Ms. Hansen's Happenings

We are learning about animal characteristics. Students were learning about the wings of animals that help them survive. Students created a bat and used nonstandard measurement tools to measure the wingspan of their bat.

week of October 31, 2016 Dear Parents, It was great to see the Principal's Pride awards this week. Our class is full of students that display the IB learner profile attributes. We also were treated to a wonderful music performance by 4th grade. I know our students are excited about the upcoming Halloween evening. Here is a note from the principal about Monday:  No Halloween Costumes Allowed- Message from Principal Spicewood ES does not celebrate or allow Halloween costumes at school to minimize instructional disruption.Please do not send your child to school in a costume  next Monday . If they come to school with one on, parents/guardians will be contacted by the school personnel for a change of clothes. Reminders: Please remember to send a snack each day with your student. I have had to send several students to the nurse to get snack. The nurse provides these at her own expense. Let's help our students be responsible and remember snacks each day. Thank you.  Pleas

We took nonfiction articles and searched for different text features. We then glued them down with what the text feature was and the purpose.

Week of October 24, 2016 Dear Parents, It has been another wonderful week in second grade. We have been busy building our knowledge this week. The PTA silent auction is coming up the evening of November 4. If you haven't bought your tickets yet you can go to the PTA website for more information.  Report cards will be going home in the Friday folder on November 4. Please don't forget to send in Friday folders and homework folders on Monday. Friday is library day. On Monday, your child will receive 3 books from the literacy library. Please read these nightly and keep them for two weeks. The book bags will be due back on Monday, November 7. A huge thank you to our literacy library volunteers! This is a huge job. Reminders; Monday is Principal's Pride at 8:00 in the cafeteria for those receiving the award this nine weeks. Wednesday is early release at 12:00. We will be eating in the classroom and our lunch time is much earlier it is 10:41 to 11:11. In the classroom:

Week of 10-17-16 Dear Parents, Thank you so much for attending our student led conferences. Students did an excellent job in reflecting and thinking about their personal goals for this year. If your child is receiving principal's pride on Monday, October 24, you received an invitation in their Friday folder. For those of you new to Spicewood, Principal's Pride is an award ceremony held once each nine weeks. In our class students nominate each other based on the attributes of the learner profile. Each child will receive an award some time during the year. The award ceremonies are held at 8:00 in the morning in the cafeteria. I send out an invitation at least a week ahead of the ceremony to give you time to plan to be there. If you have any questions about this, please email me. Next Saturday is the school community garden building.  If you are interested in helping out there is a sign up online through the PTA website. In class: social studies/science: We have been lea

Week of 10-11-16 Dear Parents, I am looking forward to conferences on Monday. Please make sure to bring your child as this is a student led conference. School pictures will be on Wednesday, October 12 at 10:00. You should receive a letter in your Friday folder about the OLSAT test. Your child will be taking the OLSAT next Thursday and Friday. We will begin at 7:45 so please make sure your child is on time to school. Thank you. This is not a test that your child can study for. It is a listening and reasoning test. You can help your child be reassuring them and helping them to have a stress free morning. Ms.Anderson will be finishing up her time with our class on Friday, October 14. I will be having the students make cards for her before she leaves. Ms. Hernandez will join our class the following Monday. What is happening in class: Social Studies/Science: We have finished our "Who We Are" unit of inquiry. The students created a puzzle person with all their differ