August 27-31

Writing:
This week we are launching Writer's Workshop. We are beginning the week by reading Eileen Spinelli's The Best Story,  where students will learn that the best stories come from the heart. Students will practice writing a story with a beginning, middle, and end and they will learn strategies to plan their writing before starting. They will also learn what to do when they finish a story. Along the way, students will have plenty of time to work on their stories and start creating the habits of a good writer.

Spelling:
Spelling begins this week! Students will take a pre-test to determine their knowledge of the pattern of the week, short vowel sounds. After being given the appropriate list, they will practice their words all week and will take a test on Friday. Be on the lookout for your child's spelling list in their take home folder to practice at home.

Reading:
Last week we picked books for our book boxes and we are ready to read! Students will begin learning procedures for Read to Self. All year long, students are working on becoming independent and self-sufficient readers with lots of help and guidance along the way. We also will be reading A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon and will be practicing the skill of retelling and summarizing a story.

Math:
This week we are focusing on number sense with lessons on different ways to write a number, ordering numbers, and using tally marks to display a number. Students will continue to practice independence during math stations and will complete a journal activity for each day.

Science:
"I am a scientist!" is what students will say this week as we begin our first unit of science for the year. We are focusing on what a scientist does and the tools a scientist uses. We will also look at different careers a scientist might have and discuss science safety during experiments and investigations.

Reminders:
Parent Night: August 30th at 6:30pm
No School: September 3rd
PTA Sunday Funday: September 9th

August 20-24

Welcome to the first full week of second grade! We have had so much fun getting to know each other over the past few days and it will continue into this week.

So far we have learned about two of our classroom agreements, active listening and mutual respect. This week we will finish the other two, appreciations, no put downs and right to pass and right to participate.

This week in math we are going to make a graph of our favorite colors and a pictograph of our pets and then spend the rest of the week working on number sense. We will review odd and even numbers and work on missing numbers in a number line. We are also working on launching our math stations for the rest of the year.

We will be reading The Invisible Boy and think about making connections with the text. Students will practice diving deep into the text and making deeper connections rather than surface level connections.

In writing we will begin launching Writer's Workshop where students will come up with ideas from the heart that they can turn into a story. Later in the week, we will write our first story of second grade!

Reminders:
Parent Orientation Night: August 30th