is tonight!!  Hopefully I will get a chance to see some of you around 6:00.  Our room will be open for you to visit.  Make sure you sign up for a conference time, play the ‘Fact or Fiction’ game, and take a quick picture in our photo booth 🙂

• Homework!  I rarely send homework home on Fridays, but today your child brought home a sheet to be completed over the weekend!  Please make sure it comes back in their folder on Monday.
• Picnic:  I believe the official times for the picnic on Tuesday are 4:30-7:30.  I will be at the picnic around 6:00 and be there for about an hour.  I will also have our room open during this time in case you would like to visit 🙂  If anything changes, I will let you know 🙂
• Open House is from 5:00-6:30 on Thursday (17th).  Please remember that I am unable to attend, but our room will open for you to visit.
• Picture Day is coming up on Monday the 21st.
• We saved Sammy today!!!!  It was hard work, but we tried and tried until we were successful.  I snapped a few pics for you to enjoy 🙂

• A giant welcome to our new subscribers!!!  Today in your child’s ‘home’ folder there were a few notes from the PTA, a message from Mr. Haliburda, and a 2nd grade flipbook from me.  Please take a minute to sort through it all – and please use the magnet on the back of the flipbook and stick it to your refrigerator (just in case) 🙂
• We started “Read to Self” today by making our I-chart and doing some book browsing.  I did tell the students that they could bring a couple of books from home to keep in their box if they wanted to.
• PBIS card flips will start Monday.  If you aren’t familiar with our system, please check the 2nd grade flipbook for an explanation.  If you still have questions, let me know!
• Just a heads up:  I have a conflict with Open House next week that I cannot fix…SO, I will not be here on Thursday night for that.  Don’t panic!!  The room will be open for you to visit anyway and I will be here for the picnic on Tuesday so you can see me there 🙂
• Today we took 2ND GRADE SELFIES!!!  Here are a few 🙂

We had an AMAZING first day!!! I am soooo excited for this school year! Thank you for subscribing to our blog so quickly – this, and our ‘home folders’, will be our main sources of information. More classroom/school information will be coming home over the next few days so keep checking their folders. Tomorrow’s blog post will feature our 2nd grade selfies 😉

my last post as your child’s 2nd grade teacher 🙁  I can’t believe it!

In the middle of all the other things that came home today was their last report card!  It is folded in their red folder.  Stapled to that is a green 3rd grade supply list and a pink note from me about keeping in touch over the summer 🙂  I got the idea for exchanging letters over the summer from Avery’s kindergarten teacher!  She’s the best!  Avery had an awesome time sending her notes and postcards from all the places we visited!!  Trevor will tell you that she still gets letters from students who are now in college!!  I thought I would give it a shot and see if I get any mail 😉

There SHOULD have been a note about the summer reading program in their folder, but…oops!  It’s still sitting on our classroom reading table.  So, I am attaching it to this blog post – that way you can print it out.  There is an assembly and prizes for students who turn it in when we come back to school!!! summerreading

As a parting gift today, each student got a chapter book and a bookmark (created especially for them)…hopefully that will give them a jump on their summer reading!!

A few students brought home summer workbooks with a note from Mrs. Burch included.  Please take some time throughout the summer to have them work on it.

Is this my longest blog post ever????  LOL!

You and your students are always welcome to pop in and say “hi”.  Have a fabulous summer!!!

send backpacks again tomorrow! There are some things coming home (like report cards) that I don’t want everyone just carrying…

I can’t believe tomorrow is our last day!! You are truly amazing families and I feel so lucky to have been able to spend the year with you and your student!!! Thank you!

Today is field day. Hopefully we can squeeze some activities in between raindrops!

It is also our movie pbis reward. Students are welcome to bring a snack and drink to eat while they watch. Students with more than four yellows or any blues will not be participating.

for hooking us up with sun on our picnic day tomorrow!!!  The forecast looks like 78 degrees and partly sunny!  Please apply sunscreen to your child in the morning and pack them a bag lunch.  They can also bring a blanket to sit on.  If you are bringing items for the picnic, you are welcome to walk them down to classroom at drop off.

On another note, we still need to bring backpacks to school.  We will empty desks and bring the majority of our stuff home next Tuesday, but other random things may come home in the meantime.

• We do NOT have spelling this week 🙂
• Our 2nd grade picnic is on Thursday.  We will head over to the park about 11:45ish.  Please make sure your child brings a lunch.  I encourage you to also send a small blanket since there are not enough picnic tables for all three classes.
• Field Day is Monday.  We are scheduled for 9:15-11:15.  Please make sure you apply sunscreen before your child comes to school and send them with a water bottle.
• For our May PBiS reward, I believe 2nd grade is going to do a movie and snacks on Monday afternoon.  If this is the case, you may send in snacks/drink for your child to enjoy with the movie.  I will let you know as soon as it is confirmed.
• 6 1/2 more days of school and your child will be a 3rd grader 🙂  I hear lots of stories about new houses and new schools – if you know for certain that your family will not be at Howard next year, please drop me a note or email.

• We did research today on an animal.  Everybody was supposed to fill out a graphic organizer with facts about their animal.  The organizer had 5 boxes, but students only had to choose 3 boxes to fill in.  They needed at least 3 facts in each of the boxes they chose.  If your child did not finish, or did not choose appropriate facts, they brought it home.  The websites we used are at the bottom of the page.  Please help your child fix/finish the graphic organizer.
• Some students also brought home a spelling activity we were doing in class for homework.  It is due back tomorrow.  This does not count as an activity for their red notebook.
• OH, AND…tomorrow we will go outside to read with our buddies.  If you want, you can send in a small blanket for them to sit on.