Please continue to save those boxtops for our room.  The contest ends in mid-October.  The PTA will send in a treat to the winning classrooms.  Thanks for your help with this!

We have two girls who have already earned over 5 AR points and have earned the privilege of seeing a movie and munching on popcorn.

Zoe~10.6 pts.

Sarah~5.2 pts.

It's not too late to add your name to this list.  Our goal is 5 pts. by the end of the grading period.  READ!  READ!  READ!

We also have many students who are flying through their 7 minute timed tests.

ADDITION~Ian, Maddie, Greyson, Emma, Brent, Matthew, Sarah, Kaya, Erica, and Carter.

SUBTRACTION~Brent and Matthew

MIXED ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION~Matthew

CONGRATULATIONS to all of you!  You have worked hard!

Sarah has won the Sally Foster contest for our room and will attend a celebration party tomorrow.  Way to go, Sarah!

TUESDAY, Sept. 3oth is our Field Trip to New Echota.  We will be gone from the building for most of the day.  A special "Thank You" to Will's mom and Brent's dad for agreeing to chaperone this trip.

Curriculum Updates:

Reading:  Our small groups have been working on informational science texts.  We are working on main idea and supporting details.  In large group we have read Truman's Aunt Farm, which is a cute account of a little boy and his trickster Aunt Fran who have fun with the homonyms "aunt" and "ant."  We will make sentences and illustrations with other homonyms.  We have also been learning how to summarize a story. 

Math:  We are finishing up 2 chapters in math.  Chapter 3 deals with tally tables, Venn-diagrams, bar and picture graphs.  Chapter 4 teaches strategies to help with addition facts.  The next chapter will start on Monday and works with regrouping (carrying) in addition.  This can be a very difficult concept for second grade.  Please help by constantly reviewing the basic facts and looking over and discussing papers in regrouping that will come home.

Science:  We are concluding a unit on Matter with Mrs. Latimer.  The class has had a great time doing all of her interesting experiments!

Social Studies:  Our study of Sequoyah and the Cherokee and Creek tribes that lived in Georgia will continue. We will compare and contrast life back then with our life today.

Sitton Spelling:  The next few tests in spelling will be used for summative evaluations in the subject.  Please review the word list weekly.  These tests will NOT come home, but you are welcome to come in and see them at any time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GREYSON!!!!  He will celebrate his 8th birthday this Friday, September 26th.