Congratulations to all the students for a fantastic performance on
Friday! All of their hard work certainly
paid off. Thank you to all who could
join us for the Dr. Seuss show.
This week will be a bit out of our routine with conferences, but
here is a look at what we'll be learning in the classroom...
We will begin the next math unit, which is "Whole Measurement
Operations & Measurement and Data".
The lessons we'll be doing this week will look at finding differences
between 2-digit numbers and multiples of 10.
We'll also do a practice open response problem where the children will
solve an addition problem with four or more addends. They will have an opportunity to show their
work, explain their thinking, and revise their work as needed. On Friday we'll spend time playing games that
practice various math skills we've been working on.
Our reading groups will continue their work comparing fiction and
non-fiction texts that share the same topic.
Some of the topics we're exploring are penguins, wolves, and trees.
We are moving on to a new continent this week- South
America!! On Tuesday we will
"travel" from Rome, Italy to Brasilia, Brazil. We'll begin by looking at the continent as a
whole, and next week we'll explore Brazil and the amazing Amazon Rainforest in
a bit more depth.
Writing for the beginning of third term will focus on Poetry. This
week we'll just be introduced to this topic.
We'll discuss what we already know about poetry, share some poetry with
the kids, and begin writing a few poems of our own. As we write our poems we'll be keeping them
here at school and sending them all home at once when we finish the unit. It's fun to see how creative the students can
get with their poetry!
I look forward to meeting with you on Wednesday and Thursday for
parent-teacher conferences. As a
reminder, there is a 2-hour delay on Wednesday (school will start at 11:05) and
there will be no school on Thursday.
Also, Tuesday will be school store for 2nd Grade.
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