I hope everyone has had a chance to get back into the swing of things. I was so impressed with how students jumped right back in the week after break. We had to be SUPER quiet due to testing and they did a great job. Just a reminder that our upper grades are finishing up their standardized testing on Monday and Tuesday of this week and there are no visitors allowed in the building as we have adjusted schedules. Our normal schedule will resume on Wednesday.
Please be sure to mark your calendar for the important dates below.
Important Dates:
April 23-April 27th- Teacher Appreciation Week
April 30th- US Cafe Spirit Night
May 1st- Arts Night
May 2nd- Volunteer Appreciation
May 10th- K-2 Field Day
May 11th- 3-5 Field Day
May 18th and 19th- Teasley Musical
May 22nd and 23rd- Early Release
May 23rd- LAST DAY OF SECOND GRADE!!!!!
Below you will find an outline of the topics we will be covering in class this week. Please be sure to check and initial the agenda every night and that your child is reading each evening for thirty minutes. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :) Be sure to ask them if they have completed their weekly lit circle reading!
Please be sure to mark your calendar for the important dates below.
Important Dates:
April 23-April 27th- Teacher Appreciation Week
April 30th- US Cafe Spirit Night
May 1st- Arts Night
May 2nd- Volunteer Appreciation
May 10th- K-2 Field Day
May 11th- 3-5 Field Day
May 18th and 19th- Teasley Musical
May 22nd and 23rd- Early Release
May 23rd- LAST DAY OF SECOND GRADE!!!!!
Below you will find an outline of the topics we will be covering in class this week. Please be sure to check and initial the agenda every night and that your child is reading each evening for thirty minutes. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! :) Be sure to ask them if they have completed their weekly lit circle reading!
- Reading: Comparing and Contrasting Non-fiction and Fiction passages on the same topic
- Finding the main topic of a multi-paragraph text
- Literature Circles
- Finding the main topic of a multi-paragraph text
- Learned Words (review)
- please
- eat
- pretty
- every
- again
- Daily 5 Centers
- Read to Self, Read to Someone, Word Work, Work on Writing, Listen to Reading
- Phonics Focus- Vowel Teams- ai vs. ay
- ai is used in the beginning and middle of a word
- ay is used at the end of a word
- Fluency- Reading like we talk, changing our voice when reading quotes
- Writing: Writing to Texts- responding with narratives, opinion, and informational
- Grammar Focus: Context Clues
- Science:
- Life Cycles
- Math:
- Even and Odd- Proving how we know
- Building Arrays- Connecting multiplication to repeated addition
- Addition and subtraction strategies within 1,000
- Until the end of the year we will continue to work on our math strategies withing 1,000. These strategies include: Open Number Line, Place Value, Expanded Form, and Base 10. We also use Partial Sums but this is an addition strategy only.
- Please do not teach your child the standard algorithm (Carrying and borrowing). This is not yet developmentally appropriate or conceptual for their understanding.
- One and Two Step Word Problems within 100
- Please continue to count your pennies, nickles, and dimes, and quarters and practice telling time to the nearest half and quarter hour.