Busy Bees

Hello Second Grade Families,

I hope everyone had a great start to their week.  I have a few announcements and reminders:

Picture Day is this Friday, September 21^st.  Please have your child bring in their picture form or complete the online order before the end of the week. 

I will also be carrying out reading testing on Friday so the class will have a substitute teacher. 

Since I will not be in the classroom to monitor the normal routines, the class will not be carrying out the next mystery science experiment.  We may do two next week, or just save it for continuing Fridays.

Wednesday, September 19th the students will have a guest from VINS in to teach them about pollination and different pollinators.  This introduces into our Monarch Butterfly unit.

Both second grade classes have now completed the “Words their Way Spelling Inventory”.  Ms. Jenkyn and I are going to use this information, to group students to practice spelling words that are appropriate for each child.  We are still in the grouping process, and that is why there are no spelling words this week.

Our class has been learning about short vowel sounds of a, e, i, o, and u.   We have also been studying diagraphs in words (ch, ck, wh, th, and sh).

This week the class will continue practicing letter and word formation in narrative writing.  Students are really focusing on capital letters in the beginning of sentences and punctuation at the end of sentences. During these first weeks of school, I am building up student stamina for writing.

In math, the students have been learning about pictographs and glyphs.  Today the students created beetle glyphs showing: What month their birthday is in, what their favorite season is, what their favorite sport is, and how many people are in their family. We will continue to be using visuals like graphs and charts to show or explain our work throughout the year.  

If there are any questions or concerns please feel free to email back. I can also print copies for anyone who would rather a hard copy of this update.

I hope everyone has a great night.

Sincerely,

Ms. Mac J