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save these dates!
May 14th
May 22nd-Camp Read A Lot Picnic (no need to send a lunch this day) Please see below for more details!
May 25th- Coffee House Poetry Reading 2:00-3:00 (we’d love to have you in our classroom to listen)
May 29th- Bear Buddy End of the Year Celebration Pizza Party (no need to send a lunch this day)
May 30th-Field Trip to the Brookfield Zoo 9:00-2:00 we need 4 more chaperones. Please email me if you are intested
1. David K.
2. Lito A.
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Camp Read-a-Lot picnic will be held outside on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 11:30 am.
If you would like to donate a treat or your time on the day of the picnic it would be greatly appreciated. Please see the list below for what we still need and get in touch if you can help! Thank you!
Parent Helpers 11:20-12:20 (A few more needed!) ….
1. Emily R.
2. Susie K.
3. Liz B.
4. Katie C.
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19 Hot Dogs …. Abby
19 Hot Dog Buns …. Abby
Napkins …. Anna
Paper Plates …. Anna
19 Juice Boxes/Drinks ….Stella
Ketchup (1 bottle) …. Nate
Mustard (1 bottle) …. Nate
Fruit (bite-sized pieces) …. Adelle
Chips (3 bags) …. Ethan & Nelson & Alethea
Cookies ….Lily & Lindsay
Brownies …. Alex
Other …..
just a reminder…
May 10th
Scholastic Book Clubs Ordering Information
www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: GW9BK
Dear Parent,
May and June’s Scholastic Book Clubs order is due very soon–please be sure to send it to me by the May 11th. To place your child’s book order, follow these simple steps to order online:
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Register at Scholastic Book Clubs’ secure Web site (www.scholastic.com/bookclubs), and create your own User Name and Password.
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Enter the onetime Class Activation Code above to link you to our classroom.
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Choose the books that you would like to order.
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Pay for your selections using your credit card.
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Submit your order to me online.
And remember, if you prefer to send your orders to me by returning the order form to the classroom, I’ll be happy to place your order as always.
Thank you,
Mrs. Gutelli
as of this week…
May 9th
our usual spelling routine has changed. We have successfully worked through 300 2nd grade sight words and 30 weeks of spelling patterns! For the remainder of the year, the students will be working with individualized lists of words that are tailored to their specific spelling needs. Through a pretest that we took Monday, I have determined what developmental spelling stage each student is in. Based on the results, we are targeting specific spelling patterns that they need to work on.
We will be doing:
word sorts
word hunts
and games at school with each of their lists.
You will not be seeing our traditional spelling lists/tests coming home for the remainder of the year. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
Thank you!
raz-kids
May 3rd
Our classroom has been granted access to an on-line reading program with interactive ebooks called Raz-Kids.com. The Raz-Kids animated leveled books and interactive quizzes allow students to listen to reading books, read with vocabulary and pronunciation support and read without support. Each of my students has access to appropriate reading levels and specific books. Now my students can practice reading to improve reading comprehension and reading fluency anywhere with internet access! Please have your child show you our newest reading addition! They can locate raz-kids under our links tab in either the literacy or listen to reading sections. My teacher username is dgutelli.
Happy reading,
Mrs. Gutelli
ps…if you have an iPad you can download the a-z reading app too!
last book order of the year!
May 3rd
Scholastic Book Clubs Ordering Information
www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
Class Activation Code: GW9BK
Dear Parent,
May and June’s Scholastic Book Clubs order is due very soon–please be sure to send it to me by the May 11th. To place your child’s book order, follow these simple steps to order online:
- Register at Scholastic Book Clubs’ secure Web site (www.scholastic.com/bookclubs), and create your own User Name and Password.
- Enter the onetime Class Activation Code above to link you to our classroom.
- Choose the books that you would like to order.
- Pay for your selections using your credit card.
- Submit your order to me online.
And remember, if you prefer to send your orders to me by returning the order form to the classroom, I’ll be happy to place your order as always.
Thank you,
Mrs. Gutelli
Hats “On” for Rory!
May 3rd
Bring in a dollar bill to wear a hat. Don’t forget to dress in running clothes and hydrate for your Ragnar Run in PE!
Online donations can be made here.
did you know that the end of the year is coming?
May 3rd
All library books for kids are due back on May 25th. A popsicle party in the courtyard can be earned for returned books. Each grade level will have a winner for the first class that returns all their library books starting on the 25th. It will be a reading popsicle party, we don’t want to lose sight of what earned them the treat!
If students have lost a book during the year, paying for the book is the same as returning it. That kind of transaction should occur anytime before the 25th.
Dollars for Deutsch
May 2nd
Tomorrow is Dollars for Deutsch. Help us reach our goal of $10,000 for the Rory David Deutsch Foundation by bringing in dollar bills.
Online donations can be made here.
