To Parents for 2011-2012 School Year

Dear Parents,

I have created a new blog for my class this year. Please go to this link to access our classroom blog.

Ms. Price's Second Grade Class Blog

Respectfully,

Ms. Price

I can't wait to see the movie African Cats!

Earth Day 2011

Friday, April 22nd is Earth Day!

WEAR GREEN!

We will be reading the book called Michael Recycle in class on Friday.

Here is a link for a game about recycling.

Michael Recycle Online Game

Multiplication and Divsion

Last week we began relating addition to multiplication.

This week we will be studying division concepts.

Multiplication and Division Games - click here!

Blog Posting

Our class has been learning about  how technology has changed the way we meet our needs.

Please comment!

Painted Lady Butterfly

In general, the Painted Lady is a large butterfly (wing span 5–9 cm (2.0–3.5 in) identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has 5 white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry 4 small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides. Those on the dorsal side are black, but in the summer morph sometimes small blue pupils are present in some.

Fun Facts about Butterflies and Painted Lady Butterflies

•  There are about 125,000 known species of butterflies and moths in the world—approximately 700 species of butterflies in North America alone!

•  Butterflies are solar-powered! They need the sun to fly.

•  Male Painted Ladies have smaller abdomens than females.

 

•  Favorite butterfly flowers—aster, cosmos, thistle and buttonbush

•  Favorite caterpillar plants—thistle, mallow, hollyhock, malva and sunflower

•  Butterflies are diurnal (active during the day).

•  Painted Lady Butterflies see a wider range of color and more shades of green than people do.

•  The tiny scales attached to butterfly wings give the wings their color.

•  Butterflies have taste sensors on their legs!

In the United States, the painted lady is also called “thistle butterfly” and “cosmopolitan butterfly.” 

The lifecycle of a Painted Lady Butterfly has four stages and takes approximately 21 days. But what happens in 21 days is a complete makeover! From an egg laid on a leaf, to hatching as a tiny caterpillar that grows, eats and grows some more, to wrapping itself into a chrysalis and finally emerging as a butterfly that dries its wings in the sun before flying away on a breeze. It’s amazing! 

Spring Break Homework Reminder

Don't forget to fill out your Reading Logs during the break!


I look forward to reading your Spring Break Journals too!


Remember you need to write about 5 things you do during Spring Break in your journal.....

• write lots of details
• spelling doesn't count
• use the 5 W's + H (who, what, when, where, why and how)
• draw pictures or use photographs

Your Spring Break Journal is due on Monday, March 21st.


Enjoy your break!!!!

College Awareness Week

Where Will You Go .......

March 7 through 11 is College Week!  This is a wonderful opportunity for parents, teachers, and our community to show our students that college is an important goal for everyone.  College Week is one part of MISD’s FutureQuest initiative designed to create a college-bound culture so that all of our students have the option to choose their future path whether it be a university, a community college, a trade or technical school, or the military. 


If you know where you want to go to college, post it here as a comment!

Take a Trip with Drip

Learn more about one of our
most precious natural resources
Water! 

This link will take you to interactive activities
while you go on a learning journey with Drip.

Take a Trip with Drip!

click the link above

Click on the link below to view an interactive Water Cycle

Water Cycle Diagram

Six Flags Read To Succeed

Reading logs
for the
Six Flags 
Read to Succeed 
program are due
Tuesday, March 1st

Here is a link:

Read to Succeed - Reading Log

Homework for Snow/Ice Day - February 9, 2011

Homework was sent in your child's take home folder yesterday, just in case we had another bad weather day.  If you are able to work on it with your child, please do!  Help them locate the answers in the passages.  Guide them to look back in the passage to prove the answer.

They are not expected to do the work on their own.  You can help them with these assignments.

We will have our spelling test on Friday for the spelling words from last week.  Our spelling pattern is prefixes ( re, un ) and suffixes ( ly, ful ).  Here are the words from last week:

repay, likely, kind, joyful,

bravely, wrap, pay, unlike,

retry, useful, unkind, joy,

play, like, unwrap, replay,

brave, reuse, playful, try, use

Getting Ready for Math and Science

Questions for the week of January 24th:

Math

1. What are the attributes of a 3D figure? 2.7A

2. Draw a 3-dimensional shape you see in the everyday world. 2.7A

3. How many vertices and edges are on a cube? 2.7A

Science

1. Explain how a pinwheel works. (2.4A)

2. What is the importance of a wind vane? (2.8A)

3. How are the wind vane and the anemometer different? (2.4A)

Weather Channel Kids (click here)

Features on this site include:

The Weather Center

Weather Ed

Weather Games

Climate Code

Cool Clips

Weather Ready

Vote to help bring this adventure to Mesquite!

Classroom Reading

This week our class is focusing on locating facts, determining opinions, and using context to determine the relevant meaning of unfamiliar words.

We will post some of what we are learning here.

Friday, December 17th - Class Christmas Party

Friday December 17th

Students should wear their Class T-Shirts
Bring your backpack and Take Home Folder to school!

8:30 Reindeer Run

10:00 All Campus Sing and Christmas Story

Class Christmas Party 11:00-12:00.
Pizza will be provided for all students during the party.
Students DO NOT need to bring or buy a sack lunch.

Parents get your ID's scanned early to avoid wait time.

Early Release at 1:25
Parents are welcome and encouraged
 to take your child home following our class party.

Leave Your Bookprint

Digital Library

Introducing Mesquite ISD's Digital Library

Look for information coming home in your child's folder.....

Here is the link to the site and the Guided Tour:

Mesquite ISD Digital Library

The Doll People

It's time to answer some questions about our chapter book "The Doll People":


1. Explain the Doll Code of Honor.  What is it?  Could you follow it if you had to?


2. What information does Annabelle find in Auntie Sara's diary?


3. What kind of cat is the Captain?  Is he a threat to the doll family?


If you are interested in purchasing a copy of this book -- I found a website where you can purchase the book for only 25 cents!  Here is the link to that site:


The Doll People Book for a quarter
If you go to this website and purchase books, please be aware that you will be joining their book club and will pay a monthly fee, but you will receive great discounts on the books you order.