Online Book Orders

Hi Parents!

Now it’s easier than ever to find the perfect books for your child—shop our NEW online Book Clubs Web site. Choose from a much-wider selection of books than in the printed flyer. Plus, you can send your orders directly to me online and use your credit card to pay.

Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.

It’s so simple! Here’s how it works:
SIGN UP at www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, register by clicking click the “Don’t have a user name or password?” link. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown below. This unique code ensures that your order is sent to me.


SELECT the books you’d like to order—choose from thousands of titles—many more than in our monthly flyers.


SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child’s books will be delivered directly to my classroom.
Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure.

Of course, you can still order using the form from the printed flyer. But why not see for yourself how convenient it is to order online?

September orders were placed today, so if you submitted your book orders by last Friday, the books should be here in a couple of weeks.

Here's the info:
Online Ordering Information
Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: H8ZCB

Stay tuned to see who made Star Students of the Week! Check back in the next few days!

A little of this... A little of that.....

Happy Thursday Parents!

Tomorrow will be $$Dollar Dress$$... Students who bring a $1 donation will be allowed to wear free dress. (Please make sure your child is still dressed within the school's guidelines. Refer to the Parent Handbook for more information).

Also...
Scholastic Book Orders are due tomorrow. If you did not order or if you misplaced the form, a new form for October will be sent home next Thursday.

Wahoo!
2nd Grade came in 2nd place in the competition among classes for Magazine Orders!! We sold over $3000! WOW! Special congratulations goes to Gillian for having the 4th highest sales in the whole school, and Trey for having the 7th highest sales in the whole school! Thanks to ALL who helped their children sell magazines. The kids were so excited to have come in 2nd place.

We have 10 followers on our classroom blog!! That means 1/3 of our parents are following our classroom's journey through 2nd grade... it's not too late to follow the blog! www.mrscashsecondgrade.blogspot.com

Next week, the school begins ITBS testing. It is vital that your child is at school on time daily. If your child is terribly ill, there will be make-up testing the following week. The last day of testing for 2nd grade is Tuesday, October 5th.

Star Students of the Week!

We had EIGHT Star Students of the Week last week! Hooray! Congratulations to:
Hope
Jolie
Alexa
Olivia
Elise
Alexander
Ryan Z.
Juliana

These students met all of the criteria to be a Star Student, which is no easy task! The SSW will be rewarded with extra play time this week (10 minutes! Woo hoo!)and a Cash buck.

Several students only missed on one or two areas on the checklist... but the following students only missed ONE criteria for the WHOLE WEEK!:

Trey
Brynn
Isabella
Alex

These students received a Cash buck for Honorable Mention. It wasn't easy earning SSW this week!

This week, we have implemented a NEW activity. Each week, a student will be randomly selected and for the whole week, our eyes are on that person. Students will write down the things that make that person special, and we will celebrate that person at the end of the week. This week's SPECIAL person of the week is: DANNY!
(Student of the Week is based upon the Schoolwide Learning Expectation: A Maturing Individual who feels good about him/herself and is motivated).

This Week in 2nd Grade...

Coming up this week...

Spelling Words:
1. went
2. pet
3. foggy
4. tugged
5. bathtub
6. telling
7. job
8. crops
9. fluffy
10. muffin

Homework for this Week:
Monday: Reading Log (1 Entry), Math Lesson 9B and Fact Sheet, Spelling Work (do a little each night - due on Friday)

Tuesday: Reading Log (1 Entry), Math Lesson 10B and Problem Solving Worksheet 10B, Vocabulary test on Wednesday (no need to study at home)

Wednesday: Reading Log (1 Entry), Math Lesson 12B and Fact Sheet

Thursday: Reading Log (1 Entry -- Log due on Friday), Math Lesson 11 B and Fact Sheet, Spelling work due on Friday, Reading and Spelling tests on Friday


This week we will be conducting ITBS Practice Testing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Testing begins the following week on September 27th and ends on October 5th. Please don't plan to have your children out of school! Please schedule doctor's appointments after school or after testing. Thank you for your cooperation!

There will be NO school mass on Tuesday due to the trip to the Cathedral (we are not going to the Cathedral -- Father Richard and other teachers/students will be).

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

A Hodge Podge...

Thanks, parents, for the wonderful turnout at Back to School Night last night! I hope any questions or concerns you may have had regarding your child's year in 2nd grade were addressed.

Today was a great day in 2nd grade! The students were so incredibly well behaved that they earned 5 extra lunch time minutes! WOW! Cash bucks were distributed left and right! What a great way to start the year -- I hope to see such positive behaviors as we move forward!

As I briefly mentioned last night, I'm interested in making this blog private so that the only people who can access the website are invited readers. I'd send out an invitation to all of your email addresses, and you would have to become a reader. I'm not sure if you have to be a google account holder, but if that were the case, I could always change the blog back to an open forum. Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated! (Feel free to comment below this post!) I'd love to make it private so that I could post pictures of the children working (with your permission of course) in the classroom or the school garden, etc. I think it would be a great way for you as parents to get a first hand view of what goes on in our classroom...

Anyways, I look forward to hearing any thoughts from you loyal blog followers (even those of you who aren't "official" followers, but read the new posts).

Have a great weekend! Off to put baby Emily to bed and feed my husband... :)

Monday, Monday...

Hi devout readers!

Today was a great day in the classroom. The kiddos are becoming accustomed to our policies and procedures and are adapting beautifully to having a new teacher. Today they came home with both their agendas and homework packets. Please turn in the reading log and spelling sheet on Friday. Math will be turned in daily for correction and revision.

Agendas are to be returned to school every day. It is important for students to learn how to write their homework down in a planner since they do not receive homework packets in 3rd grade. Again, please remind your child to put his or her agenda in his/her backpack for school every evening and place the backpack by the exit door so that the morning rush becomes a bit less stressful.

Please arrive to Back to School Night at 6:20 PM for a brief meeting and introduction led by Mrs. Cristina Cullen, Religious Ed director. She will be giving you important information regarding the Sacraments, dates of workshops, etc. We will be starting promptly at 6:20.

Tomorrow is our first school mass. Dress Uniform is optional, but encouraged. Please have your child to school by 7:45 at the latest. Students are to leave their backpacks downstairs. We will be lining up to enter the church. Fr. Ken Deasy, along with Msgr Richard will be celebrating mass with Fr. Ken taking up a special collection for the Holy Childhood Association. Any donations will be greatly appreciated! Please pack donations in a baggie and send it to school with your child (with a gentle reminder to give to their teacher right when they get to school).

Thanks again for your cooperation and I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!

Spelling Words, Story of the Week, and Homework...

The spelling words for the week of September 13th...
Focus: short a and short i vowel sounds
1. has
2. wag
3. bad
4. six
5. will
6. him
7. sat
8. had
9. fix
10. isn't

Spelling test on Friday, September 17th.

This week, we will be reading "David's New Friends". A Reading Test will be given on Friday. Textbook CDs will be sent home at Back to School Night.

Homework for the week (Note: I may not always be able to put this on the blog). Please remember that a packet will come home on Monday.

Monday:
Reading Log: 1 Entry, entire paper will be due on Friday
Spelling: Students will receive the week's worth of homework. Do a little at a time. Turn in the entire paper on Friday.
Math: Lesson 4B

Tuesday:
Reading Log: 1 entry
Math: Lesson 5B & Fact Sheet

Wednesday:
Reading: 1 Log Entry
Math: Lesson 6B

Thursday:
Reading: Log entry + Summary of week's worth of reading due Friday; test on reading selection of the week
Spelling: Work due on Friday; test on Friday
Math: Lesson 7B & Fact Sheet

I'm likely going to be sending home Science review sheets, not for homework, but for weekly review to master concepts.

Have a great weekend!

You're Invited...

...to Back to School Night!

Invitations from your children came home yesterday. Just to reiterate... BTSN is on Wednesday the 15th at 6:30 PM. Please arrive a few minutes early so that we can get started right away. (If you arrive on time, there's a raffle ticket with your name on it! I'll explain on Wednesday) There's a lot to cover and I want to be sure that I get you out at a reasonable time!

Please review the syllabus on my classroom website if you have a chance. I will provide a hard copy for you at BTSN. Come prepared with any questions and hopefully I will answer everything in my presentation. (If not, I'll be more than happy to answer any questions afterwards).

Looking forward to seeing you all there! Don't forget... this is just for parents! So please arrange for babysitting ahead of time.

Be sure to check the blog again on Sunday for this week's spelling words. Have a great weekend!

Back to Business..

Well, the first day went off without a hitch! The students have seemed to adjust to a new classroom and a new teacher very beautifully. We had a great time learning the rules and practicing our classroom procedures. The kids even got to go to music for the first time as second graders.

Tonight, the only assignment is to cover the Language Arts textbook. Enjoy it, because we rarely have nights without homework! We will start up on our regular homework schedule next week. Please see the email I sent earlier this afternoon for information regarding covering books.

Some of the kids came to school today missing a few supplies. I'm happy to announce that we have plenty of paper towels, baby wipes, etc, but every student needs to have all of the remaining supplies. Your child received a notice informing you of any missing suppies that will be needed next starting week.

Tomorrow, students will be asked to cover their Science books, followed by their Social Studies books on Friday. Feel free to keep the book socks at home.

A very special THANK YOU to those of you who so graciously donated hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes!! :D

Looking forward to seeing you all at Back to School Night next week!