Upcoming dates to note:
This Week in Second Grade:
Welcome back and Happy New Year! We welcomed the second graders to 2014 looking forward, setting goals, and writing an "action resolution".
Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Ford attended an in-service training (on campus) focused on reading and spelling instruction. We are excited to bring what we learned into the classroom!
Reading/Writing/Spelling
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
Bravery Literature Packet:The Girl and the Chenoo.
Singapore Math
Science:
Technology:
Gardening:
Social Cognition and Toolbox:
- Performance t-shirt day: Friday, January 10
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Monday, January 20
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Field Trip - Thursday, January 23 (Depart school 8:40 AM; return to school by 1:00 PM)
- Friday Free Dress - Friday, January 31
- 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
This Week in Second Grade:
Welcome back and Happy New Year! We welcomed the second graders to 2014 looking forward, setting goals, and writing an "action resolution".
Mr. Rogers and Mrs. Ford attended an in-service training (on campus) focused on reading and spelling instruction. We are excited to bring what we learned into the classroom!
Reading/Writing/Spelling
- Reading Workshop/Independent Reading: practice reading independently at "just right" level. Teacher/student conferencing about reading; fluency checks and comprehension book talks
- Literature Circle: "Phokey" (The Adventures of Phokey the Sea Otter); vocabulary introduced: weaned, orphan, jostled, churned, anxious, biologist, perish
- Friendly Letter Writing to Super Star
- Read Aloud: Oh, The Place You'll Go, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
- Browsing Box- Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights books
- Words Their Way: Short E words (CVC pattern) and Long E words (CVVC -spelled ee and ea) patterns and Words which do not follow the rules)
- Lexia (*Though students do login into and practice Lexia each week in class, we recommend that students practice 60 -80 minutes a week. Please ask your second grader to do Lexia practice at home at least twice a week.)
- Lexia - Differentiated Wordwork folder
Literature Discussion With Mrs. Peiken:
Bravery Literature Packet:The Girl and the Chenoo.
- Next week the students are reading The Girl and the Chenoo for the second time. The children have agreed to write a question about the story that they would like the class to help answer for them.
Singapore Math
- Multiplication: groupings, arrays and story problems
- Multiplication and Division: practice of facts and review of multiples
- Math games and puzzles
Science:
- The Kelp Forest habitat:life in the kelp forest - critter cards; vocabulary:
- The Sea Otter: Fun fact and activity booklet
Technology:
- Keyboarding practice
Gardening:
- Bird feeder project
Social Cognition and Toolbox:
- Social Thinking practice (considering others' feelings and perceptions)
- Practice Quiet/Safe Place, Breathing, Patience, and Personal Space tools
- Building Blocks to "Personal Best of Success": Hardwork, Cooperation, Friendship, Enthusiasm, Loyalty, Determination, Taking Action