It was a pleasure meeting all of the children last
week! I can already tell that it's going to be a great year! I hope you had a
wonderful long weekend! We have a lot to look forward to this week. Here is a
glance into what will be happening in your child's second grade classroom this
week. Along with continuing to get to know one another, we will also begin
establishing routines in many of our academic areas.
We will spend most of our reading blocks reviewing the Daily
Five structure. For those new to Robinson or those unfamiliar with Daily Five
it is a literacy structure that allows for differentiation in the
classroom and provides consistency. It is an integrated literacy instruction
and classroom management system that is used during our literacy block. While I am working with small groups for Guided Reading, the other children have literacy “tasks”
that include: Work on Words, Work on Writing, Read to Self, Read to Someone,
and Listen to Reading. It takes a few weeks for me to assess all of the children
and to determine their reading levels and while I am doing that, the children
will build their stamina in each of the "task" areas.
In math we will be continuing with Unit 1, which we began
last week. This unit does a lot of review of concepts learned in first grade
and allows time for us to establish math routines in the classroom. We will
focus on number scrolls and number grids this week as tools to help us solve
addition problems.
I will also be assessing the children on the 100-second
grade high frequency words. This is done periodically throughout the year to
see what words your child needs to practice. These words will become part of
their weekly spelling words that they will practice at school and home.
This week we will begin our first science unit, which is
"Plant and Animal Survival." The first lesson will focus on living
and nonliving. The students will have an opportunity to take a nature walk and to classify and graph the items they see during our walk.
Finally, we will also begin our first social studies unit on
"Apple Economics." In the first lesson, the students will learn about
the apple tree and the "goods" that come from the tree.
As you can see, it's going to be a busy week!! :)
Upcoming Dates:
- September 5th- No School for Labor Day
- Week of September 12th- Homework begins
- September 19th- Curriculum Night 6:00-6:45 for Second Grade
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