Week of 1/20/26-1/23/26

This Thursday, 1/22 is a special day for second grade! We will be visiting classrooms around Steindorf to read them our monarch butterfly books! This is our outreach activity to remind our school community how important the monarch butterflies are to our world. The books will then be housed in the school library for students at Steindorf to read at their leisure while in the library at lunch and during their library times. We will spend time today and tomorrow rehearsing our book presentations, so we are ready for Thursday. This gives students a chance to practice the second grade speaking standard to plan and deliver a presentation with details.

In math this week, we will continue to work on addition and subtraction to 1,000. The daily exposure to practice in class allows students to increase their efficiency with this skill and choose the strategies that work best for them.

In reading and writing, we will be wrapping up our informational units. The next units will be on opinion writing and tackling longer words and longer books.

Finally in science, we will be exploring sand and experiment to answer the question, "Is there an earth material smaller than sand?" All students should be able to explain the different types of rocks by size after our work last week. Feel free to ask them about it!

Read a Thon Book Swap

We are having a book swap!

Please take a moment to search your house for gently used (school-appropriate) books to swap.

Bring them to your class on January 26th, 27th, and 28th.

Kindergarteners will pick up your books.

You can swap them for different books when your class visits.

Classes will swap books on January 29th and 30th.

Students are welcome to visit KB at any time in February to exchange books.

Middle school students can continue the book swap in Room 12.

**There will be 2 categories- picture books and chapter books.

This Week's Spirit Week

This week is a school-wide spirit week for mental health awareness. Students are invited to participate if they would like!

CEF Annual Read-a-Thon!

How to Join the 6th Annual CEF Read-a-thon

Getting started is quick and easy!

Register or log in to your Parent Dashboard and customize your student’s page.
Scan the QR code or visit www.getmovinfundhub.com
School Identifier: 655760c422c18
From the Parent Dashboard, click “Add Student” to create your student’s personal webpage. You can add a photo or video and write a short personal message.
Click “Save”—and you’re done! 🎉
Your student’s webpage is now ready to share with friends and family by text, email, or social media.

The more you share, the more you raise. Thank you for supporting the 6th Annual CEF Read-a-thon! 📚💙

Information Writing Sharing Celebration

You are invited to attend our 2nd Grade Information Writing Celebration on Tuesday 1/27 from 11:50-12:15. You will have a chance to read your child's information writing as well as offer compliments to other students and their writing pieces. It is a special time for the students to show off their hard work.

Spelling Bee

Super excited to announce that the Steindorf HSC has approved Steindorf's participation in the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2026!

If you have never heard of this super cool annual event, please do check out - https://spellingbee.com/.

If this is something that is of interest to you / your child, please fill out this form by end of day, Monday, January 19 as the competition registration closes on January 30, 2026.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3rRZl52eSQMcrwg_t3-fmUerTlo8CrKLM-sfeXc6XW-qskA/viewform

Important dates -

School enrollment opens for the 2026 season: August 19, 2025

School enrollment closes for the 2026 season: January 30, 2026

Regional Competition Season: February & March 2026

National Competition and Bee Week: May 24-29, 2026

Helpful Spelling Words

Linked here is a document with 300 high-frequency words students should be comfortable reading and spelling by the end of this school year. They are good words to watch for and correct in any writing they might do at home. An activity from time to time would be to have your child write down 10 of them and see how they do.

Math Parent Information Sheets Module 5

Module 5 Parent Tip Sheet

Math Homework Help

This chart might be helpful as a reminder of strategies we have worked on in class.

Important Dates!

1/19/26 No school MLK Jr. Day

1/27/26 Information Writing Sharing Celebration 11:50-12:15

2/2/26 Read-a-Thon begins!

Nightly Reading Homework

The reading log is to keep track of nightly reading at home and is part of the San Jose Sharks "Reading is Cool" program. It is due back at the end of the month. Remember, nightly reading can include independent reading, reading aloud, and listening to a grown-up read. 20 minutes each night is recommended. Students may bring books home from school to read. They can be both classroom and school library books These books come home in a plastic zipper pouch. Please help your children build the habit of keeping school books in the pouch when they are not being actively read. This helps prevent mix-ups with public library books and personal book collections.

Book Orders

The next Book Order was sent home on Thursday. Please submit orders by Friday, 1/23 to ensure delivery before the February break.

Shop our class page: https://orders.scholastic.com/HG4Y8

HSC Communication Opt-In

Please sign up to HSC Membership Toolkit to receive emails from the Room Parents about your child's classroom needs and how you can best support their teacher, as well as for communications about the HSC school events and programs:

Math Kangaroo

If you would like to enroll your child in Math Kangaroo, a challenge math event on spring of 2026, the registration dates are listed here.

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