Weekly Update

Hello Second grade families,

I hope everyone had a fun and restful weekend after the Halloween festivities.  I had a wonderful time talking with each family during parent conferences last week, and I am very appreciative of the time that parents dedicated in order to meet with me. 

JUST SOME REMINDERS FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS:

Next Monday (November 12^th) there will be no school for Veterans Day.

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the following week (November 21^st, 22^nd, and 23^rd) is our Thanksgiving break, so there is no school on those days as well.

The students are going to start their WIN reading groups this week.  These reading groups will go from now until the end of the year. Throughout the year, the grouping may change as skill development progresses. WIN is a mix of 2^nd and 3^rd grade.  These are just the second graders in my class in the groupings. I have not added the other students in the third grade classes or the other second grade class in this listing.  Here are the groups in no order whatsoever.

Mrs. Shepard

Ethan

Sophie

Beatrix

Malia

Mrs. Poissant and Mrs. Tierney

Shane

TJ

Keegan

Mrs. Wood

Christina

Emily

Mrs. Underwood

Loren

Ms. Mac

Payton

Mrs. Laramie

Kaiden

Bella

Mrs. Thorburn

Connor

Kellin

The spelling words this week focus on long U. The words have a spelling of either: U-silent e, ew, and ui.

Mule

Dune

Tune

Flute

Rude

Use

Dew

Knew

New

Drew

Stew

Chew

Cruise

Bruise

Fruit

Juice

Suit

The picture sorts are focused on words that are starting with letters V, Y and Z.

Vest

Vase

Vine

Violin

Van

Yoyo

Yogurt

Yawn

Yoke

Yard

Yarn

Yell

Zoo

Zebra

Zap

Zero

Zip

This week the students are going to incorporate their writing skills by writing letters that will be going to New York City and Washington D.C.  The students will be explaining why the Reach the World program is a great tool and resource to help schools learn about different countries, landscapes, animals, and cultures that we cannot immerse ourselves in, living in the United States.  The class started their letters today and did a fantastic job with the introduction.

On Friday, the students will get to have a video conference with Micah-our traveler from AZ who is in India right now.  The kids are excited and eager for our first video meeting with him, and have lots of questions for him.

The class will also have the Dartmouth students coming in to teach a plant life-cycle, water cycle, and composting lesson in the afternoon. 

In math the students are continuing to practice:

-addition and subtraction equations from 0-30

-double digit equations using number lines

- Perimeter

-telling time (hours and minutes)

-Place Value

-Coin Value

-making groups of 100

-skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, and 100’s

I hope everyone has a great night and week.   Feel free to email back if there are any questions about our schedule or events this week.

Sincerely,

Ms. Mac