1. Main Office: 952-496-5952 Absence Line: 952-496-5953
Mrs. Erickson’s
2nd Grade Memos
SOAR to
New Heights
January 22 – February 2
Main Office: Absence Line:
Upcoming Events
Jan. 29 – Report cards sent home
Jan. 30 – 2nd grade music program at 7PM in the gym
Feb. 5/7/8 – Conference nights and book fair
Feb. 9 – PTO Family Dance/Silent Auction
Feb. 19 – No school for students/teacher in-service day
Feb. 22 – A special author visits our school
Feb. 23 – Stuffed animal and slipper day
Feb. 28 – Earth balloon at school – PTO family Earth balloon on Mar 1.
Sneak Peek
Word Work: This week’s spelling words: (List #14 on )
brew, blew, soup, group, blue, clue, cashew, cartoon, pursue
Next Week: List #15 on brook, look, push, bush, pull, full, bully, bookshop, seagull
**SPELLING TESTS ON FRIDAYS!
Reading: We will be working on comparing and contrasting information in various stories.
Writing: We are learning how to write comparing and contrasting paragraphs including a topic sentence, 3 details, and a concluding sentence. .
Math: We are learning how to read, create, and solve problems using tables and graphs.
Social Studies: We will be focusing on mapping
skills and the 7 continents. We will also make dioramas of the 7 continents.
**Special Note: Unfortunately, I won’t be able to be at conferences the night of Monday, February 5th. I will hold my conferences on Feb 7 and Feb 8. Once you get your conference confirmation time in the Feb 29th Red Folders, please let me know if there is a conflict and we can reschedule. Thank you in advance for understanding.
**Because it is such a short week, there will not be a FORMAL spelling test this week. Instead, we will be exposing kids to these words and doing the test together.
**Summer School dates this year will be:
June and July 9-19
*Help your child log onto: to practice Math and Reading. Your child’s log in information is taped to the front of his/her planner. If they practice Reading, they can mark their Reading Sheet! 
*Help your child log onto: to study spelling words. My
Special Notes
SPECIALS
This Week:
Mon: no school
Tues: no school
Wed: gym
Thurs: art
Fri: gym
Next Week:
Mon: music
Tues: gym
Wed: media
Thurs: music
Fri: gym