Thank you again to all who volunteered and/or donated to our
Harvest Party on Friday. The celebration
was a big hit and the children had so much fun eating, dancing, and playing
games together. Jess Pilat did a
fantastic job organizing the party for us!
It’s hard to believe that we are already beginning the month
of November. Term 1 ends on November 6th
and conferences are coming up on November 23rd and 24th. In preparation for progress reports and
conferences, we will begin doing some end of term assessing this week.
For spelling this
week the rule will be on the 3 sounds of long “a”- ai, a_e, and ay. Spelling lists will consist of words with
these long “a” sounds. We teach the
children that the best way to learn which spelling pattern goes with which word
is to PACTICE and READ. The more you see
the words, the better the chances of remembering the spelling. Also this week we will assess the children on
the 100 High Frequency Words for 2nd Grade. This list can be found in your child’s Take
Home folder.
The children are really impressing us with their writing skills. Many of them have finished at least one
personal narrative story. We have begun
the editing process, learning about adding to and changing our writing to make
it more clear for the reader, as well as how to grab our readers by using a
“Lively Lead”. We will have more
opportunities to show what we’ve learned about personal narrative writing this
week.
We began Unit 3 last week in math. This week we will
touch upon how addition and subtraction are related to one another. The children will be bringing home Fact
Triangles to help them practice their addition/subtraction math facts. We will also begin to look at some useful
strategies for subtraction. Our hope is
that by introducing the various strategies, each child will click with at least
a few they can use independently. While
we ask them to practice and give these strategies a try, children are always
encouraged to use what works best for them on a daily basis.
Upcoming Dates:
Monday,
November 2nd- Conference Forms Go Home
Friday,
November 6th- Conference Forms Due Back to School
Wednesday,
November 11th= No School (Veteran’s Day)
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