Baby News!!

I just wanted to take a quick moment to share some exciting news that's happening in my personal life.  My husband and I are expecting our second child in October and we couldn't be happier!  Keaton is thrilled about becoming a big brother and he keeps asking for a baby sister.  We obviously won't be finding that out for several more weeks.  I'll keep you all posted when that big day finally comes.  :)

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Happy Spring Break!  Whether you're staying home or going somewhere fun, I hope you all have a wonderful vacation with your children.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed for some sunshine and warmer weather, but I don't think we'll get that lucky.  Regardless, I hope you all have a memorable week!

Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come to spring conference.  Conferences are always one of my favorite times of the year because I love meeting with all of you and sharing the wonderful growth your child has made.  We still have two months of school remaining for your child to work on any goals that he/she has yet to master.  We have a jam-packed fourth quarter planned, so I'm looking forward to seeing even more progress. 

When we return from Spring Break, we will be celebrating Autism Awareness Week.  We have several opportunities planned for the students to gain an understanding of children on the spectrum, and to recognize that we're all unique individuals.  In addition to the lessons that we have planned, we will also be having a spirit week.  The days go as follows:

Monday - Sunglasses day...for our visually-orientated friends.

Tuesday - PJ Day...because we all have dreams.

Wednesday - Wear blue for World Autism Day..."Keep Calm and Light it Up Blue."

Thursday - Tie-Dye Day...because no two people are alike.

Friday - Stuffed Animal Day...for our sensory-orientated friends.

We are having a loose change classroom contest the week after break.  We are collecting coins for our "One For Books" book fair contest.  We are asking students to donate pennies on Monday, nickels on Tuesday, dimes on Wednesday, quarters on Thursday, and any denomination on Friday.  The book fair coordinators will keep track of the coins, and the class with the most money collected, will win that amount to spend at the book fair.  This contest was hugely successful at or fall book fair.  The book fair will run the week of April 7th. 

Have a restful ten days.  I can't wait to see all the kiddos back on March 31st.  :)

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Quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons...our geometry unit is in full swing!  The students should be able to recognize and draw shapes with specific attributes.  We'll continue this into next week.

In science we've been learning all about food chains, plant parts, and living/nonliving things.  The class is having so much fun exploring this life science unit.

 

We have two weeks of sight words left.  After we're finished with these words, the kids will spend the remainder of the year reviewing words.  Each week for "Totally Sight Word Tuesday", your child can pick any five words (from our 80 total) to practice.  Each Friday, they will have a sight word test on five random words from our list.  By the end of second grade, the students should be able to read and write all 80 of these sight words.  I will send a master list home soon; please keep this list as a reference for the rest of second grade.

Thank you for sending back your field trip permission slip and payment so promptly.  We will be attending Lewis University on April 16th.  If you haven't turned this in yet, please do so by Thursday.

The Domino's Pizza Fundraiser is due back to school on Monday.  The class that sells the most pizza cards will earn a FREE pizza party!  The child that sells the most will win free pizza for a YEAR!!!

I can't wait to meet with all of you at conferences next week!  If you need a reminder of your conference time, please email me.  Don't forget if you're coming to school for your conference, please bring your second grader along.

Monday is St. Patrick's Day - Don't forget to wear green!

Wednesday - 5-hour Day

Thursday - 5-hour Day and "Dress Your Best" Day

Friday - Teacher Institute Day (No School)  Happy Spring Break! 

 

 

 

 

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Sorry for the delay in the weekly update.  Here's what's happening in second grade:

Field trip permission slips were sent home last Friday for our next trip to Lewis University.  We will be attending an Alphabet Soup production of The Bully Show on April 16th.  All permission slips and $9.00 payments are due back to school by Thursday, March 22nd. 

Our spring conferences are NEXT WEEK.  If you're planning to have a conference here in the classroom, please bring your son/daughter along.  I can't wait to share all the wonderful things we've been up to!  If you need a reminder of your conference time, please email me.

Mrs. Sencial is looking for pictures of our class for the school yearbook.  If you have attended any event or party at Grand Prairie and have pictures to share, please email them to Daisy Sencial at sencial4@att.net.  Make sure to include the title or event along with our class name.

Order forms were sent home with children who have not yet ordered a yearbook.  There will not be many extra yearbooks ordered this year, so if you are interested in reserving one, please send in your payment with your order form.

Our Domino's Pizza Fundraiser is off to a great start.  The sale price of the card is $15 with a $10 profit to GP.  The cards have 16 different coupons on them that can each can be used once.  One of them is for a FREE large pizza (with no purchase necessary)!  Domino's is offering a free pizza party for the class that sells the most and FREE PIZZA FOR A YEAR to our top seller!  All money raised from this fundraiser will go into a fund to purchase a new digital sign for the school.  Order forms and money need to be turned in by next Monday.  Any questions can be directed to Chris Ulreich (815) 254-9448 OR theulreichs@comcast.net.

I would like to thank the families of Jason, Efrein, Grace, and Gavin W. for being our Snazzy Snack shoppers for the month of March.  We made "Cat in the Hat" treats in honor of Dr. Seuss and Read Across America.

I would also like to thank all of our chaperones who attended the Shedd Aquarium last week.  Everything went so smoothly and the kids had a GREAT time!!  We got really lucky and pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.  It was a fun trip!

Spring Picture Day is this Thursday.  Please return your order form if you're interested in a specific background or pose. 

Our geometry unit in math is well underway.  This is a very short unit which will probably be finished up by Friday or early next week. 

This week we'll be very busy finishing up all of our third quarter outcomes and assessments.  Report cards will be sent home next week. 

As always, please contact me if you have any questions.  Enjoy the week!  :)