Roberta Maynard's Classroom: Welcome to Second Grade

February    Valentine's Day

Next week we will celebrate Valentine’s Day in class by sharing cards and enjoying a snack.   I would like to help students decorate Valentine Day boxes for valentines.  We could use any available empty shoe boxes or tissue boxes you have at home for this project. We will decorate boxes on Monday, February 13^th.   I will provide students with a bag to decorate if we do not have enough boxes available.

  January News

Please make sure students are prepared for the winter weather & conditions during our recesses.  They should come to school with a winter jacket, a hat, mittens or gloves, boots, and snowpants if there is snow on the ground. 

Holiday Gift Swap

Holiday Gift Swap:

• The students will need to bring in a NEUTRAL gift for the swap. 

The gift must be some sort of school supply item/s with a maximum spending limit of $5.00.  (The kids are all in need of new supplies J)

• Some ideas are markers, crayons, highlighters, pencil sharpener, small staplers, small notebooks, “cool” pens/pencils, or erasers.
• I will be reading a story to the children.  When I say a “key” word, the kids will pass their gift. When the story is done, all the kids will end up with a different present.

Our gift swap will take place on Thursday, December 22^nd.

Gingerbread Family Project  is due this Friday 12/9.  The Gingerbread students are disguising will be the main character in THEIR own version of the Gingerbread man.   Monday students began planning their stories out.      

If you are interested in helping to decorate our tree this Thursday 12/9 from 1:30-2:10 please let me know.  I can have parents work with small groups of students in the hallway to put everything together. 

Wednesday assignments are posted in Google Classroom (11/23 Independent Learning Day) and will be accessible Wednesday morning.  Assignments are scheduled to be completed by Friday.  The students have used each digital resource several times for homework (Raz-Kids) or in class.  They should log-in to Zoom using Google.  I will not be available to students on Wednesday as I have required training.  I have listed the assignments for the day below.   

MATH- Zearn Lesson 7-"Place it Vertically"  Students should complete all 4 parts of the lesson

PHONICS (Word Study)- Google Classroom assignment-"Read, Build, Type".  Students practice reading and spelling common homophones.

READING- Read a nonfiction book you have at home or one from the Level Up section in your Raz-Kids account.  Take the quiz on Raz-kids and remember you can look back in the book to help answer the quiz questions. 

OPTIONAL- How to Draw a Turkey" video available in Google Classroom 

Have a great Thanksgiving!

  Red Ribbon Week '22 The week of October 24 is Red Ribbon Week in Salem. We celebrate making healthy lifestyle choices. Our themes for each day are as follows.

• October 24th-  Mindful Monday: “Red-E to learn about and make healthy choices!”- Students and staff will wear red.
• October 25th – Tasty Tuesday – Life’s a delicious dream when you make healthy choices – Students and staff are allowed to wear their pajamas (No slippers, please). Please provide your child with a healthy snack and let them know what it is.
• October 26th – Work out Wednesday – Exercise and move for a healthy body – Wear work out clothing and sneakers – We’ll do a whole school movement break!
• October 27th – Thinking Thursday – Hat’s off for a healthy mindset. Wear a Hat Day!
• October 28th – Orange you Glad You Are Healthy – Wear Orange