November 8-12

It's carnival week! The second grade team just realized this is the first carnival for many of the students. I know they're super excited. 

We are FINALLY having library on Thursday. Please have your child bring their library book. Most have already turned them in. 

Weekly News

Math

We are continuing with addition with regrouping. I will spend this week looking at word problems that require the students to add multiple addends. We will have an addition test on Thursday or Friday. (I'm thinking Friday is going to be crazy with the carnival so Thursday might be a better day for us) Here's an example the students might see on the test. 

Ex: Wilchester has a total of 617 students, Rummel Creek has 452 students at their campus, and Frostwood has 729 students total. How many students are there if all three schools combined their number of students? 

I've been stressing to the kids to show their work and what "show their work" looks like. I know they know how to solve the problems, but they need to know how to solve it in different ways (pictorial or expanded) as well as drawing a part/part whole. 

Reading

I'm getting ready to start my mid year formal running records. Running records is how I test their reading levels. I've been meeting with the kids individually last week and this week to get them to practice how to give a retelling and having them read out loud in front of me. Official running records will start on Friday. 

Snap Words: test next week on Friday. Words cover the soft g and c sounds we discussed in class last week. 

Writing

We are continuing with poetry. The kids received a poetry book today which they were very excited about. They will work on a different kind of poem each day. My lessons will focus on line breaks, stanzas, etc. 

Social Studies

This week we are discussing Native American Indians. We will learn about different tribes around America. 

We will make totem poles on Friday. Please have your child bring a paper towel roll or toilet paper roll by Friday.  If you happen to have extras, please bring them.