2nd Grade News
November 14th
Small World Angel Donations
It's that time of year when each class gets to help out a Small World Angel! The Small World Program assists families by providing needed clothing as well as fulfilling wishes during the holidays. This program is possible due to the generous support of private individuals, corporations, enormous efforts from community volunteers, our school district, their staff, parents and students of ALL ages willing to ensure that disadvantaged children have a happy holiday season. More information about the Small World Organization can be found here: Angel Program-smallworldwl.org
Here at Smith, we strive to spread kindness, and this is one way that the kids can do so. As much as we would like everyone to participate, we do understand if you are unable to purchase gifts at this time. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's classroom teacher or Ms. Laurence, laurences@friscoisd.org.
Gifts should be turned into your child’s teacher. More details are provided here. Gifts are due December 2nd.
You can find the Sign-up for your child’s Angel here. Find the name of your classroom teacher and next to it will be a link that leads to a sign-up genius where you can choose which item you would like to donate.
POD Spirit Day is NEXT FRIDAY
Logging into Clever
Spelling Tests
Please practice spelling these words with your child. Spelling tests will be on Fridays (unless we don't have school on a Friday, then it would move to Thursday). Paper lists will go home on Mondays, graded spelling lists will come home in Thursday folders of the following week.
Dismissal
Please make sure you have communicated to your homeroom teacher by email the day before of last minute changes or by phone to the office to ensure your child is picked up in the correct location. Also if your child is a car rider, please make sure to have your car sign up. It really helps speed up the process of getting kiddos to the correct cars. Just a reminder that 2nd grade car riders (without a younger sibling) will be picked up in the back loop. Walkers will dismiss from the back gym door (near the front of the school). Thank you!!
Report an Absence
To Report an Absence/Tardy for your child, go to the Smith homepage and click on the yellow “Report an Absence” button in the upper right corner and complete the short form.
Smith Parent Newsletter
Here is the link to the Smith Parent Newsletter from Principal Young. Make sure to check it out. It does have some more important information that you will not find in our grade level newsletter.
Smith Important Dates
- November 15: Veterans Day Assembly & 3rd Grade Performance at Celebrate Smith @7:45 AM
- November 22: November Principal Awards & Birthdays and POD Spirit Day @ Celebrate Smith
- November 25-29: NO SCHOOL--THANKSGIVING BREAK!
- December 2: PTA Sponsored Program for Students; Angel Gift Donations Due!
- December 9: Smith Spelling Bee in Cafe @8:00 AM
Upcoming Units of Study
Math: Cluster Review
Writing: Poetry
Reading: Reading longer words and books
Science/Social Studies: Good Citizenship
Reading Supports
Big Kid Readers
Students should be able to read bigger and longer books while reading fluently in longer phrases and using punctuation.
Retell
Talking About Books
Students should be able to retell, connect, study the character, and share questions about the text.
Math Addition and Subtraction Strategies
Math Video Supports
Here are some videos that the district has recorded surrounding word problems. Feel free to watch any of these videos to learn how we teach the students. Students mainly focus on the pictorial model with tens and ones.
Solving Word Problems
Here is an example of what our single step and multi-step problem solving work looks like:
Regrouping
We have been working on regrouping in both addition and subtraction. This can be a very difficult skill to master. Here are some examples of how we have been doing this in the classroom if you would like to continue practicing at home.
2nd Grade Schedule
Specials Schedule
Lunch Menu
Here is the November lunch menu.
Library Schedule
Hicks: Tuesdays
Clark: Wednesday
McCaffrey: Thursday
Redburn: Thursday
Birthdays
Teacher Contact Information
Mrs. McCaffrey- mccaffreym@frisocisd.org
Mrs. Redburn- redburnl@friscoisd.org
Ms. Clark- clarkre@friscoisd.org