Week of October 6-9

 Hello Second Grade Families,

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 6: Pajama Day! Second graders have earned their first 300 Dojo point reward time! They can wear pajamas to school and bring a stuffy to learn with them (not distract them!). We will have a short movie or show in the afternoon. If they want to bring a blanket and pillow, it will just be used during the video, so we can still focus on learning the rest of the day!

Thursday, October 9: Visit the Public Library and the Folklore Museum downtown (walking field trip)

Conferences: October 8-9 - Click this link to sign up for a time slot!

Friday, October 10: Book Orders due (see link on right side of this blog page)

Monday, October 20: Tentative morning visit to school forest - I am looking for parents to chaperone this field trip. If you are interested, reply to this email at your earliest convenience. We can only go if I get enough chaperones! Rain date: Tues. Oct. 21

Friday, October 17: PTO Fall Festival

Saturday, October 25: Color Run!

Healthy snacks: 

If you can spare a non-perishable healthy snack like a bag of pretzels or box of cereal or graham crackers for us to keep on hand for when students forget their snack, please send it in at your earliest convenience. 

Homework:

Math sheet (every week!)

Read about 10 minutes per night.

Check planners.

What are we learning?

Character Strong: RESPECT

Reading/ELA

Module 2: Look Around and Explore! (week 2)

HELLO, FAMILY!

Over the next three weeks, our class will be learning about examining the world around us and about making new discoveries. We will read books about different kinds of matter, explore things that are new and unusual, and even notice things about fine art! Children will also write a descriptive essay about a place they want to visit!

BRING IT HOME! Learning fun for the whole family!

Big Idea Words. Reinforce these important topic words when you are reading or talking with your child: examine, identify, record.

Try to incorporate questions like these into everyday conversations:

·        How could you examine that more closely?

·        What did you identify in that picture/story as being unusual or different?

·        How could you record your ideas about ______________?

Let’s Read Together. Make a special time and place to read with your child every day.

During this module about exploration and discoveries, try these activities during your reading time together:

·        Snap your fingers when a solid, a liquid, or a gas is mentioned in a text.

·        Raise your hand when a character makes a discovery or notices something new.

·        Switch readers when the setting changes.

Word Play. Play with words to help develop skills that are important for reading

       Week 1: Scavenger Hunt

       Look for words with ck, ng, and ph in books, in magazines, or on signs outside.

Week 2: Beat the Clock

Together, make a list of all the words with two or more syllables you can think of in one minute that begin with blends, such as str– and spr–.

Week 3: It's a Contraction!

Search for contractions in a newspaper or online article. Write each contraction and the two words that form it. Say the words. For example, they'll/they will.

Math

The rest of unit 1 (which is one of our longest units!) focuses on many different story problem types. We will work with the unknown "box" in different positions in equations to match the stories we practice. 

Science

Our lesson about Habitat Diversity - how animals use their habitat to survive, and why animals might move from one spot to another - is this week!

Social Studies

Community visit field trip!

Mrs. Naparalla