Mrs. Kiley's Cool Class Blog

Happy Spring!

 

Happy Spring!

 

As you all know, we start testing for the CRCT tomorrow. I am confident that our kids are going to do F A N T A S T I C !!!! We have been working hard to make sure that we feel confident in ourselves and our skills.

 

Please make sure that your child gets a great night's rest, good breakfast, come to school on time, and that they P L A Y when they come home! The kids don't have any homework for the week. :o)

 

The class will have PE for the rest of the week. Please make sure that you send your child to school wearing or bringing tennis shoes.

 

Also, if you would like to email me an encouraging note for your child I will happily print it off and have it for them any day this week. :o)

 

Thank you Sally Smith for putting our Boosterthon Basket together! Thank you parents for sending in your items as well. The deadline to send in these items is THIS Thursday, April 15th.

 

This Friday, we will be having a CRCT Success Celebration! The kids have been working hard all year, and they definitely will have earned a sweet treat by Friday! Thank you parents for sending in the yummies!!!

 

Thank you all for all that you have done this year. It has been an amazing adventure! Please know that this is truly the most amazing class complete with awesome kids and parents! I love my Kemp Family! :o)

 

Have a fabulous week!

Springing Forward to the CRCT

Following our Cobb County Spring Break from April 5th -9th, we will have our CRCT testing in second grade. We have already begun practicing and preparing the kids for what our testing periods will look, sound and feel like. It is very important that they are confident and well prepared for our testing days. Please encourage your child to practice at home online using the SkillsTutor, OAS, or First in Math web resources. These are great tools that will enrich your child academically and build their confidence.

Click Here to Log into Skills Tutor and have your child practice! Your user id will be your child's CCSD#(log in ID for Media Center, for example, 654321 AND the password is 1234. Site ID is kemp01.

Have your child practice the online CRCT tests! Visit the OAS Web site to login. Make sure you disable your popup blocker or hold your CTRL key down while clicking the Login button. Username is the 10 digit GTID number(you can get this from your child's teacher). Password is education.

The official First In Math site: the foremost online math resource for grades K to 8 and beyond! Click Here to Visit the Web Site!

Click Here to Log into Skills Tutor and have your child practice! Your user id will be your child's CCSD#(log in ID for Media Center, for example, 654321 AND the password is 1234. Site ID is kemp01.

Have your child practice the online CRCT tests! Visit the OAS Web site to login. Make sure you disable your popup blocker or hold your CTRL key down while clicking the Login button. Username is the 10 digit GTID number(you can get this from your child's teacher). Password is education.

The official First In Math site: the foremost online math resource for grades K to 8 and beyond! Click Here to Visit the Web Site!

Following our Cobb County Spring Break from April 5th -9th, we will have our CRCT testing in second grade. We have already begun practicing and preparing the kids for what our testing periods will look, sound and feel like. It is very important that they are confident and well prepared for our testing days. Please encourage your child to practice at home online using the SkillsTutor, OAS, or First in Math web resources. These are great tools that will enrich your child academically and build their confidence.

Click Here to Log into Skills Tutor and have your child practice! Your user id will be your child's CCSD#(log in ID for Media Center, for example, 654321 AND the password is 1234. Site ID is kemp01.

Have your child practice the online CRCT tests! Visit the OAS Web site to login. Make sure you disable your popup blocker or hold your CTRL key down while clicking the Login button. Username is the 10 digit GTID number(you can get this from your child's teacher). Password is education.

The official First In Math site: the foremost online math resource for grades K to 8 and beyond! Click Here to Visit the Web Site!

January Updates

Welcome back!

 I hope that everyone had a restful and fun filled break! I know I did. J I wanted to thank all of the parents that donated our winter party goodies and materials. The kids had a GREAT time! Also, thank you to all of the parents, friends, and grandparents that came to celebrate with us. We loved having each and every one of you with us!

 

Thank you to ALL of you for your precious and thoughtful gifts! You all are so generous and kind. I have truly enjoyed every one of them! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

 

Class Pet Update

 

Thank you to the Kirkpatrick family for donating our adorable class pet Pinkie! The kids voted on the name, I promise I didn’t persuade them or influence them in any way on the name. J The kids LOVE Pinkie and they have done an excellent job of taking care of her. I will be sending home a permission form to ask for family volunteers who would like to babysit Pinkie over holiday weekends and breaks in the future. Also, if you would like to donate any hamster bedding or food products, they would be GREATLY appreciated! J

 

Parent-Teacher Conferences

 

Parent-Teacher conferences will be held this month during the week of January 25^th. School will dismiss two hours early each day that week. This is our only official conference of the year. Each conference will last 30 minutes. Please arrive at your scheduled time. I am looking forward to seeing and talking with you all!

***Your child brought home their scheduled conference form yesterday. Please confirm your time ASAP so that we can accommodate everyone’s schedules. ***

 

Upcoming Events

 

***Martin Luther King Jr. Day ~ NO SCHOOL ~ Monday, January 18^th, 2010.

 

***Conference Week ~ Monday, January 25^th, 2010 ~

Friday, January 30^th, 2010. (school dismisses at 12:30 p.m. each day)

 

We are …

 

~*~ continuing to work on informational writing and response to literature

~*~ learning about the contributions of Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King, Jr.

~*~ practicing our number sense skills for numbers up to 9,999.

~*~ reviewing addition and subtraction skills using regrouping strategies up to three-digit numbers.

~*~ beginning to study fractions.

~*~ practicing reading fluently.

 

 

Class Pet

Happy Holidays! We are counting down the days to Winter Break! There is so much to do, so much to learn, and so much fun to be had!!!

 

I had told the kids that over Thanksgiving break, I would go searching for a class pet. My husband and I visited his family in Florida over the break, so I thought hermit crabs would be PERFECT for our class! When we went to the pet store, the hermit crab shells were painted to resemble batman, princess, and other commercial designs. Needless to say, these would NOT go with our room theme! :o) More importantly, these buggers don't live very long.

 

We then checked out the hamsters and I fell in love with a CRAZY dwarf hamster who ran around the cage NONSTOP for 10 minutes. Even though I begged and pleaded, my husband was wise enough not to torture this poor animal in endearing a 10 hour car trip home.

 

Thus, we are still in search of a class pet. A couple of the kids have mentioned the fact that family members or friends are trying to "get rid of" their hamsters. If any of you know anyone that is looking for a good home to send their loved one, our class would be more than willing to adopt them! We would also be needing a glass fish tank/cage and some food.

 

Thank you for your continued support, and all that each and every one of you do!

 

Family Traditions Project

Family Traditions

 

This is a family project all about traditions that are important to you and your family during the month of December.  Discuss them with your family to get more ideas.  (Think about traditions that you value, participate in, something you make, places you go, people you see, books you read, things you see, things you smell, things you hear, things you taste, something you help with, something you give.)

 

Make a collage (photographs, cut out pictures from magazines/newspapers, drawn pictures) that represent the most important traditions to you and your family.  Then write sentences telling about the collage and the traditions.

 

This Family Tradition Project is due on or before Friday, December 11, 2009.  The students will be sharing their Family Tradition Project with the class.

 

I am thankful! Celebration

Mrs. Kiley's 2nd grade class has a Thanksgiving presentation that you will not want to miss........   Date:   Thursday November 19th  Time: 8:15 - 9:15   Items Requested: Madison Jones - breakfast casserole Jordan Jones - fruit Sarah Hilliard - juice and cups Joey Blankenship - muffins/breads Taylor Smith - plates/napkins/forks   If you are unable to bring your requested item, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can make other arrangements.     Thank you in advance, and I look forward to seeing everyone on the 19th!   Sally Smith   Mrs. Kiley's room mom   Upcoming Events: December 18th - Winter Party

What we are learning

Social Studies- Cherokee Indians and the contributions of Tomochichi.

Science-Energy (motion, heat, light, and sound)

 

Writing- Informational writing, researching and summarizing facts, using commas and quotation marks correctly.

 

Math- Counting money, and giving change. Continue to review addition and subtraction regrouping.

Trade Fair

 

 

In Social Studies, we have been examining the Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past. We have learned that instead of using money for goods and services, Native Americans used barter or trade with each other and with settlers.

 

To give students a better understanding of trading and bartering, we are going to have a trade fair. On Monday, November 16th, the children should bring in TWO goods they are willing to trade. These goods should be inexpensive items ($1 or less) found at home. Examples of goods that may be brought in are: friendship bracelets or other homemade jewelry, stationery, cookies, bookmarks, trading cards, fast food toys, etc.

 

Please make sure that your children understand that the items will be traded, so items should be something that they don’t mind giving up. Students should bring in several items to trade.

 

This should be a meaningful learning experience for the children. Thank you for your support in making it a success!

 

In Social Studies, we have been examining the Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past. We have learned that instead of using money for goods and services, Native Americans used barter or trade with each other and with settlers.

 

To give students a better understanding of trading and bartering, we are going to have a trade fair. On Monday, November 16th, the children should bring in TWO goods they are willing to trade. These goods should be inexpensive items ($1 or less) found at home. Examples of goods that may be brought in are: friendship bracelets or other homemade jewelry, stationery, cookies, bookmarks, trading cards, fast food toys, etc.

 

Please make sure that your children understand that the items will be traded, so items should be something that they don’t mind giving up. Students should bring in several items to trade.

 

This should be a meaningful learning experience for the children. Thank you for your support in making it a success!

Skills Tutor

Skillstutor Challenge

Here it is students....your chance to earn lots and lots of beads!!!!  Yes...even from home you can be earning class beads!!!!!  Here's how to do it:

Click on this link to our Skillstutor Website:

www.skillstutor.com

Log in:  your 6 digit media center number

Password: 1234

Site: Kemp01

Take as many tests as you want.  For every test you take, you will earn one bead.  The top 3 test takers each week will get to have "lunch and a movie" with me every Monday.  Also.....the 2nd grade class that has the highest number of test takers each month earns a popsicle party!!! 

Here it is students....your chance to earn lots and lots of beads!!!!  Yes...even from home you can be earning class beads!!!!!  Here's how to do it:

Click on this link to our Skillstutor Website:

www.skillstutor.com

Log in:  your 6 digit media center number

Password: 1234

Site: Kemp01

Take as many tests as you want.  For every test you take, you will earn one bead.  The top 3 test takers each week will get to have "lunch and a movie" with me every Monday.  Also.....the 2nd grade class that has the highest number of test takers each month earns a popsicle party!!! 

Red Ribbon Week ~ Pajama Day

Thursday is PAJAMA DAY!!! Please make sure your children still wear tennis shoes for PE. The PE department has planned an exciting specials time and they don’t want anyone to miss out J