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Turkey trot

On Tuesday, November 20th, the 4 second grade classes are going to join together for a special "turkey trot" celebration in honor of Thanksgiving.  The classess will rotate to each of the 4 rooms and complete 4 activities: craft, snack, stories, and a STEM activity.  We are looking for some donations to make this possible.  If you have any of the following, please send in before Tuesday the 20th:

toilet paper tubes (we need as many as possible!)

bag of fall colored m&ms

E-Learning Practice day
Tomorrow is our E-Learning practice day.  Your child will have a NORMAL day of school tomorrow.  We will spend two hours in the morning completing activities on our Chromebooks, to make sure that all students are comfortable using it before January.  As an added fun bonus tomorrow, 2nd grade has decided to have a theme day tomorrow:  sock/slipper day!  Your child may wear fun socks, and take their shoes off during our e-learning practice time, or bring slippers to change into.

Early Release
Don't forget tomorrow is Wednesday!  That means Early Release day!  Dismissal will start at 1:40

Picture Retake Day
Tomorrow is picture retake day!  Please send back the original packet of pictures and a note if you are interested in having your child do picture retakes.

Math
Here is what we are working on in math this week:

• making name collection boxes
• exploring equvilalent names for numbers
• line plots
• measuring with a ruler
• multiplication facts

Superkids
Here is what we are working on in Superkids this week:

• words that have the soft g sound and the soft c sound
• memory words: city, circle, excellent, decide, pencil, excited, large, danger, change, strange, imagine, huge
• sequence words
• editing and rewriting
• abbreviations
• comprehension
• Book Club--Mercy Watson Fights Crime

Writing
Here is what we are working on in Writing this week:

• 6 traits--Conventions (finger spaces, capitalization, punctuation)
• writing a paragraph (at least 4 sentences)
• writing persuasive pieces

High Ability
Here is what we are working on in our high ability unit this week:

• reading the book Charlotte's Web
• using the hamburger model to write a strong paragraph (introduction, 3 reasons, conclusion).
• literature webs
• vocabulary webs
• homonyms

Upcoming Dates

Here are some dates to add to your calendar:

• 11/14--E-Learning Practice Day (during school)
• 11/21-11/23--THANKSGIVING BREAK-NO SCHOOL
• 12/11--Children's Museum Field Trip (more info TBA)
• 12/22-1/7/19--NO SCHOOL--CHRISTMAS BREAK

Have a great afternoon!