Homework

1. Read and log
2. journal
3. Spelling Project for Unit 3 due tomorrow
4. RWI - Finish packet up to page 8
Do Vocabulary Catch and Edit on p.9 Return the packet on Friday

Thursday Homework
1. Read and log
2. journal
3. Spelling pages 114-115 due Friday
Lesson 20 homework immediately follows
Please refer tot he Unit 4 list for Lesson 20 words

Shalom

Homework

1. Read and log
2. NO journaling tonight
3. The following students have essay writing assignments that are due tomorrow:
Yali, Romi, Rafaela, Ronnie, Bella, Isaac, and Eitan

Note:
Swimming in P.E. begins soon. Please be prepared.
Read-a-Thon is coming in the beginning of May

Shalom

Homework and other information

Dear parents,


The students surprised me with how well-put-together their Science presentations were. Grade Two is so awesome! The presentations showed all that they learned. Students spoke very clearly and confidently. Every student participated. When given space creativity, children are incredible!


Homework:


1. Read


2. Journal


3. Spelling Lesson 19 p. 110-113





Assignments 1, 2, and 3 are due tomorrow.





4. RWI class: P. 6 in the packet Please complete the assignment the way the teacher instructed you this morning. Return packet and story packet tomorrow.





Notes:


Arya and Isabel - please be sure to bring your spelling books


Bella, Eitan, and Arya have catch-up work to do in Math. Please return the assignment tomorrow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE AND MIA!! Theses students had birthdays in April.

Shalom

Friday Blurb or "Weekly Word"

Dear Parents,
Another fun-filled week for Grade 2 has passed.

Coming next week are presentations for the Science unit, Energy and Motion, and also for the Spelling Unit 3. The Science presentations will be done Monday in class. Thank you parents for helping the groups come together and to get their thoughts and ideas materialized.
The Spelling Project is a fun and interesting activity that will expose the student to two (or more) types of written media. Students need to use the misspelled words form Post-test 17 and Pre-test 18 first. This project's due date is Thursday.

Homework:
1. Read and record (due Tuesday)
2. journal (due Tuesday)
3. Practice the song you are singing in MUSIC class
4. Science project (due Monday)
5. Spelling project (due Thursday) Please bring the Spelling books back to school on Monday, as we will be using them in class.

Announcements:
Tuesday is field day. Students need to be in P.E. uniform and have a baseball cap to wear.

Fun time in Derech Eretz today: We read and acted out a fable about a mule and the shadow. The moral of the story was: In quarreling about the shadow, we often lose the substance. The students can have a nice conversation with you about what they shared with the class.

Shabat shalom

1. read and record
2. journal
3. Unit 3 Spelling Project due next Thursday, April 29, 2010
*Instructions are in your child's school bag today.
Shalom

Homework & Announcements

1. Read
2. Journal
3. Finish unfinished assignments and work on projects
The Science project is to be done outside of school, so parents would need to coordinate times and meetings. Students are open to be as creative as they like. Presentations should be between 4 and 7 minutes per group and include each student.
Announcements:
-We had a great celebration at Elsa High school today, and an amazing observance of Yom Haatzmaut this morning in Carmel's school hall. Grade 2's reports were very well done.

-Leeor lost her water bottle at Elsa. I have it. it is in the classroom now.
-Asher forgot to take his reading log home. If this should happen with any students, please write the information in the Communication book. If they forget to take home a journal, write on a piece of paper, and we will secure it in the journal the following school day.
-Isaac's communication book is in his basket.

Ms. Forrester will be teaching Grade 2 tomorrow.
Ms. Luckett will be away.

Shalom

Homework

Tomorrow's Jewish Observance:
Yom HaAztmaut
Students wear their HOUSE T-shirts and P.E. uniform

1. Read and record into the Reading Log (due tomorrow)
2. Journal entry (due tomorrow)
3. Spelling Lessons 17 and 18 (which is a unit review) p.100- 108 due Thursday or may be turned in before the due date
4. Math: Please correct and return by Wednesday... Test review is Wednesday immediately followed by the Chapter 8 test
5. Science Project: Parents, please read the project instructions. Students must look in their text books and assessment books if they need to remember details. As you can see, the project is quite open for students to collaborate and create as they wish. Essential questions MUST be answered clearly and I need to see the input of all 4 students.

Jewish Observance:
Yom HaZikaron

Tomorrow's Jewish Observance:
Yom HaAztmaut

Shalom

Weekend work

Homework:

1. Spelling Lesson 17
2. Reading Log and journaling
3. More Math corrections

A note from the music department:
The Music Blog on the Carmel School website has been updated. This week’s homework, choir items and links which include online musical game links, are all there for use. Please check it out!

I do not expect students to do homework if they are observing holidays.

IN CLASS:
-Post test on Lesson 16 on Monday
-Pre test on words from Spelling Lesson 17 on Monday

Shabat Shalom

Dear parents,
From now until the end of the school year, we will be practicing spelling from the spelling program on a regular basis. 2 lessons per week will be given. Tests will continue to be on Thursdays. Monday, the additional test day will be added starting next week. So help prepare your child for the spelling test on Monday covering Lesson 16. The Lesson 17 Pretest will also be given on Monday. The Lesson 17 post test will be given on Thursday. The format of the post test is described in yesterday's blog. The format for the Pretests will be the traditional activity of writing only the lesson word which is dictated by the teacher. Students will not be actively practicing the spelling words in class, but will see them written on the board every day.

Homework:
1. Journal entry
2. In place of reading, please record in the Reading Log, Spelling Lesson 16, as the reading of that lesson will satisfy the home reading requirement. Remember to use a separate sheet of paper for the Write to the Point and the Challenge Yourself activities. Use 5 or more words in Write to the Point. Underline the lesson words in Challenge Yourself. Because the spelling lesson schedule is so tight, it is important that lessons in the book are completed and turned in on time or early.
3. SPELLING Lesson 16 p.94-99 (Parents, although it sounds like a lot, the students say it is easy and therefore balances itself out.)
4. MATH catch-up packets. Tomorrow I will be giving the lesson for pages 117 and 118 in the Math program. Students who are pages behind have a thin packet that must be completed in order for them to be board with the lessons being given in class each day. Please try to complete and RETURN the math packet tomorrow even if some parts may still remain incomplete.

Thank you.

Shalom
Ms. Luckett

P.S. I finally see my bio. up on the Main Carmel Primary School website under Teaching Staff. Please take a look at it and learn a little more about who your children are with throughout the school day. I greatly appreciate your support.

HOUSE-KEEPING

The following students need to return the spelling Lesson 15 tomorrow:
Arya, Isaac, Isabel, Eitan
Yali, please complete what you are able and return the assignment tomorrow.

Thank you.

INFORMATION

Accomplishment for the day:
Grade 2 came up with names and cheers for the Yom Haaztmaut school-wide celebration for next Tuesday. Hip, hip, hurray!!

*The following students need to have a journal [and actual journal or tablet] and be writing in it at home on a daily basis, then turn it in every Tuesday: Asher, Arya, Tal, and Isabel

Dear Parents,
Some of you had questions about the Yom Haatzmaut collage project. The school should be sending correspondence to you. Also, the collage piece is due on Friday. Each student should have taken home ONE squarish piece of poster board to be elegantly decorated [in any art media] using mainly Israeli colors and other necessary accents. It is to be returned, preferably, to the Jewish Studies teacher.

Tonight's homework:
1. Reading log and Journal
2. Study the Spelling words and how to use them in sentences. Test is tomorrow. From now on, tests will be dictations of sentences, as suggested in the curriculum. I will dictate several sentences. Students will write the sentences and underline the lesson words.
Students will be graded on:
1. Spelling the lesson words correctly and using capitals should they require them (at the beginning of sentences)
2. Proper sentence structure, which includes initial capitalization and end punctuation
3. Dictated words are all written and in the correct order

3. LEAP Nutrition activity is due tomorrow.
4. Some students have extra studying to do and other work to correct

NOTE:
Because I have been mainly independent in teaching and in housekeeping for Grade Two, please let me know via the Communication Book if your child needs another book from the classroom to read. Students have been choosing their own books, which is a benchmark for them to reach in preparation for grade 3.

Shalom

Yom Haatzmaut

Dear parents,
As a part of Yom Haatzmaut celebration next week, your child has brought home an art project. Please read the letter dated 29th of Nisan, 5770. Please have her take care in doing this independent project. Grade Two students are very creative and they use materials very well.


We have a record number of students who turned in their journals and reading logs today. I was very happy to read about all of the activities the children engaged in during their holiday break. I was even more impressed by the amount of reading Grade 2 students have been doing! Mia, alone, read more than 8 chapter books! Encourage the students to keep up the good work and to set positive habits and productive daily routines.

Tonight's homework:
1. Reading log and journal
2. Yom Haatzmaut collage


Some students may have to complete chapter 15 in the spelling book. Remember to use 5 or more spelling words in the Write To The Point activity. Work may be returned as early as tomorrow. Thank you.

p. 92 Write to the Point (Asher, Bella, Jake, Mia)
p. 93 Challenge Yourself sentences (on a separate sheet of paper) (Asher, Bella, Jake, Mia)
p. 90-93 due Thursday (Rachamim)

All of Chapter 15: Ronnie, Arya, Isaac, Isabel, Eitan, Romi

If the assignment has already been completed, please give a reminder to turn it in.

Shalom

Welcome back everyone

Humidity was high in the building, but our spirits were even higher. Everyone was happy to return to Grade 2, and even happier to think, discover, learn, and test their knowledge and skills.
Today, we discussed asking the question, "WHY?" Based on a piece of writing by Anne Franke, the students listened to a reader share Anne Franke's thoughts about asking the question why to others and to yourself. Students discovered that when they want to know why something is and they ask themselves why instead of someone else, they think and they become a little smarter. Their own ideas are just as valuable as everyone else's. The size and age of the person is not important because everyone has a conscience that he or she uses. They are learning the value of their own selves and being offered another chance to express themselves.

Homework:
Journals and Reading Logs -due tomorrow
LEAP Science/Nutrition Worksheets 9 and 10 - due Thursday

Rest well.

Shalom