2R Peek of the Week Eisenhower School ~ Where responsibility achieves success! Weekly Newsletter: October 13-17 Miss Skye Retzlaff (118) [email protected] 763-506-2374 Office: 763-506-2300 Scholastic Class Code: NHHNR Absence Line: 763-506-2306 Essential Questions: What helps me understand what I read? Comprehension skill: Using information from illustrations and words to describe characters, setting and plot Readings poems with fluency & expression Realistic Fiction: Unit 2: Addition & Subtraction Facts Brainstorming ideas for a story with beginning, middle, and end in a sequential order while also including characters, setting, problem, events, and solution. Subtraction from Addition Fact Families Name Collections Frames-and Arrows Routines What’s My Rule? Routines consonant blends with r, l, s spin, clap, grade, swim, place, last, test, skin, drag, glide, just, stage **Please help your child to study these words EVERY night! Spelling lists go home on Wednesday, and test is the following Tuesday. Lists can also be found online. A Note from the Teacher: It was so nice to see so many of you at conferences this week. I look forward to seeing the rest of you next Tuesday. If you need to reschedule, please e-mail me, as that will work best. Just a reminder that 2nd Grade Music Performance for parents is at 10:25am on Tuesday the 14th. We hope to see many of you there. Please keep reading over MEA Break!! J Week at a Glance: Week at a Glance: Thanks Upcoming Events 10/15 – 10/17 MEA ~ No School 10/22 Picture Retakes 10/31 Fall Parade 11/6 PTO Meeting 7:00pm 11/7 School Spirit Day 11/13 Family Math Night 11/25 End of 1st Trimester **Students should read for 20 minutes nightly! Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Wednesday 15 Thursday 16 Friday 17 Media & PE 10:25 MUSIC PERFORMANCE NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL NO SCHOOL *BLUE HW *Book Bag/Folder 3:30-8 Conferences *Spelling Test 5