We have had a fun filled week
of learning! This was supposed to be our first full week back, but the
weather made it a little tricky. Please know that we appreciate all your
communication if your child is going home a different way.
Colonial Day
Today, the kids enjoyed Colonial Day! They look AMAZING in
all their Colonial attire. Thank you for taking the time to help your
child dress for the day!
They had so much fun applying all their hard learning on Colonial
times to six different stations. They played 9 pin and marbles like
Colonial kids did. They made butter and enjoyed their hard work on a
piece of bread. They also made cornmeal dough to play with. We had
learned that in Colonial times that they kept warm under quilts, so today each
student designed a quilt square and we made a classroom quilt. Finally,
all the students made a silhouette picture of themselves.
A huge thank you to everyone who sent in supplies and to the
parents who came to help - this day would not have been a success without
you!
Field Trip
On Wednesday, we will be going to Rock Bridge High School to visit
the planetarium. The students will get to watch a video on the rounded
screen in the planetarium. They will also get to look at the stars and
learn about constellations. We will leave at approximately 9:15 on
Wednesday morning and will be back at school around 10:45 a.m.
Six Flags Read to Succeed
The Six Flags Read to Succeed
paper came home on Monday. Students are encouraged to read 6 hours and
log their reading. If they read 6 hours, fill out the form (and get
it signed by parents) and return it to Mrs. McKinzie by March 1, 2018, they
will receive a free ticket to Six Flags. We have one student who has
already turned in their form.
Brrr....It's Cold
Weather turned
super cold last night and it will continue to be cold all next week.
Please make sure that your child has a coat, gloves, hat, scarf, etc. We
will not go outside for recess if the temperature or wind chill is 10 or below,
but we try to go out whenever we can. Even if we don't go outside for
recess your child needs to be bundled up to walk to and from the building!
Chat and Chew
Coming home in
your child's Friday Folder are two yellow sheets for Chat and Chew. This
is a club that meets during the day to encourage reading! Second grade
options for for Chat and Chew are Ready Freddy: Tooth Trouble, Freckle
Juice, and Humphrey's Treasure Hunt Trouble. If your
child would like to join the club, they will ask be asked to read their
assignment at home and meet during lunch with a parent volunteer to discuss the
book. This will begin in February and end in April. To participate,
please fill out the enrollment form and return to school by next Friday,
January 19th. If you have any questions you can contact Jen Medley (3rd grade teacher).
What's Been Happening in
2nd Grade
Math:
- We will
also learned to use an open number line to help solve word problems.
An open number line is blank and the students only fill the numbers needed
to solve the problem. We briefly introduced them this week to the
concept of finding out how much change they will get back. Next week,
we will be working on strategies for adding and subtracting 10 and 100
from a number.
- We did
send home the Home Links for Unit 5. Please know that we are only
half way through Unit 5, so students have not been taught all concepts and
may not be able to complete the Home Links. Also, Home Links are
simply another resource for students to use as homework if they would
like. They are not required to complete them or bring them back to
school.
Writing:
- This
week, we identified text features that would be helpful to add to our
writing. Next week, we will start the publishing process. The
students were so creative as they made their headings this week. I
can’t wait for them to share their writing with you. Once this
writing is finished, we will start our next informational writing which
will be a Who Would Win book where they compare two similar topics and
choose the “winner.”
Reading:
- The
students did very well making text-to-text and text-to-self connections
this week. They were even able to make some text-to-world
connections as well. As students are reading at home, ask them about
connections they have made while reading. They can also make
connections to tv shows and movies to practice this skill. Next
week, we will start working on inferences. Inferences using schema
(background knowledge) and information from the text to figure out how the
character is feeling or why they are acting a certain way. We will
introduce this idea by digging through the trash. 😊
It will all be clean “trash” and the students will have to make
inferences about where the trash came from and how they know.
Word Study:
- Due to
the shortened week, we will not have word study words next week. The
spelling practice has been removed from homework, but students can still
practice past words if they would like.
Science:
- We
wrapped up our study of Colonial America today with Colonial Day. We
will be switching to science for our next unit. Students will be
learning about different ecosystems. They will be learning about how
animals and plants survive in these ecosystems and focus on how they get
water. We will also be tying this into our writing unit as well and
the students will be creating a visual that shows the ecosystem where
their animal lives.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Mrs. Ross
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