Welcome to Open House!

Welcome to Open House!
The children have worked very hard to have a good sampling of work for you to view. I am looking forward to seeing all of you tonight. There are sign-up sheets for parent conferences on the table as well as some volunteer opportunities. Shortly we will be in desperate need of Milo or Hollyhock leaves for the caterpillars. Please scope out a source now so you will know where to find them. See you tonight!

Home Work Procedure

Today we put all the HW for each day of the week in the planners and all the papers are in the yellow folder. The assignments should be done nightly and returned the next day. If you have a busy evening, the assignments can be done ahead of time, as long as they are completed and turned in on Friday. Once the planner is filled in with the assignments for the week on Monday, the children do not need to bring it back to school until the following Monday. I tried this last year and it worked out very well. With all the activities children are involved in it seemed to work well for families. I hope all goes well. Let me know what you think! Have a good week and remember no school tomorrow.

Off to a Great Start!

Hi all,

We are off to a windy and rainy start thanks to Earl. In the classroom we are settling into our routines and have gotten right down to work. The kids are great and so cooperative! Please help them to remember to bring their planners and homework each morning to school. If you write a note in the planner for me remind your child to show it to me. This is an important organizational skill in second grade. If you ever have any questions or concerns about homework send me an e-mail or note. I try to check my email each morning.

We have started our science unit on insects. If you have any interesting objects, dead insect bodies, or books we would love to see them. In math we have started the first unit and completed the beginning assessment. Formal homework for the units will start by the end of the month. This Monday the children will bring home their first list of spelling words. Each night there will be a spelling assignment to go along with the spelling words. Soon they will bring home a reading folder. In the folder is a book for reading aloud and a signature sheet. please record the pages/chapter read and return each morning to school. They are checked each day. The children should be able to read the book easily and fluently so if they struggle, please let me know. Likewise if the reading is too easy.

I am looking forward to a wonderful year with your children and value the trust you have placed in me. It will be great to meet all of you at open house. Have a good weekend! My best.

Welcome to the School Year 2010-2011

Welcome to second grade Thomas, James, Sadie, Matthew, Adriona, Finn, Justin, Emily, Gutherie, Luke, Dean, Ellie, Samantha, Riley, Kyle, Julia! I am looking forward to meeting all of you very soon. I hope you have had a great vacation time and are ready to settle into second grade. It is very exciting to learn many new things. One of my favorite units is the Insect Unit in science where we watch and observe the insect's behaviors. Have a good night's rest on Wednesday and I will see you all on Thursday.

Parents, please send me your e-mail address to goodyear.lark@jamestownschools.org; thanks. I look forward to meeting all of you too! Our apologies to those of you who mistakenly received supply lists in the first grade report cards. I have given those children the choice of leaving them in school or taking them home. Thanks for your understanding.