Mrs. Lammons’ Newsletter October 2-6 Homework: Homework is only used to reinforce skills taught in class. 30 minutes per night is the maximum that should be spent working on homework. Your child should read 20 minutes every night . Students need to read different genres to meet the 40 Book Challenge. The planner is located in your child’s G.O. book. Read 20 minutes and practice spelling each night.  Math: Lesson 2.11, 2.12, and Chapter 2 Extra Practice (pages P45-50)*Homework pages are found in the GO Math Standards Practice workbook. Important Dates: 10/10 Bat Lady presents to 2nd Graders @1:00 PM 10/12 Springer Opera House Field Trip 10/19 AEEC Glow Party 4:30-7:30PM 10/20 Parent Conference Day/No School for Students 10/23-10/27 Red Ribbon Week 10/26 Field Trip to Jule Collins Smith Museum to see artist Jean Shin 10/30 Book Fair Begins 11/3 Food Bank Field Trip What We Are Learning Read Aloud : I Need My Monster by Amanda Knoll Comprehension: I can make connections and participate in reader’s theatre. Grammar: I can identify common and proper nouns. Phonics: I can spell words with short u and long u. *Spelling test will be Friday, October 13. Writing: I can write a personal narrative. Math: I can learn about the place value of numbers to 1,000. I will also learn about comparing these numbers. *Test will be Thursday. Social Sciences: I can make observations from media to obtain information about Earth's events that happen over a short period of time (e.g., tornados, volcanic explosions, earthquakes) or over a time period longer than one can observe (e.g., erosion of rocks, melting of glaciers). I will learn all about bats. We happily welcome Juyoung to our class and her family to Auburn! Thank you to the Price family and Holland family for donating classroom resources!!! Superhero of the Week: Jamie Cruz-Hernandez Contact Information: Glori Lammons gslammons@auburnschools.org 334-887-4950 Jean Wright Teaching the “Wright” Way © 2015