Mrs. Laidlaw's Classroom News

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!

With our Title One funds, our school was able to buy memberships for every student to the McGraw-Hill Leveled Reader website. This is an awesome site!!!! There are thousands of books to chose from.  All of the books are leveled and you can search for your child’s reading level (this level can be found on their report card).  These books can be read by your child and they can also listen to the stories. Tomorrow, your child will bring home a card that had their username and password on it. I am putting a link to the website on our blog under “Educational Links”. I am also putting a link here. If you would like to visit the site, just click on the picture below and it will take you there.

Tomorrow we will spend part of the morning outside with the other 2nd graders participating in Field Day. Please send in a waterbottle, wear your 2nd grade shirt and tennis shoes.

Yesterday we had our 2nd grade bash at Summerset Pool. The kids had a great time in the pool, swimming and playing with their friends. Mrs. Short’s mom and dad came and cooked us yummy hotdogs.  Thank you to all the parents that joined us on the trip and donated food for the picnic.

The kids had a great time at the zoo, eventhough it was soooo hot. Thanks to all the parents that chaperoned!!!! I am so sad I missed it!!

Spelling-We have our final review spelling test on Friday. I am very proud of the class-they have been doing great on the reviews!!!

Math-We have our 4th quarter assessment on Thursday. Review sheets have been coming home since Friday.

Celebration-We will be having our Second Grade Bash at Somerset Pool on Tuesday, June 8th. If your child did not bring back the permission slip for the pool, please have them bring it in ASAP. If your child does not have a filled out, signed permission slip, they will not be able to swim. Please make sure to bring a bathing suit and towel to swim. NO CUT OFF SHORTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE POOL.

Field Day-On Thursday, June 10th we will be participating in Field Day with the entire second grade. We will be outside most of the morning. Please wear your second grade shirt and tennis shoes. If you would like your child to wear sunscreen on, please apply it before they come to school. Please send in a water bottle with your childs name on it.

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Tonight was the Spring Fling!!!

Such a great event!!! The kids had a blast playing games, jumping on inflatables and eating yummy treats.

Mrs. Short  just found this great animal characteristics sorting game. It goes along perfect with our animal unit. You have to sort animal characteristics into their correct group; mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, and fish. I know we haven’t gotten to all of the animal groups yet, but I think you’ll do fine. You can also click here and it will take you to a website that has several different animal games.  Try them out and leave us a comment and let us know what you think of  them!!!

Spelling-We are officially finished with the spelling book. The next 3 weeks we will be reviewing all the words from the year. On Monday your child will take a pre-test with 45 words.  The words spelled incorrect will be your childs spelling words for the week. Spelling test will be on Friday.

Animal units-Fish test will be on Monday. We will start talking about reptiles this week with the test the following Monday.

Early Release Day-We have an early release day this Wednesday. Kids will be released at 1:30.

Field trip-The zoo field trip is Thursday May 27th. Money for the trip is due on Monday. Children are $8.00 (this includes transportation) Chaperones are $5.00-you will need to drive yourself  and meet us at the gate.  Please make sure to send it in-we need to purchase the tickets ahead of time.

Take a peek at the offer from Borders Books:

Click on this link to get a coupon! 

This week we started our research for our animal report. The children were shown 3 web sites to use and were able to take a book out of the library.  On Monday we are going to compter lab to do our final in-school research. If  your child did not finish with the research by then they will have to complete it at home.  Below I have posted several links that should help with the research.

http://lib.misd.net/cataloging/servlet/presentwpesearchform.do?l2m=WebPath%20Express