Parent Letter 11/28 to 12/2

Mr. Anderson’s 2^nd Grade Class

Welcome Back!!!                                                                11/28/11

This Week in Class:

Math: The students will be reviewing double-digit addition and starting double-digit subtraction. They will learn how to trade 1 ten for 10 ones to solve problems like 43-27. Some of the math words that they will be learning are:

trade which is another word for regroup.   1 ten can be traded for 10 ones without changing the total value of the number you are subtracting from.

regroup When you subtract 29 from 46, you need to regroup 1 ten as 10 ones.

difference The answer to a subtraction problem. “What is the difference between this number and that number.”

Spelling:  The students will be associating the spelling patterns ai, ay, and a-consonant-e with the long a sound. Children learn that the ai pattern occurs in the middle of a word, while ay often occurs at the end. 

Reading: The target skill this week that I will be working with in whole group and small group read is Summarizing.  Summarizing is when the reader looks at details and picks out the main ideas, or important parts of the story.

Social Studies: For the month of December the students are going to be starting a unit called “Christmas Around the World”.  This is a very exciting unit where students will be “traveling” to different countries around the world to look at how each country celebrates Christmas. For those students that do not take part in the holiday we will be looking at other traditions in the country as well including food that they eat, ways that they dress, ect. We will make crafts, learn songs and poems, and read stories.  We will not be switching classes for Health, Science, and Social Studies because this takes a lot of time.

Writing: This week we will continue our Writer’s Workshop.  Many of the students have published Stellaluna pieces that will be coming home soon.  This week during Writer’s Workshop we will be revisiting the Writing Process. 

Food and Clothing Drive:

Sandstone is having a holiday Food and Clothing Drive starting today. If you have any  non-perishable food or gently used clothing, please bring them in. The food will go to the Billings Food Bank and the clothes go to the Women’s and Family Shelter! The Food and Clothing Drive ends December 9th! 

The Giving Tree

The Giving Tree is up in the office. If you would like to donate a present to someone in need this year, you can take an ornament from the tree and return it with an unwrapped gift! 

The Holiday Music Program

The Holiday Music Program this year is tenitivly scheduled for Dec. 21st at 9am and again at 1:30pm.

Book Orders

Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs

Class Activation Code: HBFTM

There’s no time to lose! In order to make our deadline and have all our books arrive on time, your order to Scholastic Book Clubs is due by November 30th. 

Use the order form in the flyer your child recently brought home and return it to me with your payment right away! Please pay with a check made out to Scholastic Books!  

Or, make it easy and send me your order online! Go to  www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and log in using your user name and password.

If it’s your first time ordering online, use the Class Activation Code shown above to get started 

SIGN UP at  www.scholastic.com/bookclubs. On the parent page, click the “Register” button in the “First Time Here?” section. Register for your own user name and password. When prompted, enter the one-time Class Activation Code shown above. This code ensures that your order is sent to me. 

SELECT the books you’d like to order—choose from thousands of titles—many more than in our monthly flyers. 

SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child’s books will be delivered directly to my classroom. Ordering online is fast and easy!

Best of all, we earn a FREE book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.*

Sincerely, Mr. Josh Anderson