Sanders's Shout Outs

Fall Centers

Thanks to all of the parents who helped with Fall Centers today...Mrs. Sorckoff, Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Klase, and Mrs. King. Also, thanks to everyone who donated items and snacks to make this a success!  The class had a great time decorating cupcakes, making bracelets, putting faces on their bright orange Trick or Treat pails, deciding if a vegetable/fruit would float or sink, and playing games.  You are the BEST! 

Georgia Never Tasted So Good!

We had a great time today making GA cakes to show the 5 geographical regions of our state!  Thanks to each of you for your donations and to our wonderful Room Moms for making this happen!  Hopefully, the children will remember this activity for a long time!!!

PS.  You'll have to use a bit of your imagination with this picture.  I couldn't turn it to give you the correct view. 

 

Congratulations!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to all of our classmates who earned their 5 AR points!!!  You have what it takes to get the job done!

AND, to all of our students who went "over and above" and doubled their points.....Gracie, Zach, Everett, Emily, Adam, Kate, Colin, Cole, and Cooper.  You are real workers!

Our Top Point earners were:

Cooper~28.1

Emily~26.6

This was an incredible first 9 weeks!

We are requiring a minimum of 6 pts. for the next grading period.  I know that we can do it!

 SPECIAL RECOGNITION goes out to the students who entered the REFLECTIONS contest:  Adam, Kate, Noah, Annmarie, Cole, Emily, and Isabel.  We loved seeing your entries and wish you luck in the contest!

 

 

 

October 6, 2011

It's October and our 2nd grade class is going strong!  We are so proud to say that we have almost everyone passing the 7 minute test in addition facts at this time.  Your support in helping to do this is so appreciated! 

IN MATH, we have been working hard on learning how to regroup in addition.  We have worked with manipulatives, played regrouping games, and then moved on to doing this type of problem with paper and pencils.  The class has done so well with this concept.  Please give them additional support at home to perfect this math skill.

IN SCIENCE, Mrs. Latimer has been working on a unit on Matter, identifying solids, liquids, and gases, and showing methods in which matter can be changed.  The class really enjoyed seeing some of the fun experiments.  I hope they recreated some of these experiments for you.

IN READING, we are practicing making connections to literature, making predictions, and perfecting our summarizing skills.  We are making booklets showing our knowledge of "powerful" antonymns.

IN WRITING, we have made an outline of a story about our stuffed animal.  We have described him/her, presented a problem that he/she has encountered, and offered up 3 unsuccessful solutions to the problem.  Then we created a solution that solved the problem for our character.  The children worked in groups to brainstorm ideas.  Cooperative learning is so helpful!

You will be receiving Conference times on Monday, Oct. 10th.  Please return these to me as soon as possible.  I look forward to meeting with each of you!