Wednesday's Celebration

The class has decided to have a pot luck lunch next Wednesday to celebrate the end of 2006. Each student is asked to bring a dish to share with their classmates. It is not a Christmas party, and in an effort to honor the unique cultural beliefs of each student in the classroom, we are asking that the food not reflect a Christmas theme.
We will be eating lunch together in the classroom and then will spend the afternoon celebrating our accomplishments with games (inside if the weather is bad) or a hike or field day (outside if the weather is nice).
Parents are, of course, invited to share in our celebration. Charlotte Dunlap has been kind enough to contact families with this information via email, and will be coordinating the finer details. (Thanks Charlotte!)
Have a peaceful weekend, Mr. B

Thursday's HW

Students are responsible for the following assignments. Each are due tomorrow.

- Reading Log, completed and signed by parent
- Explorer and Mission vocabulary (assigned Monday)
- Math 64 (13 - 29)
- California textbook review page 143 (assigned Tuesday)
- California practice book pages 33 & 34 (assigned Tuesday).

And as a happy reminder, Pizza Reports are due on Monday, December 20th. I will post a schedule on Friday that will inform students of when they will present, either Monday or Tuesday (16 students each day).

Respectfully, Mr. B

Video and Book Drive

The deadline to particpate in the Book and Video Drive has been extended until next Wednesday, December 20th.
Please support this worthwhile effort if you can.

Thanks, Mr. B

Wednesday's HW and Thursday reminders

Students were assigned math lesson 63 (1 - 20) for homework tonight. Students were also reminded that Reading Logs and California practice book pages are due on Friday. Check yesterday's posting for exact details.

Thanks to everyone for wearing RED today. I am pleased to announce that we had 100% participation in the event! Now, if I can just get those numbers with homework each day! Ah, delusions of granduer. Anyhow, the second graders rocked the MPR with their play.

Thursday's trip to the junior high will be by school bus. We have space for all the students, but not all of the parents who want to attend as well. Be at school by 8:15 to score yourself a seat on the magical school bus, or meet us at the junior high no later than 8:45. The play is scheduled to last an hour, and we should return to school in time for morning recess.

I informed the class today that I would postpone our regular Thursday night math pretest / Friday math test until Monday and Tuesday of next week so that they can concentrate their studies on Friday's CA test. I think that was mighty nice of me.

Respectfully, Mr. B

RED DAY! & Tuesday's HW

Wednesday, in honor of the second grade production of "Little Red Riding Hood", the school is hosting its first Spirit Day of the school year. Students are asked to wear Red! Classes with a 90% Red rating will receive a prize! If you'd like to attend the play with the class, please meet us in the MPR no later than 8:55am (and wear red).

I have assigned a few things that are due on Friday so that the kids can get a head-start on them. Those items are page 143 in the California textbook and pages 33 + 34 in the California practice book.

Homework assigned for Tuesday night includes:
- math lesson 62, problems 1 - 20
- reading log
- students should return library books by Thursday morning at the latest.

If you plan on attending the junior high production of "The Glass Slipper" with us on Thursday, YOU WILL NEED TO MEET US AT THE JUNIOR HIGH BY 8:45. The school has rented school buses to take the upper grades to the junior high and there will not be room to accomodate the parents as well. Give yourself time to drive, park and meet as we will be entering the auditorium by classroom.

Finally, Janie Bettencourt was kind enough to put together a collection box for the Annual Rio Book & Video Drive. Please send books and videos to the school so that they can be distributed to needy families for the holidays.

Respectfully, Mr. B

Monday's homework

Howdy, letters went home in today's red folder. Students are responsible for the following work tonight:
- reading log (due Friday)
- California vocabulary (also due Friday)
- math lesson 61 (1-20 and 28)
- California practice book page 32

Respectfully, Mr. B