Stay healthy during the flu season! We appreciate and continually use the tissues, Purell, antibacterial soap, and Clorox wipes which you send in. Thanks! If your children are sick at home please have them rest and get well. Do not worry about having work sent home from school. Have them READ!, practice Math facts, go to the Spelling Link or one of the other Learning Links on our webpage or Mrs. Gibbons' webpage. We will make up necessary work when your child returns to school.  Wonderful things happen "When We're Together."  When we're together the earth greens, When we're together the birds wing, When we're together my heart sings A song of friendship and love. Welcome to Grade 2! 2009-2010  JTPS is celebrating its 10th birthday! Can you imagine?    We have a wonderful class of 15 boys and 11 girls!    There are so many adventures ahead of us this year. It will be an exciting year of learning and enrichment. We will discover what makes each of us special - and we will be so happy that we are TOGETHER.                We will read about Flat Stanley. He will take part in some of our activities and be one of Mrs. Randall's ALL-STARS!       Our Schedule   Monday 9:50 - 10:30 P.E. Tuesday 9:50 - 10:30 Library Wednesday 2:15 - 3:00 Music Thursday 11:15 - 11:55 Art Friday 10:00 - 10:40 Computers       Look at what we are learning!   Homework Classroom News    Learning Links Spelling Link   You can reach me at  randallru@watertownps.org                                                                                                                                       READING We practice the strategies of good readers every day.  We review the letter sounds while reading many books.    We make CONNECTIONS with our readings to help us understand what we read. We predict what might happen. We retell the story remembering the character, setting, and plot. The plot has a beginning, middle, and end.             MATH We use the Doubles Facts and Facts of Ten to help us add and subtract. It is important to memorize the number facts! They are a neccessary "tool" in learning other Math skills. Please practice your number facts every day.You can practice these facts by making flash cards and having someone at home quiz you. Why don't you begin with these addition facts? Doubles Facts: 1+1=2     2+2=4      3+3=6   4+4 = 8     5+5=10   6+6=12   7+7=14   8+8=16    9+9=18 Facts of 10: 1+9=10   9+1=10   2+8=10   8+2=10    3+7=10   7+3=10    4+6=10    6+4=10   5+5=10                             SPELLING   A real challenge is not just learning the words from the spelling lesson but using these spelling words and sounds correctly in all of our written work!  LESSON 8 car   art   barn   start   farm card   yarn   part   dark   hard barnyard  starlight  carpet  artist  market                             SCIENCE       Oh, dear, what can this matter be?- Solid, liquid, or gas?                                              Social Studies  You're not just anybody. You're special.  Our new country wrote a Constitution. We have rules and laws to protect us and make us good citizens.                               Homework Homework is an important part of the school's educational program. It provides an opportunity for independent practice and reinforcement of subjects which have already been taught. Homework is given daily and will be recorded on the blue assignment sheet.  The curriculum will be reinforced nightly in a variety of activities. Some independent reading is expected every night.                                                           Social Studies  You're not just anybody. You're special.                              Homework Homework is an important part of the school's educational program. It provides an opportunity for independent practice and reinforcement of subjects which have already been taught. Homework is given daily and will be recorded on the blue assignment sheet.  The curriculum will be reinforced nightly in a variety of activities. Some independent reading is expected every night.