Hello!
Life in 2nd grade is not slowing down anytime soon....here's what we've been up to and some information you need to know:
In ELA we have started Unit 2. In this unit we'll be focusing on the skills of author's purpose, classification, steps in a process, context clues, and graphic sources. We'll also be working on contractions, antonyms, and quotation marks.
Last week we read the story "Three Hens and a Peacock." Have your child tell you about the story! We also worked on nouns and contractions. This week we'll be talking about steps in a process as we read "Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie."
In Math we've finished the first half of Module 3-working with place value. We took our Mid-module assessment on Friday and will continue our work with Module 3 today.
In Science have wrapped up buoyancy and are looking forward to sharing the boats we've created! We'll take a turn towards a social studies focus for a few weeks now, discussing more about maps and communities. Our next Science unit, Erosion, will start in December.
We have Friday Parent Reader Openings! This Friday, 11/3 is available, December 1st, 15th, and 22nd and almost every Friday January-May in 2018. Let me know if you're interested in this Friday, 11/3! I'll have the sign-up calendar available during parent conferences as well.
Here are the upcoming Share topics for November:
Week of 10/30- Sharing the boats we created
Week of 11/6- No Share this week (it's a crazy week with no school for students on Tuesday and Friday)
Week of 11/13- Share a favorite Thanksgiving food item you enjoy
Week of 11/20- No Share this week (Thanksgiving vacation Wednesday-Friday)
Week of 11/27- Free Share- Share whatever you'd like (or tell us about your Thanksgiving)
I'm sure your child won't let you forget that tomorrow is Halloween and a half day of school! :)
Students should bring their costume to school in a bag-we will have time to change and get ready at school. The Halloween parade will be at 10:00am-all parents are invited to come watch!
Have a spooky fun week!
Mrs. France
Monday, October 30, 2017
Friday, October 13, 2017
Update!
Hello!
I hope everyone is finding time to enjoy this Fall Weather!
Here's a little bit of what we've been up to this week...
We finished Module 2 in math-overall students did a great job on what is one of our more "tricky" assessments! We've started Module 3 and are taking an in depth look into place value and how we can use place value skills to be efficient counters. Did you hear how we started off the unit yesterday? We found an efficient way to count up 981 straws! We started by bundling groups of 10, then bundled those into groups of 100.
We are wrapping up unit 1 of our ELA work and will be taking an assessment next week. We WILL still have new sight words and homework next week, but no spelling test on Friday. The best way to help your child prepare for our ELA assessments is to read together and discuss what you are reading. For this assessment your child will be required to independently read two of the stories and listen to the other two.
For some Social Studies fun this week Miss Vachereau had us create maps of the classroom. The class learned about the different types of maps and different elements they might find on a map or put on a map they create.
We have a few more activities we'll be doing to explore buoyancy. Here are a few pictures of the fun we had exploring the different loads our boats could hold.
I hope everyone is finding time to enjoy this Fall Weather!
Here's a little bit of what we've been up to this week...
We finished Module 2 in math-overall students did a great job on what is one of our more "tricky" assessments! We've started Module 3 and are taking an in depth look into place value and how we can use place value skills to be efficient counters. Did you hear how we started off the unit yesterday? We found an efficient way to count up 981 straws! We started by bundling groups of 10, then bundled those into groups of 100.
We are wrapping up unit 1 of our ELA work and will be taking an assessment next week. We WILL still have new sight words and homework next week, but no spelling test on Friday. The best way to help your child prepare for our ELA assessments is to read together and discuss what you are reading. For this assessment your child will be required to independently read two of the stories and listen to the other two.
For some Social Studies fun this week Miss Vachereau had us create maps of the classroom. The class learned about the different types of maps and different elements they might find on a map or put on a map they create.
We have a few more activities we'll be doing to explore buoyancy. Here are a few pictures of the fun we had exploring the different loads our boats could hold.
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| Using ceramic masses to test our boats. |
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| How many will your boat hold? |
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| Oops! This boat was carrying a load too heavy for it's size! |
What's coming up:
October 16th - 31st: Collection for Puerto Rico hurricane victims
October 31st: Halloween! Parade at 10:00am, 1/2 day for students, parent conferences in the afternoon.
Monday, October 2, 2017
October News
Happy October!
It's hard to believe we're in the season of costumes and candy...doesn't it feel like we just celebrated Labor Day?
Here's a bit more of an update of what we're up to these days:
In ELA, we're starting rotations of Daily 5 jobs. Ask your child what they did each day-Teacher Table, Read to Self, Word Work, or Listen to Reading. To get us in the swing of things we're only doing one rotation this week, next week we'll do 2 a day, allowing your child to practice their reading and spelling words in a variety of ways!
Our story this week is "Miss Nelson Has a Field Day." We'll be discussing story elements such as setting, character and plot, as well as compare and contrast. We'll be tested on this in a couple of weeks, so any chance to have your child compare/contrast two things would be great.
We are working on Narrative stories for writing. Today we discussed that a narrative story is a true event, tells about a small moment, and uses a lot of descriptions and details-we need to use our 5 senses when we're writing!
In Math we're finishing up our work with measurement this week and will have a math test Wednesday, 10/11. Today we explored finding the difference in measurements of two lines. We've been discussing how whenever we read the words "how much" (how much shorter/longer is line A than B, etc.) it is usually a clue to subtract. Your child will benefit from any extra practice using this language (How much taller are you than your brother? How much longer is the couch than the chair?) and strategies to subtract!
We're starting our first science unit this week-Buoyancy! We will be exploring the properties of objects that allow them to either float or sink.
Did you hear about our student teacher-Miss Vachereau? She started last Tuesday and will be here every Tuesday-Friday until the beginning of December. We are excited to have her and help her on her education journey!
A note will come home with these topics but here are the Share Topics for October:
Week of 10/2- Show or Tell about a hobby you have or a sport you play
Week of 10/9- Tell us about your favorite Fall activity
Week of 10/16- We will share "Candy Book Reports" we've created in school.
Week of 10/23- Bring a picture to tell about a previous Halloween costume you've had (not this years costume!)
Week of 10/30- Boats! (More information will come home, as this will be the culminating activity of our unit on Buoyancy)
Don't forget we have no school Monday, 10/9. Enjoy the Columbus Day Weekend!
Have a great week!
Mrs. France
It's hard to believe we're in the season of costumes and candy...doesn't it feel like we just celebrated Labor Day?
Here's a bit more of an update of what we're up to these days:
In ELA, we're starting rotations of Daily 5 jobs. Ask your child what they did each day-Teacher Table, Read to Self, Word Work, or Listen to Reading. To get us in the swing of things we're only doing one rotation this week, next week we'll do 2 a day, allowing your child to practice their reading and spelling words in a variety of ways!
Our story this week is "Miss Nelson Has a Field Day." We'll be discussing story elements such as setting, character and plot, as well as compare and contrast. We'll be tested on this in a couple of weeks, so any chance to have your child compare/contrast two things would be great.
We are working on Narrative stories for writing. Today we discussed that a narrative story is a true event, tells about a small moment, and uses a lot of descriptions and details-we need to use our 5 senses when we're writing!
In Math we're finishing up our work with measurement this week and will have a math test Wednesday, 10/11. Today we explored finding the difference in measurements of two lines. We've been discussing how whenever we read the words "how much" (how much shorter/longer is line A than B, etc.) it is usually a clue to subtract. Your child will benefit from any extra practice using this language (How much taller are you than your brother? How much longer is the couch than the chair?) and strategies to subtract!
We're starting our first science unit this week-Buoyancy! We will be exploring the properties of objects that allow them to either float or sink.
Did you hear about our student teacher-Miss Vachereau? She started last Tuesday and will be here every Tuesday-Friday until the beginning of December. We are excited to have her and help her on her education journey!
A note will come home with these topics but here are the Share Topics for October:
Week of 10/2- Show or Tell about a hobby you have or a sport you play
Week of 10/9- Tell us about your favorite Fall activity
Week of 10/16- We will share "Candy Book Reports" we've created in school.
Week of 10/23- Bring a picture to tell about a previous Halloween costume you've had (not this years costume!)
Week of 10/30- Boats! (More information will come home, as this will be the culminating activity of our unit on Buoyancy)
Don't forget we have no school Monday, 10/9. Enjoy the Columbus Day Weekend!
Have a great week!
Mrs. France
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