On Friday there will be a math test covering everything we have done in Unit 2. This revolves mainly around strategies for basic addition and subtraction and application of these skills. Some aspects of Unit 1 will be integrated as well.
The second grade team will be sending home a Unit 2 Review this week. I plan on sending ours home on Wednesday. This can be worked on Wednesday and Thursday night for homework in preparation for the test on Friday.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Literacy Centers
We are working hard in our literacy centers. We are working on our phonics skills, grammar skills, reading skills, and writing skills.
Below is a picture of Archer working a verb sort during centers.
Here is a picture of one of our Word Work centers. Spencer was sorting laminated Scrabble tiles to spell spelling words with the "ch, sh, th" patterns.
Below is a picture of Archer working a verb sort during centers.
Literacy Training
I will be out on Monday and Tuesday for a mandatory literacy training session. Your children will be with a substitute on these days. I have left a variety of activities for her to do with them to supplement what we have been doing in school. I am not sure who the substitute will be.
I left explicit directions, so I am hoping the day goes smoothly. She is to send home the homework planner and homework. Please let me know if this does not happen. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.
I left explicit directions, so I am hoping the day goes smoothly. She is to send home the homework planner and homework. Please let me know if this does not happen. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Noun/Verb Test
I am moving the noun and verb test until Friday.
I am not going to send home a review for this test. We will review in class, which should suffice. I am going to look for some websites that might help if you want to use them at home to review.
I am not going to send home a review for this test. We will review in class, which should suffice. I am going to look for some websites that might help if you want to use them at home to review.
Monday, September 24, 2012
Astronomers at Work
Today we did a science experiment. The question we aimed to answer is "Why can we stars at night, but we cannot see them well during the day?" The goal was to see that when the lights are on (sunlight), it is harder to see any stars because the sunlight is so bright. When we turned the lights off (night time), it was easier to see the stars because the sun's brightness was gone.
We shined flashlights into styrofoam cups with holes punched in them (to look like stars), onto a black sheet of paper, both with the lights on and off.
We shined flashlights into styrofoam cups with holes punched in them (to look like stars), onto a black sheet of paper, both with the lights on and off.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
This Week
ELA
-This week we will begin our "Fundations" phonics program. Spelling words will be on the homework planner. Please help your child study because they will be tested on Fridays.
-Visualization is the current comprehension strategy that we are using. The students are working on making "pictures in their head" of what they are reading. This is important as they get into picture-free chapter books.
-We are working on verbs, and we will move onto types of sentences soon.
-On THURSDAY I am giving a Noun/Verb assessment. I will be sending a review home on Monday or Tuesday to help you help your child. This is something we have been working on ALL year so they should be fine.
-We are going to work more on paragraph writing and friendly letters.
Math
-We will be working on different concepts this week that are related to basic addition and subtraction.
1. Name Collection Boxes- Numbers can be named or shown in different ways. We can show the number 8 by showing eight tally marks, 4+4, 10-2, four dots, etc.
2. Frame and arrow routines - Numbers follow a sequence based on a rule
3. Function machines- Students will be able to follow a "rule" to find missing numbers in a number pair
4. Centers - We will do centers on Friday to catch up on skills we have worked on in Unit 2
Science
-Sun, Moon and Stars is our current unit. Last week we learned that stars are really just balls of hot gas in the sky. We learned that the sun is not the biggest star in the sky, but it is a medium sized star. We learned it is the closest star to Earth and very bright, and that is why we can see it during the day. We learned the three attributes that make stars different are distance from Earth, brightness, and size.
-On Friday High Touch High Tech came for an in-class field trip to supplement this content.
-This week we will do an experiment to see why we see stars at night and not during the day.
-We will be learning about constellations and what causes day and night.
Yom Kippur
-I will be out on Wednesday to observe Yom Kippur. Beth Brown will be the sub.
-This week we will begin our "Fundations" phonics program. Spelling words will be on the homework planner. Please help your child study because they will be tested on Fridays.
-Visualization is the current comprehension strategy that we are using. The students are working on making "pictures in their head" of what they are reading. This is important as they get into picture-free chapter books.
-We are working on verbs, and we will move onto types of sentences soon.
-On THURSDAY I am giving a Noun/Verb assessment. I will be sending a review home on Monday or Tuesday to help you help your child. This is something we have been working on ALL year so they should be fine.
-We are going to work more on paragraph writing and friendly letters.
Math
-We will be working on different concepts this week that are related to basic addition and subtraction.
1. Name Collection Boxes- Numbers can be named or shown in different ways. We can show the number 8 by showing eight tally marks, 4+4, 10-2, four dots, etc.
2. Frame and arrow routines - Numbers follow a sequence based on a rule
3. Function machines- Students will be able to follow a "rule" to find missing numbers in a number pair
4. Centers - We will do centers on Friday to catch up on skills we have worked on in Unit 2
Science
-Sun, Moon and Stars is our current unit. Last week we learned that stars are really just balls of hot gas in the sky. We learned that the sun is not the biggest star in the sky, but it is a medium sized star. We learned it is the closest star to Earth and very bright, and that is why we can see it during the day. We learned the three attributes that make stars different are distance from Earth, brightness, and size.
-On Friday High Touch High Tech came for an in-class field trip to supplement this content.
-This week we will do an experiment to see why we see stars at night and not during the day.
-We will be learning about constellations and what causes day and night.
Yom Kippur
-I will be out on Wednesday to observe Yom Kippur. Beth Brown will be the sub.
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