Kelly Bailey - Grade 2

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April 2018

Happy Spring!  Here we are at the last stretch of the school year... I can't believe it
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Important Dates
* Our field trip to Hilmar Cheese is on Friday, April 27th.  Look for details to come. 
*We will have an Instrument Petting Zoo on Tuesday, May 1st.  (Thank you to Mrs. George for including us in this!)
*Field Day is Wednesday, May 23rd.

Areas of focus right now: 
  •  Math Module 7:  Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data
  • Word Problems...Read Draw Write
  • Finishing Wonders Unit 5 (Let's Make A Difference) , and moving into Unit 6 (How on Earth?)
  • Grammar:  contractions,adjectives, articles, adverbs, prepositional phrases
  • Spelling:  a, aw, au, augh, al, ough, closed/open syllables, CVCe syllables, Consonant + le (el, al), vowel team syllables, r-controlled vowel syllables
  • Writing Focus:  Informative Text and Narrative Text (Paragraph Format)
  • Science: Earth's Resources
  • Social Studies:  Our Government, Map Skills, Producers and Consumers, Today and Yesterday
Please be working on (at home):
  • Math Facts to 20 both addition and subtraction  (They need to memorize these (automatically... No finger counting.) They need to have these MASTERED before the end of the year.
  • AR (reading together every night, and bringing books back to school every day)
  • Homework Completion....THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!
  • THIS IS HUGE.....PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR child read OUT LOUD TO YOU for 15 minutes each night!
  • Nice Handwriting and Correct Letter Formation
  • PLEASE continue to remind of your child each day of in class appropriate behaviors and that learning is the most important part of our school day!


Please email me with any questions or concerns....kbailey@hickmanschools.org
or use the Remind app to message me.

I love your children, and feel very blessed to have a part in their daily lives!!!
Mrs. Kelly Bailey