You have to really think!

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Top 10 Ways to Help Your Kids Do Well in Math

Math Homework Help- FamilyEducation.com

More Math Fun!

 Don't you LOVE math?  Have fun tickling your brain with some of these math games!

Dog Bone
Addition Pyramid
Button Beach Challenge
Connect Four

Puzzle Games
Bead Numbers

Spelling List for December 13-17

Spelling City Website 
Click on the website below
Then click on "Find a List" at the top of the page
Then type in Barbara Person
Then click on Barbara Person
Then click on December 13-17
Here you will find the spelling list and games!

Christmas Pageant 2010

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Felicity Day- My Girls and Me

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Felicity Day- Mothers & Daughters

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ABC Family Holiday Movie Schedule

If you click on this paper, you should be able to see all of the movies.

Missy is 5 yrs old today!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MISSY,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!! XOXOXO

Symmetry

Game 1
Game 2
Awesome Video!!!

Holiday Happiness!

Don't be a Grinch! Get in the Holiday spirit!

 Elf on the Shelf

Have fun decorating!
Gingerbread House
Gingerbread Man
Snowman Scene
Build a Snowman
Trim a Tree
Christmas Jigsaw Puzzle
Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
Snowflake Designer
Make-a-Flake
Snowflake Builder
Hanukkah
Hanukkah Games
Spin the Dreidel

IMPORTANT PAGEANT INFO!

• As of today, we have changed the morning routine for our Christmas Pageant. So, if you have had a daughter in this program in the past...please note the changes!!!

• On Thursday, December 9 the 2nd graders are to come to school at their normal time wearing her cassock, white socks or tights & tennis shoes…I will have their ballet shoes for them to change into.  We will be shuttled across the street for the dress rehearsal and they will be dismissed from Holy Communion church at 10:30am (wearing their cassock).  They should return to the church at 4:30 dressed in cassock and cotta. Pageant will begin at 5pm.

• The girls should wear something lightweight under their cassock as it gets very warm under the lights.

• Important---  I will collect the cassock and cotta after the Christmas pageant.  Your daughter should be wearing something under her cassock to leave in, or you may want to bring a change of clothes for her depending on the cold weather.
  

Spanish Assignments Should be here...

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Felicity Day Reminders!

Please make sure you have:
1.  Teacup and saucer (wrapped  carefully)
2.  Any type of shoes are acceptable, but bring your tennis shoes in your book bag
3.  ONE doll (Remember: You are responsible for her and any clothing she has)
4.  Bring a coat for recess!
Get ready to turn back time and be a Colonial Girl!

My Little Turkeys

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Fun Turkey Day Games

Fun Turkey Day Games 

Try your luck at some of these fun Thanksgiving Games!

Turkey Flibriks

Turkey Coloring Game

Thanksgiving Feast

Fall Fever

Turkey Jokes

Thanksgiving Games-PrimaryGames

Puzzle Swap

Spot the Differences

Turkey Swap

Thanksgiving Dinner Problem

Thanksgiving Concentration

Sophie's Fish Snack

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Mrs. Landaiche's Penguin Study

From Mrs. Landaiche:

Second grade girls will have the opportunity to be "field researchers" as we follow the nesting habits of the Adelie penguins in Antarctica. Beginning around November 18 the students can record the time spent on the nests by the penguin parents. They will pick one nest to follow and mark how much time is spent by the penguins either on the nest or foraging for food. The students will record their information in their "field journals" (their SMS spirals). This is a voluntary assignment and computers in the classrooms will be available with the website bookmarked for easy access. 
Click here to check the nest site

Hugo Cabret

Click here:  Scholastic Website- Hugo Cabret

All About Colonial Times!

Click on the words in BLUE to find some great information about Colonial Times. 
Thanks Mrs. Person for the amazing research!
Let's have some fun getting to know Felicity better! Go on a Colonial adventure with Felicity or help her save Ben! Take a Colonial tour. Learn about Colonial kids. Would you have survived in the Colonies?  Dress like a Colonist. View the people of Colonial Williamsburg. How did the Colonists celebrate Christmas? Meet some Colonial Kids. Get more details about the Boston Tea Party from an eyewitness.

Boston Tea Party- School House Rocks!

Christmas Pageant Practice

 Don’t forget that early morning practice for the Christmas pageant will begin on Monday, November 29^th at 7:45.  It is critical for the girls to be at every practice.  We will begin promptly at 7:45.  If you drop your daughter off BEFORE 7:45, then she will report to the early morning room and we will take her to the gym.  But if she gets to school AFTER 7:45, she will go straight to the gym. 

Spanish Homework- Nov 15

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Meet A Few Of My Closest Friends!

Top Picture:   My brother, Louis and me

Second Picture:  Berry and Me

Third Picture (Left to right):  Me, Nina, Gipson, and Claire

Last Picture:  Mrs. Trimm and Me

 

American Girl Website

Open this website
1.  Click on "play" in the middle of the screen
2.  Click on "characters" at the top left of the screen
3.  Scroll down and click on "Historical Character FELICITY: 1774"
There are so many fun things to learn and play on this site!!! 
American Girl Website

Partial Sums- Another Addition Strategy

One of the major math concepts we are working on this week is known as "Partial Sums."  
It is another double-digit addition strategy.  We have worked a lot on this skill yesterday and today.  It will take lots of practice!  I will say that one of the main elements in solving this problem correctly is simply writing neatly and keeping the place values lined up with one another.


Example:
   45
+ 36
Add the tens 40 + 30 =70
Add the ones 5 + 6 = 11
So then add the tens and ones together
  70
+11
  81
****The problem should be written out like this....
  45
+36
  70
+11
  81

Ma and Pa Math (regrouping)

Ma and Pa- Game 1

Ma and Pa- Game 2

Making Change Money Games

Making Change

Making Change Game 2

1-1-1 Rule (spelling rule)

The 1-1-1 Rule is a VERY IMPORTANT spelling rule.

It teaches you how to add a suffix to a base word.  Take a base word, and ask yourself does it have...

1 syllable?

1 short vowel?

1 consonant after the short vowel?

IF SO, double the final consonant and add the suffix.

Examples:  These base words DO follow the 1-1-1 Rule.

stop=  stopped

plan= planned

drip= dripping

Examples:  These words DO NOT follow the 1-1-1 Rule.

melt= melted

help=helping

look= looking

Watch out!  Don't double the final consonant for words that end in one vowel and the consonants w, x, or y- just add (ed) and (ing).
examples:  snow, fix, play, thaw, chew

The Dance Performance

Here's a link to the homepage of the dance company that we are taking the first and second grades to see on Friday. Below is a link to a good, short video that has excerpts from some of their pieces. The dance styles that they specialize in are contemporary and jazz. I think the girls will love it!!!

The Dance Performance

Can Food Drive

The Food Drive begins on November 15.  You may go ahead and start bringing in your box and can foods for the Food Bank.   With our help, they are hoping to collect 12 million pounds of food to help our local area.

November Lunch Menu

November Lunch Menu

Thank You!

Sweet Girls, 

Thank you so much for my candy!  I was pleasantly surprised that everyone remembered to share one piece of their Halloween candy with me.  You know how much I love candy and that I have such a sweet tooth.  It made my day!  xoxoxo

Many Thanks,

Ms. Hengen

PS- This picture is from a candy shop in New York!  Aren't those gummi bears HUGE?!?!?

The Candy Corn Contest Winner!

Congratulations Sadhi! There were 364 candy corns in the jar and Sadhi had the closest guess-348!

Happy Halloween from Sassy & Missy!

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Fun in Music Class!

Skeleton Dance

I Met Jordin Sparks!

While we were in New York we saw the Broadway Musical, In The Heights.  It was absolutely amazing!  One of my all time favorite shows.  The lead was Jordin Sparks, 2007 American Idol winner and singer of several #1 hits!  She was so nice and bubbly! 

Bible Project

  Our class version of NOAH'S beautiful ARK for Bible class.

Candy Corn Contest

Today I started reading a book aloud to the class called, The Candy Corn Contest, by Patricia Giff.  We are going to have our very own candy corn contest in the classroom.  The girls will have several opportunities to guess how many candy corns are in the jar.  The winner will win the ENTIRE jar of candy!!!

Ways to earn a guess for the jar:

1.  Make a 100% on an AR test.

2.  Exceptional behavior.

Contest Ends on October 29.  The girl with the exact or closest guess wins! 

Please Note:  If there is a tie, the jar will be divided in half.

GOOD LUCK!!!

Halloween Fun

Carve a Pumpkin

Scholastic Halloween Stuff

More Halloween Games

Mrs. Landaiche's Apple Smilebox

Apple Smilebox

Mushroom in the Rain- Smilebox

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October Lunch Menu

October Lunch Menu

Mushroom in the Rain- Cast 2

Mushroom in the Rain- Cast 1

The girls did an amazing job with their play!  I hope my recording skills don't make you too dizzy....I'm feeling pretty queasy!

I'm not sure why they are so blurry when enlarging them...I'm looking it the problem. Thank you for your patience!

Our Class Version of... When I Was Young

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Dear Parents,

 As you know, Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for Thursday, October 21and Friday, October 22.  As I mentioned at Back to School night, I will be in New York with my mom and brother during that time.

I know that this is a great inconvenience for you to have to schedule your conferences on another day especially for those with siblings.  I do appreciate you working with me to meet at another time.  I will do a few conferences prior to my trip, on Monday, Oct 18 and Tuesday, Oct 19.  The remaining conferences will be scheduled the following week.  For those of you that I will meet with on Oct. 18 and 19, I will print off a hard copy of the report card and send it home with your child the day before your conference so you will have an opportunity to look over it and jot down any questions you would like to ask.  Attached are the dates and times that I am available.  I will try to match you up with your first choice.  

 ***PLEASE email me your first and second choice.  Once I have it all figured out, I will email you our conference time.  I do apologize about this conflict and hope that we will be able to schedule a time that will work for all of us.  

Thank you! Ms. Hengen

                                                              

                                                      

Skills Needed For Life!

The girls would really benefit from practicing place value, money and time skills.  Here are some great online games! 

Telling Time

Harcourt Time

Clockworks

Bang on Time

Money, Money, Money

Interactive Money

Discovering Coins

Counting Money 

Place Value

Sharknumbers

More Value

Meet Speedy

Meet Speedy...our temporary class pet.  I have owned Speedy for 11 years!  He has lived in three states and several houses.  I found Speedy one summer at Pickwick.  When I took him home with me, little did I know that turtles can live for 40 yrs!  Speedy has always been at my house, but is currently visiting our classroom.  I have decided to give Speedy up for adoption.  Mrs. Lancaster's nephew has always wanted a turtle.  I know that Speedy will be happy in his new home, but in all honesty I will miss the little guy!  He has become part of me!  

So long Speedster!  XOXOXO

How 'Bout Them Apples???

Apples Voicethread

Eating Healthy

Hey Girls!  This is a completely FREE website that provides you with a variety of tools to assist you in eating healthy.  It has a variety of children’s games and nutritional messages. 

Clink on the link below and then scroll down to find the fun food games.

http://www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/gameroom.html

Websites for Fun!

http://kids.yahoo.com/
http://www.4kids.org/
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
http://www.americangirl.com/index.php
http://disney.go.com/index

Sept. Lunch Menu for Moss Hall

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Sept. Calendar for Moss Hall

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My Little Girls

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I Love School!

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More Fun with Facts

Need some more help?
While the girls are generally doing very well with addition facts, we seem to be struggling with the subtraction facts. I have found a few sites that may be helpful to you at home as you work with your girls to master their facts. Check these out!

Remember! Practice makes perfect! Allow time every night to go over math facts.
Thanks for all your help

For the Girls

Sum Sense

Fun for the Brain

Mental Math

For the Parents

Super Kids

Math Drills

 

Fun with Facts

Away we go.... We are working hard to learn our addition and subtraction facts to ten! We are looking forward to our first timed test this Friday. Here are a few websites you might like to visit as you look for fun ways to practice your skills at home. Have Fun!

Play Kids Games

Math Magician

Sheppard Software

1st Day of School