Hope everyone had a great weekend! Report cards are coming home Monday, February 11. Along with them will be tests/work that support the grades your student has on his/her report card. Please take time to see in what areas your child may benefit from extra support from home. Often, Quarter 2 will show a little drop in the number of 4s achieved on report cards. Don't be concerned if that is your student's case. Quarter 3 usually is indicative of the growth in maturity second graders often show after the middle of the year in 2nd grade. Many students have already begun to show improvement in effort this quarter.
We are continuing our work in Place Value Addition this week, practicing the addition of three 2-digit numbers. Our EL unit is focusing on pollinators. Everyone is very excited about plants, flowers, fruits and pollinators right now. Remember to have students work on their Economics Day project they will offer for "sale" at the end of the unit. It involves so much less stress to spread out the activity instead of doing all at the last minute.
Remember to sign your child's reading log EVERY night. It is our classroom's WIG as well as our grade level WIG this quarter. It also noticeably improves fluency.
Thanks for all of you who could come out to the Awards Day Ceremony last Friday. The students really enjoyed it.
Have a great week!
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Third Quarter is successfully underway!
Welcome back! First, I want to thank all of you for your amazing generosity you showed me at Christmas. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!
This quarter is off to the best start yet. Students are meeting the goals they set for themselves and are working hard. The word that describes most of the day is respectful. I'm very proud of how much they have matured so far this year.
Upcoming events include Awards Day, February, 8, at 10:20 in the Media Center. Everyone will get an award.
In Math, we're working on place value with a closer look at comparison. In Literacy, we're learning about parts of plants and what they do in our unit, the Secret Life of Pollinators. Hope everyone has chosen a good to produce for the Economics Fair. Ask students about our plant experiment!
Have a great week!
This quarter is off to the best start yet. Students are meeting the goals they set for themselves and are working hard. The word that describes most of the day is respectful. I'm very proud of how much they have matured so far this year.
Upcoming events include Awards Day, February, 8, at 10:20 in the Media Center. Everyone will get an award.
In Math, we're working on place value with a closer look at comparison. In Literacy, we're learning about parts of plants and what they do in our unit, the Secret Life of Pollinators. Hope everyone has chosen a good to produce for the Economics Fair. Ask students about our plant experiment!
Have a great week!
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Welcome to 2nd Quarter! Everyone is getting back into routines and procedures, getting ready to learn in a new quarter. In Literacy, we are diving into fossils! We are exploring what paleontologists do and will eventually have a plaster of paris fossil dig of our own.
The Science Unit for this quarter is Weather. It's a great time to be looking at changes in temperature, wind, leaves, precipitation and barometric pressure.
Math focus is on word problems early in the quarter, with authentic stories involving comparison, change plus and change minus with unknowns in all positions. Getting a firm foundation in comprehension of what a word problem is telling us and asking us is crucial so we can write the matching equation and using what we know about properties of addition and subtraction, we can rewrite the equation as a solution equation.
Social Studies will be later on in the quarter and will involve learning about cultures.
We are excited about our classroom WIG! It is 100% of students will read 15 or more minutes every night Monday through Thursday nights! We will add our results with the rest of 2nd grade and chart on the hall graph. Please help your child read every night so we can be successful. When our class has 100% for the whole week, everyone will get 10 DoJo points, maybe more! More rewards will come if we keep it up.
Fun Run is Nov. 7 and we are having an assembly today to talk about it and get excited! We have jugs in front of the office to fill with change as we raise money for our school. All donations are needed and appreciated. Each grade level is in a contest to see which one raises more money. Send in your extra change if you can!
Awards Day for first quarter is coming up. I'll send more information on that when the date is finalized. Have a great week!
The Science Unit for this quarter is Weather. It's a great time to be looking at changes in temperature, wind, leaves, precipitation and barometric pressure.
Math focus is on word problems early in the quarter, with authentic stories involving comparison, change plus and change minus with unknowns in all positions. Getting a firm foundation in comprehension of what a word problem is telling us and asking us is crucial so we can write the matching equation and using what we know about properties of addition and subtraction, we can rewrite the equation as a solution equation.
Social Studies will be later on in the quarter and will involve learning about cultures.
We are excited about our classroom WIG! It is 100% of students will read 15 or more minutes every night Monday through Thursday nights! We will add our results with the rest of 2nd grade and chart on the hall graph. Please help your child read every night so we can be successful. When our class has 100% for the whole week, everyone will get 10 DoJo points, maybe more! More rewards will come if we keep it up.
Fun Run is Nov. 7 and we are having an assembly today to talk about it and get excited! We have jugs in front of the office to fill with change as we raise money for our school. All donations are needed and appreciated. Each grade level is in a contest to see which one raises more money. Send in your extra change if you can!
Awards Day for first quarter is coming up. I'll send more information on that when the date is finalized. Have a great week!
Monday, August 13, 2018
It's already the 3rd week of the year! We're off and running, learning to be Proactive by staying in charge of ourselves at school. We're beginning to get compliments in the hall and sometimes in Specials.
In Literacy, we're doing "close reading" with the book, The Invisible Boy, learning to think deeply about the concepts the author is presenting and support our opinions with text based evidence. We are learning the rules associated with the vowel teams, "ee", "ea", and the letter "y" as they all say the vowel sound long e in our skills block.
In Math, we've had a test on odd and even and using the number line to solve addition and subtraction problems to 20. We have begun working on mental math strategies and targeting the counting on strategy instead of the earlier strategy of counting all.
In some sweet news, a parent sent in surprise doughnuts on Friday, and we enjoyed them thoroughly! Also, one of our families has donated a basketball to our class. Thank you all so much and for the supplies you have brought in as well. We are very grateful!
News this week includes Friday's Early Release. We will be choosing clubs and students will write down their first 5 choices. Clubs will begin on the next Early Release Day. We will get out at 1:15. If you need to change your transportation plans, please send me a written note by Friday. Dojo messages will be accepted. Have a great week!
In Literacy, we're doing "close reading" with the book, The Invisible Boy, learning to think deeply about the concepts the author is presenting and support our opinions with text based evidence. We are learning the rules associated with the vowel teams, "ee", "ea", and the letter "y" as they all say the vowel sound long e in our skills block.
In Math, we've had a test on odd and even and using the number line to solve addition and subtraction problems to 20. We have begun working on mental math strategies and targeting the counting on strategy instead of the earlier strategy of counting all.
In some sweet news, a parent sent in surprise doughnuts on Friday, and we enjoyed them thoroughly! Also, one of our families has donated a basketball to our class. Thank you all so much and for the supplies you have brought in as well. We are very grateful!
News this week includes Friday's Early Release. We will be choosing clubs and students will write down their first 5 choices. Clubs will begin on the next Early Release Day. We will get out at 1:15. If you need to change your transportation plans, please send me a written note by Friday. Dojo messages will be accepted. Have a great week!
Monday, July 30, 2018
Welcome to 2nd Grade! We have been learning about following expectations around the school. This year we've graduated from "SWIMming" to "LEADing". L is for Lead by Example, E is for Exibit Safety, A is for Act Respectfully, and D is for Deliver Greatness. Our class has improved everyday so far and is becoming a class of focused leaders.
We have begun a new curriculum in Literacy called EL. You will hear more about it in the future. We all like the changes so far. We're still teaching the same standards but in a different format. The Math curriculum has also made some improvements with more of a focus on having a growth mindset and collaborating with our math community. With all that underway, I can say we're off to a good start.
The cafeteria would like you to know that lunch prices have increased to $2.55 for this school year. We eat at 12:35, and you are welcome to come eat with your child when you have the opportunity.
I did not send Monday folders home since there wasn't much to send yet. They'll go out next week. We're waiting on our subscription renewal to give out passwords for programs such as RAZ Kids, etc. Thank you for the wonderful supplies that you've been sending in and for sharing your children with me. They are a group of hard working, caring students, and I think we will have a very successful year!
We have begun a new curriculum in Literacy called EL. You will hear more about it in the future. We all like the changes so far. We're still teaching the same standards but in a different format. The Math curriculum has also made some improvements with more of a focus on having a growth mindset and collaborating with our math community. With all that underway, I can say we're off to a good start.
The cafeteria would like you to know that lunch prices have increased to $2.55 for this school year. We eat at 12:35, and you are welcome to come eat with your child when you have the opportunity.
I did not send Monday folders home since there wasn't much to send yet. They'll go out next week. We're waiting on our subscription renewal to give out passwords for programs such as RAZ Kids, etc. Thank you for the wonderful supplies that you've been sending in and for sharing your children with me. They are a group of hard working, caring students, and I think we will have a very successful year!
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
It's the last quarter of Second Grade, and it's almost June! How did that happen? You can find a few highlights of whats coming up under the tab "Calendar". Please make sure your child is getting enough sleep each night. This is the season of standardized testing, and although we don't do EOG, we do have a cumulative math assessment, reading/writing assessment and a foundational number knowledge test. I'm proud of the many accomplishments I see in the class, but I'd like to see everyone really work to improve their written responses to what they've read. Please encourage reading and responding every night. Remember: NO SCHOOL on next Monday for Memorial Day. Happy 4th Quarter!
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Welcome to 3rd Quarter!
It's hard to believe that half the year has already flown by. Hold on to your hats, this quarter goes very fast. Everyone has come back to school ready to work and seems to be a year older! Here are some things coming up on our schedule:
Ms. Kelly Lyons will come present a workshop to our second grade students. She has several books in our media center.
Report cards on Monday
Hurricanes practice on Feb. 21st
Enterprise Day will be toward the end of Feb. (Details coming in Monday folder)
Please look at the tab "Calendar" for important dates
In Math, we are wrapping up our study of time. We can tell and write time to 5 minute intervals, use digital and analog clocks, and tell whether the time is a.m. or p.m. Hold on to your pockets, money is next!
In Social Studies, we are beginning the unit on Economics. This is a fun unit, learning about producers and consumers, wants and needs and supply and demand. We end by having an Enterprise Day. Each student will produce a product, decide on a price and create a display. All the second grade will come shopping with the "school bucks" they've earned this quarter. Look for details in next week's Monday Folder.
Writing will include realistic fiction and then, poetry.
In Literacy, we are learning how a character responds to the problem/challenge in a story and how he/she finds a solution.
Keep students reading and responding at night. Happy Winter!
It's hard to believe that half the year has already flown by. Hold on to your hats, this quarter goes very fast. Everyone has come back to school ready to work and seems to be a year older! Here are some things coming up on our schedule:
Ms. Kelly Lyons will come present a workshop to our second grade students. She has several books in our media center.
Report cards on Monday
Hurricanes practice on Feb. 21st
Enterprise Day will be toward the end of Feb. (Details coming in Monday folder)
Please look at the tab "Calendar" for important dates
In Math, we are wrapping up our study of time. We can tell and write time to 5 minute intervals, use digital and analog clocks, and tell whether the time is a.m. or p.m. Hold on to your pockets, money is next!
In Social Studies, we are beginning the unit on Economics. This is a fun unit, learning about producers and consumers, wants and needs and supply and demand. We end by having an Enterprise Day. Each student will produce a product, decide on a price and create a display. All the second grade will come shopping with the "school bucks" they've earned this quarter. Look for details in next week's Monday Folder.
Writing will include realistic fiction and then, poetry.
In Literacy, we are learning how a character responds to the problem/challenge in a story and how he/she finds a solution.
Keep students reading and responding at night. Happy Winter!
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