Hello Second Grade Families,
I haven't quite sent home all of the things Mrs. Toepfer graded from quarter 2, because of our snow day. I will get through it tomorrow and get it all sent home for you to see!
Please remember to send your child with a healthy snack each day! I just stocked up on a couple backups for the cupboard, because it was empty. If your child forgets sometimes, please send us a backup to keep at school and we will share backup snacks like pretzels, popcorn, or graham crackers with those who forget. Most students are remembering their snack every day!
Upcoming Dates
Homework:
What are we learning?
Character Strong: Week 1 of Honesty. Newsletter Here
ELA
Module 7 - Everyone Has a Story (week 2 - we also have a few assessments I want to squeeze in from last week that we missed due to the snow day)
HELLO, FAMILY!
Over the next three weeks, our class will be learning about how people’s life experiences shape and create their life stories.
We will read biographies about people who overcame obstacles to make their dreams come true. Children will create timelines of their own lives that show special memories and accomplishments. Children will also write a story about an imaginary character’s adventures.
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: account, achieve, hurdle.
Try to incorporate questions like these into everyday conversations:
· What is your account of what happened today?
· What did you achieve today that you’re proud of?
· What could you do to overcome this hurdle?
Let’s Read Together. Make a special time and place to read with your child every day.
During this module about important people, try these activities during your reading time together:
· Identify events and experiences that are important to the characters you are reading about.
· Talk about how everyone goes through tough times. Make a connection to a tough time a character has.
· Point out words the author uses to help you form a picture in your mind.
Word Play. Play with words to help develop skills that are important for reading.
Week 1: Word Search
Find words in your daily reading that have a vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel pattern. For each word, say the word and jump where the syllables should be divided. For example: rab/bit.
Week 2: In the Barn, I Played with Yarn
Reinforce the ar vowel sound by making up amusing sentences with these word pairs: car/far, bark/dark, art/tart.
Week 3: Homophones
Together, make a list of all the homophones (hair/hare, pair/ pear, toe/tow) that you can think of in one minute. And . . . GO!
Math
Subtract from 100, 200, and ungroup to subtract 2-digit numbers like 45-28 =
I am going to start working on skills identified by our midyear assessments with small groups and individuals. These might be skills that we aren't working on in class, but will still be important! Example: telling time, or working with data, story problems, or fractions.
I am also hoping to introduce an online math game called Prodigy. Students will be allowed to play it a few times per week as one of their math choices.
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