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February 2012

Miss Hicks/Miss Stahl (Second Grade)-
Dear Parents,
Here is a look at what is happening in our classroom during the month of February.
Dates to Remember

Wednesday, February 1st - Kwings Field Trip Permission slip and money DUE
Tuesday, February 8th – PTO meeting at 8:30am
Tuesday, February 14th- Valentine’s Day Party, Hundreds Day
Monday, February 20th – No School

What’s happening in the classroom
We are working on many new objectives this month. It is hard to believe that we have already been in school for 100 days! We will celebrate with a 100th day activities during math!
In Math the students are continuing to use their addition and subtraction skills! We are also looking forward to beginning our geometry unit. Multiplication is coming! Keep working on addition and subtraction facts as well as repeated addition. This will make the transition to multiplication a breeze!
We are working hard in reading on our fluency and comprehension. Please encourage your child to read as much as possible independently and aloud to you. Ask your child questions about what they are reading to improve their understanding of what they have read. Our goal is to be reading chapter books by the end of second grade.
We are moving and shaking in science and social studies as well! In science, we will continue our studies of the solar system. In social studies, we are completing our study of government and will be moving on toward Economics at the end of the month!
In writing we are working on our creative writing pieces and discovering that writing is a wonderful way to express ourselves! We are also working hard on our neat handwriting so that we will be able to start cursive soon! The 2nd graders are doing a GREAT job!
Valentines Party
We will celebrate Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, February 14th. We are going to have an ice cream social! We will build ice cream sundaes and exchange valentines. We will be decorating our very own Valentine Mailboxes to collect our valentines. Please send in a empty Kleenex box with your child no later than February 6th. We will provide all materials needed to create our mailboxes. If your child would like to pass out valentines please be sure they bring one for everyone. There is a class list as well as sundae donations, attached to the back of this letter. You are always more than welcome to join us! We will begin our festivities around 2pm!

Miss Hicks & Miss Stahl

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Resman/Eavenson (Second Grade)-

Important Dates to Remember
February 1st-   Kalamazoo Wings Permission Slip and Money Due
February 14th-   PTO Meeting 8:30am
February 14th-   Valentine’s Day Party/100th day of school Project
February 20th-   No School for President’s Day
March 7th-   Kalamazoo K-wings Game

Valentine's Party
Our Valentine's Party will be on Tuesday, February 14th in the afternoon. We will be exchanging Valentine cards, enjoying treats and a video. If you would like to send a treat with your child, see the attached sheet. A class list for Valentines is attached. We are going to have a great time!
100th Day of School
The 100th day of school is quickly approaching. The day will be February 14th unless we have another snow day. We will be sending home goodie bags for you and your child to collect one hundred objects. This collection could be one hundred paper clips, one hundred Hershey kisses, or something else that is small enough to fit in the bag. Be creative! The sky’s the limit. We will be sharing the students’ collections in the morning and make sure your child keeps their collection a secret! The children will be voting on the most unique collection as well as the collection they liked the best. At the end of our celebration the collections will be sent home. The bags will be sent home on Friday, February 3rd and need to be returned on Tuesday, February 14th. The bags can be turned in early as well.
President's Day
There will be no school on Monday, February 20th, 2012 in observance of President's Day. School will resume on Tuesday, February 21st.
PTO
The next PTO meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 14th at 8:30am. Please come and join us!
Winter Gear
Please make sure that your child is prepared for playing outside every day when he or she comes to school. Boots, hats, and gloves or mittens are necessities. Thank you!

Kalamazoo Wings Field Trip
On Wednesday, March 7th Oakland Academy will head to Wings Stadium to cheer on the Kalamazoo Wings and celebrate March Is Reading Month.
The presale ticket cost is $3 per person. (This field trip is cash only). Anyone wishing to meet our group at the game will have to pay full price ($12-14). Money and chaperone form is due no later than Wednesday, February 1st. This will provide us enough notice to provide Wings front office an accurate count for group seats. Sorry but after this date we will no longer be able to accept additional chaperones.
Students and chaperones are responsible to bring a bag lunch to eat during the game. Doors open at 9 a.m. and face off is at 10:30 a.m. We need to leave Oakland Academy by 9:15a.m. so we can participate in some of the pre-game festivities. We will return to school at the completion of the game. Please see Mrs. Resman with any questions regarding this event.

Have a lovely February!
Mrs. Resman & Ms. Eavenson

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PTO NEWS!!!

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Dear Parents,

We want to inform you of the progress our students made during the 2010-2011 school year. We constantly review each student's learning progress to be certain that we are "on track." One way we do this is by employing a widely used and nationally validated achievement test. This test is administered throughout the United States to hundreds of thousands of children annually, both at the beginning, and again at the end of the school year.

Our students have completed the spring test and we can now judge the results of our students' and out teachers' efforts this school year.

Our charts demonstrate the results in greater detail.

We welcome others to join us for the 2011 - 2012 school year!

Click here to view a sample report card.

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