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Volume 29 September 11, 2026
Greetings Explorer Families,
We've enjoyed a wonderful week of learning and exploring! We've completed our unit on Fairy Tales and Tall Tales and we took our first big Knowledge test today. Next week, we head to India to explore this fascinating, ancient civilization. In math, we will continue subtraction strategies. In Phonics Skills, we learned and practiced the doubling rule (ask your child about it!) and we started reading The Cat Bandit. It is a phonics-based reader. We are reading in small groups and some are reading with me. For our class Read Aloud, we concluded the fairy tale, Peter Pan and now we are enjoying one of my favorite read alouds, Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson. It is a prequel to Peter Pan and it's fantastic!
I hope you can join us Wednesdays after school for "Weedy Wednesdays" - we'll enjoy the beautiful gardens and pick a few weeds. Gloves and tools provided. Kids AND adults are encouraged to participate! Please send a picture of your child enjoying the outdoors and I'll add it to our OPT OUTSIDE! page. We have several awesome shots of EXPLORERS in ACTION! Check it out!
Kourageous Kids, a district-approved safety program for elementary starts next week, and will continue for four weeks. Here is the link for PARENT INFO SHEET.
Your Second Grade Teacher,
Rob Langford
970-488-7500 (school office)
Important and FUN Links
Back to School Night SLIDES and TALKING POINTS
Traut Gear! Show off your Traut Wolverine pride each Friday. Get your Traut Gear here: www.trautspiritwear.com
TRAUT Website Please review our history and our founding documents. Includes school calendar, lunch menu, library catalog, and many excellent resources.
2nd Grade Supply List Please bring your supplies to school during the Open House.
Annual Contribution Your one-time contribution supports the curricular needs within the classroom, including supplies, consumable workbooks, digital subscriptions, enrichment activities, field trips, culminating celebrations, events, and experiences.
School Pay Use this link to add funds to your child’s lunch account and to submit your Annual Contribution.
For your Calendar
Sep 21 Picture Day. Paper order forms will be coming home soon, but you can order online now. Go to www.skillmanphotography.com and click on “order pre-paid school portraits”. You will use Access Code: TRAUT2026
Sep 28 No school. Teacher work day
October Parent-Teacher Conferences.
Oct 2 Fall Family Festival and Pumpkin Run!
Oct 15-16 No school. Exhcange days
Oct 30 Literature Festival
Nov 23-27 No school. Fall break
Dec 21 - Jan 1 No school. Winter break
Jan 4 No school. Teacher work day
Jan 5 First day of 2nd semester
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