December 19, 2014

Reading  When we return in January, we will be reading the story Officer Buckle and Gloria, by Peggy Rathmann. It is a humorous fictional story about a policeman who loves to give safety tips to school children, but nobody ever listens-until he brings his dog Gloria. Our comprehension strategy will focus on asking and answering questions such as who, what, where, when and why.

Reading Logs  December reading logs are due on Monday, January 5. Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their reading log. Don't forget to record minutes in your Six Flags Log too. 

Language Arts 

Grammar Lessons will focus on contractions.

Spelling  New spelling words will go home on Monday when we return. Keep them in the Ziploc bag and in a safe place so they can be used during the first two weeks of January. 

Math  This week we began the topic Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers. We learned how to use connecting cubes, and paper and pencil to regroup and subtract. When we return, the lessons will focus on using workmats, cubes, subtraction frames, paper and pencil, and a number line to subtract two-digit numbers.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. The Math flash cards that you purchased should be used to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Social Studies The students enjoyed traveling to China, Mexico, Israel, Sweden and Poland to learn about the holidays and traditions that these countries celebrate this time of year.

Science  We will continue learning about Energy and Motion. Students will be able to identify forms and sources of energy, and describe ways energy and matter interact. 

Marcin

Star Student of the Week  Marcin was our star student of the week. When he is at school he enjoys gym, math and computers. When he is at home he likes to play video games. Marcin is a star because he is the best one at football. When he grows up he would like to be a football player. Thanks for sharing Marcin!

      

Caroling

Important Dates & Announcements

Thanks to Mrs. Rerucha, Ms. Gillespie, and Ms. Gogal for planning and attending our holiday party. Thanks to Mrs. Mrs. Powels, Mrs. Scheck, Mrs. Garcia and Mrs. Chapman for helping with food, drinks and party supplies. The kids had an awesome time. We are appreciative for all you did to make their afternoon so much fun!

Thank you to our PTO and all the families for the delicious cookies and appetizers! 

January Dates to Remember

  5 - Classes Resume-December Reading Logs are due
  6 - MAPS Testing - Math
  8 - MAPS Testing - Reading
 12 - AIMSweb Benchmark Testing
  9 - Gym Night @ Ide
16 - SIP Day - Early Dismissal @12pm
19 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday - No School
29 - Literacy Night 6-7:30pm

December 12, 2014

Reading and Social Studies  Next week we will learn about how people around the world celebrate the holidays. The students will be "traveling" to China, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Poland and Sweden to learn about the holidays and traditions that these countries celebrate this time of year.

Reading Logs December reading logs went home on Monday. Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their reading folder.  Don't forget to record minutes in your Six Flags log too!

Language Arts 

Grammar We will focus on irregular verbs.

Spelling We will not having spelling next week. New spelling words will go home after the holiday break.

Math  We will wrap up Topic 8, Adding Two-Digit Numbers  with an assessment early in the week. The next topic will focus on subtracting two-digit numbers, using regrouping.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. Use your flash cards to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Science  We began the unit on Energy and Motion. Students will be able to identify forms and sources of energy, and describe ways energy and matter interact. 

Important Dates & Announcements 

Caroline

Star Student of the Week  Caroline was our star student of the week. When she is at school she enjoys reading and recess. When she is at home she likes to play on her Ipad and color. When she grows up she would like to be a police woman. Caroline is a star because she cares about her friends . Thanks for sharing Caroline!

Ide will be decorating a Mitten Tree for the holidays as part of as our school and community connection. Please bring in new mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves to decorate our tree. Donations will be accepted December 1st - 17th. Thanks in advance for helping to keep others warm this holiday season. 

December Dates to Remember

15 - Field Trip - Caroling at Fairview Village- Bring a lunch from home!
19 - Silly Sweater Day & Classroom Holiday Party 2-3pm

16 - Early Dismissal - SIP Day

22-31 Winter Break 

January Dates to Remember

  5 - Classes Resume-December Reading Logs are due
  9 - Gym Night @ Ide
16 - SIP - Early Dismissal @12pm
19 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday - No School
29 - Literacy Night 6-7:30pm

December 5, 2014

Reading We have been working this week with the reading strategy cause and effect. We read passages from the book How To Be A Friend by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown. Students completed a web graphic organizer. Using evidence from the text, they had to provide possible causes of why 2 friends were friends for 3 years. Next week students will write an opinion piece explaining the qualities of a good friend. Students will use evidence from the texts read in our friendship unit. 

Reading Logs December reading logs went home on Monday. Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their reading folder.  Don't forget to record minutes in your Six Flags log too!

We had our November READING CELEBRATION on Tuesday. We celebrated with lunch in the classroom, a Magic School Bus Video and freeze pops. Students were also given a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Way to go readers!!

Language Arts 

Grammar Our focus this week has been on verbs: action, linking and helping. We will continue next week discussing verb tenses.

Spelling New spelling words went home on Monday. Keep them in the Ziploc bag and in a safe place so they can be used next week. 

Math  We begain Topic 8, Adding Two-Digit Numbers. We are learning how to use models to add a 2 digit number to 1 digit number and regroup using paper and pencil. The lessons next week will focus on adding two, 2 digit numbers using paper and pencil, adding on a number line, and adding more than two numbers.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. Use your flash cards to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Social Studies 

Junior Achievement  Ms. Constance, a volunteer from Junior Achievement, came to our class today and taught us about decision making in a community.
She also taught us about how money flows through a community. These were the final sessions in the Jr. Achievement program, Our Community. The students received Certificates of Achievement. This was a wonderful program. Thank you to Ms. Constance for volunteering her time in our class. The students really enjoyed her visits!

Important Dates & Announcements 

Ide will be decorating a Mitten Tree for the holidays as part of as our school and community connection. Please bring in new mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves to decorate our tree. Donations will be accepted December 1st - 17th. Thanks in advance for helping to keep others warm this holiday season. 

December Dates to Remember

11-12 Holiday Gift Shop open for students
15 - Field Trip - Caroling at Fariview Village- Bring a lunch from home!
19 - Silly Sweater Day & Classroom Holiday Party 2-3pm

16 - Early Dismissal - SIP Day

22-31 Winter Break 

January Dates to Remember

  5 - Classes Resume
  9 - Gym Night @ Ide
16 - SIP - Early Dismissal @12pm
19 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday - No School

November 21, 2014

Reading Students will be learning about The First Thanksgiving. Activities will focus on the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags. 

Reading Logs Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their November reading folder. November reading logs are due Monday, Dec 1st. Don't forget to record minutes in your Six Flags Log too!

Language Arts 

Grammar We will begin working with possessive nouns.

Spelling There will be no spelling next week. New word sorts will go home the week of December 1st.

Math  We will have an assessment on Topic 7, using mental math to find differences next week. The next topic we will focus on is adding 2 digit numbers. Students will learn how to regroup.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. Use your flash cards to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Social Studies 

Junior Achievement  Ms. Constance, a volunteer from Junior Achievement, came to our class today and taught us about the economic role of government in a community. Students discussed government jobs in the community and why taxation is necessary.

Ryan

Star Student of the Week  Ryan was our star student of the week. When he is at school he enjoys math.  When he is at home he likes to play soccer. When he grows up he would like to be a chef. Ryan is a star because he is 7 years old. Thanks for sharing Ryan!

Important Dates & Announcements 

What a great performance from our 2nd grade and Miss Wyse! Thank you for your support! Enjoy the pictures!

A note from Miss Wyse:

Hello 2nd Grade Parents,

Our 2nd grade concert was video taped. If you would like a copy of the performance please use the attached order form in the email and return to the office by December 2nd.ember 2nd.

November Dates to Remember

26-28 Thanksgiving Break - No School

December Dates to Remember

Ide will be decorating a Mitten Tree for the holidays as part of as our school and community connection. Please bring in new mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves to decorate our tree. Donations will be accepted December 1st - 17th. Thanks in advance for helping to keep others warm this holiday season. 

  1 - November Reading Logs are due
  2 - Report Cards 
11-12 Holiday Gift Shop open for students
15 - Field Trip - Caroling at Fariview Village- Bring a lunch from home!
19 - Classroom Holiday Party

16 - Early Dismissal - SIP Day

22-31 Winter Break 

November 14, 2014

Reading  Students were busy this week researching hippos or tortoises. They gathered information and completed a rough draft of their report. Next week they will finish writing their final copy. We will also read Tarra and Bella by Carol Buckly. It is about an elephant and dog who become best friends. Students will compare and contrast Tarra and Bella and Owen and Mzee.

Reading Logs Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their November reading folder. Don't forget to log your minutes in your Six Flags Log too!

Language Arts 

Grammar We will continue working with pronouns.

Spelling Students will continue their word study with the words they brought home this past Monday. The focus will be on vocabulary activities.  Make sure to keep the words in the Ziploc bag and in a safe place so they can be used next week. An assessment will be given on Friday.

Math  We had an assessment on Topic 6, finding sums using mental math on Thursday. We have begun the next topic, using mental math to subtract. The lessons next week will focus on subtracting multiples of 10 from 2-digit numbers using mental math, finding the missing part of 100 by counting up from the given part, and using a hundreds chart to find the difference between 2-digit numbers less than 100.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. Use your flash cards to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Social Studies 

Junior Achievement  Ms. Constance, a volunteer from Junior Achievement, came to our class today to teach us about unit and assembly production. We compared unit and assembly-line production methods by making "donuts". Ask your child all about it. Next time we will learn about the economic role of government in a community.

Aaliyah

Star Student of the Week  Aaliyah was our star student of the week. When she is at school she enjoys math and social studies. When she is at home she likes to clean and play board games. Aaliyah is a star because she loves to travel around the world. Thanks for sharing Aaliyah!

Important Dates & Announcements 

November Dates to Remember

20- 2nd Grade Concert @7pm at Lakeview-Students need to arrive @6:45pm

26-28 Thanksgiving Break - No School

December Dates to Remember

  1 - November Reading Logs are due
  2 - Report Cards 
11-12 Holiday Gift Shop open for students
19 - Classroom Holiday Party

16 - Early Dismissal - SIP Day

22-31 Winter Break 

November 7, 2014

Reading  After reading all about  Owen & Mzee, a hippo and a tortoise who became friends, students will choose one topic: hippos or tortoises to research. After completing a graphic organizer they will use the facts they gathered to write a report.

Reading Logs Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their November reading folder.

We had our October READING CELEBRATION on Thursday. We celebrated with lunch in the classroom, a Magic School Bus Video and freeze pops. Students were also given a coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Way to go readers!!

Language Arts 

Grammar We will focus on pronouns.

Spelling  New spelling words will go home on Monday, Nov. 10th. Please make sure your child cuts them apart and then sorts the new words. Keep them in the Ziploc bag and in a safe place so they can be used throughout the next 2 weeks. 

Math  We will continue the topic Mental Math. The lessons next week will focus on using a hundreds chart to add 2 two-digit numbers, adding using multiples of 10, and using number patterns to solve problems. An assessment will be given at the end of the week.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. The Math flash cards that you purchased should be used to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Social Studies  We are learning about our state.

Junior Achievement  Ms. Constance, a volunteer from Junior Achievement, came to our class today to teach us about Our Community.  This is a five week program. Today we learned how a community works. We identified businesses and related jobs in a community. We discussed the terms volunteer, business and citizen and how they are important to our community. 

Important Dates & Announcements 

Six Flags Read to Succeed logs went home today. Make sure to read with your child and and complete the log so they can reach their goal of 6 hours. All students who meet their goal and return the completed log by March 1st will receive a ticket to Six Flags. 

November Dates to Remember

10 - Picture Retakes

20- 2nd Grade Concert @7pm at Lakeview

26-28 Thanksgiving Break - No School

December Dates to Remember

11-12 Holiday Gift Shop open for students

16 - Early Dismissal - SIP Day

22-31 Winter Break 

October 31, 2014

Reading  We will continue to work with the text Owen & Mzee. Students will look at text features and record them in their booklets. They will complete  a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast Owen and Mzee. We will discuss the author's purpose for writing this text and how it relates to the essential question, "How can stories help us learn life lessons?"

Reading Logs Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their October reading folder. Reading logs are due Wed, November 5th.

Language Arts 

Grammar We will review nouns.

Spelling  Due to next week being so short, we will not have spelling. New spelling words will go home on Monday, Nov. 10th.

Math  We've started the topic Mental Math. The lessons next week will focus on mentally adding: multiples of 10 to a 2-digit number, 2-digit number and a 1-digit number, and 2-digit numbers together.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. The Math flash cards that you purchased should be used to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Social Studies Next week we will learn more about our state.

Jacob

Star Student of the Week  Jacob was our star student of the week. When he is at school he enjoys math. When he is at home he likes to play soccer. Jacob is a star because he loves to play soccer. Thanks for sharing Jacob!

Important Dates & Announcements

Thanks to Ms. Gogal, Mrs. Kobylarczyk, Mrs. Powels, Mrs. Rerucha, Mrs. Scheck, Mrs. Retner, and Mrs. Garcia for planning a great Halloween party! 

November Dates to Remember

 3 - No School

 4 - No School - Election Day

 5 - November Reading Logs are due

20- 2nd Grade Concert @7pm at Lakeview

26-28 Thanksgiving Break - No School

October 24, 2014

Reading  We will continue reading  Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff. Students will continue being critical readers, looking at the information to determine why the author wrote this book. Students are answering questions related to the text, using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words, and identifying text features used in this nonfiction text.  We are in full swing with Daily 5. Students learned how to be good reading coaches this week. Ask them about it.

Reading Logs Please continue to read and help your child record minutes in their October reading folder. Reading logs are due Wed, November 5th.

Language Arts 

Grammar Our focus will be on collective nouns.

Spelling  Students will continue their word study with the words they brought home this past Monday. The focus will be on vocabulary activities.  Make sure to keep the words in the ziploc bag and in a safe place so they can be used next week. An assessment will be given on Friday.

Math  We've started the topic Place Value to 100. The lessons next week will focus on identifying and writing numbers that are 10 more or 10 less than given numbers, identify even and odd numbers, and problem solving using data from a chart. An assessment will be given by Friday.

Math Facts Math facts should be reviewed daily. The Math flash cards that you purchased should be used to practice math facts as well as the one minute math practice worksheets that are brought home. Weekly timed tests are given. 

Click on the following link to print copies of the math practice worksheets:

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Social Studies Next week we will discuss a landform map.

Angelise

Star Student of the Week  Angelise was our star student of the week. When she is at school she enjoys recess and math. When she is at home he likes to play basketball. Angelise is a star because she sings to the world. Thanks for sharing Angelise!

Important Dates & Announcements

Music From Miss Wyse:

Also, Miss Wyse is in need of parent volunteers to help the students make headbands for the musical. Please contact her if you are interested at jwyse@ccsd66.org.

Halloween Costumes 

We ask that students bring their costumes to school with them in their backpacks or in a clearly marked bag.  Costumes should fit over their clothes so they can put them on easily.  NO toy weapons or weapon look alikes are allowed at school.  Also, no edible treats can be sent in that day due to allergies.  The room moms will provide treats for the classrooms that have been teacher approved.

October Dates to Remember

24 - Family Halloween Party @ Ide from 6:30-8pm 
27 - Art to Remember order forms due

27-29 Parent/Teacher Conferences
30 - All School Reading Reward Day - Wear orange and black and bring a                  Halloween book to share

31 - Classroom Halloween Parade and Party, 1:45 parade, 2-3:00 party

November Dates to Remember

 3 - No School
 4 - No School - Election Day
 5 - November Reading Log due
20- 2nd Grade Concert @7pm at Lakeview
26-28 Thanksgiving Break - No School