Grandparents and Special Friends Day

On Friday, February 5th is Grandparents and Special Friend's Day and our second graders will perform in the morning for our guests. The students will be required to wear a black, red, or yellow shirt/t-shirt for this performance with their Shorecrest uniform bottoms. Students will get changed back into their regular school uniform after the performance.

Shorecrest Gets a Charge out of Reading Week

Here are some of the fun activities that will be going on:

Monday, February 1st: Author Michael O'Neill will be visiting and speaking to the kids.
Tuesday, February 2nd: Book Character Dress Up Day
The students may come to Town Meeting that morning dressed up as their favorite book character. Please understand that this is not like dressing up for Halloween. Please do not send your child as Harry Potter, Darth Vador, or Spongebob. We really would like to see the students be creative with their characters. We are also encouraging the students to bring in the book that their character represents. The students will get changed back into their school uniform after the parade.
Wednesday, February 3rd: DEAR - The entire Lower Division will be dropping everything and reading for 30 minutes.
Thursday, February 4th: Afternoon Reading Festival
The reading festival will begin right after school for those who have signed up. Your child will receive a white brochure next week. Please keep this handy and bring it with you on Thursday. It will have all of the information you will need to know which sessions your child will be going to and when.

Spirit Day and Conference Request Form

Just a reminder that on the last Wednesday of every month is Spirit Day and the children can come to school in their Shorecrest colors or Spirit Wear. Celebrate Shorecrest and be proud to be a member of our school community.

Another reminder is to return your conference request form to me with your first and second choice for a time to meet with me about your children on Feb. 24th. Keep in mind that the only times left are the slots between 10:35-11:50; 12:55-2:10. Thanks.

Week of January 25th

Here is our week at a glance. Spirit Day is on Wednesday and our 100th Day in school will be celebrated on Friday, the 29th. Have a good one!

Current Events: Tuesday - Reilly, Devin; Wednesday - Chase, Noah; Thursday - Emerson, Turner; Friday - John, Erin

Parent Reader (Friday) - Michelle Sobota

Language Arts
Spelling - upon, never, collar, tractor, animal, above, wagon, tomorrow, another, tonight, couple, about, square, triangle, rectangle
High Frequency Words - heavy, steady, bread, sweat, head, thread, breath, ready, meant, health
Robust Vocabulary - journeyed, frail, stomped, sipped, entertain, except, carefree, screeching, horrendous, melodious
Fluency - Intonation
Comprehension - Setting, following directions; Monitor Comprehension: Read ahead
Grammar - Adjectives for Senses
Writing - Small Moments; Revision

Mathematics - Unit 6
Addition of Three or More Numbers
Comparison Number Stories
Mixed Addition and Subtraction Stories

Social Studies
Antarctica
Penguins

Science
Layers of the Earth

Spring Conference Times

Wow! What a response regarding Spring Conference times. If you haven't nominated a choice regarding what time you'd like to meet with me on Feb. 24, please keep in mind that no times are left between 7:55-9:50. I have plenty of spots available for later on in the day, if this works. Keep in mind that because many parents nominated the same times to meet, you may not be given your first or second choice. I ask that you be flexible and I will try my hardest to accommodate your preference. Thanks.

Week of January 18th

Here's our week at a glance. Please encourage your child to practice spelling words from this week's spelling list, read the high frequency words and learn the student friendly explanations relating to robust vocabulary. Have a great week.

Current Events: Tuesday - Emery, Keaton; Wednesday - Ellie, Asher; Thursday - Renata, Chase and Samuel; Friday - Joshua, Lindsey

Parent Reader: Mrs. Happle

Book Club orders are due on Friday, January 22

Language Arts

Spelling -amuse, chute, fumes, fuse, confuse, June, dune, mute, excuse, refuse, flute, salute, continent, Antarctica, penguin

High Frequency Words - knot, wrong, know, wreck, graph, wrap, knife, tough, phone, laugh

Robust Vocabulary - disturb, underneath, cozy, enchanting, instead, thrilled, review, celebrate, procrastinate, diversion

Reading - Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book by Cynthia Rylant

Fluency - Intonation

Comprehension - Setting; Follow Directions; Monitor Comprehension: Read Aloud

Grammar - Adjectives

Writing - Small Moments

Mathematics - Unit 5

* 3D shapes

* Symmetrical Shapes

* Review Unit 5 and Assessment

Science
Landforms (Erosion)

Social Studies
Antarctica
Penguins

Spring Conferences

In the next few days I will be sending home a sign-up sheet for Spring Conferences, which will be held on Wednesday, February 24th. Please select your first and second choice for our meeting and I will do the best I can to accommodate your choice. If you can not meet with me on Feb. 24th, I can schedule our conference on another day. Thanks and have a terrific week.

Ms. O'Mullane

Happy 2010

Happy New Year. We are all feeling refreshed and ready to finish off the school year in second grade. Your children have grown so much over the last months (including socially, academically and emotionally) and I can't wait to see what they will achieve over the next 5 months.

Here is our week at a glance. We will begin Current Events next Tuesday and I will send out a new calendar to let you know when your child will share.

Parent Reader - Dianna Peffly
Student of the Week - John
No Current Events this week.

Language Arts
Phonics - 'oo'
Spelling - brook, hoof, crooked, hook, foot, nook, footsteps, shook, good-bye, soot, goods, wood, were, because, friend
High-Frequency Words - care, father, interesting, sweat, thumb, touch
Robust Vocab. - dappled, entranced, trooped, circling, adorable, assortment, habitat, immense
Reading - Rain Forest Babies by Kathy Darling
Fluency - Phrasing
Comprehension - Fiction and Nonfiction; Monitor Comprehension:Reread
Grammar - Pronouns
Writing - New Year's Wish (Paragraph writing)

Mathematics - Unit 5 - 3D ad 2D Shapes
* Parallel Line Segments
* Exploring polygons, arrays, and attributes
* Quadrangles

I sent a Family Letter home today (Tuesday 5th) giving information about this new unit in math. Please check your child's homework folder for this letter.

Social Studies
An Introduction to Antarctica

Science
Rocks and Minerals

Please be in contact with me if you have any questions or concerns about your child. Thanks and have a terrific week.