February 12, 2016

Dear Families,

We had a great Valentine’s Celebration! Thank you to the parent planners! The children really enjoyed the ice cream sundaes! There were such creative Valentine's Boxes! 

Here is what is happening in the Second Grade Team:

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, Feb. 15/ Tuesday, Feb. 16- No school (February Break)

March 1^st:  Milk and Cookies Night 6:00-8:00 PM

March 14^th: Science Fair  6:00-8:00

March 22^nd: Second Grade Spring Concert  7:00-8:00

March 25^th: Good Friday, No School

Language Arts: The Second graders continued to work on Book Clubs. Students are experts on reading and discussing their books!  They’ve learned how to predict, monitor and clarify, question and summarize. Next week we’ll finish up our book clubs and begin to find great informational books to read for our next unit of study.

Word Work: Students are working hard in their Wordly Wise Workbooks, studying vocabulary and gaining stamina in reading and completing the vocabulary assignments. Continue to practice vocabulary at:

www.WordlyWise3000.com

Writing: We are finishing up our Realistic Fiction stories! Many have taken their pieces through the writing process and have shown great patience while revising and editing over and over again. Many are working on publishing and are eager to share their writing. Next, we will begin to work on writing paragraphs.

Math: This week we began our study of Unit 6. We have worked on solving different number stories using a diagram called “quantity, quantity, difference. We then tried to solve many different types of problems choosing the best diagram to help us organize the problem (start, change, end and part, part, total) depending on whether or not the problem is an addition problem or a subtraction problem. Please log on to the Everyday Math Website to practice skills. Try out the tutorials, they are really helpful!

Social Studies: In Social Studies we learned about the responsibilities of the Mayor as we continue to learn more about government. We also had a “Cabin Day” where we focused on Habit 3, First Things First. Your child should be able to discuss the importance of this habit!

Genius Hour: We prepared our folder for Genius Hour! We'll start our informational writing and reading unit soon and Genius Hour will be perfect for this unit. More information to come!

Learning at Home:

*Math Homelinks

*IXL math, Everyday Math and Xtra Math Websites

*Read (15-30 minutes per night)

*Wordly Wise (vocabulary practice)

*Blog (great writing practice)!

Have a great weekend! Enjoy the winter break!