“We believe each student can and will learn.” Second Grade News (404) 768-0081 Week of October 10th, 2016 www.tmsa.org Important Dates 10/10/16 Professional Development (No School) 10/10/16 PTO Meeting 10/15/16 Governance Committee Meeting 3 pm 10/18/16 Executive Committee Meeting 6 pm 10/18/16 Report Card Distribution 10/19/16 Picture Make-Up Day 10/21/16 Fieldtrip to Funk Heritage Center 10/22/16 Fall Festival 11:00-3:00 10/28/16 Fun Friday 10/31/16 Character Book Day 10/01/16-10/31/16 Jacket 2 Jacket Funk Heritage Center The second grade team will visit the Funk Heritage Center at Reinhardt University on Oct. 21st. All money and permission slips were due on Friday, October 7th. Please contact your child’s teacher with any questions or concerns. Thank you. The Second Grade Team Jacket 2 Jacket Team Lead: Ms. Graves – Chandra.Graves@tmsa.org Ms. Allen- Deborah.Allen@tmsa.org Ms. Hall- Abigail.Hall@tmsa.org Ms. Hunt- Sandra.Hunt@tmsa.org The Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball team would like to invite your child to participate in their annual “Jacket 2 Jacket” reading program. Jacket 2 Jacket is an initiative to promote and encourage children to learn through reading. Forms were sent home last week and also can be found on our 2nd grade class pages. School Pages www. TMSA.org http://www.facebook.com/TheMainStreetAcademy/ Saturday School P.E. Days Fun Friday Saturday School will be offered for students that require remediation of core class concepts in reading and math. The dates are as follows: October 22nd- Cancelled November 12th December 10th Ms. Allen- Thursday Ms. Graves- Monday & Friday Ms. Hall- Tuesday Ms. Hunt- Wednesday Students should be dressed in their P.E. uniform. Fun Friday is the last Friday of the month. This Friday , 10/28 will be Fun Friday. Students may wear jeans and a TMSA spirit shirt for $1. All proceeds go to benefit and support TMSA. “We believe each student can and will learn.” Core Value: Integrity

Second Grade Homework Curriculum and Homework Reading Log Week of October 10th, 2016  TMSA.org  (404) 768-0081 Curriculum and Homework Reading Log Students will have homework nightly (Monday-Thursday), due the next day. Homework will include nightly reading and math homework, spelling practice and social studies or science homework on Tuesday and Thursday. Math – Students will normally have nightly math homework online with Pearson Realize. We are on topic 4. www.pearsonrealize.com Reading- Reading/ ELA homework will alternate between writing, reading comprehension, and ELA. Science Project Due 10/20/16 Students have been assigned a science project connecting with the phases of the moon. Please speak with your child’s teacher if you have not received it. Directions are also located on the 2nd grade teacher pages at TMSA.org Thank you. All students are required to keep a daily reading log. Students should read for at least 15 minutes per a night. Please keep track of your students daily reading in their agenda. Next week, students will receive a reading menu to complete with their nightly reading. Social Studies/ Science- The curriculum will alternate between science and social studies every 4 weeks. Students will have S.S. or science every other night. We are currently on Science. Spelling Words/Test WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK Plural Words Glove Sleep Candle Blossom Glass Place Classroom Bubble Uncle Turtle Juggle Buckle Castle Cable Globe Math Reading/ELA Science This week students will learn about: Topic 4 Fluently Add within 100 Partial sums 2 digit numbers This week students will learn about: Summarizing and retelling Making Connections Compound Words Personal Narrative (Test Friday) This week students will review: Chapter 3 Earth Science Erosion Weathering Changes to Earth (Quiz Friday) The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go! -Dr. Seuss