Info & Announcements

Students are doing a fine job of getting into the swing of things and adjusting to our regular school schedule.  There still might be some rather warm days but we are well on our way towards Fall!  The first week of school in the month of September will find us quite busy as we will be taking our first set of benchmark tests.  Students will not be tested every day and the tests are quite short.  These will be given at 3 different times throughout the school year to help give us an idea of where students stand and which areas we need to work on.  So students, show up ready to show us how smart you really are!  I have already seen some wonderful things from this group!

 

Curriculum News

During our Reading/Literacy Block time in the morning, we will continue with our Cynthia Rylant author study.   She has written many beloved children’s books such as the Henry and Mudge Series and has written numerous other amazing books which students have enjoyed.  During Math, we will be looking at many different strategies for improving our addition and subtraction skills.  We will be taking a closer look at maps and map skills during our Social Studies time.  We will also have some time to look at writing better sentences as we explore the different types of sentences during our English/Grammar time.  There is so much to cover this week!  This week’s spelling words are given below.  Remember that the test is given on Friday!

 

Spelling

rain      mail      wait       paid       bait      sail     aim     pain     main     paint      train     aid

 

Reminders:

There is no school on Monday, September 3^rd because of Labor Day.  Have a wonderful holiday weekend and enjoy the last “unofficial” weekend of summer!

 

Mrs. Johnson

 

 

 

Welcome back to school!  With our first full week under our belt, we are now off and running within a brand new school year!  It is always an exciting time of year.  By now, hopefully students feel more at ease about being upstairs with me and are ready to settle in to what will be a fantastic school year!

 

Thus far, we have mostly been going over and getting used to our new routines.  We have started to get into the first four areas of our Daily 5 / Literacy Block time.  Students are getting a better understanding of what my expectations are and how things run in 2^nd grade.  We have also spent some time learning a bit about the fascinating and beautiful ocean habitat.  We will be spending quite a bit of time on this at the beginning of the school year and at times throughout the year.   In math we have been starting back at the basics.  We have been discussing some basic addition strategies.  We will be starting with some Timed Addition Tests in a few weeks.  Students will get 2 minutes to complete 40 problems.  They will pass the level that they are on if they miss 2 or less.  Judging by what I am hearing from them, they will do fantastic with this!  We are starting our day with a morning meeting which allows us to form a stronger sense of community by sharing and discussing important topics and upcoming events!  It is always an excellent way to kick off our day!

 

This next week will mark the beginning of our spelling tests.  They will be given on every Friday.  I will post them to this website on the Friday before so that you can have extra time to study.  Students will also get a hard copy of the words on the Monday of that same week.  We will practice these words in class each week and there will be at least one other worksheet given each week to help them get familiar with the words.   Below are this week’s spelling words!

 

Spelling

car        park        hard        barn         card          shark          dart        farm        yard       star       dark       part

 

Reminders

This week will be back to our regular 3:11 dismissal time.  Picture Day will be Thursday, August 30th.  Order forms should be coming home soon.  If more are needed, contact the office and we will be happy to send another one home.  Welcome back everyone!

 

Mrs. Johnson

 

 

 

Welcome back to a wonderful school year!  I have no idea where the summer went but I couldn’t be more excited about another school year with some amazing students here at Hartsburg-Emden.  There will be so much to learn and fun to be had that I am certain that it will be another fantastic school year!

This website/blog will be updated weekly and is usually done on a Thursday evening or on Friday morning.  Don’t forget to check back because this is where you will find updated information concerning upcoming activities and events along with a weekly spelling list that can be accessed at any time from home!  ClassDojo will also be used to share photos and updates of daily and weekly events happening in our classroom!

I look forward to working with all of you and to having a fantastic 2018-2019 school year!

Mrs. Johnson

*There is no spelling test during the first week of school!  Hooray!!!!