Thanks for All You Do!

Dear Parents, WEEKLY FOCUS SKILLS The weeks leading up to our winter break are always hectic. I will do my best to Reading: Unit 3 Week 4 keep you all informed. Genre: Expository Text Please check with your child when they leave the house in the morning to make sure Spelling: Long e; e, ee, ea, ie, y, ey they have a coat. If your child does not bring a 1. we 11. grow hat and/or gloves, I have some that they can 2. bee 12. toe borrow. 3. need 13. after Thanks for all you do! 4. queen 14. every Miss Stanley 5. mean 15. special 6. leaf UPCOMING EVENTS 7. thief December 18: School Movie 8. chief December 18: Classroom Christmas Party 9. pony December 18: End of the Second Nine Weeks 10. keys December 21-January 4: No School/Winter Break Go to www.spellingcity.com/kelliedstanley to practice your spelling words!!

Don’t forget that the grade school has a Vocabulary Words: damage, dangerous, drop off box for Toys for Tots!! destroy, event, harsh, prevent, warning, weather Vocabulary Strategy: Antonyms AR/Book Cart Books Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer I love that students are reading more Questions chapter books. Second grade is a when Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key students transition from picture books to Details chapter books. There are chapter books in Grammar: The Verb Have upper levels, but students really enjoy checking out harder books. When we take home books Math: Review from my book cart, I want the book in their AR level. I don’t mind if they check out a little Science: Moon and Weather harder books from the library, but I try not to let them get too hard. I also wanted to say that Social Studies: Studies Weekly #11 Changes it takes some students a long time to read a for American Indians chapter book when they are reading 15 minutes a night. That can make AR tests more difficult Christmas Movie: to pass. Don’t hesitate to review with your We have decided that this year students can child at the end of the book. Ask them about bring a water and a snack for the movie. The snack the characters. Have them tell you about the must be in a sandwich sized baggie. Please let me problem in the book and/or details they know if you have any questions about that. remember. Winter Celebration: Gift Exchange REMINDER : Just a reminder that the following are down for treats: We will exchange gifts on December 18th Megan Carder: game or craft at our Winter Celebration. Girls will exchange Keyara Mader: 16 drinks with girls and boys will exchange with boys. Draden Herl: 16 small treats Please keep gifts between $3-$5. Avery Mauck: 16 large treats