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Second Grade at the Prichard Art Gallery.

Dear Families,

It is the Monday after Spring Break and it feels great to say hi and to share pictures of our visit to the University of Idaho Prichard Art Gallery. It was a lovely morning.

I will be asking each student to email the director Mr. Rowley and his assistant a small thank you.

I'm currently working on some online activities using Spelling City, Mobymax, Lexia, and some other activities too.

Thank you for your continued support as we work through this time together. If you have questions please email me at [email protected].

Look for some second grade work on Tuesday by 3:00. I'm looking forward to our continued partnership! Sure wish I could see everyone though!! Take care.

Warm regards,

Cheryl Kintner

Second Grade Teacher

MCS

If I were president drawings made by second grade.

Dear Parents,

This coming Thursday, we will be going to the Pritchard Art Gallery at 9:00. You are welcome to join us and help us make art in the back room.

On Wednesday morning, we will tour the Jr. High display of islands that will be set up in the MPR. Each island will be unique as it is an invented island display that we will be able to interact with.

This week, we have begun the 10 hour reading challenge for a ticket to Silver wood. I was explaining to the students that it means that they need to keep track of 30 minutes of reading for the next 20 days. Silverwood Reading Logs will be due March 31.

For the month of March, the homework will be to continue reading and logging the minutes read and reviewing math facts.

Spelling words for this week:

1. new 9. juice

2. crew 10. recruit

3. grew 11. you'll

4. stew 12. shouldn't

5. threw 13. church

6. bruise 14. windows

7. fruit 15. sisters

8. pursuit 16. March

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner

Dear Families,

I'm so pleased to be back and the students did wonderfully in my absence!! I'm so pleased!

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner

This week our spelling words are:

1. we'll 6. can't 11. preheat 16. March

2. I'll 7. isn't 12. recycle

3. you'll 8. it's 13. shop

4. they'll 9. that's 14. surprise

5. don't 10. shouldn't 15. kittens

Dear Families,

Thank you for the extra books, blankets, and stuffies that kept us cozy as we spent the day reading, listening to an author and going to reading activities in the afternoon. I was so pleased with the day!

This week we are looking forward to the Spelling Bee on Friday. Several second grade students will be able to participate because they have been going to the Spelling Bee practice on Tuesday afternoons with Ms. Bonzo.

This week in second grade, we will be doing some writing as if we were president of the United States and doing some science to help us learn how to do a science fair project in March. The Science Fair is usually held in March at McDonald Elementary and is open to all students in K - 5.

Here is the link to the Science Fair. There is just one week left to sign up!

https://www.msd281.org/community_interest/moscow_science_fair_2020

Spelling Words for this week:

1. remove 6. preheat 11. swimming 16. February

2. return 7. prepay 12. doing

3. recycle 8. preschool 13. maybe

4. replace 9. preview 14. near

5. recall 10. prefix 15. park

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner

Week 7 Contest for Readers as Leaders - This is our last week.

Dear Families,

This Friday, we will celebrate reading with our Bookabunga Day devoted to reading. Our author this year is Annette Pimentel from Moscow, Idaho. She has presented here before and this time will be presenting her books on dinosaurs.

The students are encouraged to bring a small pillow, blanket, stuffy and books to read and share. Please have them put their names on their books. On Friday, we will begin with a time for Buddy Reading before going to an assembly to hear how Annette Pimentel writes a book. Then it is back to read again before lunch. In the afternoon, we will have our specialty classes and a reading rotation before heading home at 2:00. This day is most enjoyable for the children.

On March 12 from 9 - 10 AM, second grade is scheduled to go to the Prichard Art Gallery. This year's presentation is "Visualizing Science" and the students will tour the art with a docent and make a project. Parents may come and help supervise and assist with the project. Just let me know if this works with your schedule. Thank you!

We all enjoyed our Valentine's Party! Thank you for the treats and helping with the party clean up! The children were so excited!

Spelling Words for this week will be more words with ly and ing endings.

1. abruptly

2. bravely

3. carelessly

4. friendly

5. furiously

6. admiring

7. hesitating

8. imagining

9. taping

10. squeezing

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner

$valentine candies in a child\'s hand.$

Dear Families,

Last week, your children did such a nice job adjusting to several days of indoor recesses. Thank you to Grayson for helping us learn how to make homemade harmonicas! I have asked the students to bring in a quick game, puzzle, or coloring book to give us some new activities in case the weather turns extra wet or cold. Thank you for helping us survive this wintry weather in a fun way. I will be sure names are on anything brought from home. We will send it all home on Friday.

On Friday, we will have a Valentine's Party. Each student needs to bring in a card for their classmates. Is there anyone who could bring in the following? Please email me at [email protected] if this works for you.

1. cookies or cupcakes (22 - 24)

2. grapes cut into small bunches (22 - 24)

3. cheese and cracker tray for (22 - 24)

This special event sort of crept up on me! Thank you for making it a special time for the children. They love to celebrate!!

Here are the names of the students in our second grade class:

1. Conner 9. Max 17. Wyatt

2. Ely 10. Samirah 18. Medora

3. Deakin 11. Declan 19. Liam

4. Leen 12. Spencer 20. Loki

5. Lila 13. Timber 21. Karissa

6. Langston 14. Clara

7. Emily 15. Grayson

8. Benja 16. Abbi

Spelling Words for this Week: Words with ing and ly endings.

1. completely 8. starting 15. dinner

2. actually 9. standing 16. February

3. doing 10. freezing

4. taking 11. leaf

5. swimming 12. leaves

6. eating 13. important

7. slowly 14. nothing

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner

Week 5 for Readers as Leaders!

Dear Families:

Thank you for supporting your children in this reading contest. At the end of February, I will turn in all my Gold and Silver Readers! Did you know that:

readers are better thinkers, reading keeps important ideas at the top of your mind, reading keeps you mentally sharp and active, readers can sustain their focus on long term projects, reading is always available and a good use of your time, reading helps us connect to others by connecting to characters in the books we read, readers have a better vocabulary, and reading gives you a bigger perspective of the world. Thank you so much for investing in the success of your child.

The students and I visited about continuing to practice our math facts too. For some, the Moby Max site will be too fast for them. These are the strategies we use to think about our facts in class.

1. We use the Addition Property and begin adding by using the larger digit.

eg. ( 4 + 6 can be turned around to 6 + 4)

2. Doubles are easy to add! 5 + 5, 6+6, 7 + 7, 8 + 8, 9 + 9, 10 + 10, 11 + 11, 12 + 12.

3. Fact Family use the same three numbers for related facts. This is why I like these cards so well. We can practice addition facts as well as subtraction facts.

5 + 6, 6 + 5, 11 - 6, 11 - 5.

4. We use near doubles too for addition.

5 + 5 helps us add 5 + 6, 7 + 7 helps us add 7 + 8.

5. Make a ten and add. 7 + 5 can be thought of as 10 + 2. It is easy to use with problems like 9 + 3, 9 + 4, 9 + 5, etc.

Warmly,

Ms. K

Spelling Words for this Week:

1. wife

2. wives

3. leaf

4. leaves

5. elf

6. elves

7. shelf

8. shelves

9. life

10. lives

11. rooftop

12. true

13. bone

14. draw

15. whose

More tower building with two more great kids!

Readers as Leaders - Week 4

Dear Families,

All second grade students are making such great progress! Thank you again for your support and encouragement. It makes such a difference. We are at the halfway point of our year together.

Please continue to practice math facts with your children. This can be done one to one with flashcards. (I have many more copies to pass out!) Mobymax also has math fact practice and can be accessed online. I would like to see 20 out of the 40 math facts known fluently by this time. The goal is to know all 40 math facts by the end of the year!

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner

Spelling Words with oo and ue:

1. blue

2. too

3. glue

4. zoo

5. room

6. clue

7. due

8. rooftop

9. true

10. noontime

11. cowboys

12. voices

13. letter

14. sea

15. won't

16. January

$Retelling Molly\'s Pilgrim as a play.$

Dear Parents,

This is Week 3 for the Readers as Leaders Contest. We will use this short week to wrap up our Science Unit on Matter. The students will also begin using the MobyMax site in math. The three sites we use can be accessed from home if you want to provide more practice in reading, math, and spelling.

This week for spelling, we are practicing oi and oy.

1. voices

2. cowboys

3. toy

4. enjoyment

5. oil

6. point

7. join

8. soil

9. joy

10. coin

11. around

12. without

13. fire

14. train

15. wait

16. January

Warm regards,

Cheryl Kintner

Dear Parents,

This is Week 2 of Readers as Leaders contest. The students are doing a great job getting their reading logs and homework in on Friday! Keep up the great effort!! It will make such a difference in the spelling and writing of the children.

We will be finishing up our study of Matter by separating solids and looking at different kinds of liquids. We've been making corrections to our writing. In Math we have been regrouping ones for a ten. My read-a -loud has been The World of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The weather outside reminds us of Narnia!

Spelling words for this week look at ou and ow words. We had a great beginning to this unit today.

1. how 11. beauties

2. mouth 12. skies

3. out 13. started

4. house 14. mean

5. without 15. cow

6. found 16. January

7. around

8. sound

9. now

10. brow

Sincerely,

Cheryl

A January and February Reading Challenge

Dear Families,

Welcome back and Happy New Year! This week we will begin our reading challenge for the months of January and February. The challenge for the Gold Readers will be to read or be read to or listen to a book Monday through Thursday and to turn in a reading log each week. The challenge for the Silver Readers will be to read Monday through Thursday also but there may be a few weeks that will be missed. Everyone who is reading throughout January and February will receive a t-shirt.

During the last home game and senior night in March, all second graders and their families are invited to sit with me and watch a wonderful basketball game as the U of I beats yet another visiting team. Their t-shirt will get them in free to the game. During half-time, I will line up with my second grade students and we will walk out to your applause! We will join other students from Moscow and surrounding towns to be recognized for our hard work! I hope you and your student can make it!

Thank you for all the wonderful surprises we found in our stockings! Their was an audible gasp as students began to look through their stocking! Thank you for your help with our party. The cookies were delicious. The mothers that came to demonstrate "Zip-Lock Bag Ice Cream" were so valued that day! I hope some of you got to try the recipe.

Warmly,

Cheryl Kintner

Spelling Words for this week: Words ending in s, es, ies

1. beauties 6. skies 12. unknown

2. babies 7. copies 13. drink

3. cities 8. cries 14. hill

4. duties 9. pennies 15. road

5. bodies 10. hobbies 16. January

Dear Families,

Our stockings are made! The Winter Party will be on Thursday starting at 1:30. Several parents and myself will be demonstrating how to make ice cream in a bag. I will be sure to send the recipe home with your children. In science, we have begun studying matter and so this demonstration will extend are most recent activities.

Our books are written and will be coming home this week too. I was also able to give the I-Station reading assessment and also a quick two minute timing for addition math facts.

Thank you for all the support and assistance you give your children every week! It makes such a difference!

I hope your weekend was most enjoyable! 'Tis the season!

Warm regards,

Cheryl Kintner

Spelling Words for this week:

1. knock 6. sign 11. scooter 16. Christmas

2. knew 7. gnat 12. cartoon

3. knight 8. wrist 13. dark

4. wrong 9. unknown 14. front

5 write 10. writer 15. past

Dear Families,

Our Friday project is completed and wrapped with love for you!

Our Winter Party, before our two week break, will be Thursday, December 19 at 1:30. Will you please email me if you can bring 2 dozen vanilla icecream cups, cups and napkins for 22, chocolate sauce, strawberry sauce, or cookies for 22 or so. I always like to share with other staff members who aren't in a traditional classroom setting. My email is [email protected] Thank you for your support.

I just finished cutting out our paper sack stockings for next Friday. The children always enjoy getting and giving their small treats.

Have a most enjoyable weekend!

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner

Spelling Words for this coming week:

1. smooth 7. moon 13. answer

2. roots 8. cartoon 14. paper

3. food 9. roof 15. page

4. scooter 10. spoon 16. Christmas

5. boot 11. springtime

6. broom 12. ostrich

$Theater and Puppets fro Molly\'s Pilgrim$

Dear Families,

I hope your Thanksgiving Holiday was simply wonderful!

The next three weeks before Winter Break will be busy ones. We will begin our narrative writing about our favorite winter memory. We will continue to practice math facts. I will be sending home cards this week. In Science, we will begin studying solids and liquids. On Thursday, December 19, we will make icecream to go along with our study of matter. This will also be our Winter Party.

Each Friday in December, I like to do something special with the children. I always have the children make a stocking before our party. Each child is asked to bring a special favor for their fellow students. A favor can be a piece of candy, a sticker a shell or something homemade. We have 22 students. Thank you for your help. It is always exciting for the children to see what they have in their stockings!

Warm regards,

Cheryl Kintner

Spelling Words for this week:

1. sprout 6. springtime 11. pioneers 16. December

2. streams 7. spray 12. clearing

3. through 8. throat 13. air

4. strong 9. three 14. different

5. strap 10. ostrich 15. light

Second Grade Pictures of our immigrant roots! Beautiful!

Dear Parents,

I've included all of our pictures showing where our families have come from to commemorate this special Thanksgiving Holiday.

"We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic."

Jimmy Carter

We will continue to work on our puppets as we plan to retell "Molly's Pilgrim" in our own words this week. We will try to also build our Wampanoag Village too! It will be a busy week but also a special week for the students.

Sincerely,

Cheryl Kintner (Ms. K.)

Spelling Words for this week:

1. pioneers 12. alarm

2. cheers 13. sleep

3. clearing 14. country

4. hear 15. rain

5. nearby 16. Thanksgiving

6. year

7. beard

8. reindeer

9. steer

10. peer

11. remark

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