Welcome To Second Grade
Hello Families! We have a wonderful first couple weeks of second grade! Our days have been filled with getting to know each other, working together, building a community of learners and building good habits as learners. Please notice on the right sidebar I will update what we are studying, keep our specials schedule and update the assignment notebook every week (so if your child ever forgets to bring it home- check the blog) I will post every other week so please look for my reminder email when I make a new post. Enjoy!
Reading: We have been talking about our reading identites- what our favorite book is and why, our favorite place to read, our favorite reading memory, our favorite type of book and what we read other than books. We have also started practicing Reader's Workshop procedures: how to take care of books and how to choose just right books. We'll continue to do lots of practicing independent read, buddy read, rotating, conferencing, making reading goals, shopping for books and making entries in our Reader Response Journal before we fully dive into reader's workshop at the end of September.
Writing: We have been working on lots of fun activities, including a Me Poem and Summer Was Awesome- a class ABC book. Starting Monday, we will share our writing collages and talk about where writers get ideas. This will begin our Launching Writer's Workshop mini unit. After we feel comfortable as writers, we will begin our 1st major unit: Small Moments. Writers will be expected to have an organized piece of writing, with a clear idea, good beginning and ending, interesting words and some voice. We will always conclude each unit with an Author's Celebration. Parents will be invited 2x a year to join us for our celebrations.
Spelling: The spelling will begin next week, so the first test will be Fri. Sept 16. Your child will bring home a small packet of skill sheets to practice as homework, along with 6 personal words. The completed packet will always be due on Friday. The personal words come from each child's personal misspelled words on the pretests we took and words mispelled in their daily writing. So your child may know how to spell the word when, but is misspelling it in his/her daily writing. Now when will be added to that child's personal words.
Math: We started our 1st math unit: Numbers and Routines. It is basically a review chapter highlighting: calendars, telling time, number lines, counting coins and addition strategies. You will see a couple corrected Math Journal pages come home for the first few weeks because our student journals are not in yet. Once the Journals are in, most of the class work will be done in them so you will not see them come home. Math Homelinks begin in lesson 1-11- we will most likely complete this lesson on Thurs. Sept 22. So theer will not be any formal math homework until then. You can begin practicing math facts, telling time and counting coins at home.
Science: We will start our first science unit: Balance and Motion, this coming week.
Social Studies: We'll begin our first unit in social studies: Communities. We'll learn about urban, suburban and rural communities, as well as, what components make up every community: a place to live, work, play and make decisions.
Book Orders: Scholastic book orders were due today. If you are still interested in ordering, you can order online at scholastic.com/bookclubs. Enter our class code: GQM3K
Volunteers: I am meeting with our room parents this week Wed. If you indicated you were interested in volunteering, you will be contacted soon. Thank you in advance for volunteering!
Reminders:
*Writing Collage is due Mon.
*Family Contact Info (half sheet of white paper from PIN) is due ASAP
*Sign up for Surpirse Reader (the schedule is in the email)
Ask your child:
*What is your class number?
*What is the pebble jar?
*What does attentive listening mean?
*What book is Mrs. Dahms reading aloud to the class? (Magic Tree House Afternoon on the Amazon)
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