Hello Parents & Students,
Welcome to another glorious week of school. Please keep in mind that this Friday is an Early Release! We will dismiss at 1:15pm. For all of you that were able to make it out to Hunter Heritage...THANK YOU! It was a profound success and everyone I talked to had only positive and encouraging things to say. The Second Grade Team and myself especially enjoyed all the kids who came out to dunk us!
This week in....
Reading/Writing-We are continuing to work on researching our Famous Americans (for our Wax Museum projects). Please be sure to turn in those forms so that I know what person your child is researching. In addition, we are also going to researching reptiles this week. In our Read Aloud, we have begun reading We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes which is a hilarious adventure story featuring...you guessed it, a snake. However this snake is a Gopher Snake and not a Rattlesnake. In class we are discussing the similarities between these reptiles and working to create visual aids (Venn Diagrams) to show what we have learned. This week should be a lot of fun!
Math-In Math we have jumped back into another unit of measuring. This time we are working in the metric system as well our United States Customary Units. Today we made decimeter rulers and tomorrow...well the sky is the limit. This is a mini-unit though so do not be surprised when we start a new topic next week! I also wanted to thank all the parents who ensured that their students corrected any mistakes on their students' last quiz. Second grade students have to demonstrate mastery with addition/subtraction of two and three digit numbers for the Third Grade. With continued support I know that every students will be successful.
Science-Your son or daughter is learning about hertz, decibels, and various other sound terms. We have played with a dog whistle and have a few more sounds experiments up our sleeves. Be on the lookout for some wacky homework Tuesday night involving Science & sounds.
FYI...
*Early Release on Friday
* Green Picnic on Friday
*Field-Trip to Duke Homestead next
Wednesday!
**Parent Chaperone's are WELCOME and APPRECIATED!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
April 16th-20th
Hello Parents and Students,
This week we are celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Lucille Hunter GT Magnet Elementary School! Spirit Week will be happening all week so please be sure to participate. Today was "Plant a Tree Day" where one lucky 2nd Grader got to help plant a tree to celebrate Hunter Elementary. Tomorrow is "Exhibit Day" and Wednesday is "Alumni Day." Please read the blue sheet in your Monday Folder to learn more about those days. Thursday offers an opportunity for your child to dress up as a student in any decade since the 1920's, so whip out those bowler hats and flapper dresses or the bell-bottoms and big hair. Thursday will be a lot of fun, but it's always more fun with YOUr participation. Finally, on Friday please make sure to wear your "Hunter T-Shirt" and to attend the "Hunter Heritage" event from 5:30-7:30pm. I'll be in the dunking booth 5:25-5:40pm but don't feel like you have to come that early. Mrs. Tympkin, Mrs. Baird (formerly Dew), Ms. Durizch, and many others will be there after me so why not dunk them instead? Let's have a great week and if you need anything please email me!
Sincerely,
Mr. H
Top News
*Mr. Harvey's Math Students will be having their Unit 11 Math Test on Thursday. Please make sure that your student is well-rested and ready to achieve success.
*Report Cards have gone home today. There were some issues with the system losing the comments so each report card that was affected (the later half of the class) will be recieving a word document stapled to the report cards with the comments. I am working closely with NC Wise and the front office to fix this but the system doesn't understand how I am registered at Carnage Middle (for my internship) and Hunter (as a teacher). If you have any questions please email me at gharvey@wcpss.net
*Thank you for everyone who sent in money for the High Touch/High Tech Sound Field Trip. We cut it close but we were able to raise enough to cover the cost. We only have 1 more Field-Trip left this year (to Duke Homestead in Durham ) and we are working hard to make it cost as little as possible. We should be sending out a permission form in the next Monday Folder regarding it. There will be a need for Parent Volunteers:)
*Today the information sheet for "The Wax Museum" project went home in the Monday Folder. Please take a few minutes this week to discuss who your child should choose. Keep in mind that it cannot be a Pop-Culture Icon but rather a Famous American who impacted the world in a positive way. All to often, celebrities and pop-icons serve as negative role-models rather than positive ones. Also, your child will have the opportunity to dress up as this person for the wax museum so encourage them to select a person that they would like to emulate.
*NEXT FRIDAY (April 27th) is an Early Release. Please plan your child care accordingly.
This week we are celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Lucille Hunter GT Magnet Elementary School! Spirit Week will be happening all week so please be sure to participate. Today was "Plant a Tree Day" where one lucky 2nd Grader got to help plant a tree to celebrate Hunter Elementary. Tomorrow is "Exhibit Day" and Wednesday is "Alumni Day." Please read the blue sheet in your Monday Folder to learn more about those days. Thursday offers an opportunity for your child to dress up as a student in any decade since the 1920's, so whip out those bowler hats and flapper dresses or the bell-bottoms and big hair. Thursday will be a lot of fun, but it's always more fun with YOUr participation. Finally, on Friday please make sure to wear your "Hunter T-Shirt" and to attend the "Hunter Heritage" event from 5:30-7:30pm. I'll be in the dunking booth 5:25-5:40pm but don't feel like you have to come that early. Mrs. Tympkin, Mrs. Baird (formerly Dew), Ms. Durizch, and many others will be there after me so why not dunk them instead? Let's have a great week and if you need anything please email me!
Sincerely,
Mr. H
Top News
*Mr. Harvey's Math Students will be having their Unit 11 Math Test on Thursday. Please make sure that your student is well-rested and ready to achieve success.
*Report Cards have gone home today. There were some issues with the system losing the comments so each report card that was affected (the later half of the class) will be recieving a word document stapled to the report cards with the comments. I am working closely with NC Wise and the front office to fix this but the system doesn't understand how I am registered at Carnage Middle (for my internship) and Hunter (as a teacher). If you have any questions please email me at gharvey@wcpss.net
*Thank you for everyone who sent in money for the High Touch/High Tech Sound Field Trip. We cut it close but we were able to raise enough to cover the cost. We only have 1 more Field-Trip left this year (to Duke Homestead in Durham ) and we are working hard to make it cost as little as possible. We should be sending out a permission form in the next Monday Folder regarding it. There will be a need for Parent Volunteers:)
*Today the information sheet for "The Wax Museum" project went home in the Monday Folder. Please take a few minutes this week to discuss who your child should choose. Keep in mind that it cannot be a Pop-Culture Icon but rather a Famous American who impacted the world in a positive way. All to often, celebrities and pop-icons serve as negative role-models rather than positive ones. Also, your child will have the opportunity to dress up as this person for the wax museum so encourage them to select a person that they would like to emulate.
*NEXT FRIDAY (April 27th) is an Early Release. Please plan your child care accordingly.
Monday, April 9, 2012
April 9th-13th
Welcome Back Students and Parents!
I hope that you are all well-rested and ready for the next eight weeks of school! The break seemed to fly by for me, but I'm even more afraid that the rest of the year is going to fly by too. We still have a lot of educational objectives to hit in order for your child to be ready for 3rd Grade. The natural reaction to Spring is to kind of relax and coast through the rest of the year, some people call it "Spring Fever" but let me allay any concerns you have. We HH (Harvey Heroes) are going to continue to go full throttle until the end of the year. With great expectations come great rewards and I know that with our continued focus on academics your child will be ready to lead the pack next year!
Here is what you can expect for your child to be working on over the next week or two...
Reading: We are exploring genres such as historical fiction, humorous stories, and mysteries. Hopefully, your child will be bringing home books from our school library which fall into these genres. Specifically, we are exploring the structure of these texts (do they follow the setting/characters/plot/problem/ solution?) and discussing why we would read these genres.
Writing: Over the few weeks your child will continue to work on writing paragraphs (4 or 5 complete sentences about a topic). It is important that your child master concepts such as starting sentences with capital letters, using descriptive adjectives, and ending the sentences with a punctuation mark. Writing paragraphs will lead into the next big concept of researching animals and generating our own non-fiction reports.
Math: In Math we are continuing to explore strategies to solve multiple step math problems. There is still some difficulty when solving word problems as to which operation to perform (addition or subtraction). Please continue to remind your student to ask themselves if the answer they get makes sense. Most times students are able to understand where they went wrong when I probe them however, my goal is for them to realize this themselves so that next year they will achieve to their full potential on all their assessments.
Science: I am excited to say that we are kicking off our unit on SOUND this week! Be sure to pick up a pair of earplugs as your child may be coming home this week with some rather random sounding homework. We also will be having our High Touch/High Tech In-House Field Trip this Thursday. Our time is from 11:05-12:40 but we will be eating lunch from 10:30-11am so that your child will not be to hungry to concentrate on all the fun experiments.
Social Studies: I want to start by saying how wonderful all of the projects were! The students demonstrated a lot of pride in their work and of course the class learned best by learning for themselves. I can see that many of the students have become more comfortable in front of an audience and are better able to explain their ideas. Thank you parents for any help you offered your child. This week we will be wrapping up our land form unit. We will have a short assessment on Friday but do not worry about how difficult it will be. All of the students should know everything that will be asked. Hopefully, you've learned a little bit too about some of America's diverse regions.
FYI: The Titanic Sank on April 15th, 1912 (although it struck the iceberg on the 14th). As it is the 100th anniversary, your student will have a short lesson on Friday on the engineering behind the Titanic, class structure that existed back then, and be introduced to a few of the famous passengers (think J.J. Astor & The Unsinkable Molly Brown). My goal is to pique your child's interest in this topic and encourage them to learn more about it. I know that Keith O'Brien has been ravenous about this topic all year).
Hunter Heritage is April 20th (next Friday). Please plan on coming to attend this school wide fellowship. In fact, if you come please feel free to swing by the dunking booth where I'll be for ten minutes (poor pitchers only, good pitchers need not attend).
Friday from 1:50-2:35 we will have our 3rd Quarter PBIS celebration! Please do not plan on checking your child out during this time. We will be in the gym and it may be hard to hear the office asking for your child. If you do need to check your child out early that day please let me know in the morning so that I can plan accordingly.
Report Cards go home on next Monday (April 16th). Spirit Week also kicks off next week. As it is a major milestone for our school I encourage everyone to motivate your students to participate in all the daily activities (hat day, etc.). Middle Schoolers do not get to generally participate all week like we do here in elementary. There should be a pink letter in your Monday Folder describing all of the fun we will have next week!
Have a terrific week back and thank you all for reading!
Sincerely,
Mr. H
I hope that you are all well-rested and ready for the next eight weeks of school! The break seemed to fly by for me, but I'm even more afraid that the rest of the year is going to fly by too. We still have a lot of educational objectives to hit in order for your child to be ready for 3rd Grade. The natural reaction to Spring is to kind of relax and coast through the rest of the year, some people call it "Spring Fever" but let me allay any concerns you have. We HH (Harvey Heroes) are going to continue to go full throttle until the end of the year. With great expectations come great rewards and I know that with our continued focus on academics your child will be ready to lead the pack next year!
Here is what you can expect for your child to be working on over the next week or two...
Reading: We are exploring genres such as historical fiction, humorous stories, and mysteries. Hopefully, your child will be bringing home books from our school library which fall into these genres. Specifically, we are exploring the structure of these texts (do they follow the setting/characters/plot/problem/ solution?) and discussing why we would read these genres.
Writing: Over the few weeks your child will continue to work on writing paragraphs (4 or 5 complete sentences about a topic). It is important that your child master concepts such as starting sentences with capital letters, using descriptive adjectives, and ending the sentences with a punctuation mark. Writing paragraphs will lead into the next big concept of researching animals and generating our own non-fiction reports.
Math: In Math we are continuing to explore strategies to solve multiple step math problems. There is still some difficulty when solving word problems as to which operation to perform (addition or subtraction). Please continue to remind your student to ask themselves if the answer they get makes sense. Most times students are able to understand where they went wrong when I probe them however, my goal is for them to realize this themselves so that next year they will achieve to their full potential on all their assessments.
Science: I am excited to say that we are kicking off our unit on SOUND this week! Be sure to pick up a pair of earplugs as your child may be coming home this week with some rather random sounding homework. We also will be having our High Touch/High Tech In-House Field Trip this Thursday. Our time is from 11:05-12:40 but we will be eating lunch from 10:30-11am so that your child will not be to hungry to concentrate on all the fun experiments.
Social Studies: I want to start by saying how wonderful all of the projects were! The students demonstrated a lot of pride in their work and of course the class learned best by learning for themselves. I can see that many of the students have become more comfortable in front of an audience and are better able to explain their ideas. Thank you parents for any help you offered your child. This week we will be wrapping up our land form unit. We will have a short assessment on Friday but do not worry about how difficult it will be. All of the students should know everything that will be asked. Hopefully, you've learned a little bit too about some of America's diverse regions.
FYI: The Titanic Sank on April 15th, 1912 (although it struck the iceberg on the 14th). As it is the 100th anniversary, your student will have a short lesson on Friday on the engineering behind the Titanic, class structure that existed back then, and be introduced to a few of the famous passengers (think J.J. Astor & The Unsinkable Molly Brown). My goal is to pique your child's interest in this topic and encourage them to learn more about it. I know that Keith O'Brien has been ravenous about this topic all year).
Hunter Heritage is April 20th (next Friday). Please plan on coming to attend this school wide fellowship. In fact, if you come please feel free to swing by the dunking booth where I'll be for ten minutes (poor pitchers only, good pitchers need not attend).
Friday from 1:50-2:35 we will have our 3rd Quarter PBIS celebration! Please do not plan on checking your child out during this time. We will be in the gym and it may be hard to hear the office asking for your child. If you do need to check your child out early that day please let me know in the morning so that I can plan accordingly.
Report Cards go home on next Monday (April 16th). Spirit Week also kicks off next week. As it is a major milestone for our school I encourage everyone to motivate your students to participate in all the daily activities (hat day, etc.). Middle Schoolers do not get to generally participate all week like we do here in elementary. There should be a pink letter in your Monday Folder describing all of the fun we will have next week!
Have a terrific week back and thank you all for reading!
Sincerely,
Mr. H
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