1-27-2020 Thank you so much to the families who came by our classroom yesterday to see what we have been working on! We have certainly been busy but our results are worth all the effort. We had a great Open House and several grades are near capacity...always a good sign! A lot of fun activities are planned for this week. The crazy hats and socks are, in fact, crazy today! We are working on double digit addition AND cursive! Phonics target skills this week are le at the end of a two syllable word and adjectives.
Have a good week!
Mary Ann McKenney
EMAIL: mamckenney@saintkevinschool.org
"God doesn't require us to succeed, He only requires that you try." Mother Teresa
”Teachers spend more time with our kids than anyone else — and during some of the most formative years of their lives. Learning state capitals and algebra equations are just the tip of the iceberg.” Stephanie Ruhle
FAVORITE BOOKS has changed to Winter titles.
If links below do not open please just copy and paste the web address.
How playing outside makes your kids smarter.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2373141/how-outdoors-makes-your-kids-smarter?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=onsiteshare
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I LOVE this article!
http://www.moultrienews.com/opinion/teacher-to-parent---positive-reinforcement-doesn-t-work/article_cf5c0206-2522-11e7-98ed-b3a9b0e7d4f6.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
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Some Cape Cod schools drop homework for younger students
http://capecodtimes.com/news/
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School bans homework and assigns reading and playing instead
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/27/1638352/-After-a-school-bans-homework-and-assigns-reading-and-playing-instead-they-re-seeing-great-results?detail=facebook
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Second grade reading list from Goodreads website
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/2nd-grade-reading-list
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I find the success of schools in Finland fascinating!
Michael Moore and the Finnish Education System - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com.
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*Very interesting and frightening article. A bit dramatic but worth taking another look at how much screen time your child has.
http://abc7news.com/1664438/ How Screens Turn Kids into Psychotic Junkies
MONDAY
*Spelling: Spelling Packet
Complete the spelling packet and return on Friday. Our new words are:
ankle, title, apple, cable, purple, able, bugle, bundle, bubble, giggle.
*Book Club
*RETURN LIBRARY BOOK IF IT WAS NOT RETURNED ON FRIDAY!
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TUESDAY
*Making Words: CUT OUT THE LETTERS on the top of your homework paper. DO THIS STEP FIRST. See how many words you can make. What word uses all of the letters? List the words by Word Families on the back of the paper. This is due on Wednesday. (a,i,b,d,l,r,s,z,z)
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
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WEDNESDAY
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
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THURSDAY
*Study Spelling
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
*RETURN RED BOOK CLUB FOLDER ON FRIDAY
*RETURN LIBRARY BOOK ON FRIDAY (they are returned to the library on Monday)
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*RETURN YELLOW FRIDAY FOLDER ON MONDAY!
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1/8 PSO Meeting @ 6:30
1/17 School Mass @ 10:00
1/20 MLK, Jr. Day - no school
1/26 Catholic Schools Week Mass @ 10:00
Open House 11:00-1:00
1/27. Crazy hat and socks day
1/28. Student Appreciation Day- dress down in class color BLUE
1/29. Career Day
1/30. Cards for Veterans
1/31. Dress Down in a team jersey or favorite team colors.
PLEASE CHECK SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR ADDITIONAL DATES AND SCHOOL EVENTS.
www.ABCYa.com - reading, math
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
www.planetesme.com - How To Get Your Child To Love Reading
www.robertmunsch.com - reading
www.starfall.com - reading
www.xtramath.org - math
www.storylineonline.net**