News & Notes for the Week of October 1st
We're Learning so Much...it's Scary! |
Spelling Please click on the link below to access our weekly spelling list on Spelling City! List #3: 2-Letter Blends Lunch Menu Please click on the link below to access the monthly lunch menu. Lunch Menu | Dates to Remember Wednesday, September 26th: 3rd Grade Reading Law Parent Meeting @6pm in the Elementary Cafeteria Friday, September 28th: Early Dismissal at 11:08am Friday, September 28th: Homecoming Football Game Friday, October 19th: Early Dismissal at 11:08am |
We're Learning So Much...It's Scary!
Here's What's Happening In Second Grade!
During math, we will continue our exploration of how to identify odd and even numbers. We will also review and expand our knowledge of place value. We will be doing lots of hands-on games and activities including: creating and building numbers with base-ten blocks, making place value trees, and playing a game called "Place Value Spin." We'll also be working in our interactive math notebooks. We use our notebooks to complete our daily word problems and practice our other math skills with pockets, flaps, and lots of glue!
This week we will begin working on our second Writing Boot Camp piece called Secret Sergeant Riddles. We'll continue to learn about the steps in the writing process and work on conveying our thoughts and ideas clearly.
Karate, Candy Cars, and Trucks...Oh My!
Little Monster of the Week
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News & Notes for the Week of September 17th
Spelling Please click on the link below to access our weekly spelling list on Spelling City! Passwords came home on Friday! List #2: Short e, o, and u Lunch Menu Please click on the link below to access the monthly lunch menu. Lunch Menu | Dates to Remember Wednesday, September 19th: All-American Karate Demo for 2nd Grade Students Permission slips due Monday! Friday, September 21st: Scholastic Book Orders Due Friday, September 28th: Early Dismissal at 11:08am |
We're Learning so much...it's Scary!
Here's What's Happening in Second Grade!
Our text for this week will be A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon. We'll be learning all about how to identify and describe the main character of a story. We'll also be learning how to write or retell a summary of a story. A summary retells the events of a story in a much shorter version. Our grammar skill for the week will be learning how to put words in ABC order. Everyone did a great job of studying spelling words at home last week. Spelling City passwords came home on Friday and you will now be able to access the paid subscription to Spelling City. I have assigned several practice activities on Spelling City, so please encourage your child to sign in at home and practice their words using this amazing tool.
Last week we kicked off Writing Boot Camp and we are in the process of learning our writing chant. This chant is designed to help your student remember the writing process, so you might hear them singing about brainstorming, writing, revising, editing, and publishing in the coming weeks! We've already started working on our first personal narrative and the final product will be a fun paper bag book.
During math, we will focus on identifying patterns on a hundreds chart, skip counting by 5's and 10's, and classifying a number as odd or even. We will be using a really fun web-based game called "Splat Square" to identify patterns on a hundreds chart. You can try it out at home by clicking HERE!
Hands-On Math
Little Monster of the Week
News & Notes for the Week of September 10th
Spelling Please click on the link below to access our weekly spelling list on Spelling City! List #1: Short a and Short i | Dates to Remember Wednesday, September 12th: Picture Day Friday, September 21st: Scholastic Book Orders Due Friday, September 28th: Early Dismissal at 11:08am |
We're Learning So Much...it's Scary!
Here's What's Happening in Second grade!
If you have not yet turned in all of your back-to-school paperwork, please do so as soon as possible. If you need additional copies of paperwork feel free to contact me and let me know how I can help you. Also, if you have not signed up for Remind, please scroll down to the previous blog post and sign up. This is a great way for us to stay connected!
Next week, our first spelling list will be introduced in class. You can access the list at home by clicking the link at the top of this post. A spelling packet will come home every Monday. I provide these packets because several of our second grade families do not have access to the internet or a computer at home. These spelling packets and the Spelling City website are both great ways to review spelling words for the week. We will not spend a lot of our in-class time working on spelling words, so this is something that students will be responsible for studying at home on a weekly basis. Our weekly spelling tests will take place each Friday.
Our very special Monster of the Week will begin the week of September 17th, so please come back and visit the blog to see who our special person of the week will be! When your child is Monster of the Week, you can find all of the information you need to know by clicking on the "Monster of the Week" tab at the top of this site.
Friendship Sushi
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Mrs. Brunt is a third grade teacher at Whiteford Elementary.
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