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Ms. Francine Alves' Grade Two Classroom at Great Falls School in Gorham, Maine

Welcome to our second grade Wiki space. You will find various curriculum and program information about this school year as well as some games for you and your child. I will update this page throughout the year. Enjoy!

Please feel free to contact me at any time with questions or concerns. Our classroom number is 222-1057. My email is: francine.alves@gorhamschools.org

Here is my family: My daughter, Nicole, with my son, Michael My husband, Todd, with his son, Zach




 * __Announcements:__**

Homework has started, so I wanted to take this opportunity to explain a few things.

Spelling words will come home Mondays with some activities to do throughout the week. __Please keep the activities at home until Friday__. On Thursday nights please give your student a practice spelling test.

A reading and writing chart will be sent home on Mondays. This is for the students to record what they read for fun and to write for fun. They can write a song, a poem, a story or anything they choose. They can send in their writing if they choose, or they can keep a journal at home. The chart should be filled in by your student and __returned to school on Fridays.__

Xtramath can be done at home (if you have internet access) when there isn’t math homework. It would be helpful if your student could do Xtramath __at least three times a week__ at home. It should take about 10 minutes.

Math Homelinks will be sent home as the lesson requests. It would be very helpful if your student could bring their math homework in the next day after it comes home.


 * __ The total time for homework at one sitting should not exceed 20 minutes. If your student starts to tire or appear stressed, please feel free to have them stop. __**

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.

We are encouraging healthy eating habits, please help your child to choose a healthy snack for our morning snack time. Our snack time will be at 10:30 daily. If your child is having lunch from home with a sweet treat, would you remind them to have that treat after lunch and not for morning snack. Thanks for your help in teaching our kids healthy habits that will last a lifetime! On Fridays, the school is having a "Fruity Friday" challenge. Ask your child about this!

If your child would like to bring in something special to celebrate their birthday this year, we ask that it not be food. Pencils, stickers, or erasers are a great treat to pass out. I used to send in a children's book with my own children and have the other students sign their names inside the cover. The books became great keep sakes for my children as they grew older!

Time being spent on all homework (reading, writing, math and spelling) should total no more than 20 minutes. If 20 minutes comes and your child is not finished, have them put it aside and work on it another day. This should not be a stressful time for either of you!

2014-2015 School Schedule:
 * Snack 10:30 / Lunch & Recess – 12:30-1:15 ||
 * Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * ART

2:00-2:45 || PE

2:00-2:45 || MUSIC

2:00-2:45 || LIB/MEDIA

2:00-2:45 || Fitness Fun time 2:00-2:30 ||

Other interesting sites: http://pbskids.org/arthur/print/signdesign/ sign language site

http://staff.dyer.spsd.org/richarma/2nd2.htm fun second grade sites

http://www.uen.org/k-2interactives/

http://www.imtranslator.net/translate-and-speak/#window A fun way to learn a new language!

School Connections: http://greatfalls.gorham.k12.me.us/ http://www.gorhamschools.org/