Dates to Remember...
Mon. Oct. 2 - Sept. Reading Logs due
Tues. Oct. 3 - Fall Picture Day
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Fri. Oct. 6 - Progress notes go home with all students
Sign up for Fall Conferences (Oct. 24 & 25)
Mon. Oct. 9 - No School Columbus Day
Student Planners have finally arrived!! The students will begin using their new assignment notebooks on Monday. Look for them in backpacks every night. We will write assignments in them each day. No need to sign or initial them. It's a tool for the kids to keep organized and remind them of important events.
Reading - Our focus this week will be on collecting research and learning about text features. Students will be researching either hippos or the Aldabra Tortoise (both characters in Owen and Mzee). We'll discuss author's message and relate it to the essential question, "How can stories help us learn life lessons?"
We will focus on shared research. The students will find important information from both a text and digital source and put those facts into an expository paragraph.
Grammar focus will be on verbs.
Reading Logs are due on Monday, October 2. Our class voted to have a Stuffed Animal Day for everyone who returns a completed log. We'll decide on a day next week. Please do not send a stuffed animal on Monday...
Math - We will be counting and looking for patterns within 1,000 this week, then take a chapter test midweek. Our next chapter, Numbers to 1,000, will focus on place value of numbers to 1,000.
THANK YOU to our PTO for the wonderful Bucket Filler Assembly this week! We are officially a Bucket Filling School! You'll be hearing more about this in the coming days. Ask your child if they have helped fill a bucket today!
New Student of the Week - Zoe
Estimation Jar Winner - Austeja
Positive Paw Winner - Ben
Dates to Remember...
Wed. Sept. 27 - Bucket Filler Assembly
Early Dismissal
Fri. Sept. 29 - Go For the Goal Reading Incentive Day
Wear your favorite Cubs sports team shirt 😊
Mon. Oct. 2 - Sept. Reading Logs due
Tues. Oct. 3 - Fall Picture Day
Fri. Oct. 6 - Progress notes go home with all students
Mon. Oct. 9 - No School Columbus Day
THANK YOU to the families who donated money to purchase books from the Book Fair. I was able to buy 10 new books for our classroom library! We love our new books!!
Reading logs are due on or before Mon. Oct. 2. Our class voted to have a stuffed animal day as their reward. All students who returned completed logs will be able to bring in a stuffed animal for the day. Date to be decided later.
Thank you for filling out the Name Jar information this week. We had some wonderful conversations about the origin of the students' names. Students designed their own name stamp and wrote in their journals about their names.
Reading - Next week we will read the text, Owen and Mzee. It is a story about 2 animals that formed a bridge of friendship, that also helped them live happier lives. Discussion will focus around author's purpose and we'll talk about using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words in a text.
Grammar focus will be on plural nouns.
Math - This week we'll continue to work on place value with tens and ones. We will find many different ways to write a 2 digit number and we'll find patterns to problem solve.
Estimation Jar Winner - Andrea
New Student of the Week - Natalie
Positive Paw Winner - Natalie
Dates to Remember...
Mon. Sept. 18 - Name Jar paper due
Thurs. Sept. 21 - Book Fair and Ice Cream Social
Wed. Sept. 27 - Bucket Filler Assembly
Fri. Sept. 29 - Sept. Reading Logs are due
Tues. Oct. 3 - Fall Picture Day
Name Jar Assignment
All students brought home a Name Jar questionnaire on Thursday. Please fill it out and return it to school on Monday, Sept. 18. We will be sharing them in class. Thank you to those that have already returned it!
Reading - This week we will do a close read of Weird Friends: Unlikely Allies in the Animal Kingdom. We will read to determine the main purpose of a text and also discuss how specific images in a book help to clarify the text. Next we will read, The Name Jar. The story is about a little girl who recently moved to America from Korea and is getting used to a new school.
Math - We will begin a new chapter in math this week, Number Concepts. We'll work with odd and even numbers as well as determining the value of digits in a two digit number.
Science - We learned about the Fruit Group this week. We read about Queen Anna Banana and how fruits contain Vitamin C, which helps our skin heal. We'll learn about the Grain Group next week, represented by Prince Waffle.
New Student of the Week - Max
Positive Paw Winner - Andrea
Estimation Jar Winners - Max, Tracy, and Ben
I enjoyed meeting with all of you last night for Curriculum Night! I hope I answered some of your questions about what is ahead for your child in 2nd grade. Feel free to email me anytime with your questions or concerns.
Dates to Remember...
Mon. Sept. 11 - Magazine Drive Kick Off
Week of Sept. 11 - MAP Testing Reading and Math
Thurs. Sept. 21 - Book Fair and Ice Cream Social at Ide
Wed. Sept. 27 - Early Dismissal
Bucket Fillers Assembly
Tues. Oct. 3 - Fall Picture Day
Reading - We'll continue to launch our Daily 5 routine by working on Word Work and Listen to Reading.
We'll begin our first Literacy Unit, Friendship. We'll read books and do activities focusing on "What it means to be a good friend". We'll discuss character traits and compare and contrast various characters in the texts. We'll also practice making text to text connections.
Reading logs - Your child should be reading 20 minutes most nights. Please encourage them to read and record their titles in their reading log folder.
iPads - We spent time today discussing proper care, use, and safety of the iPads. We also reviews the basic functions of the iPad. Please help in reinforcing responsibility with your child's device. They know to be sure it's fully charged when arriving at school each day and they are not allowed to download any apps or take pictures at home.
Math - We will continue to talk about subtraction strategies this week. We'll use use drawings and bar models to represent problems, make equal groups to solve problems, and we'll look at arrays to write an addition sentence. We'll finish the week with a chapter review and test.
Positive Paw Winner - Tracy
Estimation Jar Winner - Kaitlyn
New Student of the Week - Kaitlyn
Birthdays - Austeja Sept. 9
Andrea Sept. 28
Dates to Remember...
Mon. Sept. 4 - No School Labor Day
Thurs. Sept. 7 - 2nd Grade Curriculum Night (Parents only please)
Fri. Sept. 8 - iPad distribution
Week of Sept. 11 - MAP testing Reading & Math
Wed. Sept. 27 - Early Dismissal
Reading - We will continue benchmark testing this week. Our class is focusing on building community and getting to know each other. We've been going over expectations for Daily 5 and have been building stamina during Read to Self and Read to Someone. This week we will work on Work on Writing and Word Work. We've talked about Good Fit books and have "shopped" for books to use during Daily 5.
Reading Logs - Your child brought home a reading log inside a colored folder today. Second graders are expected to read for 20 minutes most nights. After your child has completed their reading log, read for 21 days, initial their folder and return it to school. The class will be voting on a special reward for everyone who returns their completed reading log!
Math - We've been working on addition strategies to help us add. We've been learning some new math games this week and we'll use them in our "Work Places" (stations) next week.
Science - We have started a unit on Nutrition and have been introduced to the Royal Food Family. This week we learned about the Milk Group and why it is important to eat foods from all 5 food groups. Next week we will learn about King Henry the Egg and the Meat Group foods.
New Student of the Week - Kylah
Estimation Jar Winner - Peter
