Weekly Update 2/23

I hope you had a wonderful vacation! We are ready to get back to learning. This is our last week in the second term of second grade! This is what we will be doing this week...

Reading 

With the term coming to a close, I will be spending the week checking in with the children individually on their reading. We will also continue working on our comprehension skills while reading.

Writing

This week we will be doing our final Opinion writing piece, which is our second term writing prompt. I am eager to share their Opinion pieces at conferences. The students have really enjoyed this unit!

Math 

We will spend time this week on the following concepts: telling time to the quarter hour, multiple addend problems using base ten block pictures, compliments of 100, doubles facts, and collecting and recording data. 

Social Studies

We are still enjoying our time in Europe and will focus on the country of Italy this week. The kids will get to create their scrapbook page which focuses on the famous places in Italy. We will also enjoy making mosaics! 

*** Reminder that our class will try to snowshoe on Tuesday, February 24^th during Wellness class.  If the temperature is too cold, snowshoeing will be rescheduled again.  We will keep you posted.

*** On Friday, we will have our first rehearsal for our upcoming Second Grade Performance.   The big show will be on March 20th at 1:45- mark your calendars!!

Homework This Week

Unfortunately we have yet another short week to confuse the homework routine!!

-We picked out spelling words today, so the children should practice those words throughout the week and be prepared for the spelling check-in on Friday. 

- Please have your child read for 3 nights this week and answer the 2 comprehension questions on the back of the reading log.  The questions this week are about problem and solution, so fiction books will work best.  If your child is reading a chapter book and they haven’t come across the solution to the problem, they can simply write that they haven’t read about the solution yet. 

- A math practice worksheet will be sent home on Wednesday night and is due back on Thursday.

Thank you for your patience and understanding with these new routines.

Weekly Update 2/9

We are hoping to get in a full week of school this week before February Vacation!  Here are some of the things we’ll be working on throughout the week…

* Social Studies- We will be “visiting” our next continent, Europe.  This week we’ll learn about the continent itself, and following vacation we’ll focus on the country of Italy.  We will also have a quick mapping assessment at the end of the week.  The students will be expected to know the following vocabulary words:

map key, cardinal directions, compass rose, and continents

*Math- Last week we introduced the concept of subtracting with regrouping.  We will do some more practice with this throughout the week.  In addition, the students will be taking their Mid-Year math assessment on Tuesday.

 

*Language Arts- The spelling rule this week will be the hard and soft sounds of g and c.  The children’s spelling words will focus on this concept.  During our reading blocks we will begin checking in with students individually in preparation for the term 2 progress reports. 

  Now that our restaurant reviews are complete the children will have the opportunity to try out another review of their choice.  Some ideas we’ve come up with are movie reviews, book reviews, toy reviews, and reviews of a place (such as an amusement park).

 

*Friday will be our last class party.  We will exchange Valentine's and enjoy some fun time together before vacation.  Thank you to Katie's mom, Mrs. Hall, for coordinating our parties this year.

*Tuesday, February 10^th is School Store for Grade 2

*Please note that school will be closed from February 16th- February 20^th.  We hope you enjoy your break!

 

Weekly Update 2/2

Welcome back after another long weekend!  Due to the snow days last week and the late start to this week, we will be continuing with many of the concepts we started but didn’t have a chance to finish. 

 

Homework:  There will be no spelling homework this week.  The children should read Wednesday night and Thursday night for their reading log and choose 1 question on the back of their log to answer.  I spoke to the class last week about answering the questions thoughtfully and in complete sentences.  I look forward to reading their responses this week!  In addition, I will be assigning a math homework sheet for Wednesday night.  Please have your child return that to school on Thursday. 

 

Hopefully you are all aware that Wednesday will be a half day with an early release at 12:20.  Please let me know via email or a note if your child’s dismissal plans will be different than normal.

 

Lastly, I will be sending home a class list with the children this week so they can begin preparing their Valentine’s cards.  As always, it is voluntary to hand out Valentine’s to the class.  If your child decides to do so, please make sure they include all of the children on the class list.  Thank you for your understanding.