Week of December 12th, 2011

Holidays Around the World and Holiday Customs Oral Reports

We will be learning about holidays in other countries. Also, the children will be giving their oral reports about a special holiday tradition in their family.
There will be no spelling words or spelling test this week.

Science

During this past week the children had the opportunity to examine owl pellets. This was a very exciting, interesting and educational experience! I am sure they came home and told you all about it. This coming Wednesday our class will attend a presentation about owls given by the Willowbrook Wildlife Center. They will see two owls, a Barred Owl and a Screech Owl. This should be a great culminating event for our study of owls. Be sure to ask them about it. This event was paid for by The Elizabeth Ide PTO. We appreciate their support!

Math

We are back to working on our math flash cards here at school. I hope you are doing the same at home. We have finished Chapter 8, they brought the test home on Friday. We began Chapter 9 on Friday. In this chapter we will cover graphs and data.

Student of the Week

Our special student was Delaney. Delaney has one brother in fourth grade. A few of her favorite things are the color yellow, dogs, watermelon, the book Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy, and soft ball. At school Delaney likes math and gym. At home she enjoys doing projects. Delaney can swim, play soft ball and do gymnastics. When Delaney grows up she wants to be a clothes designer.

Christmas Caroling

The second grade children will be going to Fairview Village in Downers Grove on Thursday, December 15th to entertain the residents and give them holiday cards. Due to the time we need to be at the village the children will have to eat in the classroom when we return to school. Please send your child with a sack lunch that day since we will not be able to participate in the school hot lunch program.

Christmas Party

Our class Christmas party will be on Friday, December 16th.




Our class was the winner of the "Pennies for Pasta" to benefit Leukemia. We collected $391.88. Thank you all for your generosity. The children are very proud of themselves and looking forward to our lunch which will be arranged later.