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hepleraI am so excited to be your child's second grade teacher and to be joining the White Oak family! I have been teaching for seventeen years. I taught 12 years in Pine Tree and 5 years in Flower Mound. I received my Bachelors in Education from The University of North Texas. I just got married this past Saturday to Scott. He is a coach in Gladewater. Together we have 5 awesome kids. My oldest Trey is a 2015 graduate of Pine Tree. He lives in San Antonio and is attending college there while working at Jimmy John's. Bryce is 15 and is a sophomore at Pine Tree High School. He plays baseball and is on the high school fishing team. Kalyn is 10 and is also joining the White Oak family. She enjoys dancing, softball, and shopping with mom! I also have 2 wonderful step daughters. Rylie is 16 is a junior at Kilgore High School, she plays varsity volleyball and soccer. Kamryn is 12 and also attends school in Kilgore. She enjoys volleyball, soccer, and tennis. I also have a sweet 11 year old black lab named Harley and 2 cats, Nola and Storm. I am looking forward to an awesome year with your kiddo. Information You Might Want To Know: Birthday - November 16 Color - teal, purple, lime green Author - Nicholas Sparks and any children's author Candy - Sour Patch Kids, Reese's, any chocolate Drink - Sweet tea, cherry limeades, Dr. Pepper Scent - Vanilla, cinnamon Things I Love - colorful pens, scented markers, candles, bath and body works

Book Orders

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I just received exciting news! If we turn in a class order total of $50 by September 29, everyone will get a FREE book!! So….with that being said, I am moving our book due date up to Friday, September 29 at 12:00.  Please have all orders to me/or placed online by this date or before.

If you are placing an order online:

Go to Scholastic.com—-book clubs—parents, get started–enter class code:  1FVBM

 

 

 

Weekly News September 11-15

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Classroom Learning Goals

Spelling Words:  We will start our first Spelling this week.  Words are in your students planner.  Test Friday.

Math:  We will be continue counting a mixture of coins to find a value.

Reading:  Students will understand how to use prior knowledge/schema to help them infer and make predictions.

Social Studies: Students will be learning the importance of our American symbols.

This week’s classroom news!

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Classroom Learning Goals

Spelling Words:  We will be reviewing first grade sight words.

Math:  We will be reviewing skip counting and students will be counting a mixture of coins to find a value.

Reading:  Students will understand the plot of a story and make a connection between reading.  We will be reading multiple books by Kevin Henkes.

Science: We will be learning about the water cycle.

Important dates to remember!!
Monster Truck Show – September 9th at 7:30 Lone Star Speedway
Parent Orientation – September 19th

Meet Mrs. Mann

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Meet Mrs. Mann

I am so excited to be your child’s second grade teacher and to be joining the White Oak family! I have been teaching for seventeen years. I taught 12 years in Pine Tree  and 5 years in Flower Mound.  I received my Bachelors in Education from The University of North Texas.  I just got married this past Saturday to Scott.  He is a coach in Gladewater.  Together we have 5 awesome kids.  My oldest Trey is a 2015 graduate of Pine Tree.  He lives in San Antonio and is attending college there while working at Jimmy John’s.  Bryce is 15 and is a sophomore at Pine Tree High School.  He plays baseball and is on the high school fishing team.  Kalyn is 10 and is also joining the White Oak family.  She enjoys dancing, softball, and shopping with mom!  I also have 2 wonderful step daughters.  Rylie is 16 is a junior at Kilgore High School, she plays varsity volleyball and soccer.  Kamryn is 12 and also attends school in Kilgore.  She enjoys volleyball, soccer, and tennis.  I also have a sweet 11 year old black lab named Harley and 2 cats, Nola and Storm.  I am looking forward to an awesome year with your kiddo.

Information You Might Want To Know:

Birthday – November 16

Color – teal, purple, lime green

Author – Nicholas Sparks and any children’s author

Candy – Sour Patch Kids, Reese’s, any chocolate

Drink – Sweet tea, cherry limeades, Dr. Pepper

Scent – Vanilla, cinnamon

Things I Love – colorful pens, scented markers, candles, bath and body works