10/6/16

News From Second Grade - 10/6/16

Dear Parents,

        It has been a busy short week here in second grade!  Here are some of the highlights…

         Lockdown - As you know, a district wide practice Lockdown was held on Tuesday morning. Our second graders did an amazing job with this practice and following the protocol to keep everyone out of site and safe.  Great job Second Graders!

        Coyote Coupon Celebration -Our school wide celebration took place today.  It was fun to see all the scarecrows that had been created by each classroom!  What an amazing show of Team Work!! Second graders were proud to show off their Three Little Pigs scarecrows. Mrs. Lee’s class created Little Piggy #1. Ms. Lavoie’s class created Little Piggy #2. Mrs. Wight’s class created Little Piggy #3.

Math - Math groups continued this week, Tuesday thru Thursday. Our second grade learners are adjusting well to the new schedule and are completely submerged in all things Numbers and Operations in Base Ten. Skills covered in this unit include:

• Understand that the 3 digits of a 3 digit number represent hundreds, tens and ones.
• Read and write numbers to 1,000 using base ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.
• Count within 1,000; skip count by 5’s 10’s, 100’s
• Compare 3 digit numbers using <,>,=.
• Add and subtract within 100
• Add up to four 2 digit numbers
• Add and subtract within 1,000
• Mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 from numbers 100-900
• Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work using place value and the properties of operations.

Spelling - Reminder- Due to this being a four day week and next week being a four day week, our Week 4 spelling homework will continue into next week.This will extend our spelling practice/homework and we will test on Friday the 14th.  

Reading Logs should have been returned today. Next week’s log will be adjusted and sent home on Tuesday. Keep up the great work.

Science - Our very own Gary Innman came in and did an amazing presentation on bees and pollination. It was spectacular with so much great information!  Bees are truly interesting creatures that play a significant role in the pollination of many of our foods!

Social Studies -Second grade met as a whole group today to learn a bit about Christopher Columbus and why we celebrate him on this coming Monday.

Writing - Students have been learning about simple and compound sentences. We have been doing lots of practice with these types of sentences which has included both identifying them and writing them.

Reading - Reading continues to focus on story elements.  Through the use of many wonderful stories, we are asking students to identify characters, setting, problem and solution.  We have been doing this together as a whole group, with partners and now we are asking students to respond to these features in writing on their own.  

         

Have a wonderful extra long weekend!!

Sincerely,

The Second Grade Teachers

Calendar of Upcoming Events

   October

10/7 ~ No School (Workshop day)

10/10 ~ Columbus Day (no school)

10/14 ~ Grandparent’s Day (9:00 - 10:30am)

10/25 - Picture retake day (AM)

10/25, 26 & 27 - Tooth Fairies