Dear Families,
Important dates:
*September 29th: Picture day, Information and packets were sent home earlier this week.
*September 29th: DF Bingo Night: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
FUN RUN:
*October 4th: Early Fun Run Pledges due
*October 11th: Deadline for all Fun Run pledges and shout outs.
*October 14th: Fun Run! (Second Grade 10:40-11:00)
**If you have not signed up for Seesaw yet, please do so soon! Directions were sent home with your child’s passwords. We practiced today! We practiced taking photos and using our microphones to talk about our learning. Log on and check out your child's entry and comment or like! Last year, I purchased some earbuds because we noticed that it was hard to hear because of the background noise in the classrooms. Your child is welcome to use mine, (they've been cleaned, and stored in a baggy with your child's name on it), or you can send in an inexpensive pair (with a microphone) for your child to use this year.
We had our first assembly, which we are now calling a community circle. We went over expectations of showing leadership during this time and had our Fun Run Kick Off! Ask your child all about the Fun Run. Also, have them show you the signal we use to get everyone’s attention and what L.E.A.D. stands for!
Character Trait of the Month! Empathy
Please continue to talk about Empathy with your child and encourage them to complete some of the tasks from the Empathy menu. Next week, we'll send home a Seesaw assignment to demonstrate empathy using your Empathy Menu.
Thank you for your donations for KidBlog! If you want your child to bring in their own headphones with a microphone, please send a pair soon! These will come home with your child at the end of the year.
NWEA- we finished up our NWEA testing this week, woo hoo! This is a base line for the year that will help us to form our instruction. Students will take the NWEA again in the Spring to see their growth!
This week
We are continuing to work on behavior and learning expectations. Ask your child how the teacher gets their attention and what they do when they hear the teacher.
Language Arts:
This week we continued to focus on our Reading workshop/Learning shop Procedures. Students reflected on the types of readers that they are, and created reading goals. Ask your child what goals they have for becoming better readers!
In writing, students started created heart maps for writing ideas. We'll start our small moment stories next week!
Math: In math, we continued to review our routine for math Learning shop. Students had practice counting change and looking for patterns on a number grid. They also got started on their number scrolls and learned expectations for our math game center! We learned about patterns on a number grid and wrote about our strategy for adding ten in our Math and Writing Notebooks. We completed lessons 1-3 through 1-5 if you are following along with Home Links. These do not have to be returned to school, but are a good resource for reviewing concepts learned in school.
MakerSpaces and STEAM: This week the theme was “Build”. Students began with building and creating on their own with different materials. Then they had to create a specific structure. They had so much fun thinking and creating!
Have a wonderful weekend!
The Second Grade Teachers
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