Upcoming dates:
- Free Dress Friday - Friday, September 26
- Toolbox Parent Night - Tuesday, September 30
- Green and White Day - Friday, October 3
- Homecoming Weekend - October 3 - 5
- Run In The Forest - Saturday, October 4
- Parent/Teacher Goal Setting Conferences- Friday & Saturday, October 17 & 18
- No Classes -Monday, October 20
- Free Dress - Friday, October 24
- Halloween Carnival - Friday, October 31
- Day Light Savings Ends - Sunday, November 2
- Veterans Day (classes in session) -Tuesday, November 11
- Free Dress - Friday, November 14
- Canned Food Drive begins - November 17
- Grandparents and Special Friends Day; Last Day of Fall Term- Friday, November 21
- Thanksgiving Break - November 22 - 30
- First Day of Winter Term: Monday, December 1
Announcements and Reminders:
We welcomed our new student, Bill T. to our class! He arrived from Vietnam last weekend and began school with us on Monday. We have enjoyed getting to know Bill and helping him get to know and adjust to our class and school. Please be sure to say hello and welcome Bill when you meet him!
Student Profile: We have received most student profiles from families. Thank you for taking the time and care to share this invaluable information with us. If you have not yet completed your child's student profile, please do so as soon as possible.
Thank you!
Assessments: We are continuing to administer assessments in math, reading, writing, and spelling.
This Week in Second Grade:
In summary, here is what we have been working on in Grade 2:
Reading/Writing/Spelling
- Reading Workshop/Independent Reading -Reading and choosing "just right" books; Fluency - what are the elements of fluency and how to work on them; Habits of good readers, Keeping a reading journal
- Read Aloud: A Chair for My Mother
- Lexia
- Spelling/Fundations: review of letter/sounds and digraphs
- Spelling Assessments: Words Their Way; Fry's First Fifty
- Reading Assessments - sight word reading, decoding, fluency and comprehension
- Imagery/Visualization writing
- Writing Workshop: rehearsing and "moving through" small moment story; begin first draft
Literature Discussion with Mrs. Peiken
- "Sorry" and discussion
Handwriting Without Tears
- Frog Jump Letters: F, E, D, P, B, R, N, M
Singapore Math
- Numbers to 1000 - Comparing and ordering numbers and values; Number patterns; Review of Chapter 1 concepts and test
- Addition and Subtraction- Meanings of Addition and Subtraction: finding the whole when given two parts (addition); finding the missing part when given the whole and one part (subtraction); writing 4 equations in fact family when given two parts and the whole.
- Math Challenges and Problem Solving
- Math Tiles - Addition and Subtraction Balance Tiles; Add-A-Dot Tiles; Tens and Ones Place Value Tiles
- Kakooma Math Puzzles
Science
- Reflecting on Keva building project and writing an entry in science journal
- Problem solving
- Creation of garden rules
- Walk through garden and draw a picture of something in the garden
- Orange and clove project for Farmers Market
Social Cognition and Toolbox
- Practicing Toolbox and "using your tools"
- Practicing "Whole Body Listening" (Connecting with eyes, ears, brain, and heart to listen to speaker)
- Read Aloud books reflecting on social thinking: You Are a Social Detective, What is a Thought (A Thought is a Lot)