Platform 109 3/4: December 2015

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Christmas Brunch - Dec. 22

Mrs. Beaudet’s & Mrs. Weaver’s

2^nd Grade Classes

Christmas Brunch

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

For the week and two days leading up to Christmas vacation, we will have Harry Potter themed academic activities and craft projects. At some point during the week, we will be making classmate gifts to give one another at the Christmas Brunch.

On Tuesday the 22nd, we will celebrate Christmas as a class with a morning brunch (instead of the afternoon party)! We will spend the rest of the day being busy - finishing up our gifts and getting them wrapped to bring home. We might also enjoy a quiet movie in the afternoon.

For our brunch, we would very much appreciate the following breakfast type items:

Bagels with cream cheese muffins yogurt fruit

Brown & Serve sausages maple syrup cinnamon rolls

English muffins with butter & jam orange juice coffee cake

We will provide the pancakes, griddle, toaster and paper goods. Thank you so much!

Mrs. Beaudet and Mrs. Weaver

We are also looking for donations of gift wrapping tissue and simple gift bags.

Please fill out the bottom of this notice and return it to school so we have an idea of the food we will be having at the brunch. Please do not send in any candy or dessert.

Thank you so much for your help.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to your families!

************ U P D A T E *************

So far these items have been signed up for:

yogurt, bagels with cream cheese (3), coffee cake (2), sausages (2), cinnamon rolls, fruit platter, OJ (1), muffins

Friday, December 4, 2015

Owl News - Week of Dec 4th

This Week Both Math groups are finishing up double digit addition work for Chapter 4. We read the article of “African American Inventors.” Reading groups started new stories. We also read about caves this week and did a fun reindeer math activity. We have continued to practice our penmanship handwriting with Mrs. Watts and it has been a challenge to carry it over to our regular work. In Science, we looked at properties of liquids and sorted different liquids based on their properties.

Next Week We will finish Chapter 4 in Math, taking our test on Friday. In ELA/Reading, we will read the “Alvin Ailey Kids” story. We will do another science activity with turning a solid into a liquid. It will be a fun one! We will also begin some fun seasonal projects. Some will be a surprise – so no clues here!

Important Dates Coming Up: Vacation/No School – Wednesday, Dec. 23 – Sunday, January 3. Monday, Jan. 18 – No School for MLK Jr. Day. Also - SAVE THE DATE: Parent/Teacher Conference Day – Friday, Jan. 22. (There will be NO school that day, but teachers will be scheduling conferences for that day. More info included in the report card envelope.)

Cold Quidditch Today!

Look who flew in to play Quidditch today!

The Pink Ladies!

Some cute puppies!

A couple of crazy Minions,

And two of Santa's Helpers!

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Turn Back to Festival Pumpkins

Thank you to Meme Fuller that helped us clean our pumpkins for the Laconia Pumpkin Festival

Conferences - How to Sign Up

For Parent-Teacher Conferences I am using VolunteerSpot (the leading online Sign-up and reminder tool) to organize signing up for the conference appointments on January 21st and January 22nd.

I look forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's progress in second grade. I have 20 minute time slots available on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 21st and during the day on Friday, Jan. 22nd. Remember Jan. 22 is a No-School day for students, as teachers will be setting aside most of their day to meet with parents and to attend a workshop.

Here's how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our Sign-Up on VolunteerSpot: http://vols.pt/iXhhSC
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It's Easy - you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on VolunteerSpot.

Note: VolunteerSpot does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact me and I can sign you up manually.