2nd Grade Blog

Dear Parents/Caregivers and Students:

Welcome to all second grade students for the school year 2009-2010. We are very excited about summer vacation and the upcoming school year.

Summer Activities

· Students received spiral notebooks from the second grade teachers on Tuesday of this week to use over the summer. Please encourage your child to write one-half to one page (skipping lines) on a daily basis. The topics could relate to the child’s daily activities, original stories, poems or letters.
· Students are to read daily. Please utilize the wonderful children’s literature at local libraries and book stories. The Chicago Public Schools Summer Reading list will be sent home with your child’s report card.
· Students should practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, 25s and 50s to 300. In addition, students can review skills in their Everyday Math Journals 1 and 2. Please check the Everyday Math website for additional information.
· Check out the FOSS website at http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/index.html for interactive games in science.

For your convenience, we are including the school supply list:
crayons (24-count maximum please)
1 package of washable markers (8 count)
1 12-inch/30-centimeter ruler
1 pair of scissors
1 bottle of liquid glue
1 glue stick
1 set of watercolors including brush
1 pad of watercolor paper 9×12 (sold as a pad of 10 or 12 sheets; Canson and Strathmore are the major brand names, or whatever is available)
1 set of colored pencils
3 rolls of paper towels
3 boxes of Kleenex
3 large containers of Clorox Wet Wipes
1 20oz bottle of hand sanitizer
1 box of Ziploc sandwich bags
1 4oz of Crayola Model Magic White
2 boxes of #2 pencils
1 pocket folder (for homework)
1 pencil case
1 bookbag

Keep informed by checking the 2nd grade blog at http://2ndgrade.murrayblogs.com/.

Have a safe and fun summer.
Anh Tuan Hoang and LuAnn Lawson