Tuesday Updates

Tuesday Updates........ :-)
Young Author's stories were due on Friday, January 13. If you still have those at home, I need them returned no later than Thursday, January 19. They get shipped to the company on Thursday. Parents please be sure to sign the permission slip for parent authorization inside the packet. If you don't plan on completing the book please send it back to school anyway.
Winter weather is here! Please be sure to send your child to school in the appropriate snow gear every day. We will be having recess outside if the weather is 15 degrees or warmer. Please send boots, snow pants, hats and gloves everyday. I recommend getting a large ziploc bag (2 feet XLarge) for their winter gear so it fits in the locker and is easier to transport to and from school. Please empty the bag each night and hang the snow gear up so it can dry out. We don't want to have them coming back to school in cold, wet gear every day.
Second Grade Music Concert is Thursday, January 26. The concert begins at 6:00 pm. Mr. Steuer would like all students performing to be here at 5:45. Students can report to their classrooms. Parents can go into the gym. Immediately following the concert, the second grade teachers will be offering a Family Literacy Night. Ms. Salas and I will be offering a 30 minute literacy activity that you may wish to attend. Ms. Salas will be hosting an activity in Spanish, and I will be hosting an activity in English. You are more than welcome to attend both (15 minutes each) or one of the activities. This is not a conference or a time to discuss your child individually, but a chance to have some fun while integrating literacy.
ACCESS Testing is this week. This is a test for second language learners acquiring English. Therefore, we will not have a spelling and vocab list in English. There will not be a spelling and vocab test in English on Friday either. But we will be having a test on whales and what we've learned about whales over these past 2 weeks. Tuesday's homework was only to read 30 minutes to help give extra time for reading for the reading challenge. Remember, 175 minutes is the minimum amount of minutes required to meet the challenge. If you didn't make it last week you need to have 350 minutes this Friday. I hope we improve from last week! Good luck!!!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Montes