Monday, September 10, 2012

Ever have one of those days?

So it seems that technology is failing me here.  I have a nice list made in email to send out to all of the parents and it seems that it is not sending out to ANYONE!  I even added myself to the list, so I know that when I send things, you're not getting them.  I am so sorry!  I will work with our tech person tomorrow and see if I can get this solved.  I've done all of the troubleshooting I know how to do on my own.

My mom said that some days are like this....even in Australia.  (A little Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day reference for you there!)

The link for the newsletter is here.  I promise I've been TRYING to send them out to you, faithfully!  Every week!

Thanks for your patience.

Monday, August 20, 2012

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Newsletter

Here's our first newsletter for the week of August 13.  (Click the previous sentence to be taken to the newsletter.)  Usually these will be posted on Monday evenings.  Sorry for the delay on this one.  If you have provided me with your email address, the PDF file will also be emailed to you.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Leitze

Friday, August 10, 2012

Welcome to the 2012-2013 School Year!

Hello and welcome!  It was great to welcome a brand new bunch of second graders today!  It was a busy day getting everything and everyone into our room and settled, learning the ways of the room and the building, and already beginning to work as readers, writers, and thinkers!

This blog will be a source of a lot of resources and information for you throughout this school year.  Please bookmark it now, and come back often!

Check your child's backpack for the teal blue folder.  It's FULL of information for you and forms for you to fill out and send back.  Please send them back as soon as possible!  Thanks!

I am so looking forward to working with you and your student this year!

Mrs. Leitze

Monday, March 12, 2012

Method of Complements

Here is the link for the PDF of the Method of Complements strategy for subtraction with regrouping.  I believe if you download it from Google Docs and open it with Adobe Reader, you'll be able to see the entire pencast.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Kool-Aid Playdough

Last week, Nick and his Grammy made some new playdough for our class to use for word work.  The recipe is simple and the playdough has been WILDLY POPULAR in the classroom!  I thought I'd share the recipe in case you'd like to make some at your house.

Kool-Aid Playdough
  1. Mix flour, salt, Kool-Aid until blended.
  2. Add oil to boiling water, mix with spoon until cool enough to knead.
  3. Continue kneading until color is blended.
  4. Store in air tight bag or container in the refrigerator.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Fairy Tales

Wordle: Fairy Tales 
We are starting our work on fairy tales.  Here's what we know about fairy tales to start with.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Sweet Peas

The long awaited day is here!  Our SweetPea players came today!  I am busy working on organizing our books and getting the audio files together to load these players up tonight.  It will be so nice to have these great new players to do our Listen to Reading!  No more fussing with CDs or headphones!  Now we can actually use our Listen to Reading time for listening to reading!  YAY!

Everything should be ready for the first Leitze Learners to try out our new players on Monday!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Newsletter 1/17

Click here to get to this week's newsletter.  The newsletter also has a list of all of the names of students in our class so you can get a head start on valentine cards if you wish to do so.


Friday, January 6, 2012

Weather Watchers

We've been learning about weather and several students have let me know that they are interested in making some of their own weather tools at home.  Here are some links to help you extend our school learning with some at home DIY weather projects.

http://www.fi.edu/weather/todo/todo.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/gather_data/

http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weathertools.html

If you make any of these, we'd love to see them or pictures of them at school!