Miss Wittmann's 2nd Grade Blog

Hello, It was great to see everyone at our first family night! I hope you enjoyed the new format and got to know a few other families in our classroom. Today is the last day to enter book orders for this month if you are interested! Here is the link if you would like to order some today! https://clubs.scholastic.com/home  The class code is QJMYM Here a few pictures from last week! Upcoming Events: 10/2: Picture Day 10/3: Walk to School! Meet at The Recyclist at 7:20 10/3: Skate City at 5:30 10/4: No School Specials this week: Monday: Gym and Music Tuesday: Art Wednesday: Gym and Library Skills Thursday: Gym and Music Reading: This week in reading we are wrapping up our unit on paying close attention to mentor authors! As we continue to notice how authors use craft moves to share their intentions, we will also explore how authors use those techniques to teach us something. We will end the week with a celebration of all our h

Hello, We have a busy week ahead of us! Check out the upcoming events for the week. I hope to see you at the first Family Night on Tuesday! Upcoming Events: 9/24: Family Night Homecoming week 9/23-9/27 dress up days: Monday-Hat/Crazy Hair Day Tuesday-Crazy Sock Day Wednesday-School Spirit Day! Wear Purple/NDLC Attire, Homecoming Parade 6:00, meet at 5:15 at Holy Cross if you are interested in walking in the parade. An adult must walk with the child.  Thursday-Disney or Super Hero Day Friday-Orange and Black Day 10/2: Picture Day 10/4: No School Reading: This week in reading we are going to focus on paying close attention to authors. How authors have intentions, and readers don’t just notice those craft move they can try them. We will also learn about connecting the whole book together and thinking about what the author is trying to teach us. When students are reading this week a few questions you could ask are: Did the author teach you a lesson with that story

And we’re off! You may have seen the book bags that started coming home last week. Students will pack books up every Monday-Thursday. They can read for 10-15 minutes at the start of the year. Please make sure those book bags return each day. Let me know if you have any questions! This week is safety week, the district did send out an information letter and we will practice each drill this week. Today we started off with a fire drill, we will also practice an evacuation drill and tornado drill this week. The first book order came home the first week of school but if you would like to order books online here is the link: https://clubs.scholastic.com/  Our class code is QJMYM The order is due September 30th. Upcoming Events: 9/16-9/20: Safety Week 9/24: Family Night (a sheet will come home this week) Homecoming week 9/23-9/27 dress up days: Monday-Hat/Crazy Hair Day Tuesday-Crazy Sock Day Wednesday-School Spirit Day! Wear Purple/NDLC Attire. Homecoming Parade 6:00, meet

Happy Monday! Hello and welcome to the first blog post! This will be used as a communication tool to keep you updated on what we are doing in the classroom and upcoming events/reminders. Let me know at anytime if you have any questions or concerns! Here are a few reminders: Please be sure to have the decorated writing folder returned because we are starting our writing unit. Also all paperwork that was sent home at open house or the first day of school needs to be returned. Upcoming Events: 9/13: Dot Day: Wear Dots  9/16-9/20: Safety Week 9/24: Family Night 10/2: Picture Day 10/4: No School Reading: Last week we worked on setting up reading routines and expectations.  It was exciting to see how many students are excited for this part of our school day!  This week we will focus on becoming stronger readers by reading more and more, we will set goals for ourselves, and we will work on fluency.  Today, we will be sending home book bags.  Please find time each night for yo