Upcoming dates to note:
• Performing and Visual Arts T-shirt Day - Friday, February 7
• Valentine's Day - Friday, February 14
• Junk to Funk Show - Wednesday, February 19
• Last Day of Winter Term - Friday, February 21
• Spring Break - February 22 - March 9
Reminders:
Second Grade Responsibilities and Expectations:
As we enter the second half of Grade 2, please help your child take ownership of their personal materials and responsibilities which include: bringing and turning in Take Home folders, taking home and practicing “Just Right” books, and keeping a nightly log of reading. Students can grab a fresh log in the classroom if they need another. We expect that all second grade students are reading for a minimum of 20 minutes each night.
***UPDATE: Grade 2 Pirates are responding well to increase in responsibility…thanks for your support!
Lexia Practice:
While students login and practice Lexia in class, we recommend that students practice a total of 60-80 minutes per week. Please ask your second grader to do Lexia practice at home at least twice a week to supplement their in-class sessions.
This Week in Second Grade:
Ringing in the Year of the Horse! The Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team performed the customary Lion Dance for the Carmel Campus in celebration of Nian, or Spring Festival. Xin nian hao! Be sure to check out the video here:
Reading/Writing/Spelling:
• Reading Workshop/Independent Reading: practice reading independently at "just right" level, with an emphasis on building stamina. Teacher/student conferencing about reading; fluency checks and comprehension book talks
• Birthday & Superstar letters
• Writing Workshop: Fairy tale genre – Drafting and editing our stories. Weaving in the elements of traditional fairy tales (special beginning, royalty, 3’s 7’s 12’s, love, wishes coming true, good vs. evil, magic, happy ending)
• Read Aloud: Bravery Soup, Cendrillon
• Fundations: Letter sound drills, tapping out words to encode, digraphs, blends; building words on magnetic letter boards; closed syllable type and how to "mark" this syllable type; Dictation writing: sounds, words, and sentences
• Browsing Box: Shifting the focus to Rocks and Presidents to compliment new units of study in Science and History
• Book talks: Several new additions to the class library. Special thanks to the Moms who have been helping to organize and level our books!
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
• Bravery Literature Packet: Jack and the Beanstalk assignment:
1. Complete story sequence charts.
2. List story characters and their characteristics on the back of the chart.
3. Write a paragraph which discusses whether they think Jack did the right thing by stealing from the giant / and why
Singapore Math:
Mr. Rogers Group:
• Wrapping up Workbook A (books have been sent home)
• Solving multi-step word problems with mixed operations
• Multiplication and Division math sprints
• Unit 6 Assessment (also sent home)
Mrs. Ford's Group:
• Multiplication facts and patterns
• Review of learned concepts in Units 1 - 5
• Multiples of 2 and 3
• Math games and puzzles
Science:
• Launch of Rocks and Minerals unit of study
· Sharing what we know about rocks
· Observing Rocks: How are they the same and different?
Technology:
• Keyboarding practice
Gardening:
• How to pack a Zero Waste lunch
Social Cognition and Toolbox:
• Using your “filter” when in a group setting
• Social Thinking practice (considering others' feelings and perceptions)
• Introduction of Courage tool
• Being an “upstander” – conversation with Mrs. Barrow
• Performing and Visual Arts T-shirt Day - Friday, February 7
• Valentine's Day - Friday, February 14
• Junk to Funk Show - Wednesday, February 19
• Last Day of Winter Term - Friday, February 21
• Spring Break - February 22 - March 9
Reminders:
Second Grade Responsibilities and Expectations:
As we enter the second half of Grade 2, please help your child take ownership of their personal materials and responsibilities which include: bringing and turning in Take Home folders, taking home and practicing “Just Right” books, and keeping a nightly log of reading. Students can grab a fresh log in the classroom if they need another. We expect that all second grade students are reading for a minimum of 20 minutes each night.
***UPDATE: Grade 2 Pirates are responding well to increase in responsibility…thanks for your support!
Lexia Practice:
While students login and practice Lexia in class, we recommend that students practice a total of 60-80 minutes per week. Please ask your second grader to do Lexia practice at home at least twice a week to supplement their in-class sessions.
This Week in Second Grade:
Ringing in the Year of the Horse! The Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team performed the customary Lion Dance for the Carmel Campus in celebration of Nian, or Spring Festival. Xin nian hao! Be sure to check out the video here:
Reading/Writing/Spelling:
• Reading Workshop/Independent Reading: practice reading independently at "just right" level, with an emphasis on building stamina. Teacher/student conferencing about reading; fluency checks and comprehension book talks
• Birthday & Superstar letters
• Writing Workshop: Fairy tale genre – Drafting and editing our stories. Weaving in the elements of traditional fairy tales (special beginning, royalty, 3’s 7’s 12’s, love, wishes coming true, good vs. evil, magic, happy ending)
• Read Aloud: Bravery Soup, Cendrillon
• Fundations: Letter sound drills, tapping out words to encode, digraphs, blends; building words on magnetic letter boards; closed syllable type and how to "mark" this syllable type; Dictation writing: sounds, words, and sentences
• Browsing Box: Shifting the focus to Rocks and Presidents to compliment new units of study in Science and History
• Book talks: Several new additions to the class library. Special thanks to the Moms who have been helping to organize and level our books!
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
• Bravery Literature Packet: Jack and the Beanstalk assignment:
1. Complete story sequence charts.
2. List story characters and their characteristics on the back of the chart.
3. Write a paragraph which discusses whether they think Jack did the right thing by stealing from the giant / and why
Singapore Math:
Mr. Rogers Group:
• Wrapping up Workbook A (books have been sent home)
• Solving multi-step word problems with mixed operations
• Multiplication and Division math sprints
• Unit 6 Assessment (also sent home)
Mrs. Ford's Group:
• Multiplication facts and patterns
• Review of learned concepts in Units 1 - 5
• Multiples of 2 and 3
• Math games and puzzles
Science:
• Launch of Rocks and Minerals unit of study
· Sharing what we know about rocks
· Observing Rocks: How are they the same and different?
Technology:
• Keyboarding practice
Gardening:
• How to pack a Zero Waste lunch
Social Cognition and Toolbox:
• Using your “filter” when in a group setting
• Social Thinking practice (considering others' feelings and perceptions)
• Introduction of Courage tool
• Being an “upstander” – conversation with Mrs. Barrow