Here are instructions on how to Access Pebble Go from home for your homework assignments:
Access the Cobb Virtual Library at http://cvl.cobbk12.org
Enter the username: cobb
Enter the password: bird
Click on Elementary, then find Pebble Go!
Let me know if you have any questions!!!! :)
Posted at 07:40 AM | Permalink
Hello Families!
I hope you all have had a wonderful restful break. I just want to say again how greatful I am for all of the kindness, generosity, and gifts you gave at the end of December. I am so blessed to work with you and your children and I am truly appreciative!
We will be kicking off the new year with a field trip on Wednesday to the Fire Safety Village! This is a great learning field trip and we will have lots of fun! A few things to remember: Please have your child wear their class T-shirt on Wednesday. Also remember that we will be eating lunch there, so anything your child brings will need to be in all disposable containers with no glass. We will not be bringing lunchboxes! Please make sure your child's lunch is clearly labeled. Also, students should be dressed comfortably and wearing tennis shoes as we will be participating in physical activites. No dresses or skirts!
PLEASE NOTE: The performing arts field trip that was scheduled for Friday January 13th has been cancelled, but we were able to reschedule for a different performance. We will be attending the Atlanta Ballet presentation of Snow White in February. More information will come soon.
I am so impressed with our class effort on IXL! Although we may have a smaller class, we have completed over 10,000 problems collectively! I hope that number will continue to rise. I am excited to see who has been working hard and earning medals over break! Please continue to encourage and allow your child to use IXL as often as possible, as this is an AWESOME resource! Also, this will be a required part of our weekly homework for the rest of the school year. Please let me know if you are still unsure of how to use IXL at home!
Homework Links:
Download January Book Report Rubric
Here is an overview of what we will be studying this month:
Math- identify, describe, & classify solid shapes, according to their attributes, edges, angles,faces and vertices. Review making change to $5.00 and subtraction with regrouping.
Reading- We will begin learning about "reading to learn," with a focus on non-fiction.
Language Arts- We will write informational paragraphs this nine weeks. Students will use resources, such as a dictionary, a thesaurus, non-fiction books, internet sites, encyclopedia, and charts to support their writing.
Social Studies- The contributions of Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King
Here are some dates to mark on your calendars:
January 9th- Teacher work day -student holiday
January 11th- 2nd grade field trip to Fire Safety Village
January 13th- report cards are sent home
January 16th- Martin Luther King Holiday- no school
January 31st- Readers' Choice book report due
Posted at 08:56 PM | Permalink
Hello Parents!
We are coming up on the end of the second nine weeks, only three weeks left! Here is a preview of what we will be studying in December!
Math - Graphing - pictographs, bar graphs, and venn diagrams; Geometry - plane shapes, attributes, and what happens when you put together and take apart shapes. *Continue practicing subtraction with regrouping and making change with bills and coins!
IXL and Skills Tutor are great resources to use at home to practice! We are working on mastering our subtraction facts on Skills Tutor, and working on earning medals in IXL! Ask your child how many medals they have earned!
On IXL our class has completed over 2,000 problems! We want to be the top class in the grade level, so keep working hard on those problems at home!
Language Arts - Dictionary Skills, Quotation Marks, Pronouns, Context Clues, and writing a response to literature
Social Studies - We are done with our unit for this nine weeks!
Science - we will be spending the next three weeks studying Energy and Motion!
Here are the links for the Homework:
Download Family traditions project
Important dates for December:
December 15 - Visit from the Fire Fighters
Dec. 20th- Family Tradition Report due
Dec. 21st.- Holiday Party
Dec. 22nd - school holiday sing-a-long - End of 2nd nine weeks
Dec. 23rd-Jan.9th- Winter holidays - no school
Important January Dates:
January 11 - Field trip to the Fire Safety Village - information to come home soon (no cost)
January 13 - Field trip through performing arts program to the Cobb Energy Center to see Alice in Wonderland - parents have already completed performing arts permission and gave a donation at the beginning of the year, so there will be nothing for you to sign at this time. Reminders will come home.
Posted at 03:44 PM | Permalink
Hello Families!
We are off and running into the second nine weeks! Here is a look at what we will be learning this month:
Language Arts: Response to Literature - how to summarize a book in writing, make connections, and give a recommendation. Inferencing, fluency, homophones, homographs, pronouns, etc.
Math: Making change with coins and bills, and two digit subtraction with regrouping. Make sure to practice your subtraction facts!
*At home suggestion: Find a jar and put some coins in it for the kitchen. Each time your child asks you for a snack or drink, tell them how much it costs and have them count back the change to $1.00 with the coins.
Social Studies: How Georgia Began, focusing on the Savannah settlement and the famous Georgians, James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove.
Homework Links:
www.ixl.com/signin/mountainview - use this website for drill and practice with 2nd grade math skills. This can be used as a part of the homework, as well as for additional support and practice. Please take advantage of this GREAT resource!
www.myskillstutor.com - use this website for math and language arts skill practice. Another great resource for practice at home! Check your child's folder for login info.
Important Dates for November:
Nov 2 & 4 - Let's Move (be sure to have a jacket and tennis shoes on!)
Nov 8 - No school for students - Election Day
Nov 17 - Book Report due
Nov 21-25 - No School for Thanksgiving holiday
Posted at 02:58 PM | Permalink
Hi Parents!
Here are two new terrific sites to start using at home. We will begin using them on our monthly homework in November. Each student will need a login and password for both of the sites. I will send this home Monday in the red folder. Instructions and more details will also be attached.
Give it a try! It covers so many skills.
My Skills Tutor - http://www.myskillstutor.com
Posted at 02:58 PM | Permalink
Hello Parents!
October is here and Fall is definitely in the air! I hope you are all out enjoying the beautiful weather we are having! We are coming up on the end of the first nine weeks, so we will be doing lots of assessments over the next few weeks. Here is a brief overview of what we will be studying this month:
Math - 2-digit addition with regrouping, counting money, graphing, and place value review.
Language Arts - Narrative stories, retelling stories, responding to literature, antonyms and synonyms, plurals, r-controlled vowels.
Science - Matter - solid, liquid, gas, changing between states.
Homework information:
October Homework - Download October 2011
Book Report - Download October Book Report
Reading Log - Download October Reading Log
Important Dates for October:
Oct 11 - Field Trip to the Strand Theater!
Oct 14 - End of the 1st 9 weeks
Oct 21 - Scholastic Book Orders due! Enter your order online!
Oct 24-28: Parent Teacher Conferences / Early Release for students
Report cards will be distributed at conferences
Oct 25: Book Reports Due
Posted at 09:12 PM | Permalink
Hi Parents!
The students asked that I share a few websites with you so that they can access them at home!
We are studying some of the important rivers in Georgia, including the Chatahoochee, the Flint, the Savannah, the Ocmulgee, the Oconee, the Altamaha, and the St. Marys River. Here is a site we accessed in class while we were studying and it includes lots of pictures from the rivers. The students wanted to view more of the pictures and learn more!
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/garivers.htm
Earlier this year we studied the food groups and healthy snacks. We watched this music video produced for Disney that the students really enjoyed so here is the link so that you can enjoy it with them!
I hope you are all having a GREAT week!!!
Posted at 02:51 PM | Permalink
Hello Parents!
We have gotten off to a great start this year! Our first two weeks have flown by and we are ready to jump right in to our new online homework! Here you will find a link to our homework, a link to the book report instructions, and links to anything else pertinent to homework that month. We are still working on how to upload everything properly, so bear with us, and let me know if you find any links that don't work, or would like me to send a paper copy of everything.
Please keep in mind that as the month progresses, I may feel the need to send an additional sheet of written homework if there is an area that needs extra practice, especially in math!
Students should choose an activity from each column each week, for a total of 5 activities per week. On Mondays, I will check the homework sheet for activities that are CIRCLED and INITIALED by parents. When I find 5, I will highlight them with a different color to indicate that it was checked. Each Monday, students should also turn in their writing assignment from that week, as well as anything else they completed on paper. I understand that many activities don't involve something they can turn in, so as long as I see the main homework sheet with the parent initals, I will understand that the activity was completed.
THIS MONTH ONLY I have sent a paper copy of everything home with the students, just to get them started. Next month, be sure to look here at the beginning of the month to download and print the necessary papers for homework.
September Homework Download September 2011
September Book Report Download September Book Report 2011
September Reading Log Download September Reading Log
September Spelling Download Spelling Week 1
Here is a brief overview of what we are studying this month:
Math - Place Value (tens and ones, expanded form, different ways to write a number), counting money, graphing, and telling time.
Language Arts - Diagnostic reading assessments, fiction stories, narrative writing, nouns, verbs, plurals, compound words, short and long vowels.
Social Studies - Intermediate Directions, Regions of Georgia
Important Dates for September:
Aug 31 & Sept 2 - "Let's Move!" Students will be able to go to the track on the upper playground and walk for exercise during morning work time.
Sept 13 - Boosterthon Begins!
Sept 21 & 23 - "Let's Move!"
Sept 23 - Boosterthon Fun Run during school
Sept 23 - Fall Festival!
Sept 27 - Book Report Due
Sept 28 - Fall Pictures
Posted at 11:48 AM | Permalink
Hello Families!
Welcome to 2nd Grade. This year we have many exciting things to learn! One of our biggest changes this year is that we are going GREEN!! This year, you will find all of your child's important information right HERE on my blog each month. You will come here for homework, book report directions, updates on what we are learning, important dates and information, and much more! Thank you for bearing with us as we embark on this task as there will be many kinks to work out along the way!
Please take a moment to look at the left side of this screen and click the link to recieve email updates! This will allow my blog to be emailed to you EACH time I update it!
Sample Homework - Download September2011
(The real homework will be posted by Monday August 29th, as this is a work in progress. This link is just to give you an idea of what it will look like.)
Curriculum Night Powerpoint - Download ABC’s of second grade
Link to Cobb County Bus Pass - http://www.cobbk12.org/mtview/Bus%20Pass.pdf
If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask! It's going to be a great year!!
Posted at 03:47 PM | Permalink
