News & Events

Wow, I cannot believe we are beginning our fourth week of school! We are almost halfway through our first nine weeks! In the past few weeks, we have started a new grade, were tested for our spelling and reading levels, placed into Reading groups that best fit each student's needs, finished our first Social Studies unit...I feel that we have accomplished a lot!

Scores for the Social Studies tests (2.10, 2.12) will be coming home in Tuesday's Fox Folder, along with information from Parks & Rec as well as our own Moss-Nuckols PTA. If you have not heard, the first Wednesday of every month, IHOP, in Zion Crossroads, is sponsoring Moss-Nuckols by donating part of your check to the PTA. Please see the coupon in Tuesday's folder for more details. Our first fundraiser is also coming up in a few weeks. Students will be selling Yankee Candle and Red Rocker Candy. An assembly with more information is scheduled in September. Our first PTA meeting will be held the second Tuesday in September, and each second Tuesday of every month. I hope you will be able to join us!

A request has been made to add math homework each week, so one sheet is being added for students to practice their basic facts of addition and subtraction. This sheet will be due on Friday, like the Reading Log. Please know that homework, especially Math, will always be a review for students. It will be something that has already been introduced and practiced in class. Should your child have any difficulties with this homework, please let me know and we will work on it in class as well!

This week, we will be adding something new to our schedule - Parallel Reading. If your child attended Thomas Jefferson Elementary in previous years, you may already know about this. Students will be grouped according to their level and, if working below grade level, will receive extra help outside the classroom with reading. If your child is on level or above, he/she may be with another second grade teacher for reading, or may stay with me. Either way, know that your child is getting the best help possible with Reading! More information will be coming home in the form of a letter from the school, most likely in your child's Fox Folder.

Please be sure to check your child's homework folder and agenda each day, and to look for the Fox Folder on Tuesdays and Thursdays! :)