September 27th News of the Week

This week we will be going on our field trip to the cementary.  It will be on Thursday, September 30th and we will leave at 9:30.  If you signed up to go on the field trip, please be at the school by 9:10.  We will be walking to the cementary, so please wear comfortable shoes.  Remember to dress for the weather by wearing a coat or sweater if needed,  a hat, and clothing appropriate for the temperature. Parents, please adhere to the dress code of the school.

Parents please make sure your child is gettting plenty of sleep and a good breakfast.  I see many students with their heads resting on the arms and looking as if they are half asleep.  It is very important that your child pays attention to instruction so that I don't have to repeat the same thing over and over.  Please remind your child that school is for learning and in order to learn you have to try.

Also, the lunch room has advised me that there are many 2nd graders not throwing away their trash, climbing under the tables, having a food fight, and misbehaving .  Please remind your child to have good manners in the lunch room and to clean up after themselves.  It is very hard for one person to supervise two grade levels, so she needs everyone to be on their best behavior.

We are working on addition strategies in math.  Please have your child practice adding numbers up to twenty.  This will help them learn the facts and be able to recall the answers instantly.  In language arts, we are learning about verbs, punctuation marks, and beginning the sentence with a capital letter.  When your child does his/her homework, please make sure the sentences begin with a capital letter and end with the appropriate punctuation mark.  We have learned to print the letters up to Nn.  The children do very well when we practice as a whole group, but become sloppy when they are writing the letters on their own.  Please have your child practice printing at home as a daily routine.  The more they practice, the better they get.

If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to contact me. You may do so through this blog or email me at marlane.forsyth@comcast.net.  I would like to thank all of you who are volunteering. If you would like to do so, please let me know.

Mrs. Forsyth