2nd Grade
May 13-17
Welcome to Second Grade!
Important Dates & Reminders
May 12: Happy Mother's Day to all of our "MOMS"!
May 17: Career Day
May 17: iPad & Charger Turn-In Day. Please send BOTH of these items to school with your child.
May 23: Last Day of School! 11:45am release
Great News!!!
Forget to order a yearbook? We have extras! They are available starting Wednesday May 15th, on a first come, first serve basis. Please have a check written out to O.C. Taylor Elementary for 22 dollars and bring it to Mrs. Dagger's 5th grade class to purchase your yearbook.
Letter of Intent for 2024-2025 School Year
In preparation for the 2024-2025 school year, we need to know if your child plans to attend O. C. Taylor or not. This helps us as we begin to consider student enrollment in each grade level, staffing, and class placements for next year. Please complete a separate form for each child who currently attends O. C. Taylor. Thank you so much!
Charging of the iPads
We really need your help with this. Some of the classrooms are running out of places for the kids to plug their chargers into because there are SO many students needing to charge their iPads. This is an important responsibility that they truly need to learn to do sooner than later. We appreciate your help with this.
Safety at Recess
Recess is one of our 2nd graders' favorite times of the day, and some of them love to play their favorite sport during that time. We encourage them to bring jump ropes, footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, and whiffle balls to utilize during that time, if they don't want to swing, play on the equipment, play chase, or make up cheers, etc. However, we can not allow baseball bats (even plastic ones). We want everyone to be safe and to enjoy their recess time to the fullest. Head injuries are a real issue, and we want to avoid them at all costs. We always monitor football, soccer, and gaga ball for pushing and tackling, as well. They get very competitive at times. : )
Thank you for understanding. :)
SPRING PICTURES
Spring pictures are now online for parents to view and order. Click here to order.
Changes at Dismissal for Your Child?
When making ride changes, picking up students for appointments, and absences (for any reason), please email their teacher, and copy paola.cervantes@gcisd.net, gene.guianne@gcisd.net and elissa.faught@gcisd.net . They always notify us of any ride changes prior to dismissal, which ensures that our dismissal runs smoothly for the students, parents, and staff. Thank you!
OCT Library Days
Please turn in all books! Letters went home last week about missing books.
Miss Hilcher's class Tuesday
Ms. Pease's class Tuesday
Mrs. Lee's class Thursday
Mrs. Potter's class Thursday
2ND GRADE HELPFUL TIDBITS
There is a QR code in every Great Tiger folder for CLASSLINK.
-This is where students can access RazKids and Amplify "Boost" for reading, as well as Reflex and IXL for math.
Reading and Writing
Who is Betsy Ross?
What is a biography?
This week, students continued reading biographies. They finished up research on a person they are interested in, and created a poster using their information. Engage in a conversation about who they researched and the difference their person made. Students also began their "Who I Am" posters.
Spelling includes:
Syllable Division- V/V (words like splendid, giant, triumph, decade)
*Please remember to encourage your child to work in their reading apps.
-Raz Kids, reading A-Z
-Boost (Amplify)
-Ed (HMH ELAR)
-Seesaw activities
Math
Ask your child:
How did you do on your Unit 12 & 13 TEKS Check in Math over Fractions and Measurment?
How did you do on your Aimsweb test?
This week our 2nd grade mathematicians took their Unit 12 & 13 TEKS check over Fractions and Measurement! Also, we took our End of the Year Assessment in Aimsweb. The results will be coming home soon.
Next week, we will we will work on equal groups (multiplication). We will look for models that represent a word problem and will eventually draw models of our own to match a word problem.
Please be sure to check their Reflex each evening (via Classlink) to be sure they have a green light each day. That is the only homework they have and should not take more than 10 minutes, if they didn't finish at school.
Science
Ask your child:
What did you learn about a Solar Eclipse?
Next week, we will complete our unit on Objects in the Sky and Phases of the Moon. Students will take the end-of-unit assessment too.
Social Studies
Ask your child:
What is a good "slogan" to use for your Economics Fair Project?
Next week, we will continue to review Producers/Consumers in our economy. Students will make a poster in class to adverstise the product they are producing for the Economics Fair.
Happy Birthday to the following 2nd graders!
May Birthdays
Victoria M. : May 4th
Wyatt : May 5th
Charlotte: May 6th
Sully: May 10th
Ahana: May 15th
Adam: May 16th
Myles: May 19th
Chelsea: May 21st
June Birthdays
Jett June 3rd
Cal June 5th
Kyan June 6th
Amay June 10th
Kennedy June 12th
Amelia June 20th
Vera June 22th
Oliver June 30th
July Birthdays
Scarlett July 6th
Emmi July 7th
Blair July 16th
Kingston July 25th
Chloe July 28th
Class Wish Lists...
We will list a few wish list items that we need for our classrooms. If you would like to donate any of these items, it would be greatly appreciated.
Miss Hilcher: Thank you for ALL of your support throughout the school year!!! 🧡
Mrs. Lee- Kleenex, please 🤧
Ms. Pease- Thank you for supporting us all year!!!!!
Mrs. Potter- BLACK Expo Markers, Clorox Wipes
