Weekly Update

Hello Second Grade Families,

I hope everyone had a nice long weekend. Hopefully families were able to get outside and see the fall foliage that is starting to happen.  It’s so beautiful.  As the weather is getting colder, (especially for our morning recess) students must have a second layer that they can put on when we are outside.

Science- Both second grade classes are continuing with the Monarch Butterfly Unit.  We have been learning about their habitat, adaptations, migration patterns, life cycles, as well as their threats in their environment.   If families have any shoe boxes that they would be able to donate to our classes that would be amazing.  The students will be working with groups to create designs on how they could protect Monarch Butterflies.

Here are the spelling words this week:

List 1-Emergent-identifying beginning consonants of C F D

Duck

Cup

Fork

Fan

Cake

Desk

Comb

Doll

Fire

Door

Foot

Coat

Car

Dice

Five

List2-Letter Name Alphabetic (Short O)

Not

Got

Hot

Lot

Hop

Pop

Mop

Cop

Lock

Rock

Sock

Dock

Dog

Log

Frog

Jog

List 3- Within word Pattern (Short O/Long O)

Clock

Crop

Odd

Block

Slot

Odd

Shop

Rope

Close

Broke

Stone

Road

Boat

Soap

Coach

Reminders and Announcements:

I believe I responded to everyone who asked what reading level their child was on. If families are curious feel free to email me, and I can let you know. 

Social Studies- Both classrooms are participating in Reach the World.  This program will have each second grade class paired with a college student who is on a semester abroad in a different country.  Our second grade class got paired with a student named Micah who is in India.  The class got to see a picture of him with a monkey last week.  We will have writing, math, social studies, and science curriculum that will be linked with our interactions and activities with him.  We participated in this program last year and it was very successful and inspiring for the students.

Due to events last week, I was re-scheduled to do PNOA testing with students this Thursday, October 11^th.  Mrs. Thorburn and Mrs. Giroux started math testing with some of the second graders last week. I will be finishing up with the rest of the class and there will be a substitute teacher this coming Thursday.  

If there are any other questions or concerns please feel free to email me MacCallumt@hartfordschools.net

Thanks and have a great night,

Ms. Mac J