WELCOME NEW 2ND

GRADERS

YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE GREATEST CLASS IN THE HISTORY OF CLASSES

You are a

HIGGINS HERO!!!

REMEMBER THIS SAYING:

I’m not a

ZERO, I’m a

HIGGINS HERO

You will have a great time this year and you

will learn LOTS AND LOTS of important

things.

You will also have LOTS and

LOTS of FUN.

You will learn how to read really hard

books (easy ones,

too.)

How to figure out words

you’ve never seen before

Like: humungous, brilliant and

extraordinary

How to understan

d the meaning of

a story

. . . and you will love it even more than eating

pizza.

You will learn how to WRITE with

the pointed end

of the pencil . . . . .

. . . . and will be able to write

GREAT stories

with TONS of DESCRIBING words

Like: humongous, brilliant, and extraordinary

You will get to learn new

things in math, like:

How to add and

subtract 123,456,789+ 876,543,210

854,321,865- 732,110,452

How to regroup

(I’ll explain that later)

How to solve story

problemsThere were 3 flying purple people

eaters in the pumpkin patch. 2 of them ran off to join the circus, how

many were left?

How to multiply

2 X 2 = 4 4 X 2 = 10

5 X 5 = 25 10 X 4 = 40

2 X 4 = 8 10 X 8 = 80

How to measure

things

You will also get to

learn about different shapes.

You will learn about

regular people who

became Heroes

You will learn about your

community

and your place in it.

You will learn about

gravity

You will learn how to be a HIGGINS HERO

You will get to sing

and do art

projects

Do we get to do

homework?

Yes, you do!

YAY!!!

What about class work?

You get lots of that, too.

YAY!!!

This is going to be the

best year - EVER

I’m not a ZERO, I’m a

HIGGINS HERO