Upcoming dates to note:
Flu Clinic (in Administration building) - Tuesday, October 15
Tide Pool Field Trip to Asilomar - Tuesday, October 15 (12:00 -2:30 PM)
Parent/Teacher Goal Setting Conferences- Friday & Saturday, October 18 & 19
No Classes - October 18 - October 21
Hacienda Hay and Feed Field Trip (Pumpkin Patch) with First Grade
Halloween Carnival -Thursday, October 31
Day Light Savings Ends - Sunday, November 3
Veterans Day (classes in session) - Monday, November 11
Canned Food Drive begins - November 18
Grandparents and Special Friends Day; Thanksgiving Tea - Friday, November 22
Thanksgiving Break - November 23 - December 1
Announcements and Reminders:
Field Trip: Thank you to the many volunteers who have requested to join us on our tide pool trip at Asilomar Beach. We are planning to break into small groups to explore and enjoy the tide pools and the beach. We will leave soon after the students have finished their lunches (12:00 PM) and we will return by 2:30 PM. Students may wear appropriate free dress for an afternoon at the beach. They should wear shoes which will allow them to safely walk on the rocks. Please put sunscreen on your second grader and have them dress in layers.
Goal Setting Conferences: We look forward to sharing your second grader's learning progress and setting goals in our conferences on Friday and Saturday, October 18 & 19. Please remember that our scheduled time for conferences is 20 minutes. We appreciate your timeliness, patience, and understanding. Our goal is to spend enough time with each family to review your second grader's progress and to set goals for the school year.
This Week in Second Grade:
In summary, here is what we have been working on in the second grade class:
Reading/Writing/Spelling
Literature Discussion with Mrs. Peiken
Handwriting Without Tears
Singapore Math
Science
Gardening
Social Cognition and Toolbox
Flu Clinic (in Administration building) - Tuesday, October 15
Tide Pool Field Trip to Asilomar - Tuesday, October 15 (12:00 -2:30 PM)
Parent/Teacher Goal Setting Conferences- Friday & Saturday, October 18 & 19
No Classes - October 18 - October 21
Hacienda Hay and Feed Field Trip (Pumpkin Patch) with First Grade
Halloween Carnival -Thursday, October 31
Day Light Savings Ends - Sunday, November 3
Veterans Day (classes in session) - Monday, November 11
Canned Food Drive begins - November 18
Grandparents and Special Friends Day; Thanksgiving Tea - Friday, November 22
Thanksgiving Break - November 23 - December 1
Announcements and Reminders:
Field Trip: Thank you to the many volunteers who have requested to join us on our tide pool trip at Asilomar Beach. We are planning to break into small groups to explore and enjoy the tide pools and the beach. We will leave soon after the students have finished their lunches (12:00 PM) and we will return by 2:30 PM. Students may wear appropriate free dress for an afternoon at the beach. They should wear shoes which will allow them to safely walk on the rocks. Please put sunscreen on your second grader and have them dress in layers.
Goal Setting Conferences: We look forward to sharing your second grader's learning progress and setting goals in our conferences on Friday and Saturday, October 18 & 19. Please remember that our scheduled time for conferences is 20 minutes. We appreciate your timeliness, patience, and understanding. Our goal is to spend enough time with each family to review your second grader's progress and to set goals for the school year.
This Week in Second Grade:
In summary, here is what we have been working on in the second grade class:
Reading/Writing/Spelling
- Reading Workshop/Independent Reading: Reading and choosing "just right" books; Habits of readers: reading a lot, practicing sight words and unknown words, talking about their reading, reading books at "just right" level, reading with stamina; Reading Journal: Recording book titles and making journal entries
- Read Aloud: The Trumpet of the Swan
- Spelling/Word Study - Long a and Short o brainstorm and word sort
- Writing Workshop -Continuing through the writing process, moving through and stretching a small moment (on paper, acting it out, and helping the reader "feel" what you intend them to feel); About the Author - writing in 3rd Person; Publishing: front cover, dedication page, Copyright page
- Lexia - continued practice
- Words Their Way Word Study
- History: Christopher Columbus reading and exploration wishes
- Independent Reading
- Super Star letter - friendly letter writing
- Listening Center - Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon
- Writing Workshop story
- Choice: Browsing Box, free choice read, works in progress
Literature Discussion with Mrs. Peiken
- Bag of Tricks - Folktales From Around the World : How Possum Asked for His Skinny Tail
- For next week, students should read the next story, Sly Gretel, in the literature packet before meeting with Mrs. Peiken. Due to our field trip, we have rescheduled our literature discussion class with Mrs. Peiken to Thursday. Students should have their story packets at home or in their take home folders. If they need another one, have them ask us for a new one.
Handwriting Without Tears
- Capital Partners; Tt
Singapore Math
- Adding two and three-digit numbers without renaming using standard algorithm,
- Subtracting two and three-digit numbers without renaming
- Setting up and solving word problems involving addition and subtraction within 1000, without renaming
- Using bar models to give pictorial representation of story problem
Science
- Tide Pool reading: survival defenses and adaptations of tide pool plants and animals
- Sea Star observation
- Aggregating Anemone close look and reading
Gardening
- Life cycle of the pumpkin
- Digging for bugs in the garden
Social Cognition and Toolbox
- Mind and Body breaks for better focus and productivity during class time
- The Breathing Tool: read aloud : Each Breath, A Smile; "Breathing Poem" share
- Practice Breathing, Patience, and Personal Space tools
- "What is it mean to be a good friend?" Student responses included: "A good friend is: respectful, truthful, cheery, kind, caring, including, sharing, trusting, grateful, thoughtful, playful, polite, supportive, helpful, and nice."