Bergeron's Book Buddies

More September News

Here are a few important dates to mark on your calendars.

Wednesday, September 19th- Early Release

Thursday, September 27th- Paper Bag Puppets due- Students decorate a paper bag like a character from a book they have read this month. Directions were sent home with the bag. This is our first book report. Students must write the name of the book, author and a short summary of the book on a separate piece of paper.

Friday, September 28th- Field trip to Turner Field. Students are asked  to wear tennis shoes, as we will do a lot of walking. Students really enjoy this field trip.

October 5th- Reflections Entries are due.

Science- Our unit on matter begins this week. Students will be moving to all the 2nd grade teachers' classrooms to do some great experiments on matter. Please ask your child about the matter lesson they had each day.

Math- our unit continues with hundred charts,  patterns, skip counting and graphs. A great web site for math is  www.AAAmath.com

Book In The Bag Program has begun. Students keep the books for one week, then they will get a new book every Thursday. Students must take an AR test on their book before they return it. Most of these books are AR.

Congratulations to our Student Council Rep- Caroline Johnson!

Congratulations to our alternate rep- Michael Magana!

We know they will do a great job representing our class!

Thanks for your support!

September Spotlights

I enjoyed meeting  all the families at Curriculum Night! Our class is off to a great start, and the students have been working very hard! I am very proud of them. Here are a few dates and information for the month of September:

Sally Foster orders are due by September 7th

Our first book report will be due on Thursday, September27th. The students will read a book on their level, and make a paper bag puppet of one of the characters in the book. I will send home a paper bag and more information about the project. Students should begin to select and read a book. We will go to the media center on Wed., Sept. 5th, and I will talk to the students then about this project.

Students have been taking AR tests. Second graders must get 12 points to be on the AR wall in the media center.

Math- Unit 1 continues with the study of place value, and reading, writing and comparing numbers to 100. Math facts have begun, and our first test on  +2's will be Friday, Sept. 7th.

Spelling- Please look in your child's agenda every Monday for their new list of spelling words. Please make sure that your child brings his/her red take home folder and agenda to school every day.

Social Studies- We wil continue to study communities, maps,  and globes.

Science- We will have great unit on matter. The students will rotate to all 8 second grade classes, where they will perform  exciting experiments about matter.

Book in the Bag Program will begin the week of September 17th.

Please send me a note or e-mail if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks for your support!

Cindy Bergeron