subtraction strategies as well as making and reading graphs. 

Science – we are continuing to learn about how the Earth changes quickly and slowly, (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, weathering and erosion). 

We will begin our new social studies unit, How Do People Work Together in a Community? 

T-shirt orders are due on Friday.

VALENTINE’S DAY! If students would like to bring in Valentines for their classmates, we will share them in the afternoon  on Wednesday. We have 13 boys and 12 girls in our class.  Treats are welcome. 

There is no school next week from Monday, February 19- Friday, February 23.

Parents, please remind your child to bring their library books to school tomorrow. Thank you! 

The social studies test is on Thursday. Students should be studying tonight and tomorrow night. 

Tomorrow is a late start. 

Weekly Spelling List 

Pattern – clown, brown, growl, howl, found, sound, mouse, house, cloud, loud 

Sight – been, seven, together, once, time

We will be WIDA testing this week. The WIDA test is a language test and tests reading, writing, listening, and speaking. If you received the results from last years WIDA test in your child’s folder on Friday then they will be tested again this year. We will be  testing on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Students who are not taking the test will stay in the classroom with alternate work. 

LATE START – Wednesday, February 7. School begins at 9:40. If you drop your child off, please have them to school by 9:35 so they can unpack their backpack and be in the classroom by 9:40. 

Social Studies TEST – We will have our Social Studies test on How Citizens Live Together in a Community on Thursday. Homework Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be to study for the test. I will send home a study guide on Monday. 

Thank you for the Kleenex donations. It is that drippy nose time of year. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern – pause, cause, fault, launch, law, draw, claw, yawn, lawn,  crawl

Sight – drink, only, warm, done, round

School News

The monthly Henry Ford Parent Meeting is on Monday morning at 9:00 in the main cafeteria. 

Late Start – Wednesday, February 7. School begins at 9:40. 

If your child has a fever or complains about not feeling well, please keep them home. We continue to have students who are out sick. I will continue to wipe down the room daily. 

I wanted to let you know that we had 5 students out sick today and 1 student went home sick. There is definitely something going around. I will be wiping down our classroom daily.

Please have your child wash their hands as soon as they get home from school. Children are allowed to wash their hands in the classroom.

The following  information is from WebMD.

Get your kids to wash their hands. Yes, this one should be obvious. But it really can’t be stressed enough: hand washing is a crucial way to prevent germs from spreading. About 80% of infectious diseases are spread by touch.

If kids are going to wash their hands, teach them to do it right. Experts recommend scrubbing hands for 20 seconds or so — as long as it takes to sing “Happy Birthday” twice. The type of soap doesn’t matter — to prevent germs, the regular stuff will work just as well as antibacterial soap.

Weekly Spelling Words

Pattern  oo, ew, u-e, oe, ui

Pattern – root, boot, drew, flew, clue, glue, canoe, shoe, fruit, suit

Sight – always, what, every, think, again

NWEA – We have completed the Reading and Math test. The students worked very hard to do their best. We have one more test on Tuesday morning. Please make sure your child gets enough sleep on Monday night.

Math – We will be finishing up Unit 5 this week. I will send home a page of the study guide each day to be completed for homework.

Friday is a half day. Dismissal is at 11:45. 

If you are dropping off your child in the morning, please make sure they are at school by 8:40. Thank you!

If you can spare a box of Kleenex it would be appreciated.

There is NO SCHOOL tomorrow,  January 15 because of MLK Day. 

Weekly Spelling Words

Vowel Pairs oo, ou

Pattern – good, hood, took, look, could, would, cookie, rookie, stood, wood

Sight – because, many, long, full, pull

We will take our NWEA Reading test on Tuesday, January 16. PLEASE make sure your child goes to bed and gets enough sleep.  A bedtime of 8:30 is recommended for 2nd graders. Students need to eat a good breakfast as well. 

Wednesday, January 17 is a LATE START day. 

We will take our NWEA Math test on Friday, January 19. Sorry to nag but students need an early bedtime please and a good breakfast. 

I received 9 out of 26 December Reading Logs. PLEASE encourage your child to read daily at home. Reading daily is homework. 

There is a half day on Friday, January 26. The afternoon is a teacher work day. 

Weekly Spelling Words

er, ir, ur – This is a tough one. Please practice daily. 

Pattern – thirst, first, girl, bird, burn, turn, stern, her, purse, nurse

Sight – goes, about, these, never, keep

I am looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow. I hope everyone had  a good break and is ready to get back to work.

No School  – Monday, January 15 due to Martin Luther King Day. 

We will begin NWEA on Tuesday, January 16. 

Late Start – Wednesday, January 17. 

Half Day – Friday, January 26 for a teacher work day in the afternoon.