Upcoming dates to note:
This week in the Ivy Nook
Welcome back! Adjusting to the time change and getting back into our regular routines, we are all working to get back in sync. We sure are enjoying the sunny days and the daylight into the evening!
Thank you for taking the time to meet with us this week for Parent/Teacher conferences. We are very proud of the progress each of our second graders has made and we look forward to continued success as we go forward into the spring.
Reading/Writing/Spelling:
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
• Dragon Series Packet - Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice
Singapore Math:
Mr. Rogers Group:
Mrs. Ford's Group:
Science:
• Mineral Observations - mineral profile sheets: scientific observations - record look, feel, and smell
• Feldspar and Sulfur
Technology:
• Keyboarding practice
Gardening:
- Performance T-shirt Day - Friday, March 14
- Zero Waste Week - March 17 - Mach 21 (see details in Pirate Log)
- Point Lobos Field Trip - Friday, March 28
This week in the Ivy Nook
Welcome back! Adjusting to the time change and getting back into our regular routines, we are all working to get back in sync. We sure are enjoying the sunny days and the daylight into the evening!
Thank you for taking the time to meet with us this week for Parent/Teacher conferences. We are very proud of the progress each of our second graders has made and we look forward to continued success as we go forward into the spring.
Reading/Writing/Spelling:
- Reading Workshop/Independent Reading: practice reading independently at "just right" level, with an emphasis on building stamina, journaling, building vocabulary, and completion of books.
- Teacher/student conferencing about reading; fluency checks and comprehension book talks
- Superstar and birthday letters
- Writing Workshop: Fairy tale genre – In the final stages of editing, publishing, and sharing our stories; similes and metaphors: how authors help their readers really see or feel their characters, mood, setting, etc.
- Read Aloud: The BFG
- Fundations
- Handwriting Without Tears: Ll; Kk; Capitals and Comma
- Lexia practice
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
• Dragon Series Packet - Guinea Fowl and Rabbit Get Justice
Singapore Math:
Mr. Rogers Group:
- Unit 9 - Money: Combining dollars and cents; forming equivalent values
- Kakooma math games
- http://gregtangmath.com/games - "Break Apart" practice
- Challenge Packets - advanced mental math practice
- Math Puzzles
Mrs. Ford's Group:
- Methods for mental subtraction - subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers mentally
- Breaking apart numbers to make equations "more friendly"
- http://gregtangmath.com/games - "Break Apart" practice
Science:
• Mineral Observations - mineral profile sheets: scientific observations - record look, feel, and smell
• Feldspar and Sulfur
Technology:
• Keyboarding practice
Gardening:
- Read aloud: Miss Rumphius
- Bird field guides