9-17-18 We had a very busy and noisy Monday! Some children will be bringing extra work home to finish because they are not completing it during the day. They have plenty of time to chat and sadly that is interferring with their productivity! It's up to them to make a change! Unfortunately this is a common theme I am hearing from their other teachers as well. Hoping to see some improvement soon! Our phonics target skills this week are long vowel CVCe words with "magic" e at the end and subjects of a sentence. Our math books just arrived Friday (after a little ordering mixup) and will be given out tomorrow. I am hoping to fit IXL into our schedule this week. Please note that I only use eight of the ten words the children are given for spelling homework for their spelling test. That is because I often substitute a word from a prior test and a word from our Word Wall.
Have a great week!
Mary Ann McKenney
EMAIL: mamckenney@saintkevinschool.org
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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 by Friday. Our new spelling words this week are: tune, page, nose, space, size, fine, mice, late, cube, blaze.
*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. (a,c,k,r,s,t). This is due on Wednesday.
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
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WEDNESDAY
*Spelling Packet is due Friday.
*Book Club
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THURSDAY BOOK CLUB ONLY
*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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9/25 PSO sponsored Dress Down Day
Corn Maze
10/3 Open House 6:30-8:30 for adults only
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**