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Monday, May 21, 2012 Tomorrow is Field Day!! All students are to wear gym pants and shoes along with a shirt that matches their team color. If they do not have that color shirt they may wear a gym t-shirt! Team colors for Room 205 are as follows... Sal Hannah Kiera Caryn Ryley Megan Emey Julia Lydia Kayla Jeremy Andy Michael Heath Madison Emily MATH homework is WB pgs 143 & 144 Wednesday, May 9, 2012 ALL STUDENTS NEED TWO, 12-16 OZ cans for TOMORROW, May 10 (vegetable or soup cans will do)!!!! They need to be cleaned with the wrapper taken off. Also please send in a home & garden magazine that will not need to be returned. Thank you. MATH - Simple Solutions up to Lesson 128 Monday, May 7, 2012 Field Trip is tomorrow and students are to wear their gym uniforms. Please see the yellow slip of paper for more information. MATH - pgs 361 & 362 ******NEEDED for a project~please send in 2 empty and clean 12-16 oz cans (for example, soup cans, veggie cans, etc.) Also any home or garden magazines that can be cut up. Please have them in for Wednesday. Thank you!******* FYI....Mondays for the rest of the school year will be FREE Dress Down Days!!! Wednesday, May 2, 2012 MATH - We are still working with shapes are are currently practicing symmetry. Homework is to cut out 5 different symmetrical shapes from the paper provided and GLUE them onto the orange paper! The shapes can be anything. FIELD TRIP permission slips were sent home today. On Tuesday, May 8th the entire second grade is going on the Just Ducky Tour and having a pizza lunch when we return to school. More info will be given as to what the children will wear (most likely gym uniforms). Friday, April 20, 2012 Social Studies Homework We have been talking about recycling and your child needs to bring in three pieces of paperboard for Monday. Disney's Chimpanzee movie is playing at Loews Theater in the Waterfront. For EARTH DAY, this Sunday, April 22, I will be going to the 3:10 showing. You and your families are more than welcome to join me if you like! Please send me an email to let me know if I should expect you:) Hope to see you there!! Monday, April 16, 2012 Terra Nova testing this week!! For tomorrow, please have your child:
If the religion assignment was not finished over the weekend it MUST be turned in complete for tomorrow! Wednesday, April 11, 2012 MATH - WB pg 99 ONLY AUCTION NEWS:
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE:) Friday, March 30, 2012 MATH - Homework (Yes, homework on a Friday!!) Ch 16 Review/Test. There is a test on Chapter 16 on Monday! Enjoy the weekend:) HAPPY SPRING!! Tuesday, March 20, 2012 MATH - Chapter 16 Review/Test. Chapter test tomorrow on subtraction & rounding. Conference reminders are being sent home today. For Room 205 parents, I have some earlier times available (between 1:30 and 3:30) if you would like to move your time up from later in the evening. If so please send in a note and I will get back to you! Thanks:) Tuesday, March 13, 2012 ***Please be aware that Mrs. Sapida is making a basket for our homeroom for Basket Bingo. Any donation for the "All in the Family" basket is appreciated. Very few donations have been turned in so if you are able to send in a few dollars or a donation mentioned on her sheet please do so tomorrow. Thank you!! MATH - WB pg 86 Wednesday, March 7, 2012 MATH - WB pg 84 We had a fun assembly today! Please ask your children about the Chinese Acrobats who performed this afternoon. The Lorax was a great movie. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did:) The Lorax Tickets I am able to get a group discount for the tickets today at Destinta as long as they are all purchased together. (3-D tickets normally cost $10 but I can get them for $8 each.) I will have to purchase all the tickets on one transaction so everyone would need to pay me back in order to get the discount, so PLEASE DO NOT BUY YOUR OWN TICKETS!!! I will be there by 4:15 to start taking count of who all is attending. If you do not have cash on you today the money can be sent into school tomorrow. See you there! MATH - pgs 281 & 282. More practice with regrouping. Monday, March 5, 2012 MATH - We are working on regrouping in math. Homework is WB pg 82 REMINDER>>>>Mrs. Mathias and I are attending the 4:30 (3-D) showing of The Lorax tomorrow afternoon at Destinta Theater in North Versailles. You are welcome to join us if you like. Please send a note or email so we know who to expect! Thanks:) Friday,March 2, 2012 Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Second grade had lots of celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday today. Thank you so much for supplying many delicious treats for the students:) ************THE LORAX************ Movie times have been released for next week. Mrs. Mathias and I are attending the 4:30 showing of The Lorax (3-D)at Destinta Movie Theater in North Versailles on Tuesday, March 6th. You are welcome to join us if you like. Please send in a note if you are planning on attending so we know who to expect. Thanks! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!! Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Happy Leap Day!! We had a lot of fun in math class doing Leap Day Activities. Students measured how far they could leap, counted how many hops they could do, they skip counted by 4's, multiplied by 4's and divided by 4's. MATH - HW is to complete the Sudoku puzzle. We will start subtraction next. Today we walked over to church to see the traveling statue of Our Lady of Fatima and to say a quiet prayer while we were there. I am very proud of the reverence all of the second graders show in church. Total School Liturgy is on Friday as well as Stations of the Cross for second and eighth grade students. Tuesday, February 28, 2012 MATH - Complete Ch 14 Review/Test. Test is tomorrow. ***I just wanted to give the second grade parents a heads up to something that Mrs. Mathias are hoping to do. We are both very excited about the upcoming release of "The Lorax" and are planning on seeing the movie one day after school next week and anyone who is interested in joining us is welcome. We are tentatively thinking of going on Tuesday and I'll provide more details once the movie times are posted. We are hopeful that there will be a showing after school at Destinta!*** Monday, February 27, 2012 Math - Complete WB pages 77 & 78. Chapter 14 test will be on Wednesday. Tuesday, February 21, 2012 The Mardi Gras celebration was a lot of fun. Fifth grade did such a great job making games and handing out candy. Thank you fifth grade teachers & students:) MATH - Workbook pages 73 & 74 Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. We will have liturgy at 9:30 and an early dismissal. Monday, February 20, 2012 I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. I just wanted to remind you that tomorrow is our Mardi Gras celebration so students are to bring in change to play games:) Wednesday, February 15, 2012 MATH - WB page 72. We will be having a chapter test on Friday on regrouping. MARDI GRAS is next Tuesday, February 21. Students can bring in change on that day to play games in the 5th grade rooms. Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Happy Valentine's Day!! No homework from me:) Enjoy your evening with your family!! Monday, February 13, 2012 MATH - pages 241 & 242 Bring in Valentine's & boxes or bags tomorrow. We will have our Valentine Party tomorrow afternoon. Students may wear a Valentine top and pay $2 for jeans if they wish. Thursday, February 9, 2012 MATH - Complete pages 233 & 234. We will be celebrating Valentine's Day on Tuesday. Students may bring in boxes or bags any time! We have 16 students in 205 and 15 students in 206. A list will come home tomorrow with names. Tuesday, February 7, 2012 MATH - Chapter 12 Review Test. We are having a test tomorrow on regrouping. During class your child completed several worksheets and made corrections as needed. They may also use those papers as study guides. Liturgy is tomorrow. Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Our Inflatable Party was a bunch of fun! Tomorrow we are bowling in the morning and students are to wear their gym pants and shoes with a favorite sport shirt. Please remember to send in the permission slips as well as pizza order forms. They MUST be in by tomorrow! For fun the girls are wearing pig tails in their hair if they want to participate:) MATH - ROOM 206 ONLY...Simple Solutions to Lesson 84 We are collecting can goods for the girls basketball team. We also are still collecting for our Gina Jug. That contest is ending this week! Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Wear sweat suits tomorrow or any kind of active wear, it does not need to be gym uniform! We are having our inflatable party tomorrow afternoon. It will be lots of fun:) MATH - Room 205 ~ complete up to Lesson 84 and Room 206 ~ Complete up to Lesson 82. If it appears that your child has many lessons to do at one time it may be that they are not using class time properly to keep up with where we are in the book! If more time is needed to catch up then the books can go home on the weekends. As far as the problems being asked, there are subtraction problems that require regrouping and some students are able to complete them and others are still learning them. Those are the ONLY questions that should be skipped if needed. Friday, January 27, 2012 Wow, your children have been working so hard to get projects completed for Catholic Schools Week! I am very proud of their efforts:) I hope that you are able to join us on Sunday at 1:00 for Open House. If your child brings a friend with them they will receive a free dress down pass. MONDAY, January 30th is Patriotic Day and a $2.00 jean day. ALSO ----there will be no hot lunch served. All children will need to pack! MATH - We are practicing regrouping by trading in ten ones for one ten and vice versa. If your child is still needs to make their First Reconciliation please let me know when you are scheduling it for. I would like to be there if my plans allow! Have a great weekend:) Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Early Dismissal Tomorrow & Cookie Sale IF there is a 2 hour delay there will not be an early dismissal. Students will bring a light lunch to be eaten in the classroom. MATH - Simple Solutions up to Lesson 70 (Room 205) Up to Lesson 68 (Room 206). Wednesday, January 11, 2012 MATH - Simple Solutions due Friday. To lesson 65 (Room 205). To Lesson 62 (Room 206) Social Studies - Family Tree papers were sent home today. Please help your child complete them. I would like the full names for family members (no nicknames). Let me know if you have any questions! Tuesday, January 10, 2012 In social studies we are learning about our past and our county's history. I will be sending home papers for a project we are doing in connection with this. Each student will be completing a Family Tree that includes themselves on up to their great-grandparents on both sides. This is just a heads up that they will be needing this information! Thanks:) MATH - Simple Solutions, due FRIDAY ROOM 205 - Complete up to Lesson 65 ROOM 206 - Complete up to Lesson 62 Liturgy is tomorrow & don't forget we are still collecting for the Gina Jug! Wednesday, January 4, 2012 It is great to be back to school! I hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas break!! MATH - We are practicing taking surveys, reading charts and making graphs! Homework is WB pgs 55 & 56. SOCIAL STUDIES - We have been learning about the different ways to name where we live. Ask your child to list some! Total School Liturgy is on Friday. We are collecting money for the "Gina Jug" to help find a cure for Mitochondrial Disease. The classroom that collects the most money wins a popcorn/movie day! The money collected from today's jean day was added to the jug! Wednesday, December 21, 2011 I am still in need of a parent volunteer to teach Junior Achievement on Monday, January 30. Training will be on Tuesday, January 10th in the library. If two parents want to participate that is fine too! Don't be intimidated...they are a great class:) Please let me know, tomorrow, December 22nd if you are willing to do it. Thank you! Our Christmas Party is tomorrow morning from 10:30-11:30! Students may wear a Christmas top for free & if they want to wear jeans it is $2.00. Dress down passes may be used. There is also an early dismissal so please make sure your child is aware of how to go home! Tuesday, December 20, 2011 MUSIC CONCERT TONIGHT!! Please drop your child off in Biedenbach Hall between 6:30-6:45 PM without their coats~take them back to your seat! The show begins at 7:00 and the second grade will be sitting on the left side of the church behind the choir section. Children are to wear their school pants/skirt/jumper with a Christmas top if possible. If they do not have a Christmas top then a uniform top in red or white will be fine. All students will stay with Mrs. Mathias and I after the program until a parent comes to pick them up. They will be instructed to stay with us until we see a parent, thank you for your cooperation with this. Tomorrow , Wednesday, December 21, is a regular school day with Liturgy. Thursday, December 22, is our Christmas party and an early dismissal day. Students may wear Christmas tops for free and may also wear jeans for $2.00. Junior Achievement Day is on Monday, January 30th and I am looking for a parent volunteer from Room 205 who would be interested in teaching it. You will be provided a packet as well as training. The training will be in the library on Tuesday, January 10th. Please send me a note, along with your contact info, before Christmas break if you are interested. Thank you! ****************************************** Thursday, December 15, 2011 MATH - WB pg 53 ONLY. Practice naming the months of the year in order! Monday, December 12, 2011 MATH - Complete worksheet on elapsed time. This can be a difficult concept to understand so please practice at home using real life start and end times to figure out the elapsed time. We will continue practicing in class as well!
Thursday, December 8, 2011 MATH - Complete the worksheet on time before and after. We will start Chapter 10 tomorrow which is still on time! Wednesday, December 7, 2011 MATH - Complete pages 167 & 168 (Ch. 9 Review/Test) Continue practicing time and skip counting! Test tomorrow. RELIGION - Room 205- Complete pages 4-7 in the Reconciliation Book. On page 4 they can draw a picture showing God's love, cut out a picture from a magazine or use a photograph. TOTAL SCHOOL LITURGY TOMORROW! Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Happy St. Nicholas Day! Buddy & Sparky (our elves) must be delivering great reports to Santa on how the second grade students are behaving since they had a secret visit from St. Nicholas today:) MATH - Complete the worksheet (2 sides) on time. We will be having a chapter test on Thursday. Keep practicing!! RELIGION - No mass tomorrow. We are going on Thursday which is a Holy Day of Obligation. Our Santa Shop was today so no peeking in the bags in case there is a surprise for you!! Tuesday, November 29, 2011 MATH - WB page 44. Please practice telling time~especially on analog clocks! We have discussed in detail how the hour hand starts to move as the minute hand moves. When it is 3:30, the hour hand is in between the 3 and 4 since it is past 3 o'clock but not quite 4 o'clock. When they are drawing the hands on the clock I do expect the hour hand to be between hours if needed:) Thanks! No Mass tomorrow....we have First Friday Liturgy this week.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 A Happy & Blessed Thanksgiving to you and your family! Enjoy your long weekend:) Please continue practicing money with your child. We will be starting time next week so it will be beneficial to also practice using analog clocks! Tuesday, November 15, 2011 ***Thanksgiving Breakfast Tuesday at 7:50 AM in the Lourdes Center Dining Hall for last names starting with K-Z or for anyone who could not make it today.*** MATH - HW is a worksheet for Room 206. Room 205 did not get theirs passed out! Please continue to practice counting money with your child. Any additional help is very beneficial! RELIGION - Baptism worksheet due on Friday, November 18 Monday, November 14, 2011 ****Thanksgiving Breakfast is tomorrow starting at 8:00 AM in the Lourdes Center Dining Hall for families with the last name starting with A-K and Wednesday is for L-Z. If unable to make it for your day, please attend the other!**** MATH - WB pg 41 ONLY. Please continue practicing counting money, now using dollars too! Thursday, November 3, 2011 MATH - Complete pages 123 & 124 on showing money different ways. We have been practicing that in class and completed a small project using the same concept. Please continue having you child sort and count money. Tomorrow is Total School Liturgy. No Dress Down Passes may be used. Wednesday, November 2, 2011 MATH - We are working on a few in class projects so there is no homework. Please continue counting money and using different coins to show the same amount. ROOM 205 - Conference time reminders were sent home today. They are taped inside of your child's take home folder. PLEASE RETURN THE PINK PAPERS FOR THE RECONCILIATION MEETINGS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE EITHER ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6 OR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Monday, October 31, 2011 HAPPY HALLOWEEN:) MATH - We are counting money and showing different ways to make the same amount. Please practice this skill at home when possible! Homework is WB pgs 35 & 36. THERE IS NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, November 1st Wednesday, October 26, 2011 MATH - Chapter 6 is on money so please have your child practice counting different amounts of change. Homework is a worksheet & both sides are to be completed! SOCIAL STUDIES - We are learning about the different communities and are drawing pictures of urban, suburban & rural communities. Our Walk-a-Thon was great fun today...we will find out soon which grade had the most spirit. If it were left up to me, I'd say we won:) Thursday, October 20, 2011 What an exciting day...we had 6 butterflies hatch open and so far they are all girls!! With that, we spent a lot of time observing our new friends:) MATH - Simple Solutions up to lesson 40 Tuesday, October 18, 2011 MATH - Complete WB pg 30 SCIENCE/Social Studies - Return the Duquesne Light Pledges. The first homeroom to get them all in will win a pizza party:) RELIGION - For liturgy tomorrow the following students will take up the offerings and gifts...Julia S., Lydia, Jeremy & Hannah ******Cookie sale & EARLY DISMISSAL ON WEDNESDAY******* Thursday, October 13, 2011 MATH - WB pg 27 ONLY RELIGION (205) - We have been praying the Rosary everyday this week however today we got caught up in a story about Our Lady of Fatima and ran out of time. It would be great if the children could pray one decade of the Rosary at home either by themselves or as a family. It would include one Our Father, 10 Hail Mary's and one Glory Be:) Monday, October 10, 2011 MATH - We are practicing writing numbers in different ways. Homework tonight is a candy corn worksheet that needs completed on both sides. The children should use their math notebooks to help with spelling the numbers correctly. SCIENCE - We have many monarchs in the chrysalis form. IT will take a week to 10 days before we have butterlies! RELIGION (205)- The month of October is a special month in which we honor Mary. We have been, and will continue, praying the Rosary in class. Thursday, October 6, 2011 MATH -HW WB pg 23 ONLY. FIELD DAY - HW is to learn how to do a somersault! Wednesday, October 5, 2011 FIELD DAY IS TOMORROW...Thursday, October 6th. Please wear a purple top and gym pants! (Personally, I am loving all these days of purple...it is my favorite color!) MATH - WB pgs 21 & 22 We are still accepting magazine orders! Please print out any online orders you may have so your child can get credit for the sale. Thanks:) Please turn in your magazine orders for tomorrow, October 5th. The money raised goes towards the second grade field trip. The number of magazines sold by the second graders determines the type of field trip we can afford! Also, just selling/buying at least one magazine will allow for your child to attend the Inflatable Party for free:) ****If you bought or sold any magazines online, please make a print out so we can get credit!**** Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Field Day is cancelled again due to weather. Hopefully the third time will be a charm:) It is re-scheduled for this Thursday, October 6th! MATH - Unit 1 Study Guide, pages 71-74 Monday, October 3, 2011 MATH - Review/Test for Chapter 4, pages 67 & 68. Test tomorrow on subtraction and fact families. SCIENCE - We are wrapping up Chapter 1 on plants and completed the review in class. Our next chapter is on animals! Tuesday, October 4th is Field Day. Please wear a purple shirt and gym pants. Bring sweatshirts if the weather is cool! ******************************************* Tuesday, September 27, 2011 MATH - We are using doubles and doubles plus one facts to help solve addition and subtraction sentences. Homework is WB pg 16. Tomorrow is a cookie sale and students in 2nd grade are to bring in 2 dozen cookies each for the sale. Remember to bring in money to buy cookies and milk also! EARLY DISMISSAL TOMORROW:) Monday, September 26, 2011 MATH - Chapter 3 Review/Test pgs 49 & 50. Test will be tomorrow. Please remember to return magazine orders:) Library is tomorrow. *************************************************************** I forgot to remind you that tomorrow is Field Day. All second graders are to wear a PURPLE top with gym bottoms. Thursday, September 22, 2011 MATH - WB pg 14 and some children need to complete page 13 as well. SCIENCE - Our order of Monarch caterpillars arrived yesterday. It is very exciting to watch them eat and grow! Wednesday, September 21, 2011 MATH - WB pg 12 on Related Facts ***MAGAZINE SALE STARTS TODAY*** If your child returns the small booklet tomorrow they get a prize! Please support the magazine sale as it is the sole fundraiser that goes towards our field trip. The past two years we raised enough money to have lunch and go on the Ducky Tour! Hopefully we can do that again:) Tuesday, September 20, 2011 MATH - Homework is page 36 on subtraction. Make sure your child reads the directions. SOCIAL STUDIES - We have been discussing community laws and school rules in class and how they are made to keep us safe. Homework is to draw 3 -5 signs you would see that are laws, for example a stop sign, speed limit, etc. Use the paper provided and neat work is expected. Children should know what the signs they do mean. Papers are due on Thursday. SCIENCE - I bought Monarch eggs and caterpillars today...they will be here soon!! I will still accept book orders through tomorrow and you may order on-line. Just visit www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and my activation code is HBPD9. Both classes are welcome to use this sight to order. LITURGY tomorrow for grades 1-4. Monday, September 19, 2011 MATH - We started subtraction today and discussed how it is the opposite of addition. No homework!! There is a PTG meeting this evening in the Lourdes Center at 7:00, please attend if possible!
Thursday, September 15, 2011 MATH - We reviewed addition patterns, doubles and making tens and we will have a Chapter 2 test tomorrow. Homework tonight is the Review/Test (both sides). Chapter 3 is on subtraction. SCIENCE - We labeled the parts of a plant and are discussing how seeds are scattered. SOCIAL STUDIES - Using the SmartBoard the class practiced placing the states correctly on a map. ROOM 205 - Book orders are due next Tuesday and another order form is being sent home today. If you are interested in ordering online, the activation code is HBPD9. Thank you:) Wednesday, September 14, 2011 MATH - Complete both sides of the worksheet. Tomorrow we will review Chapter 2 and the chapter test is on Friday. SCIENCE - Both caterpillars are in the chrysalis stage and they should be butterflies in a week or two! Most years I have had a large number of caterpillars in the my classroom, however I have not had any luck in finding more on my own. Because of this I am resorting to purchasing them :( and I hope to have some Monarch eggs next week so that we can observe each stage of the life cycle. **GYM TOMORROW......PLEASE SEND IN SWEATSHIRTS AS IT WILL BE COOLER** Monday, September 12, 2011 MATH- We discussed and practiced number patterns using charts. Homework is WB pg 7 ONLY. SCIENCE - We have two more Monarch caterpillars that we got to watch today. They are large ones that will soon be in the chrysalis stage! Keep praying that I can find some more:) SOCIAL STUDIES - We started Unit 1 vocabulary. We will be discussing different types of communities. Thursday, September 8, 2011 ***Tomorrow is Patriotic Day in remembrance of September 11. Your child may wear a patriotic, or red, white or blue shirt with UNIFORM PANTS.*** MATH - We are practicing finding the larger addend and counting on. Homework is a 2 sided worksheet. Religion/Social Studies - We have been discussing how we can live like Jesus and be helpful to others in school, at home or in our communities. Being happy and helpful to others will more likely make them happy and helpful too! Thursday, September 1, 2011 MATH - WB pg 3 ONLY LITURGY TOMORROW- Second grade is taking up gifts and candles for mass. Kayla, Michael J., Ariel and Julia W. are taking up gifts and Emey, Ryley, Megan, Andy, Ryan, Michael F and Madison L. are taking up candles. Wednesday, August 31, 2011 MATH - Today we reviewed skip counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. Please continue to practice this skill at home and incorporate it in everyday activities! Homework is WB pg 2. SCIENCE - We continued discussing our Monarch caterpillar and today it turned into a chrysalis! It was very exciting to see some of the process in class. ***TOMORROW IS GYM FOR BOTH SECOND GRADES*** Opening School Liturgy is Friday at 9:30AM Tuesday, August 30, 2011 It was great meeting and seeing so many of you yesterday at orientation. I understand that the beginning of the year can be overwhelming with so much information so please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions or need clarification on something. Our first full day was fun and successful. We spent a good part of the morning organizing and passing out supplies. Please try to get your child's supplies in by the end of the week. If you are unsure as to what they still need, send in a note! Also send in a note if your child is going to go home differently than normal. We had bus practice today and all students knew their correct bus but it can be difficult to remember changes in the normal schedule, so a note is helpful....Thanks. MATH - We reviewed numbers today and homework is a worksheet. RELIGION - (Room 205) Prayers that will be said during the day were passed out and the decorated. SCIENCE - We discussed monarch caterpillars. Remember to pack lunches all week. ***Room 205 may bring in a small beach towel to be kept in school for class work to be done on the floor.***
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