Welcome to 2017

                                                                                January 9, 2017

Happy 2017 Bighorn Families,

Happy New Year!!  Miss Garcia and myself hope you enjoyed your holiday season as much as we did.  It was great fun to spend time baking, shopping, traveling, and enjoying the company of family and friends.  Vacation was very relaxing and we feel so ready to come back to school.  We can hardly wait to see all the kiddos!!

We'd like to send out a huge thank you for all the wonderful Christmas gifts.  Before school on December 22nd, we were presented with a Christmas stocking filled with all sorts of wonderful goodies.  We were very overwhelmed with such a generous gifts.  Thank you so much!!

The week of before Winter Break we did a lot of review, assessing and reassessing in both first and second grade classes.

We are starting off the New Year with measuring.  Second graders will be expected to work on and meet the following standards:

• measure to determine which objects are longer than others
• estimate lengths using centimeters, inches, and feet
• measure an object twice using different units of measurements
• select appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks or measuring tapes in order to measure accurately.

Monday	Page 94
Tuesday	IXL S.15 Choose the appropriate measuring tool
Wednesday	IXL S.2 Measure using a inch ruler
Thursday	IXL S.8 Measure using a centimeter ruler

Report cards will be going home soon.  Keep in mind that students are graded on a 1 to 3 scale with 3 being mastery.  Many standards will be worked on throughout the year.  We are looking for students to be making progress towards mastery.  If you have any questions about your child's report card, please contact either Miss Garcia (423-5437-school) or Mrs. Bloomfield (423-5437-school or 294-4307-cell).

New Project Alert!!!  

The 2nd grade historians will be working on a decade project for the next month.  This week we will be working on the concept of time lines.  We will be talking about our history and events that have been important in our lives.  As historians are coming up with events they may be coming home to ask about important dates.  They do not need exact dates, for our purposes a year (and possibly a month) is fine.  The events students decide to put on their time line will determine if they will need to clarify dates with home support.  Miss Garcia and myself just wanted to give you a “heads up” if your child comes home asking when they said their first word or when they took their first step.  

Remember that Monday, January 16th is Martin Luther King Day.  We will not have school!  Enjoy the extra long weekend!!

As Miss Garcia and myself look back on 2016, we can't believe the changes we've seen in the students.  With 2016 behind us, we’re excited to see the growth and development that the new year will bring!

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

     and

Shannon Garcia