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New Year's Resolutions

By: Megan

All right folks, I am going to talk about New Year’s resolutions! My New Year’s resolutions are to eat healthy, to not cry, to not lie, and to exercise more. Azaria’s resolutions are to not be afraid, to eat healthy, and to exercise. Ms. Magnes’ resolutions are to get to bed by 9:00 pm and to exercise. Graycen’s resolution is to exercise more. Greta’s is to get better at reading. Alina wants to exercise and go to sleep at 8:00 pm. Last but not least is Chase; he wants to go to bed at 8:00 pm.

Clay Birds

By: Keon

Do you know how to make a clay bird? In art class we made one. The first thing you need is clay. Make a cylinder for the body and pinch a sharp beak. With more clay make the wings and tail, but don’t make them too flat. Now it is time to fire the bird to make it to make it a solid. Once it has stood, its time to paint it and make it look beautiful!

 Jackie Robinson

By: Isaac

Jackie Robinson was born in 1919 in Georgia. When he was one, his family  moved to California. When he was young, he joined a gang but, in 1939 he played sports in college. He played baseball, football, and basketball. Jackie was the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues!

 The Great 8

By: Chase

The Great 8 is a group for boys to make their cardio stronger. The groups run Big Red, climb Tiger Mountains which is the rock wall and does Zumba which is dancing. They collect points by running and dancing. The Great 8 biys get prizes when they earn a certain number of points. Chase, Alex, Jacob, Jackson, Erik and Armind are in the Great 8. I think the Great 8 is lots of fun!

 

 

Magician's Memo

ATTENTION PARENTS!

We will soon be making a change in how we report our class news. The Magicians will be taking over the job of informing you about what's happening in our classroom. In the future, updates about classroom happenings will be brought to you by your very own Magicians. Ms. Magnes will be scouting for excellent writing in parent letters, homework and writer's workshop to add to our classroom blog. So rather than Ms. Magnes telling you what the Magicians are doing in school, the Magicians will be the reporters. Keep an eye out for your Magician's writing right here on our class blog. Any additional classroom info concerning classroom needs, important dates etc. will continued to be posted by Ms. Magnes.

 

Holiday Message!

Magician's Memo

 

 

IXL-Keep it up!!!

I just got my weekly report from IXL and noticed that some of the Magicians did not go on at ALL last week or this week.  Please try to go on for at least 40 minutes a week.  I have noticed that the students that have higher times on IXL are accelerating at a higher rate than those with less time on the program.  Also, if you are still having difficulty with addition and subtraction facts from memory (not using fingers), the 1st grade IXL has the facts by group. Please don't forget to check over your Magician's homework. Some of them are making careless mistakes. The Magicians are starting to learn how to tell time and count back change. These math concepts can be very challenging to certain students so please review all papers that come home. Thank you for your continued support!

Magician's Memo

Magician Parents!

Don't forget about our special Thanksgiving program on Friday, November 18th at 8:30 sharp! The Magicians should wear red, white and blue (no sweat pants or shorts). Joy Cartrett will be sending out an email about refreshments and paper products.

The Magicians are in desperate need for pencils with erasers. We would greatly appreciate any donations...thank you!!!

Magician's Memo

Magician Parents,

I really enjoyed meeting with all of you last week for conferences. I appreciate all of your continued support and look foward to building many more "magical" memories with your child in 2nd grade!

I would like to thank Joy Cartrett, Deb Papenhagen, Renata Pellegrini and Ashley Willoughby for coming in last Friday to help with the pumpkin experiment. The Magicians had so much fun weighing the pumpkins, counting the seeds and recording all their data. It was a great learning experience!

 

 

Save the Date!!!

On Friday, November 18th at 8:30, the Magicians will be presenting a Thanksgiving program. They will be coming home with an invitation sometime soon so please mark your calendars now!

Websites to help with the Georgia Regions Project

http://www.ehow.com/list_6388232_attractions-georgia-ridge-valley-region.html

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/LandResources/Geography&id=h-948

http://www.exploregeorgia.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=visit%20georgia&utm_campaign=Explore%20Georgia%20%20General

Second Grade Book Drive a HUGE Success!

2nd Grade Ringgold 2011 from Sope Creek on Vimeo.

Magician's Memo

 

Hey Second Grade!

Get Ready for the Upcoming Second Grade Service Project - New & Gently Used Books Drive for Ringgold Primary School (K-2)

September 26th - 30th, 2011

 

Mark your calendars!  Second Grade will be collecting new and gently used books for Ringgold Primary School.  Ringgold's roof was lost during the tornado last spring and many books were lost.  The school is in desperate need for books.  Please bring your donations to your classroom throughout the week of September 26th.  Items will be collected at the beginning of the day on Friday, September 30th.  There are many series that are great for second grade at this time of the year. Titles include: Henry and Mudge, Poppleton, Mr. Putter and Tabby, Frog and Toad, Amelia Bedelia, Magic Tree House, or anything the children have read and enjoyed and would like to give to a good cause.

 

Thanks in advance for teaching our kids about helping others and supporting Ringgold!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Carie Buchanan at thebuchananfamily@comcast.net.

 

Any parents who want to help collect and organize the books on Friday, September 30th from 8-9am, please e-mail carie.a.buchanan@accenture.com.

Magician's Memo

 

Hello Magician Parents!

The wall has been opened!!! We had a week full of learning and fun with the Coral Reef Crew (Mrs. Christofoli's class). The highlight of the week was "Sweet Treat" Friday! The Magicians did a fabulous job describing their "mystery treat." The best part was eating all the yummy treats. Thank you to those parents who sent in treats for the class! Below are what the Magicians are learning in each subject:

Language Arts: continuing writing personal narratives, identifying  long & short vowel sounds, nouns, adjectives and writing topic & closing sentences.

Math: adding two digit numbers with & without regrouping, greater than/less than, place value and addtion facts 1-5.  Thanks to Mrs. Cartrett (Chase's mom) we have a fabulous SEC Football graph outside our classroom. Every Monday, the kids  help put footballs on the graph to show the number of wins.The Magcians will work on certain skills this week using IXL...see homework sheet!!!

Social Studies: naming directions on a compass rose & working on map skills. Landforms will be introduced as well.

Reminders: Please make sure you initial both the homework sheet and the monthly calendar! Thanks for all of your support!!!