This week we continue to work into new routines. We had our first visit to the library. Each week your child will have the opportunity to check out a book. They may take their book home, if you would like. Books need to be back to school by Friday, as kids will not be...
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Mrs. Pechette’s Class Homework for the week of September 29th-October 5th. 1.  October Calendar of Activities 2.  At Home Reading Log 3.  Literacy:  Family Times 4.  Math:  Numbers Everywhere
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Perhaps in the excitement of Back to School Night, you missed the opportunity to sign up to help in the classroom.  Parents or Grandparents are needed to serve as Reading Buddies for our emerging readers.  This takes about an hour a week.  It is also helpful to have a parent in the classroom during...
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Wow! It’s the fourth week of school already! We are busy learning about each other and becoming accustomed to the Academic Routine in Second Grade. The students are excited about being writers! They are learning to web their ideas prior to beginning a story. They are looking forward to publishing their stories and sharing...
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Our last Letter of the Week was “C”. Words of the Day included “Can”, “Cat”, “Car”, “Cap” and “Chip”, and students also worked on building word families around these words. Speaking of chips, we had a chip tasting– students tasted blue corn tortilla chips, multi-grain chips, and Hawaiian style barbeque potato chips, which was...
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As we begin the second month of school, our color of the month is orange. The shape is a pumpkin. We also have a monthly color poem and number story. Here is our number story: 5 little pumpkins sitting on the gate. The first on said, “O my it is getting late!” The second...
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Last Friday, we had our first meeting with our kindergarten buddy class. Children worked on drawing portraits of their buddies. It was a lot of fun to see the two groups blend so well together on our first meeting. One of our class’ Friday afternoon rituals is compliment circle. This happens during the last...
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It was so very nice to see many of you at the Lewis Back to School Night last week. I know many of you are curious about when various performing groups will get started and which one you can join. I hope I can answer a few questions for you this week. I should...
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***A large amount of important papers came home on Monday. First was a sheet called “Homework Expectations.” This outlined all the activities. For example, at least two entries in the reading folder, including title, author, date and genre will be expected. We also need at least two entries in the personal journal. We’ve practiced...
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This has been a great week in Room 1. The children seem to really be getting used to the routines and structures of the classroom.  We are going to begin a unit on trees in science. This unit goes on throughout the year. We are continuing to learn all of the recording forms for...
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We are continuing our study in Astronomy. The students have done a couple experiments on moon craters and Mars surface. Ask them what they know about our solar system! Reminder: the astronomy project is due this Friday. Please make sure your child has this project turned in on time. Your child will be presenting...
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Monday- Study spelling every week, unless it is a three day week. Tuesday-Math Wednesday- First week of ABC HOMEWORK “A” week- This language arts homework is leveled based on reading and writing ability. Thursday- Math
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At Lewis we are lucky to have a partnership with Reed College Biology Outreach Program. Three science majors, Zack, Monica, and Michka, are teaching the scientific process every Thursday morning from 9:00-10:00a.m. The students are learning to use microscopes to study human and plant cells. In addition, the third graders are learning about atoms...
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On Monday and Tuesday I missed being with the students but I had the opportunity to participate in a great training with our Principal, Tim Lauer, our school Learning Specialist, Jeremy Manger and our Fourth Grade Buddy Class teacher, Mrs. Keefer. This conference revolved around the very effective, Safe Schools Curriculum we will be...
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We are wrapping up our Astronomy unit in the next two weeks; all projects are due this Friday. Thank you for helping your child work on their project! We will begin sharing these projects next Monday. We are also finishing up our number sense math unit in the next two weeks. If you haven’t...
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Last Friday we had a great time meeting and visiting with our third grade buddy’s from Ms. Davis’ class. Each child make a portrait of their buddy and read together. These portraits will be hanging up in the hallway. On Thursday, kindergartners completed their apple tree sketch and painted their tree based on the...
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Thank you to the families that attended Open House. The student in Room 5 served as Tour Guides. Great job Second Graders! It was a pleasure meeting all of you. We will continue working on becoming a “Community of Learners.” We are learning what being Safe,Responsibile and,Respectful looks like. My students are “Buggy About...
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Thanks to all the parents and families that came to our Back to School Night. It was great to meet all of you. I hope you had a chance to read the poetry in the classroom. Reed College students came this week, starting their 7 weeks of science lessons. The students built models of...
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It was lovely to see so many of you last night at Back-to-School Night. You are always welcome to come in and see what your child is doing. I am also always available if you have questions, or concerns. We are quickly settling into a routine and each day brings more comfort and familiarity....
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Our first days were spent learning big routines.  These past few days we’ve focused on some of the little routines like using a glue stick (remembering to recap), or liquid white glue (little dots only).  When it was time to investigate sunflowers in science, we learned how to use and take care of a...
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As we start this new school year, I again encourage families to visit the classroom during the school day. You are also welcome to come to open house, but the best way to know what your students do at school is to come and see them at work. Several parents have already visited and...
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Homework for the week of September 21st, 2009: Reading Log- This week summaries have been added to the log. Math – Patterns
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