Weekly Update 1/30

Hello everyone! The past two weeks have been a whirlwind! We’ve been trying to stick with routine despite the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the professional development day, and the unexpected snow day. Here is a look at what we’ve been doing in Room 7…

Our Around the World Unit is going very well. We spent a few days over the past two weeks reviewing mapping skills and learning about North America. As we travel the world it’s important that we become familiar with the names of the continents we’ll be visiting. Here is a link to a song that is helping us do this:

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We also studied a little bit about Mexico and what it’s like to live there. As we visit each continent, the children will be making a scrapbook page to show some important information they learned about that part of that world. We started the the North America scrapbook page on Friday. This page shows some animals that are found on this continent and features a written portion that compares the United States to Mexico. We will be compiling the scrapbook pages into a large book that will be shared with families in the spring.


Our next destination…Asia!!!


The math lessons the past 2 weeks touched upon Open Number Lines and Change-To Number Stories (starting with a number, then changing that number by adding on to get a new number). We discussed this concept by looking at fish that increase their weight by eating other fish. The students also spent two math periods working on their math mid-year assessment.


On Monday the kids were given an opportunity to try out a new adaptive math program. We’ve been using both the Symphony Math Program, as well as a program called Dreambox (for those who worked on Symphony last year). On Monday the kids switched programs so they could experience something new. Both programs follow the Common Core Curriculum and allow students to move at a pace that allows them to learn and grow at their own individual pace. While they’ll be able to log on to their “new” program 2 days a week, they will still be required to do their “regular” program so they don’t lose momentum.

Our restaurant reviews are coming out awesome in writing! I’ve been so impressed by how convincing second graders can be! Many kids finished them up this week and began the editing process. Look for an email from me in the coming days, as the children are working on a fun way to share their reviews with you!!



We took a break from spelling last week and focused on Complete Sentences. We did several lessons and practice activities around sentences. I am beginning to see the transfer of this knowledge in our writing journals- so exciting!!

Coming Up:

- Look for class Valentine lists coming soon. We will celebrate with our last class party on Tuesday, February 14th.


February 8th- Early Release at 12:20 for Professional Development
February 14th- 2nd Grade School Store
February 14th- Valentine Party 2:00

February 17th- February Break begins at 3:05