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Superkids
Monday we started our Superkids reading curriculum. Look for a "backpage" sheet to come home in your child's folder. This can stay at home all week, and is to help your child study for the spelling test at the end of the 5 day unit. I want them to complete the spelling pages, but they don't need to be returned for a grade. They are just for spelling practice. More info on spelling tests below!
NWEA
This week we will take our beginning of year NWEA test. Our class will do the math test Tuesday morning, and the reading test Thursday morning. Results will be sent home when the testing window closes. Last year, your child took the K-2 test which was read to them. Starting this year, your child will take the 2-5 test, which is not read to them. It is a bit harder of a test, so don't be discouraged if the fall scores drop. That is normal, and they will rebound and I'm positive they will all meet their growth goals at the end of the year!
Homework
For 2nd grade homework, your child will bring home a reading log a few nights a week. Their homework is to read their reading counts book or another book for at least 15 minutes. There is a place for the parent to sign by each night. Once we start math facts, there will be a spot to sign when your child has practiced their math facts. There will be the spelling test to study for each week. To help study for the spelling test, there will be a couple Superkids Backpack pages that come home during the week. The backpack pages do not need to be returned. There will NOT be a reading log on nights that there is a superkids page. So there will be a math home link, and either a superkids page or reading log. The goal is 20-25 minutes on homework. And that's it for homework! :)
The math pages and Superkids back pack pages do not need to be returned. The only thing I will collect is the reading logs. For the reading logs, your child can read library books, books from home, or reading counts books they have borrowed from our classroom library. Anything they read we can check the next day to see if it has a reading counts quiz--if it does, they can quiz on it if they want in the morning.
Behavior Logs
Stapled in your child's agenda Monday was their behavior log for the week. Be sure to check it nightly and see if they have any letters marked. If so, please talk to your child about that behavior at home.
Agenda
Please make sure to return your child's agenda to school each day so that they can write homework, the quote of the week, and/or important reminders inside each day.
Spelling Tests
As part of the 2nd grade Superkids curriculum, we will have spelling tests once every 5 days in the unit. I'll have the boys and girls write in their agenda when the test is most weeks. This week the spelling test will be on Friday. Be sure to practice all the memory words and the pattern words! All of the memory words will be on the test, and some of the pattern words will be on the test each week.
Early Release--Wednesdays
On Wednesdays again this school year we have early dismissal. Normally we dismiss at 2:20, but on Wednesdays we will dismiss at 1:40. All aspects of our dismissal process will be moved forward 40 minutes for our dismissal on Wednesdays. This begins tomorrow, Wednesday, August 14th, and will be each Wednesday during the school year. Cub Care is a great option here at Creekside. Also, the Boys and Girls Club and Girls, Inc. also are aware and have made plans to accommodate our students. Please send in a note tomorrow or email me if your child will do something different than their normal transportation on early release Wednesdays.
Beginning of Year Benchmark Tests
Last week we took the beginning of year Superkids test and beginning of year math test. These tests are not going to be used for a grade in the grade book, but for me to use as a starting point to group students. Once these are finished and graded, I will send them home for you to look at!
Chrome books
All 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders have chrome books to use in the classroom. We will use these a lot this year--from NWEA testing, Superkids and Everyday Math games, typing practice, google classroom, and research opportunities. The class will also have free time, where they will be allowed to do Xtra math games, compass learning, Prodigy (another math website game) and more. You should already have login information for Superkids and Everyday Math from Kdg and 1st grade. If you need it again, please let me know! I am sending login info home today for Prodigy and Xtra math. These are just two more resources for things you can do at home!
Crayola ColorCycle
Last summer Miss Records ran across the Crayola ColorCycle Program. You may have seen it on social media as well. If you are not familiar with the program, it's Crayola's way to save the environment and tons of landfill space by recycling used markers and turning them into clean fuel! So, she signed Creekside up! If you would, here is how you can help! Send in any used, dried out markers to our classroom. When our basket is full Miss Records will take care of sending them in to Crayola.
The one key reminder I have is that the program takes ALL plastic markers of any kind: Crayola, non-Crayola, hi-lighters, dry erase, Do-A-Dots, Sharpies! As long as it is all plastic, you can put it in the basket.
Thanks in advance for your help in this simple way to take care of the earth!
Have a great week!
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