A Trip to the Firehouse

Here is the newsletter for A Trip to the Firehouse.  Please have your students study their spelling words.  Our test will be Friday January 10th, 2014.  I have posted the words to spellingcity.com so your child can practice. 

The IRI is next week.  Please have your child practice timed reading.  Average second graders read 77 words correct per minute in the winter which is a 3 on the IRI.  Students who score between 52-76 score a 2 on the IRI and students who score 51 or below will score a 1 on the IRI.  Please practice with your child.  I have sent home a weekly homework fluency passage.  We are also practicing in class.  A fun way to practice is sticky reading.  Students have a sticky note and they read for 1 minute, place their sticky note on the last word they read.  Then they start back at the beginning and read again this time trying to pass their sticky note. 

Remind 101

Parents.  I will be using remind101 in my classroom to communicate with parents regarding school information, Tests, school projects and more.  This program allows me to safely text message parents regarding reminders from our classroom.  I will send quick text messages to your phone.  The program allows me to text you but I won't have your cell phone number nor will parents have access to my cell phone number.  You can opt out at any time.  This could be a quick and efficient way to communicate with you.  If you have a child in my homeroom and reading class you will need to sign up for both classes.  If you would like to sign up for email reminders instead please let me know and I can give you instructions.

E-Group Reading Class

Homeroom