Weekly Update 10/19

We are looking forward to getting back to a regular routine this week in 2^nd grade.  Here are some of the highlights for the upcoming week:

Writing- Thank you for all your work at home helping your child brainstorm ideas for a story.  This week we will use those brainstorming ideas to create a personal narrative story.  They will have ample time to write their stories this week and next week we’ll begin talking about how to edit our writing. 

Math- Unit two finishes up this week with a look at Even and Odd Numbers.  We’ll look at how two even addends will always result in an even sum.  In addition, we will discuss Name Collection Boxes, Frames and Arrows Problems, and Solving Number Stories on a Number Line. 

Daily 5- Our focus lesson this week will be on Literary Elements (Characters, Setting, Problem, and Solution).  We will discuss and practice how to re-tell a story using all of these important elements.  The children are doing a fantastic job in their reading groups and we are enjoying watching them become independent in their use of many of the reading strategies we’ve been teaching!

Social Studies- We began learning about “Apple Economics” this past week.  Now the students will have an opportunity to be part of a play.  During the plays they will be using vocabulary and big ideas from the unit.  We hope this will help them learn the concepts in a fun, interactive way.  On Thursday we will also show a short video about apple production.

**The first 2^nd grade SCHOOL STORE will be on Tuesday morning.  We will have school store once a month this year.