Second Grade at Shaker Lane - Room 202

Cheryl Faye visited today and put on an amazing performance acting as Helen Keller. The students and teachers were captivated. Ask your child what it was like!

HELP!!! WE ARE IN DIRE NEED OF VOLUNTEERS FOR  WINTERFEST !    Winterfest   is  Friday January 29th  from  5-8PM  and there is still a lot to do to make sure this event is success. If you are able to volunteer, please consider it. All you have to do is click on the link below to sign up.  With out your help, this event is not possible and without your help we cannot have the number of games for kids.  On behalf of the PTA I thank you for offering your time to make  Winterfest  a fun-filled night for everyone.   If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at  history_shell@yahoo.com .  ww w.SignUpGenius.com/go/ 10C0A4EAAAF2CA7F85-winterfest2 I cannot attend but signed up to bring some cakes. I know they need lots more cake donations and help setting up, during winterfest and cleaning up. If you do anything, the Winterfest volunteers, teachers and students will be very appreciative. Winterfest is by FAR the school's biggest fundraiser, and without a success

Thanks to the kindergarten teachers for leading us and helping us learn about acceptance!  

Ask your child how the game works!             

Hi everyone! Just a reminder you can order from the Scholastic book order at any time. They have great affordable literature for students  and any time you order our class gets credits to earn things like  free books and classroom supplies! Go here to browse ALL their book orders: https://clubs2.scholastic.com/ . Our class activation code, if it is your first time ordering is: Your Class Activation Code DXDDG .  I will be sending home 2-3 paper book orders in a few days that you can browse through but there are tons more online! Thanks so much for supporting our classroom.

SPELLING ROUTINE AND SPELLING QUIZZES Starting next week there will be a small change or two in the spelling program. Here are some details to help explain. . ● On the spelling quiz itself, starting next Friday there will be 2-5  bonus words – words that have the same exact spelling patterns we worked on but are not on any of the lists students studied. The words will be of similar difficulty to the words that are on the spelling list. After all, the point is not only for students to only get 100% on a quiz, but also to carry over the skill to spell other words correctly. Using different words as well as monitoring their spelling in their writing will help you and I know how they are doing. Doing spelling the traditional way (ie giving students a list of 10 words, having them memorize the words for  the weekly quiz) sometimes results in"Friday Spellers" who may or may not be able to translate the spelling skills into their daily writing. Here are two teachers who use th