November 5, 2015

Good Evening, the children have been enjoying the Wild West Unit in reading.  We will be working with Mr, Meyers to have the children learn a cowboy type dance.  We are practicing place value and seem to be mastering that skill.  Please continue to practice basic math addition and subtraction facts.
Today the children created a symbol to represent the Trinity which we will be studying soon. Their creations are beautiful.
We hope to be planning a reward party to appreciate their good choices.  We will be sending more information as the children help make the plans.
Enjoy the weekend!

October 21st

The children are looking forward to the upcoming Saints Parade.  They had the opportunity to meet with their prayer partners.  It was priceless watching the older students caring for the second graders.  Our second grade students were looking at them in awe.
We are continuing to move forward with our academic concepts.  In math we have been focusing on word problems.  Religion has moved to Chapter three and the Prep office has provided a couple of books that were very moving for us.  The children seemed to really appreciate the message of following in Christ's footsteps.  The Wild West will be the theme for our reading.  The children appear to be excited and happy to learn about the Cowboys.
Looking forward to seeing everyone at conference time.

October 7, 2015

Happy October!  This month is bringing many fun things for our children.  Tomorrow we will have a Fire Prevention Assembly with the Warminster Fire Department arriving with a truck and fire volunteers.  We will thank them for all that they do to keep us safe.   Also the first and second grade students will share a Johnny Appleseed celebration.
Of course the children are gaining excitement over Halloween.
Please enjoy the great Fall Weekend.

September 1, 2015

Thank you for helping our first day of school be so special.  The children have been a treasure and are enjoying the day.

FYI:
     The summer packet is due by Friday.
     The Religion Book is coming home, if possible please cover it by Monday, Sept. 7th
     The pretzel order is coming home and needs to be returned by Thurs., Sept. 3rd
     Just a reminder that Back To School Night is Thurs., Sept. 10th

Looking forward to meeting my new Second Grade Family.  Enjoy the Holiday Weekend!

August 31, 2015


Welcome to all the new Second Graders.  I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow for the first day of school.  We will be having a fun year.

The specials for our room 204 will be:
          Monday,          Technology          11:30
          Tuesday,          Gym                       9:30
                                   Music                     1:30
          Friday,              Spanish                   8:45

Please think about getting a good night's sleep; eating a great breakfast; pack a snack along with your lunch.   Be sure to pack your SMILE!

August 6, 2015

Good Morning to all the future Second Grade Students.  Hopefully you enjoyed the summer break,  I am looking forward to you sharing some of the best things that you did with your family and friends.

Soon we will all be back to school and I know that "My All Stars" will be in second grade.  We have many fun and exciting tasks that we will complete throughout the year.

See You Soon!!!

June 2nd

The children should be so proud of themselves.  We have completed all benchmarks and the Religion Final with success.  We are planning a small Literature Celebration for Monday, June 8th.  The students will be making a mask of their favorite character.  We have been so fortunate to have had so many interesting books and exciting characters.  The children will be receiving some reading rewards while
creating the mask.  After creating the mask they will sharing their thoughts about the stories and characters.

Because we are wrapping up this year (with much sadness) the children are permitted to bring in a towel so we can read outside.  The children may bring in a board game, puzzle book, word searches,
or anything they think would be of interest.

Again I thank you so much for all your support and kindnesses throughout the year.  You have amazing children and that is because you are a group of amazing parents.

I will miss my second grade family.

Thanks,
Judy

May 18th

Hope everyone is holding up with the humid weather.  Your children are troopers.
Our birthdays are Brenna Kleis - May 22nd - Real;  Grace Moat - May 19th - Fake;
Luis Guerra - May 20th - Fake.

We have been slowly completing review and benchmark work.  I am sending home another Religion Study Guide.  We will be completing the Religion Final on June 2nd.  There will be no written homework or homework sheet from now on.  Hopefully this helps everyone out with Spring plans.

May 12th

Hope everyone is surviving the heat.  Your children are doing a fine job of that….no complaints.
The children have successfully worked on math and I believe that they are math magicians.  In reading we are learning about taking care of ourselves.  Discussing healthy eating and living while reading our books.  This Thursday we will be celebrating the Holy Day with a class mass at 10:00AM.   Our Grandparent's Bingo will take place on Friday, May 15th.  Please remember to send in your decorated snack bag. We are so much looking forward to Field Day scheduled for Thursday, May 21st.
FYI Pretzel Orders due on Tuesday, May 19th and Nativity Night at Chick-fil-A will be on Wednesday, May 20th.  School will be closed Friday, May 22nd.
Birthdays:  Ava - May 13th Real; Brenna - May 22nd Real.
Wishing everyone a safe and suntastic Memorial Holiday.

April 16th

Good Morning,

The children have been so happy to be going outside for recess and gym in the beautiful weather.  We celebrated several birthday real and fake as our angels say.

Sophia Rajan - April 15th REAL

Nicholas Pomeroy - April 17th REAL

Gabby Scalfaro - April 13th FAKE

James Cole - April 16th FAKE

We must be super proud of our Math Magicians - they have worked everyday to achieve the challenges they faced.  They have been creating a roller coaster to show the Design Process in our Science - fascinating!

Our Mother Day Plays are coming together - exciting!

SOS - we are in need of wipes, paper towels, tissues.

Also we need to have the permission slips signed and return for the walk-a-thon.

Enjoy this Suntastic Day,

Judy

Good Morning,

The children happily returned to school  with many tales of the holiday.  We are preparing for our Mother's Day celebration.  I would like to give you an overview of our plans.  The children are practicing plays to be presented and will complete a booklet for you.  The details are:

     Date:  Wednesday, May 6th at 11:00 AM

I thought this would help when setting up your calendar.

Thanks,

Judy

March 30th

Good Morning,
With the Easter Holiday fast approaching, I would like to wish all of you a blessed and happy holiday.
Because we all live such busy lives, I am assigning homework which I will complete with the children here at SCHOOL.  Thank you for all that you do.

March 22nd
Hope your weekend was filled with love and laughter.  This week will be dedicated to the Terra Nova testing therefore we will not have any homework or routine assessments.  The testing will be administered in the morning and the afternoons will be filled with fun cowboy activities to celebrate the Wild West theme.  Please remember to send your child in well rested, nourished. ready to work.  I thank you for all your continued support.

Thank you,

Happy St. Patrick's Day
The children looked very festive today.  Also today they enjoyed an ice cream treat.

The following is the schedule for Terra Nova Testing:


       Thursday, 03/19          Practice Test
       Monday, 03/23            Reading
       Wednesday, 03/25      Math
       Thursday, 03/26         Science
       Friday, 03/27              Social Studies
                                           Spelling


Please be sure your children get a good night's sleep and eat a good breakfast.
Also a private reading book would be helpful for the time that they finish early and must wait until the time runs out.  Sharpened pencils (at least three) are an important tool to have for next week.

March 10th

SOS    -    we are in search of a sweater belonging to Annabelle Price (her name is on the label) and a gym sweatshirt size M belonging to Ava Koritko (her name is on the label)  Please check to see if maybe it is living in your home or car.  THANKS

March 4th

Good Morning,

We are so tired of this weather, we decided to schedule fun things.  Some of the things are receiving our Reconciliation Book to help prepare us for the sacrament in third grade (fyi: this book will be sent on to third grade in June).  Also cowboy week is fast approaching, the children and I are very excited about the activities.  The schedule will be: Monday, March 23rd - cowboy hats and vests; Tuesday, March 24th - our dance Hoe-down Throw-down;Thursday, March 26th - Lasso the Horse; Math games; Snake in the boot.

Happy Birthday to Maddie! She will be celebrating her 8th birthday on March 26th.

Because I did not list birthdays from September to January, I would love to wish my angels a Happy Birthday.  Kyla Devine - Sept, 29th; Brian Shammo - Oct. 12th; Sebastian McNab - Oct. 17th; Taylor Bailey - Oct. 10th; Evan Eichorn - Oct. 10th.

Keep Tuned:  the children are planning a big surprise for Mother's Day and Father's!!

February 27th
Time is flying by…..Yikes! The children have been busy learning so much math…and they are stretching their brains.  Our reading unit "A Long Journey to Freedom" made us aware of Ruby
Bridges and the sadness of segregation.  We finished Charlotte's Web.  And we learned that size does not matter.  When we apply ourselves we can achieve anything.  In Religion we have opened our hearts to forgiveness.  Even though we hit a few bumps in the road, the children and I discussed the importance of being kind and understanding to each other.  We are looking forward to celebrating Annabelle's birthday - Sunday, March 1st.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

February 17th

Hope everyone is safe and sound with this winter weather.
I am looking forward to returning to school tomorrow.  We will return on Ash Wednesday, and we will attend mass.  All the students will be in their winter uniforms for the mass.  Our class does not have gym tomorrow so we will be good to go.
Be safe driving!

 February 10th

With Valentine Day quickly approaching the children would like to share cards with their classmates. Please do not run out to purchase these as my angels can create them.  They will be creating a valentine bag to hold all of the cards.  We will be giving the cards out on Friday, Feb. 13th.  Sorry for the short notice!

All the children arrived safe and sound to school!!

February 9th

Thank you all for the kind and comforting words.  Your thoughts mean a lot to me.
I was so happy to be back with my angels.

We will be working on a coin project at home.  In the past it has been so much fun making and sharing the final product.  This is the letter you will be receiving today to explain:

Coin Project

Design your own coin!  You can be as creative as you would like.  You may use any kind of materials such as construction paper, clay, glitter, yarn, buttons, etc.

Please bring your coin in a zip lock bag and attached worksheet on

Tuesday, March 10^th.  Please also return this paper with the rubric on the same day with the coin. 

Be prepared to share your creation with the class! Have fun!!

Scoring Rubric

Return with the coin project

Project turned in on time (coin, worksheet, and rubric)   10 Points

Directions followed                                                                          10 Points

Coin is original and is a new type of coin                                 20 Points

Answers on worksheet are written in complete

Sentences!                                                                                           50 Points

Worksheet is written neatly                                                         10 Points

Total Points ____________/100 points       Grade _____________

January 29th

Congratulations to the students and their families for the service project's success.  The children raised $35,578.50 for the Mini - Thon  FTK For The Kids.  The day proved to be successful in many ways.  Our children heard stories of real children from our own community who have been effected by cancer as well as worked together in a fun way to raise money.  Many thanks to the teachers that organized and the administration with Father Citino who allowed the event to take place at Nativity; to the countless parents and local businesses for all their generous contributions of time, talents and food; and most of all to the children and their families for all their support of this heartbreaking cause.

Also we will be planning our Cowboy celebration for the beginning of February.  If you could loan us a cowboy boot and plastic snakes so we could play snake in the boot we would appreciate it.  We have a parent willing to loan us a large horse to be used in the game of lasso the horse.  Beanbags would be great to play tossing the beanbag on to a square with 12 squares to turn and we will add the numbers (simulating horseshoes).  So if you have plastic snakes, a cowboy boot, or beanbags to loan us I would be grateful.

Thanks for all your support!

Happy Catholic School Week, to celebrate the children will not have any homework to do with you.  Any work that needs to be completed will be done in the classroom.

Tuesday is supposed to be our time to visit all the countries represented in NOOL; Wednesday is Student Appreciation Day and the Home and School will provide a treat for the children in the afternoon; Thursday is Mini-Thon Day; Friday is Teacher's Appreciation Day.

We are preparing for our Cowboy Celebration.  My Myers and I will be working together to have this on February 10th or 17th.  We will have many activities and the children will be putting on a dance taught by Mr. Myers.  It is so much fun!

Please be safe with this storm approaching.

Thanks for all you do.

Judy

January 10th
We have survived our re-entry to school.  Again thank you so much for all your well wishes and generosity.
My angels returned to school ready to resume their roles as the best kids in my world.  I understand that math may be causing undo stress at night with homework.  PLEASE do not spend any more than 10 minutes on the work.  If it is causing an upset family time, just stop and write 10 minutes on the page and I will know we have to reteach the concept.  Your children do their very best everyday in the classroom so I know that the math concepts will become second nature.
Enjoy your weekend.