​Hi Parents,
 
I hope you all enjoyed a fun-fill Thanksgiving break with your children. Now on to the next holiday!
 
Many of the students in my class are excited about doing a Secret Santa Gift Swap. As long as there are no objections, each child would like select another classmate’s name out of a hat and give them a gift with a value of no more than $5. We will probably have the gift exchange on the 20th of December. Please let me know if you would prefer we did not do this. There are plenty of other ways we can celebrate the holidays. Thanks!
 
As you may have heard, the entire 2nd grade will be going to a performance of the Nutcracker Ballet at the Garde Art Center in New London on Friday, December 7th.  Please take a look in your child’s backpack for the permission slip for this event that went home today. It must be filled out and returned for your child to attend. Thank you!!
 
Have a nice evening,
Laura Lenahan

Hi Parents,
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I did not send home a homework log this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Of course, it is my hope that your child will read and practice math, but I wanted you to know they do not need to log their time.

Today I sent home a practice packet for our current spelling unit, as well as more information about our current math unit.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Laura Lenahan

Hi Parents,

Below is a brief update on what has been going on in the classroom:

Math: We just finished up our second math unit on place value and money. Please check your child’s backpack for the assessment results, as well as their most recent fact fluency. We began unit 3 today which focuses on properties of shapes and partitioning shapes into equal pieces.

Reading and Writing:  We are nearing the end of our nonfiction reading and writing units. In reading, your child has been learning about nonfiction text structure, and learning to use text features to better understand the topic. In writing, students have been working to incorporate the text features they are seeing in published books into their own expert books. After the Thanksgiving break, we will be starting new units in reading and writing.  In reading, we will go back to reading fiction with a focus on reading longer chapter books with increased fluency and comprehension. In writing, we will begin a poetry unit.

Science: Our current science unit (taught by Mrs. Johnson) is called “Form and Function”.  Students have been studying the form and function of flowers and their parts. Today in class each child was challenged to come up with a new invention based on the form and function of a flower. They had wonderfully creative ideas. You may want to ask your child about their invention.

As always, please contact me with any questions or concerns.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Laura Lenahan