Mrs. Moore's 2nd grade ILCS

Hello Wonderful Families, I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  Just a few updates for the week: Please remember that this week is a short week and we will be done for the year on Thursday, December 20th. Our Secret Santa gift exchange will take place on Thursday.  Gifts ($10 limit please) should be brought to class, wrapped, by Wednesday.  Students should write the name of their Secret Santa on the gift, but don’t need to sign their names.  Guessing who the gift is from is half the fun! If your kiddo doesn’t remember who their secret Santa is, please message me and I can let you know.  If for whatever reason you are unable to provide a gift, please let me know and I would be happy to help. There will be NO HOMEWORK next week, this was my first gift to the class in our 5 day countdown to Christmas break. We will be watching the movie Littlefoot on Thursday afternoon.  This movie is rated PG, if there is problem with your child watching this movie please let me know

Hello Wonderful Families, I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  Just a few updates for the week: Grandparent’s Day will be this Monday, December 10th at 8:15 am.  Grandparents will meet in the Cub’s Den and watch 1st and 2nd grade perform their holiday songs, then can join us for a small craft in our classroom after.  Grandparents will be released around 9am. Our Holiday performance will take place this Monday evening at 5:00pm at Active Church on Bryant St. in Yucaipa.  Students are asked to arrive no later than 4:45 so we can get everyone lined up and ready. First grade will perform at 5:00pm with Second grade performing immediately after. Student’s drew names for their Secret Santa in class last week.  Students are being asked to purchase a gift ($10 limit please) and bring it to class wrapped by Wednesday, December 19th.  We will exchange gifts on Thursday, December 20th. This activity is in no way meant to create a hardship for anybody. If buying a gift is not s

Hello Wonderful families,  I apologize for the delay in posting to the blog this week!  Here are some updates for this week. Secret Santa- This week in class kiddos will be selecting a name for their Secret Santa.  Students will work as secret detectives to learn all about their selected friend.  Students will then purchase a gift for their secret friend ($10 limit please) and bring it wrapped to class by December 19th.  If this is something your family can't do at this time, please just let me know and I will help.  I don't want anyone to be left out of our celebration. Grandparent's Day will be next Monday, December 10th.  Grandparents will meet in the Cub's Den at 8:15 to see us perform a holiday song, then they will join us in our classroom for a fun craft. This week in Math- Topic 7 Assessment, Start Topic 15 2 dimensional shapes Polygons and Angles Draw 2 Dimensional Shapes Cubes This week in Language Arts: Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns Readi

Hello Wonderful Families, just a few updates for the week we return to school. Please make sure your kiddo is practicing their November Poem this week while they are off of school.  Poem presentations will start Monday, November 26 th . Book order forms went home 2 weeks ago.  I will be placing an order this Sunday, November 17 th .  I will also be placing an order the first week of December to make sure all orders arrive before Christmas.  If you are wanting to order books as Christmas gifts, please just let me know, and I am happy to keep books hidden from your kiddos. Friday, November 30th will be our Magic Treehouse book presentations.  Parents are invited to come to our classroom at 12:45pm to have cookies, hot cocoa, and see the fun book reports we have been working on. AR Progress:  Our new AR goals have been set.  To monitor students’ progress towards their goal, you can use the AR home connect link to the left. This week in Math: Topic 7: Solving Prob

Hello Wonderful Families, I hope everyone is enjoying their extended weekend!  Just a few updates for the week: I am looking forward to seeing most of you tomorrow at conferences.   Please remember that each conference slot is only 20 minutes, with no time in between so please arrive on time. The Disguise Your Turkey that came home 2 weeks ago is due this Wednesday, November 14 th .   If you are still looking for ideas, a quick pinterest search can be very helpful.   I look forward to seeing your kiddos creativity! Our Thanksgiving Feast will be this Thursday, November 15th at 12pm.  Thank you so much to those of you that have signed up to donate food and/or your time.  These events would not be possible without you! This Friday, 2nd grade will be showing the movie Freebirds.  The movie is rated PG.  If you don't want your child participating in the movie, alternative arrangements can be made, just let me know. We have started our Magic Tree House book study i

Hello Wonderful Families, I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  Just a few updates for the week: November Poems went home last week.   Please make sure students are practicing at home.   Students need to be ready to recite their poems the week of November 26 th . We have started our Magic Tree House book study in class.   Each student was able to select a Magic Tree House book that they will be reading in class.   We will be completing some fun book study projects.   You will be invited to class to see all of our hard work the first week of December! I am so happy to announce that every single student in our class reached their first trimester AR goal!!!   I will be meeting with students on Monday to discuss their 1 st trimester success, and set a new goal for 2 nd trimester. If you have not already signed up for a conference slot on ParentSquare , please do so at your earliest convenience. It is mandatory that I meet with each family to discuss your student’s

Hello Wonderful Families, I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  Just a few updates for the week: A new Poem for the month of November will be coming home on Monday.   Students will be sharing their poems the week of November 26 th . AR Progress:  The last day for students to take AR quizzes this trimester is Friday, November 2nd.  If your student has not made their goal yet, please continue to make sure that they are reading at least 20 minutes every single night. Our class was recognized at last week’s ROAR Rally for earning more AR points for the month of October than any other 2 nd grade class!   We received a trophy that is on display in our classroom for the next month!   Kiddos will also be rewarded with some extra recess time this coming week! This Wednesday is Halloween, but please remember that costumes are not allowed at school.   We will be having pajama day instead.   Any student not wearing pajamas is still expected to follow our Dress for Succ