Sensory Safari Part 2

Sensory Safari Part 1

More pictures on the way! A Huge Thank You to our chaperones: Mrs. McKinney, Mrs. Mann, Mr. Boyd, and also thank you to all the parents that sent in water. It was an Awesome morning!

Congrats to K!!!

Friday our class and all the classes at CCE participated in a fun day started by our PE Team.  It was part of a city wide program called "Fuel Up to Play" and every student took two laps around or track to participate.  All student names were then entered into a drawing for 2010 Jaguar Play books and footballs.  Our very own K was drawn as a winner of an autographed football by Rashean Mathis.  Congratulations K on your big win!!!

What's Poppin' in Science?

Friday we had a blast in Science!  We used our five senses to experience popcorn.  We used our ears to listen to it pop, our eyes to watch the Jiffy Pop pan expand and to use a hand lens to look closely at each piece.  We then used our hands to feel the popped corn and the kernel before it was popped.  We used our noses to smell the yummy smell as it popped on our portable burner and it made our mouths water.  We finally were able to taste it.  And all along the way we made observations and recorded those on our lab sheets.  We even learned about how to make an hypothesis and write a conclusion.  It was so much fun to use popcorn to learn!

News You Can Use

Communication is key! So....we wanted to send out a reminder about how we communicate with you. These things are essential for the success of your student. Please read about these three things so that we can better communicate with you and your student. Thanks!!!

On Mondays The Chets Creek Connection and our class newsletter will be sent home.

Our Orange Homework Folder will come home on Friday with homework for the week. Homework may include Writing, Language, Math and Reading.
Monday and Tuesday's homework will be due in on Wednesday. This will allow for us to review on a midweek basis.
All homework is due in on Friday.
Students should bring their Homework Folder to school EVERYDAY.

Our Student Planner is a great way for us to communicate with you everyday. Students should bring their Planner to school EVERYDAY.Please look it over and sign it every night.

Our Green Take Home Folder will come home every Thursday. In the Take Home folder will be graded tests and any other important information that must be seen and signed by parents.

You can reach us via email @ lankfordw@duvalschools.org for Mrs. Lankford and
morganl2@duvalschools.org for Mrs. Morgan

We appreciate all your help and support!

Perfecting Rituals and Routines

We are off to a wonderful start in 2nd grade. The students are perfecting our Rituals and Routines each day.
During our Skills Block the students made corrections on their Daily Oral Language worksheet. Each day the D.O.L. will need to be corrected with punctuation, spelling, naming nouns and capitalization.
We also enjoyed some quite reading time during our Readers Workshop and decorated our Science Journal.



On Friday at the end of the day we had a great time dancing and making silly faces with each other. It was another great week of school!

Our First Week of Second Grade

Wow! What an awesome first week we have had!
On the first day our principal Mrs. Phillips “wowed” us with real live farmers. We got to roll in a watermelon patch, watch bees make honey and even taste some. Yummy! Mrs. Phillips even brought 25 live animals for us to pet and love on. The seeds we planted are already sprouting!
The rest of the week was spent getting to know each other. We had to take a diagnostics test in Math, Science, and Spelling. We were so happy to get the testing done! We received our Science and Social Studies textbooks, explored our Math manipulatives, and learned about Readers and Writers Workshop. We also have been learning our rituals and routines.
Check us out walking in a straight line ha! ha!
We are so excited for all this year holds!

A Few Reminders:
• Monday and Tuesday’s Math homework is due on Wednesday.
• All ELA Homework is due on Friday along with Wednesday and Thursday’s Math homework.
• Please make sure all important forms are signed and turned in.

Thank you so much for entrusting us with children.
Love, Mrs. Lankford and Mrs. Morgan

Orientation 2010

Dear Parents/Guardians,

It was such a pleasure to meet so many of you at Orientation today! The folder you received today is VERY IMPORTANT. Please complete all forms and return them to school ASAP! We are looking forward to getting to know your child very well in the coming months. We will be communicating often in these first few days and weeks, as there is so much new business to take care of.

Email is the best way to contact us.
Mrs. Lankford lankfordw@duvalschools.org
Mrs. Morgan morganl2@duvalschools.org

Lunch is $1.50. You may pay in advance by check or cash at the beginning of each week or via www.mylunchmoney.com. Prepayments will not be accepted until Monday August 30th. Any questions regarding lunch should be directed to Mrs. Collins at 992-6397. Our lunch time is 11:35-12:05

Please help our class reach 100% participation by joining PTA. The cost is $5.

Looking forward to Cultivating a Community of Excellence!
Mrs. Lankford & Mrs. Morgan

Moving to Second Grade

Mrs. Lankford is moving to Second Grade! Woo Hoo!
We will be Cultivating a Community of Excellence!
I will be co-teaching with Mrs. Morgan.
We look forward to the 2010-2011 school year.
See you at orientation, August 20th.
The first day of school is August 23, 2010 :)

Duval County School News

Learning shouldn't stop just because it's summer break. The summer provides students with great opportunities for engaging learning experiences that can be both fun and academically rewarding.

Duval County Public Schools, as well as many community organizations, such as the library, zoo and museums, provide activities to keep your child busy and engaged over the summer.

DCPS' Community Education Summer Camp Program
As an extension of the Extended Day Enrichment Program, summer camps are offered at a number of select elementary, middle and high school sites throughout the school district. Summer camps are designed to assist working parents by providing participants a wide variety of enrichment activities at an affordable fee. Enrichment activities may include recreational sports, arts and crafts, special events, field trips and computer literacy.

Summer camps range in length from six to eight weeks and most provide extended hours in the morning and afternoon. For a complete list of camps, please visit our Web site or call the Community Education office at 904-858-6080.

Jacksonville Public Library
The library is always a great place for students to visit over the summer, offering summer reading programs and age-appropriate story times, as well as some other learning opportunities like photography exhibits, art clubs and events, computer classes, teen book and movie clubs, and more. Visit http://jpl.coj.net for a calendar of events and locations.

Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Day Camps
Students can spend an entire week at the zoo this summer exploring the animal kingdom, conservation, zoo careers and the great outdoors. All programs include instruction, behind the scene tours, animal encounters, a train ride, hands-on activities, crafts, visits to Play Park and the new penguin exhibit. For more information about the session schedule, activities and cost, visit www.jacksonvillezoo.org.

Museum Visits
The Cummer Museum of Arts & Gardens Art Connections exhibit provides students with the opportunity to walk through a painting, create patterns through dance, make a collage, listen to a sculpture, or paint with a virtual paintbrush. Visit www.cummer.org for the museum’s hours of operation.

MOCA Jacksonville offers artcamp@MOCA, nine, week-long sessions of creative art making for ages 4-5, 6-11 and 12-15. Museum educators and certified local art educators provide quality instruction in a wide variety of subjects and media. Summer artcamp@MOCA includes a variety of art-making activities, exploration of art history, tours of the museum’s collection, literacy and creative movement. www.mocajacksonville.org

JaxParks Summer Activities
Sensational summers start at JaxParks with several different types of summer camps, including art/creative, aquatics, junior lifeguard, nature/history and more. Visit www.jaxparks.com for more information.

Summer Learning at Home
If summer camp or programs are not possible this year, set up learning activities at home that your child can participate in, such as science experiments; backyard explorations; a summer-long book club; history projects; and/or supervised cooking responsibilities, which provide students with excellent practice in mathematical measurements and following directions.

Summer Food Service Program
Duval County Public Schools participates in the 2010 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) during the months of June, July and August.
The SFSP was created to ensure that children in lower-income areas could continue to receive nutritious meals during long school vacations, when they do not have access to school lunch or breakfast.
The SFSP provides free nutritionally balanced meals to all children 18 and younger regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. There is no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
For more information, visit the Duval County School Web site.

First Day of School is August 23rd.