Hi Everyone!
I hope you are enjoying the nice weather. We are just starting our "Character Project" and we have started writing a book about one of our favorite characters from a book. Soon we will have a whole museum of characters to display.
Along with the books that we make, we will be crafting a character using a Pringles can, which means we could use a lot of them!! If you like Pringles and can send more than one in, that would be greatly appreciated (since not everyone eats them). Thanks so much for your help, and I look forward to seeing what these very creative kids come up with this year! :)
Find out what's happening in our classroom and stay up to date on information!
Monday, April 23, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Upcoming News!
Hello!
I wanted to give you all a heads up on a few things that are happening in the classroom the next couple days.
-In Math (as you may know from the packet that came home) we just started Unit 3. This unit is all about measurement. We are just finishing lesson 18 and with that comes a mid-unit test. You will see a review coming home Thursday for that.
-In writing we are making "lab report" books and learning about how scientists write. Ask about the experiments your child is doing and what they are learning about force and motion. :)
...and finally, in Reading we have some very exciting events coming up! The kids don't know this quite yet and we are keeping it a surprise until Friday. We are going to be doing a March Madness "Book Tournament." Throughout the month, kids will be reading the books that are in the tournament and voting on which ones they liked better. They will also be filling out a bracket and they have a chance to see if they predicted the most books correctly and the 2nd grade favorite book or winner of the bracket at the end of the month. Here is how it works:
-Everyone will fill out a "prediction" bracket
-Everyone will get a packet that shows the books that "play" against each other (the book with the most 2nd grade votes moves on to the next round)
-When the voting begins - students can only vote if they have read both books that are playing against each other (and have written a brief summary about the book in their packet)
Below are the titles of the books in the tournament and they are listed against the book that are playing against in the first round. This may be important for you to know because although we have each of these books in the classroom, some of them we only have one copy of and will have to share. Some kids may want to read some of these books on their own from the library or if you have access to them.
I wanted to give you all a heads up on a few things that are happening in the classroom the next couple days.
-In Math (as you may know from the packet that came home) we just started Unit 3. This unit is all about measurement. We are just finishing lesson 18 and with that comes a mid-unit test. You will see a review coming home Thursday for that.
-In writing we are making "lab report" books and learning about how scientists write. Ask about the experiments your child is doing and what they are learning about force and motion. :)
...and finally, in Reading we have some very exciting events coming up! The kids don't know this quite yet and we are keeping it a surprise until Friday. We are going to be doing a March Madness "Book Tournament." Throughout the month, kids will be reading the books that are in the tournament and voting on which ones they liked better. They will also be filling out a bracket and they have a chance to see if they predicted the most books correctly and the 2nd grade favorite book or winner of the bracket at the end of the month. Here is how it works:
-Everyone will fill out a "prediction" bracket
-Everyone will get a packet that shows the books that "play" against each other (the book with the most 2nd grade votes moves on to the next round)
-When the voting begins - students can only vote if they have read both books that are playing against each other (and have written a brief summary about the book in their packet)
Below are the titles of the books in the tournament and they are listed against the book that are playing against in the first round. This may be important for you to know because although we have each of these books in the classroom, some of them we only have one copy of and will have to share. Some kids may want to read some of these books on their own from the library or if you have access to them.
Monday, January 22, 2018
This Weeks Newsletter
Quick reminder that Tuesday, January 23rd is a very short day (kids are released at 10:55). Have a great week!! :)
Friday, January 5, 2018
Next Week!!!
Happy Weekend!!!
I hope that everyone had a great break from school and enjoyed the holidays! Just a few updates for here at school:
Next week in writing we are starting opinion writing. Our first opinion piece will be about one of our favorite books and include a lot of details about why they like it, character traits and other information. In order to write a detailed and persuasive opinion piece, students will be using the book as a reference. Some kids mentioned that they want to write about a book that they have at home, so if they could bring them to school on Monday that would be great!
Next week the testing window for the iReady assessment on the computers opens up. Your child will be taking a math test on the computers on Tuesday morning and a reading test on Wednesday afternoon.
Have a great weekend!!!
Friday, December 1, 2017
Monday, November 20, 2017
Newsletter 11-20-17
Happy Thanksgiving!!! I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend.
Just a quick reminder (although most of you know from conferences) the big packet of Unit 2 math stuff is the unit that we are just starting. We have just finished Lesson 8 (double digit subtraction). Next week we will be starting lesson 9! :)
Just a quick reminder (although most of you know from conferences) the big packet of Unit 2 math stuff is the unit that we are just starting. We have just finished Lesson 8 (double digit subtraction). Next week we will be starting lesson 9! :)
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