Happy Friday!
Next week we finish up graphing and will take a pretest on measurement. If your child does not have a ruler here at school please get one this weekend! Thanks.
Next week in literacy we will be reading the Frog and Toad story and being learning about the frog life cycle. Also, we are learning about why the leaves change colors.
We had a wonderful fall fest today celebrating all things fall here at Olson. Wishing you and your family a wonderful fall weekend!
Mrs. Montes
Friday, October 31, 2014
Monday, October 20, 2014
What a Monday!?
Hello!!
Our Monday has been a bit crazy! Our students are showing great understanding of failure leads to success with our day! Our PODER testing did not go as well as planned, so our time in the lab was extended to complete the tests. We had bus evacuation drills and some excitement with the fire alarm. I am not sending homework home today! Enjoy the break!
Parents!! If you are coming on the field trip tomorrow can you please respond on the blog on the comments? I need to know how many parents we will have joining us to walk to the Square tomorrow. Please bring a backpack if you have one to help carry water bottles and snacks. Thank you!
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Montes
Our Monday has been a bit crazy! Our students are showing great understanding of failure leads to success with our day! Our PODER testing did not go as well as planned, so our time in the lab was extended to complete the tests. We had bus evacuation drills and some excitement with the fire alarm. I am not sending homework home today! Enjoy the break!
Parents!! If you are coming on the field trip tomorrow can you please respond on the blog on the comments? I need to know how many parents we will have joining us to walk to the Square tomorrow. Please bring a backpack if you have one to help carry water bottles and snacks. Thank you!
See you tomorrow!
Mrs. Montes
Friday, October 17, 2014
Happy Friday!
It was a very exciting day here at Olson! We witnessed Mr. Pintado getting water dumped on his head from the many donations for The Mustang March!
We have a very busy week next week:
Monday- PODER testing in Spanish, Culinary Visit 1-2 pm
Tuesday-8:30-10:15 (roughly) Walking Field Trip to Farmer's Market-Dress WARM! (Weather permitting!)
Wednesday-Late Start
Thursday-Erin's Law & PODER testing
Because next week we will be missing some classroom time, I am moving the spelling and vocab test to the following week, October 30. Note, this is a Thursday! If you would like to study these vocabulary words on Quizlet, here is the link, quizlet.com/subject/Tonya_Montes8. If you type in this or go to www.quizlet.com and search for Tonya_Montes8 you will find our vocabulary words for each week. You can play matching games on the ipad or any tablet, or the computer. We use these at school to practice before our tests.
If you are planning on coming in for the field trip on Tuesday please be here by 8:15. Thank you again for our volunteers and snack donations!
We began our non fiction study with labels, charts, keywords, diagrams, and charts. Next week we will learn about captions. We will learn about diagrams through life cycles with most of our focus on the frog life cycle.
We are off to a good start in math learning about picture graphs, tables, charts, and tallies!
We had a visit from the health department today with a lesson on hand washing and germs. Enjoy these fun pictures!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Montes
We have a very busy week next week:
Monday- PODER testing in Spanish, Culinary Visit 1-2 pm
Tuesday-8:30-10:15 (roughly) Walking Field Trip to Farmer's Market-Dress WARM! (Weather permitting!)
Wednesday-Late Start
Thursday-Erin's Law & PODER testing
Because next week we will be missing some classroom time, I am moving the spelling and vocab test to the following week, October 30. Note, this is a Thursday! If you would like to study these vocabulary words on Quizlet, here is the link, quizlet.com/subject/Tonya_Montes8. If you type in this or go to www.quizlet.com and search for Tonya_Montes8 you will find our vocabulary words for each week. You can play matching games on the ipad or any tablet, or the computer. We use these at school to practice before our tests.
If you are planning on coming in for the field trip on Tuesday please be here by 8:15. Thank you again for our volunteers and snack donations!
We began our non fiction study with labels, charts, keywords, diagrams, and charts. Next week we will learn about captions. We will learn about diagrams through life cycles with most of our focus on the frog life cycle.
We are off to a good start in math learning about picture graphs, tables, charts, and tallies!
We had a visit from the health department today with a lesson on hand washing and germs. Enjoy these fun pictures!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Montes
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Welcome to a New Week!
Field Trip Update
Due to the rainy weather today, we have postponed the field trip to next Tuesday, October 21. We will plan to leave school around 8:15-8:30 and return around 10:00-10:30. Thank you for all of the snacks that were sent in. If you still want to send something in we could use more small water bottles (12). If you plan on attending please let me know! We appreciate your donations and help! Remember to dress warm next Tuesday! Thank you!
Due to the rainy weather today, we have postponed the field trip to next Tuesday, October 21. We will plan to leave school around 8:15-8:30 and return around 10:00-10:30. Thank you for all of the snacks that were sent in. If you still want to send something in we could use more small water bottles (12). If you plan on attending please let me know! We appreciate your donations and help! Remember to dress warm next Tuesday! Thank you!
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Happy LOOOONG Weekend!
Conferences have been a pleasure! I really enjoy getting to spend this time with each of your families and get to know the other side of these children. They are so precious, and I am thankful I get to spend the day with them. Thank you for taking the time to come in this week and meet with Ms. Salas and me. We really enjoy sharing the growth your child has made already in second grade and can't wait to celebrate their many successes this year!
Our math test on Unit 1 went well. We took out pretest for graphing yesterday, and will begin a new unit of graphing next week.
Just a reminder that our Farmer's Market Walking Field Trip is Tuesday, October 14, when we return from the Columbus Day and conferences break. Please remember to dress your child in warm clothes because we will spend about 2 hours outside walking for this trip. If the weather is bad, we will postpone the trip one week and go on the 21st. We will have a snack on the square and come back in time for lunch. We still need small water bottles, goldfish, pretzels, and popcorn if anyone would like to send in these donations! Thank you. Parents, if you are meeting us for the trip please be here at 8:15. Thank you. We really appreciate your help and participation on this trip. In class, we will write a narrative based on our experience at the market and make a class book. In addition, we will study non fiction features of labeling and captions and use the food for part of graphing.
I hope you and your family enjoy the long weekend.
Mrs. Montes
Enjoy these pictures from our math lesson on greater than/less than and number order before/after/between.
Our math test on Unit 1 went well. We took out pretest for graphing yesterday, and will begin a new unit of graphing next week.
Just a reminder that our Farmer's Market Walking Field Trip is Tuesday, October 14, when we return from the Columbus Day and conferences break. Please remember to dress your child in warm clothes because we will spend about 2 hours outside walking for this trip. If the weather is bad, we will postpone the trip one week and go on the 21st. We will have a snack on the square and come back in time for lunch. We still need small water bottles, goldfish, pretzels, and popcorn if anyone would like to send in these donations! Thank you. Parents, if you are meeting us for the trip please be here at 8:15. Thank you. We really appreciate your help and participation on this trip. In class, we will write a narrative based on our experience at the market and make a class book. In addition, we will study non fiction features of labeling and captions and use the food for part of graphing.
I hope you and your family enjoy the long weekend.
Mrs. Montes
Enjoy these pictures from our math lesson on greater than/less than and number order before/after/between.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
HAPPY WEDNESDAY
Happy October!!
I can't believe how fast time is going this year. We are moving quickly through our daily routines. Parent volunteers are coming in, and we are working hard! Thank you for your time!
We will finish up our first unit for math and take a test on Tuesday. Please practice doubles, greater than less than, math mountains, fact families, odd/even, and skip counting. A review will go home on Monday for you to practice at home. Our next unit is on graphing.
Our second graders worked very hard during the Mustang March! We will soon see if the Clydesdales will keep the trophy or pass it on to another deserving second grade class.
Thank you to Mrs. Roush and Mrs. Heidtke for coming in last week for our first horseshoe trading day. If you have any small toys and prizes you would like to donate for this, we would love it. Stickers, stamps, writing pads, etc. are always big favorites too. Thanks.
Culver's Night is Octoer 27th. 15% of the profit will be donated back to Olson.
Our next literacy unit is non fiction features and fiction with "Making this World a Better Place."
Our next key to focus on for October is "Failure Leads to Success." I'm sure we all have lots of stories to share where we just didn't do something right the first time. Share those learning stories with your child and celebrate sweet success!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Montes
I can't believe how fast time is going this year. We are moving quickly through our daily routines. Parent volunteers are coming in, and we are working hard! Thank you for your time!
We will finish up our first unit for math and take a test on Tuesday. Please practice doubles, greater than less than, math mountains, fact families, odd/even, and skip counting. A review will go home on Monday for you to practice at home. Our next unit is on graphing.
Our second graders worked very hard during the Mustang March! We will soon see if the Clydesdales will keep the trophy or pass it on to another deserving second grade class.
Thank you to Mrs. Roush and Mrs. Heidtke for coming in last week for our first horseshoe trading day. If you have any small toys and prizes you would like to donate for this, we would love it. Stickers, stamps, writing pads, etc. are always big favorites too. Thanks.
Culver's Night is Octoer 27th. 15% of the profit will be donated back to Olson.
Our next literacy unit is non fiction features and fiction with "Making this World a Better Place."
Our next key to focus on for October is "Failure Leads to Success." I'm sure we all have lots of stories to share where we just didn't do something right the first time. Share those learning stories with your child and celebrate sweet success!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Montes
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