Last week we studied snowflakes and Snowflake Bentley. Be sure to ask your student about the man who photographed snowflakes!
Friday's Class Party
We are counting down the days until our pajama party! If you are planning on sending in any items could you please email me or jot me a quick note so I know which supplies are covered and what is still needed. Thank you to everyone for your contributions.
Last week we studied snowflakes and Snowflake Bentley. Be sure to ask your student about the man who photographed snowflakes!
Last week we studied snowflakes and Snowflake Bentley. Be sure to ask your student about the man who photographed snowflakes!
Holiday Celebration
We will be having an in-class celebration next Friday December 23. We are going to be joining with Mrs. Dunham's class for a pajama party, games, and cookie decorating. If you would like to send in one of the following items, it would be greatly appreciated.
- little waters or juice boxes
- holiday plates/napkins
- plastic knives
- sugar cookies in a holiday shape (plain)
- frosting (red, green, white)
- sprinkles (holiday themed)
December 12
This week students will continue to work on their all about books. They are squeezing their brains to write more and more details, write for an audience, and hook their readers right from the start.
We will be reading Snowflake Bentley in class this week. Students will work on retelling the information they learned and present it through an in class project.
In math, we will re-visit addition and subtraction facts that use ten and facts that use doubles. We will continue to make line plots and be detectives with place value.
We will be reading Snowflake Bentley in class this week. Students will work on retelling the information they learned and present it through an in class project.
In math, we will re-visit addition and subtraction facts that use ten and facts that use doubles. We will continue to make line plots and be detectives with place value.
November 28
Our measurement module has students up and moving throughout the classroom. Students are making estimates, choosing the appropriate measurement tool, and recording their measurements using unit labels. We've measured with inches, feet, and yards. This week the students will be introduced to centimeters and meters, as well as begin a measurement project.
In reading, we will be reading multiple non-fiction books on one topic. We will be learning how to find information that goes together and builds on what we already read. Students will be discussing similarities and differences in their books.
Our All About Matter books are almost ready to be published! This week students will begin writing their glossaries, table of contents, and covers. The students are becoming experts!
November 21
Picture re-take day is Monday November 21!!!
This week we will be taking a virtual field trip to Plimoth Plantation! (http://www.plimoth.org/)
Students will explore the Mayflower and learn about the first Thanksgiving feast.
We will be talking about what it means to be thankful and writing about things we are thankful for.
This week we will be taking a virtual field trip to Plimoth Plantation! (http://www.plimoth.org/)
Students will explore the Mayflower and learn about the first Thanksgiving feast.
We will be talking about what it means to be thankful and writing about things we are thankful for.
November 14
Picture Re-Takes November 21.
This week we will continue to work with measurement. Students will be creating their own yard sticks and measuring larger distances.
If you have any of these supplies at home, we would love some donations!
- paper towel tubes
- toilet paper tubes
- buttons
- ribbon/yarn
- small items (beans, old toys, old cards, erasers, etc.)
- anything else you or your child finds that would be fun to measure!
Students are reading non-fiction texts in the classroom. We have been focusing on keywords and reading to understand what these keywords means so that we can understand more about a topic. Please continue to have your student read nightly!
This week we will continue to work with measurement. Students will be creating their own yard sticks and measuring larger distances.
If you have any of these supplies at home, we would love some donations!
- paper towel tubes
- toilet paper tubes
- buttons
- ribbon/yarn
- small items (beans, old toys, old cards, erasers, etc.)
- anything else you or your child finds that would be fun to measure!
Students are reading non-fiction texts in the classroom. We have been focusing on keywords and reading to understand what these keywords means so that we can understand more about a topic. Please continue to have your student read nightly!
November 7
We had a busy week in Second Grade! Students made Oobleck and had some great discussions around it's state of matter.
We worked on more problem solving in math and continued to show multiple methods to solve problems.
This week we will begin our measurement module in math. Students will be making their own rulers. We will begin writing our All About Matter books in writing, and continue to read informational books in reading.
Thank you all for meeting with me last week at Parent Teacher conferences. A few reminders I wanted to send home:
1. Seesaw - Please log into your child's Seesaw account. Through out the year I will be updating their portfolios with words they are working on reading or spelling, math facts or skills to practice, and of course their selfies.
2. Homework - Please have your child continue to read nightly. On occasion your child may come home with practice work to be completed at home. This is for extra repetitions in a skill area to help your child grow and learn. For those of you looking for some home extensions, Mr. Dutton has a list of links students can use at home. Check them out on his website http://www.sau90.org/centre-school/technology/pages/websites-used-at-centre
Important Dates:
Field Trip on Wednesday November 9th
No School on Friday November 11th
Pictures From our Halloween Fun!
Supplies
We will begin our Measurement Module next week. If you have any of these supplies at home, we would love some donations!
- paper towel tubes
- toilet paper tubes
- buttons
- ribbon/yarn
- small items (beans, old toys, old cards, erasers, etc.)
- anything else you or your child finds that would be fun to measure!
- paper towel tubes
- toilet paper tubes
- buttons
- ribbon/yarn
- small items (beans, old toys, old cards, erasers, etc.)
- anything else you or your child finds that would be fun to measure!
Happy Halloween
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Today we will be having our school wide Halloween Parade at 1:30 p.m. Our class party will follow.
Please be sure to sign into your child's Seesaw account to stay directly connected to what they are working on in the classroom.
This week we will continue to work on our How To writing. We will be wrapping up our place value unit in math and continuing to become experts in reading.
Liquid into Solid
Today I dumped 4 ounces of water over a student's head, but he did not get wet!?! Ask your student about what happened. :)
October 24
Important Dates:
October 25 and 27 - Parent Teacher Conferences
October 28 - NO School
October 31 - Halloween Parade at 1:30 p.m. -please have students bring their costumes to school.
The students have been working hard on their opinion writing. This past week the students worked to stretch their opinions and supporting reasons over a booklet. The used linking words and worked to develop concluding statements.
Students have been working with expanded notation and applying place value to word problems in math. We learned a new game, place value toss, to practice building numbers, writing numbers, and stretching numbers. This week students will solve number riddles and represent numbers in more than one way.
Our reading stamina is back on track and we are reading more and more! The students re-visited the expectations for reading with partners this week and talked about their reading with each other. Students have been jotting notes as they read and turning those jots into written retells.
October 17th
Today is Picture Day!!!
We enjoyed a visit to the fire station this past week. Students crawled through a pretend tunnel of smoke with a firefighter and sat inside a fire truck.
Students have been writing their opinions about favorite foods and least favorite foods. They have been working on describing their opinions and making the reader feel the same way.
This week, we will continue to work with place value and building numbers. We will focus on expanded notation and comparing numbers.
Please check your child's Blue Eagle folder for your finalized conference time.
We enjoyed a visit to the fire station this past week. Students crawled through a pretend tunnel of smoke with a firefighter and sat inside a fire truck.
Students have been writing their opinions about favorite foods and least favorite foods. They have been working on describing their opinions and making the reader feel the same way.
This week, we will continue to work with place value and building numbers. We will focus on expanded notation and comparing numbers.
Please check your child's Blue Eagle folder for your finalized conference time.
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