It is hard to believe we are heading into the third week of October!
The cold weather is approaching. Please be sure your child comes to school with
a jacket or sweatshirt to wear out to recess. We go outside everyday.
We have a lot to share about what's been happening in our
classroom over the past two weeks...
In math, we are finishing up Unit 2, which focused on fact
strategies. Near Doubles, Turn Around Facts, and the Making Ten strategy were
some of the strategies we practiced. The children will continue to use these
strategies while playing games during guided math and completing their math
journal pages. The children will be taking the Unit 2 assessment next week.
When the completed assessment comes home please be sure to sign and return it
to school. In Unit 3, more fact strategies will be developed with a focus on
solving subtraction facts. Frequent
practice of addition and subtraction facts will help second graders develop
math confidence and fluency.
During writing, the children are continuing to work on their
personal narrative stories. The children are learning how to edit and revise
their stories so they can write a final draft. They are also beginning to write
creative, descriptive monster stories. The students will have fun designing and
writing about their own monsters!
On Wednesday of next week students will be bringing home a
homework assignment titled “Looking Back” Please help your child find a photo
of a recent special event/ moment from their life to use for this assignment.
Please help them attach this photo to the homework sheet, then help them use
the homework sheet to brainstorm all about the photo. The students will use the photo and
brainstorming sheet to write the first draft of their next personal narrative
story. It is always so much fun to see all the wonderful pictures the children
bring in! This homework assignment is
due back on Friday, October 18th. There will be no other homework
next week.
Daily 5 is up and running and the children are doing a
wonderful job! In our small reading
groups we have been focusing on predicting,
making connections and retelling strategies. Over the next few weeks we will
focus on identifying important story elements (characters, setting, problem,
solution). The children will be using the “five finger” strategy in small
reading groups to identify the elements and retell stories. These are skills
that we will practice throughout the school year.
During science the children have visited the desert, rainforest
and the pond habitats! While visiting these three habitats we have learned all
about the animals and plants that live in each habitat and what they need to
survive. We have also discussed how the plants and animals in these three
habitats depend on each other to survive. The children did a great job writing
a blog about their visit to the rainforest, enjoyed playing trivia during their
visit to the desert, and wrote letters to landowners persuading them about the
importance of preserving the pond habitats. Next week we will visit the ocean
habitat and collect and share data like scientists. During the week of October
21st the students will break into groups and conduct research on
three of the habitat with the library media specialist. As a conclusion to this
amazing science unit each student will create a shoebox diorama on the habitat
of their choice. If you have not sent in
a shoebox for your child please send one in by next week.
Our first class celebration, the Harvest Party, will be on Thursday,
October 31st. Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. Longo, and myself have work together to organize the
celebrations for us this year. If you have any questions or concerns
about the parties please me contact me. Thank you so much for all the donations
that have come in to help support our classroom parties! It is always a
wonderful time for the children!
Thanks
for all you do and have a wonderful long weekend!
October
14th- No school Columbus Day
October
15th- No School Professional Development
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