Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

This has been a great week of school & I am looking forward to a few full weeks of school with the kiddos!

What's Happening in 2nd Grade:

• Math: We have continued our addition unit this week.  We have practiced adding 2-digit plus a 2-digit number with regrouping (carrying).  We have learned two different strategies to solve these problems (break-apart & hundreds chart) and we have started to practice solving these problems with the algorithm.  Next week, we will continue to practice solving addition problems with regrouping.
• Reading/Social Studies: We have read a variety of Martin Luther King Jr. biographies and articles.  We have practiced taking notes from what we have read and finding the evidence of to questions that are asked in the text.  Next week, we will continue reading nonfiction articles but will be focusing on the main idea of the article and also the main ideas of each of the paragraphs.  We will have word study next week and continue to focus on past tense words.  Next week spelling words are: snapped, dripped, zipped, shouted, cheered, spoiled, stirred, chopped, pointed & chained.
• Writing: We have finished our research for our first project on animals.  We took notes using online resources (PebbleGo) and from books.  We talked about the importance of organizing our notes into categories to help when we write.  Today we started writing our introduction/lead paragraph.  We had a conversation that our information writing has to have a lead just like our small moment stories.  Then we need to tell our reader what they will be learning (topic & main ideas) and then restate the topic.  Next week, we will continue to write our first informational writing.
• Science: Next week, we will be learning about how different types of water change the land (running water, standing water, glaciers).  The Missouri Department of Conservation will be coming on Tuesday to give a fun presenation to 2nd grade on raptors.

Board Game Celebration

The kiddos had so much fun playing board games today for their celebration.  The perk to this celebration is that they had fun but this time also worked on social skills.

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up during the week of February 13.  Coming home in your child's Friday Folder is a request form.  Please fill out the form and return it with your child.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  I am looking forward to talking with everyone! :)

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. Ross and Ms. Hackmann