Students are FIRED UP about the FUN RUN!  Don’t forget to find sponsors!

Sharing progress on our “Best Part of Me” writing project!

Looking modelesque for picture day!

100% participation in SILLY SOCK day AND SPIRIT DAY!  WOO HOO!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Esio Trot by Roald Dahl,  Text features – glossaries, indexes, and Table of Contents, “bossy r”, punctuating greetings and closings of letters

Writing:  Narrative writing – the best part of me; complete sentences

Math:  Addition and subtraction strategies

Social Studies:  technology

Science:  Rocks, minerals, and gems

Students of the week:

Gianna and Emma

Thank you for being ambitious and considerate!

Important Dates:

• 9/27:  Fun Run! 9:35-10:35 on the field!  Please make sure your child wear shorts, running shoes, a shirt they can easily and independently change out of (they will be changing into their FUN RUN shirt once they arrive to school) and hair pulled out of their face.  A water station will for on the field for students to use during the run.
• 10/2:  SAC meeting – Please join us!
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/18:  OPEN HOUSE 5:00-7:00!  Be there or be square!  Your child is PUMPED to show off their work and classroom!
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• DON’T FORGET TO GET SPONSORS FOR BOOSTERTON!
• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• THANK YOU to Luca, Colvin, and Emma for sending in eraser tops!  We are set!
• Please send in boxtops!  They are due 10/17!  I am the reigning school champ and don’t want to lose my trophy!

Emma caught a lizard!

Hard at work in reading and writing!Leaping into Friday like…….

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Began Gooney Bird Green by  Lois Lowry,  Text features – captions, sub-headings, and bold print, long e vowel patterns, formal and informal language, adjective and adverbs

Writing:  Fictional writing with silly sentences

Math:  Adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers

Social Studies:  the history of calendars

Science:  Different soils and their properties

Students of the week:

Kaia and Aiden

Thank you for being enthusiastic and courteous this week!

Important Dates:

• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Please sign and return progress report envelopes – thank you!
• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• Scholastic book orders due by September 15th.  Class code:  mbcqn
• Classroom Need:  Eraser tops or pink erasers!  Thank you!

Happy Girls 🙂

Math centers this week practicing place value, fluency, and STRATEGIES!

Intense, strategizing faces during teacher-time work!  These kids are mathematicans!

Students are having a BLAST learning about rocks, minerals, and GEODES!

HAPPY CLASS – 100% school spirit! YAY!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Horrible Harry and the Triple Revenge by Suze Kline – completed and took AR test,  Character point-of-view and dialogue, homophones

Writing:  Narrative writing about friends

Math:  Place value to 1,000

Social Studies:  rules/responsibilities and UNICEF

Science:  Rocks and Minerals

Students of the week:

Amelie and Dimitrios

Thank you for being a leader this week and being showing perseverance!

Important Dates:

• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• If interested, return form and $30 check for Paint-a-Tile
• Scholastic book orders due by September 15th.  Class code:  mbcqn
• Classroom Need:  Eraser tops or pink erasers!  Thank you!

The race is ON!  The results are in… Amelie is the fastest girl in our class and Colvin is our fastest boy!  We will check again halfway through the year to see if anyone catches up!

Congratulations to this RAVENOUS READER who received a popsicle for earning OVER 50 AR points!  GO TATI, GO!

Using the Scientific Method to determine if food coloring will move faster through cold or warm water!  We are practicing being good scientists and questioning EVERYTHING!

Happy 7th birthday, Kolton!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Horrible Harry takes the cake by Suze Kline – completed and took AR test,  describing characters, short/long vowel patterns

Writing:  made a list of ideas to write about, “It happened to me” story….

Math:  Chapter 1 Math test, began Chapter 2 – Numbers to 1,000

Social Studies:  Being a good citizen

Science:  How do you solve a problem?  The Scientific Method

Students of the week:

Anastasia and Cash

Thank you for having a growth mindset and being eager to learn!

Important Dates:

• 9/3:  Labor Day – No school
• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• If interested, return form and $30 check for Paint-a-Tile
• Please go over Chapter 1 Math test and Independent Practice – “Stone Soup” with your child!

Sketching inspiration for our writing from our surroundings!

Scientific tools at work!

Practicing asking/answering questions with partner reading!

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Class Novel:  Horrible Harry and the Goog by Suze Kline – completed and took AR test, asking/answering questions, short long vowel patterns

Writing:  sketching, gaining inspiration for topics

Math:  Base-10, expanded form, hundreds chart patterns

Social Studies:  Florida on a map

Science:  Scientific Tools

Students of the week:

Abby and Luca

Thank you for being inquisitive and goal-oriented this week!

Important Dates:

• 9/3:  Labor Day – No school
• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!
• If interested, return form and $30 check for Paint-a-Tile

GO BRAZIL!! 🙂

We learned A LOT about our classmates this week!

Number Sense with 100’s charts

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:  Daily 5 center rotation group training, asking/answering questions, short/long vowels

Writing:  Narrative writing – My Summer

Math:  Number Concepts

Social Studies:  Community

Science:  Inquiry Skills

Students of the week:

Liam and Soleil

Thank you for being good listeners and hard workers this week!

Important Dates:

• 8/24:  Volunteer Welcome Back Breakfast – please RSVP with Laura at the front desk!
• 9/3:  Labor Day – No school
• 9/12:  Interims go home
• 9/18:  Boosterthon kick-off
• 9/20:  student pictures
• 10/12: 1st quarter ends
• 10/15:  No school – teacher planning day
• 10/26:  Parade of characters – 8:45 am – meet us at the bus loop!
• 10/26:  Fall Festival – 5:30-7:30

Reminders:

• Please remember to turn in red, yellow, and green pocket folders!
• Math homework is due the following day it is given (unless there are special circumstances… write a note!) and Reading Logs are due the following Monday.  For the back side of the reading log, students may write about their FAVORITE book from the week or novel they are currently reading.  There is never homework on Fridays.  Enjoy your time with family.  🙂
• All graded/checked work will go home on Fridays.
• Don’t forget to wear your RB Hunt shirt or red on Friday!

We had a great 1st day of 2nd Grade!

A few reminders:

• Pack a healthy snack for your child daily
• Water bottles are permitted on desks
• Send in any necessary paperwork (reminders went home in red folders today)
• If you do not have a library bag from last year, please send $1 in an envelope clearly labeled “Ms. Gorick library bag $1” so they can receive a new one.
• Don’t forget to send in the additional supplies listed on the flipbook sent home at Meet-the-Teacher.  These items include: 1 red, 1 yellow, and 1 green pocket folders, 4 additional glue sticks, 2 highlighters, 2 red pens.
• Scholastic orders are due by September 1st.  My teacher code to order online is MCBQN.

Have a great weekend!  Rest up and be prepared for our first full week together!  Thank you for sharing your precious children with me!

What a year!   You are such a talented, respectful group of students – collectively and individually.  I have LOVED being your teacher!  I know you will continue to read, write, and solve problems every day, because you have internalized the value of learning.  I expect to continue hearing GREAT things about all 18 of you in the future.  Have a fun summer!  I’m already looking forward to seeing your smiling faces return to R.B Hunt in August!  It will be here before we know it!  Love you all!

Thank you to Mr. Holleran, Jameson’s Dad for being our mystery reader today!  We enjoyed reading Ada Twist, Scientist! We were encouraged to question EVERYTHING like Ada!  🙂

What LEARNING and GROWING went on in room 217 this week:

Academics

ELA:   Lesson 4 wordly wise vocab, continued reading Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamilo

Writing:  letter writings to incoming 2nd graders

Math:  Soduko!  Logic Problems!  Balanced Equations!  Fast Math!

Students of the week:

N/A

That’s a wrap!

Important Dates:

• 5/21:  Mega Party – Please make sure your child wears shorts and tennis shoes!
• 5/22:  A.R Celebration
• 5/23:  End of the Year Get-together and Superlatives – 11:00-12:00 – parents are welcome to join!
• 5/24:  students released 1 hour early, report cards go home
• LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL THEMED DAYS:
• Monday, 5/21:  Game Day – bring in your favorite board game to share!
• Tuesday 5/22:  Snuggle up with a good book:  Bring in a stuffed animal and beach towel to read outside!
• Wednesday 5/23:  Class celebration
• Thursday 5/24:  Last day – Movie Day! (Students are released 1 hour early)
  

Reminders:

• If you haven’t returned your library books or paid your fines, please do so ASAP!
• Testing results for i-Ready and STAR Reading will be sent home with the report card.  🙂
• *No homework will be going home next week.  I encourage your children to get a head start on the 2018-2019 SSYRA novels!  I want to see every student I taught in 2nd grade on Ms. Gorick’s bulletin board next year for reading all 2018-2019 SSYRA books!