Sept. 29, 2017

Dear Families,

We had a busy week in school! Here are some highlights from our learning:

Reading- We continued to learn about character traits. We also practiced writing to a prompt based on our mini lessons. We looked deeper at the characters and tried to find out more about our characters based on what they say and do. How can you support your child's reading skills at home? Think about the characters in the books you are reading at home with your child. Talk with your child about the traits each character has (i.e. funny, sneaky, silly, mean). It can be fun to track if the character changed throughout the story!

Writing - The students learned how to use a circle map to help them plan out a story. Next, we learned about how to really grab our readers with a powerful lead. We started our first personal narrative and will work on revising and editing our stories next week. 

Math The students love working on their scrolls and challenge folders when they are done with their math assignments in class. We will be having our first math test this coming Tuesday, October 3rd. Please be sure you go over the review that was sent home at the beginning of the unit in preparation for this test. Thanks!

Social studies- We began our first unit with the students.  Our first unit is called, "What is a community?".  We will help students answer questions such as:

1. What is a community?
2. Why do families live in communities?
3. How are communities alike and different?

We started the week learning about ourselves and what kind of citizens we want to be this year. We talked about who we are and who we want to be. What are the words that describe our character traits? We also talked a bit about how our families are the same, but different.  We will continue with our unit next week as we look deeper into our what our community looks like by learning about maps.

Mrs. Carol our Mindful teacher will visit us next week! We'll send more information later when we set up a parent meeting date. 

Important dates to remember:

Tuesday, October 3rd Bingo Night (6:00-8:00 p.m.)

Wednesday, October 4th Picture Day and Count Day

Thursday, October 19th DCC Parent Meeting

Have a great weekend!

The Second Grade Team