Mrs Cash's Second Grade: October 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Odds and Ends

Hi devout readers!

Sorry about the lack of posts lately. Please come back soon for photos of our exciting Halloween party from last Friday!

Just a brief post to show you the picture of our beautiful platter. The silent auction winner was Mrs. Beegle. Congrats!!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Harvest Fest Item for Auction (and other announcements too!)

Dear Parents-
Sorry for the lack of blog postings lately. Things have been very busy here at school and I have not had time to post as frequently as I had liked.

A few announcements:
First, SS Project Part 3 is due WEDNESDAY the 27th.

Thursday is FREE DRESS with a 6 PACK OF BEVERAGES for Harvest Fest. Please drop off the drinks in front of the office on the lunch tables.

NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY FOR HARVEST FESTIVAL SET UP -- SEE YOU THERE!

Next week is our Halloween celebration -- please buy a mini pumpkin for your child to decorate during our "It's a Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!" celebration. Extra donations of arts and crafts items (pom poms, wiggly eyes, etc) are much appreciated! (The Dollar Tree has a great selection!)

Please send an EMPTY cereal box to school with your child before Tuesday, October 26th. We are working on our first book report in the classroom.

Check back in a few days to see a photo of the platter up for auction at the Harvest Fest (google blogger uploading of images is down due to maintenance right now)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Announcements for the week of October 11th

There will be a "random" uniform check sometime this coming week. Students who are not in the proper uniform attire will receive a Uniform Notice. As is school policy, 3 uniform notices = 1 detention (on the east campus - typically 3rd grade classroom). Please refer to the Handbook, which can be found at http://www.st-ritaschool.org/parent-handbook-2010-11 (pages 23 and 24)

Please check your child's homework packets for a list of all the classroom activities from the week prior. We've already sent home 2 "newsletters" and a lot of the kids are so eager to read their own words (and the words of their peers!)!

Scholastic Book Orders for October are due on Friday (the 15th)... CHECKS ONLY PLEASE!

There is no school on Friday, September 22nd due to the Harvest Festival preparations...

While reviewing reading logs, I've noticed that many students are not filling out the form entirely. Each night requires a single sentence entry, and the final entry includes a 3-5 sentence summary. Students ARE getting graded on this! If it's missing, points have been taken off. Starting next week, if the summary paragraph is missing, the assignment will be marked incomplete.

Starting Monday, all missing assignments for the week will be listed and sent home on Friday for the student to complete and/or submit by the following Monday. Please sign the paper that is sent home so that we know you have acknowledged your child has completed their work.

The book report for October will be coming home starting the week of the 25. Please make sure your child has one book in mind for writing a book report. The majority of the work will be completed in class.

Don't forget -- ancestry project Part 1 (including the map) is due on WEDNESDAY!

Any questions? Comments? Press the COMMENT link below and I will be happy to respond/answer!

Star Students Make Lanyards!

Last Thursday, the Star Students redeemed their reward for their awesome behavior and work habits the week before. We ate lunch together and then I taught the kiddos how to make lanyards. At first, it seemed to be a little overwhelming, but slowly and surely the students started to catch on! We were so excited when someone learned how to do the box knot correctly! Congrats Hope, Jolie, Alexa, Elise, Alex, Olivia, Juliana, Trey, Brynn, Alyssa, Danny, Sarah, and Sean! I hope you all had a great time... we'll keep working on it next time!

Friday, October 1, 2010

September Raffle

Today we had our first ever raffle reward for cashing in Cash bucks. The students purchased as many raffle tickets as they had Cash bucks (or as many as they wanted). The grand prize was a bucket full of (in Trey's words) "fantastic Halloween prizes"! Second place was a jar of Candy Corn and a Halloween pencil. Third prize was a package of Halloween erasers.

Isabella won the erasers, Brynn won the Candy Corn, and WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER goes to Danny!

Some of the kiddos seems a little disappointed that they didn't win. I still have the tickets and will raffle off a few other things next week. It doesn't necessarily mean that everyone will win, but at least a few more will get a little prize.

Special Student of the Week

A few weeks back, Mrs. Lovano and I came up with the idea to have a randomly selected student be "Special Student of the Week." For the entire week, the students keep their eyes on that individual, and observe the many different ways they are special (SLE: A Maturing Individual who accepts all God-given talents and abilities.)

Two weeks ago, Danny was our first Special Student of the Week. All the students had great things to say about him. Elise said, "In first grade, Danny gave me a sticker because he's generous." Danny was also recognized for his great kickball and soccer skills!

This past week, all eyes were on Mark. Jacob said, "Mark is a better kickball player than me. His kick is like a torpedo!" Declan said, "I met Mark in Kindergarten. He was my first friend here at school."

What great comments to make about classmates!!

Stay tuned to see what the students have to say about our next Special Student: GILLIAN!