Welcome to 2nd Grade!

It was so wonderful meeting all of you last night at our supply drop-off! I am looking forward to a wonderful year with your child. Our curriculum night will be on Thursday, August 25, at 6:00 here in our classroom. At that time, you will receive information about classroom management, topics we will study this year, birthday celebrations, field trips, volunteeering, communication, and much more. Some information, however, I wanted you to have right away...and here it is!

* Tomorrow morning, students will need to tell me how they will be getting home each day. Please be sure that your child knows whether he or she is a walker, bus rider, car rider, or Boys and Girls Club member. If your child will have a different routine on some days after school, please send me a note. If your child is a bus rider, please be sure he or she knows the bus number or daycare name.

* We will be starting several units of study over the next few weeks. To begin the year, we will be looking at fairy tales, the three "R"s of good behavior, writing friendly letters, the books of Kevin Henkes, story problems, friendship, and watermelons.

* Be sure to look in your child's red daily home folder each evening after school. This is where you will find important notes, homework, etc. At curriculum night, we will talk about other items that will be housed in this folder. It is very important that your child is responsible and returns his or her daily folder each day.

* Students are welcome to bring water bottles to keep in the classroom. Bottles should be the sports/pop-top kind to avoid spills. Bottles with an open or twist-top lid will be sent home.

* I regret to tell you that I will be out of town next Monday and Tuesday (August 22 and 23) for a good friend's wedding in Ohio. I hate to be gone so early in the year, but I have scheduled a fantastic guest teacher and I know our class will have a great couple of days with her.

* To wrap up our watermelon theme, we will be having a "Watermelon Wednesday" next week (August 24). On that day we will be making watermelon glyhs, watermelon writing pieces, watermelon shapes, and doing some watermelon math. If you would like to donate a watermelon or two for the activities, please let me know! These can be sent in Tuesday to be ready for the following day.

I look forward to working with all of you this year. If you have any questions about first day procedures or would like to set up a time to meet to talk about any concerns you have about your child, feel free to call or e-mail me. I'll see you at curriculum night!