1. Mrs. Janes Jungle Jargon Sept. 19-23 Homework: *Complete the homework packet (sent home on Monday in the folder), and turn it in on Friday each week. *Read for 15 minutes every night. *Study your Math facts daily. Classroom News: *Thank you for your donation of books for our classroom! The students love their new books! *Thank you for coming to visit our class and see your boys and girls for Grandparents Day! *Be sure to join PTO, $10.00! The class with the most members wins a party! *Don’t forget to sign up for Remind for text messages, or emails with important information. Text: @bg73 To the number 81010 or email: bg73@mail.remind.combg73@mail.remind.com Test Schedule: Math Test: Friday and Speed Drill (5 minutes to complete 25 problems) VocabularyTest: Friday Language Test: Friday Test Folders: Will be sent home every Tuesday. Please sign and return all tests by Friday of each week. Parent Reminders: *Snacks are 50 cents, sold daily in the classroom each morning. Students may also bring a snack, water bottle, or Capri sun. Please do not send bottled or canned soda drinks. *Label all money that comes to school. Be sure to put it in the zipper pouch inside the folder please. *Please be sure your child has lunch/breakfast money in their account if they are eating in cafeteria. *You may contact me through email at: Sylenda.janes@dcsms.org, by leaving a message at (662) 895-6664, or send me a note in the zipper pouch of your child’s folder. *Thank you for a great start to our school year! Sylenda.janes@dcsms.org Recess: 9:40-10:05 Lunch: 11:18-11:43 Activity Schedule: Monday: P.E. (Wear tennis shoes.) Tuesday: Computer Wednesday: Art Thursday: Library (Return books from previous week.) Friday: Music

2. Spelling Words: No words for this week. Reading Skills for Unit 1: RL.2.1-I can ask and answer questions as who, what, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details. RL.2.2-I can recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. RL.2.3-I can describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. RL.2.9 I can compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures. RL.2.10- I can by the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. RF.2.4-I can read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. RF.2.4a-I can read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. L.2.1f-I can produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences. Scholastic Book Club: You may want to order books for your child through Scholastic Book Club online. When you order a book online, we get a free book for our classroom. You will need our Class Code: GLHFV to do so. Go here for the link to order your books: http://clubs2.scholastic.com/web app/wcs/stores/servlet/ LogonForm http://clubs2.scholastic.com/web Vocabulary Words: terrible-Very bad, horrible, awful terrific-Very good, wonderful, great grumble-Complain about something in a grouchy voice scrunch-squeeze or crush gobble-1. eat food quickly without chewing it very much 2. Make the sound a turkey makes. rude-not polite dash-run very quickly approach-move closer to someone or something Math Skills: 2.NBT.5-I can fluently add and subtract within 20 using varying strategies.