This is the week of friendship and love. We celebrate this with our party on Wednesday, February 14th at 9:30 am. We also have an early out that day as well. We hope to see as many of you there we can. Also, in 2nd grade, we do NOT make a Valentine box or bag here at school. So whatever is created must be done at home.
This week's target learning skills are as follows;
in Reading- using Chester's Way to revisit and discuss inferencing skills from the clues author's give us. We will also be discussing how characters can change throughout a story. Our new vocab for this week is miniature, duplicate, rarely, and disguise.
in Writing- we will read two books Beardream to talk about how to write an ending to a story, and Ducky to discuss writing stories with toys. We are also working on using longer words by sounding out entire parts.
in Math- continue to work on 3 digit addition regrouping tens and ones, rewriting problems, and problem-solving by guess and checking.
in Science- working with Matter and learning about the difference in molecule actions
Monday, February 12, 2018
Monday, January 29, 2018
100th Day and Courtwarming
This week has some crazy days with all the celebrations and dress up days this week. Starting off our week is our 100th Day with in-class activities and celebrations. Our class also earned a Movie Day with our Blurt Bean jar. This week is our High School's Court warming for Winter/Spring Sports. Dress up days go as follows: Monday-Favorite Athlete Day, Tuesday-Twin Day, Wednesday-Decades, Thursday-Circus Day, and Friday- Spirit Day red/green wear.
This weeks learning target skills;
in Reading- reading Babu's Song to work on making inferences. Read Alpha Oops Day Z Went First working on word work of alphabetizing. Vocab this week is stuff, tourist, collect, and sniffle.
in Writing- Read Alexander and the Horrible Terrible No Good Very Bad Day to work on how authors tell more about interesting events that happen to characters. We will work on publishing past work.
in Science- continuing to create our Pet rock, erosion, and starting to look at earth's slow changes.
in Math- 2 step word problems with subtracting 2 digit numbers, reviewing subtraction and checking with addition.
This weeks learning target skills;
in Reading- reading Babu's Song to work on making inferences. Read Alpha Oops Day Z Went First working on word work of alphabetizing. Vocab this week is stuff, tourist, collect, and sniffle.
in Writing- Read Alexander and the Horrible Terrible No Good Very Bad Day to work on how authors tell more about interesting events that happen to characters. We will work on publishing past work.
in Science- continuing to create our Pet rock, erosion, and starting to look at earth's slow changes.
in Math- 2 step word problems with subtracting 2 digit numbers, reviewing subtraction and checking with addition.
Monday, January 22, 2018
This week will be our first full week back this year so far. We have already had a couple of non-school days due to the low temperature outside. I'm excited to get back into our normal routine of things. We will now be going to school on President's Day to make up for one of our snow days.
This week we do have one early out on Wednesday. We will be getting out at noon. However, if you are looking for something to do on that same day after school, it will also be Club Fun Day from 12-5 pm.
This week's learning targets;
in Reading- The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey to work on visualizing the author's words, vocabulary routine, fade, expert, and flap, -ed endings and their different sounds.
in Writing- "Let's Get a Pup," said Kate by Bob Graham Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes to work on how to add more details and look at how authors use them to write longer pieces of writing, also working on commas in a series, and giving effective feedback.
in Math- rewriting 2 digit subtraction problems, using addition to check subtraction through buddy check, and problem-solving with 2 step word problems.
in Science- Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough by Natalie Rosinsky, using lenses to look at rocks, creating a pet rock, and erosion.
This week we do have one early out on Wednesday. We will be getting out at noon. However, if you are looking for something to do on that same day after school, it will also be Club Fun Day from 12-5 pm.
This week's learning targets;
in Reading- The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey to work on visualizing the author's words, vocabulary routine, fade, expert, and flap, -ed endings and their different sounds.
in Writing- "Let's Get a Pup," said Kate by Bob Graham Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes to work on how to add more details and look at how authors use them to write longer pieces of writing, also working on commas in a series, and giving effective feedback.
in Math- rewriting 2 digit subtraction problems, using addition to check subtraction through buddy check, and problem-solving with 2 step word problems.
in Science- Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough by Natalie Rosinsky, using lenses to look at rocks, creating a pet rock, and erosion.
Monday, January 8, 2018
Junior Achievement Week
Every year second grade is involved in a program that is put on by Junior Achievement. Our program is centered around our community and economics. Each of our classes has a volunteer come into our classroom and teaches a lesson about these topics. The students learn so much through this program and we can't wait for it to happen this week. Ms. Prescher's class volunteer is Robin Kelly and we start our program today! So ask your child questions about it!
This week's learning target skills are as follows;
in Reading, we will be reading a story called Pop A Book About Bubbles. We will be using this story to help us with visualization and telling more to a story through details. Our vocabulary words we will be working with are shimmer, vanish, expand, and stream. We will also be reviewing antonyms and synonyms. We will also be working hard with words with the ing endings.
in Writing, we will read I WIll Never Not Ever Eat Tomatoes. We will be looking at how this author could have written one sentence and we would have known things she didn't like. However, she created a story by adding details and telling more so we as readers can picture better. We will learn questions to ask ourselves in order to help us add more detail to our own writing.
in MAth, we will start working on the steps for double-digit subtraction. We will work on regrouping a 10 as ones and practicing subtracting 2 digit numbers.
This week's learning target skills are as follows;
in Reading, we will be reading a story called Pop A Book About Bubbles. We will be using this story to help us with visualization and telling more to a story through details. Our vocabulary words we will be working with are shimmer, vanish, expand, and stream. We will also be reviewing antonyms and synonyms. We will also be working hard with words with the ing endings.
in Writing, we will read I WIll Never Not Ever Eat Tomatoes. We will be looking at how this author could have written one sentence and we would have known things she didn't like. However, she created a story by adding details and telling more so we as readers can picture better. We will learn questions to ask ourselves in order to help us add more detail to our own writing.
in MAth, we will start working on the steps for double-digit subtraction. We will work on regrouping a 10 as ones and practicing subtracting 2 digit numbers.
Thursday, January 4, 2018
Welcome Back 2018!
So here we are halfway through our year! Two quarters down as second graders and two more to go. We are busy, busy, busy this week even though it's only a three day work week. We will be reviewing a lot of our rules and routines so we don't get caught in the slump of the end of the year.
In Reading and Writing, we will be using this time to review our classroom procedures, renewing our knowledge of our 3 rules; be safe, be responsible, and be respectful. We will be reviewing our Daily 5 procedures. and using this time to review bus PBS procedures as well as cafeteria procedures.
In Math, we will use one day as a review from adding two-digit addition since we last saw it a couple weeks ago in 2017. We will then go into our next unit of subtracting 2 digit numbers by reviewing fact families.
In Reading and Writing, we will be using this time to review our classroom procedures, renewing our knowledge of our 3 rules; be safe, be responsible, and be respectful. We will be reviewing our Daily 5 procedures. and using this time to review bus PBS procedures as well as cafeteria procedures.
In Math, we will use one day as a review from adding two-digit addition since we last saw it a couple weeks ago in 2017. We will then go into our next unit of subtracting 2 digit numbers by reviewing fact families.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Last week of School for 2017!
I'm sorry I'm a little late posting this week. It's been a crazy week already. We have a busy, busy week. Yesterday we had our School Spelling Bee. Congratulations to Raelyn Conard form our classroom who got 2nd place!
This week we have a few dress-up days; Monday-Christmas socks and hats, Tuesday-favorite holiday character, Wednesday- PJ Polar Express Day, and Thursday-Ugly Sweater Day.
Our 2nd Quarter ends today Tuesday, December 19th. If kiddos met their self-appointed AR goal then they will have their AR Party tomorrow in the afternoon. Then on Thursday, we have our Christmas Character Trait Assembly at about 8:15 am. then following that we will have our Winter Christmas Party at 9:30 am.
This week in Math we will review addition and skills games. In Reading, we completed a Snowman project where they had to create a snowman working in a group and then create an adventure story around it.
This week we have a few dress-up days; Monday-Christmas socks and hats, Tuesday-favorite holiday character, Wednesday- PJ Polar Express Day, and Thursday-Ugly Sweater Day.
Our 2nd Quarter ends today Tuesday, December 19th. If kiddos met their self-appointed AR goal then they will have their AR Party tomorrow in the afternoon. Then on Thursday, we have our Christmas Character Trait Assembly at about 8:15 am. then following that we will have our Winter Christmas Party at 9:30 am.
This week in Math we will review addition and skills games. In Reading, we completed a Snowman project where they had to create a snowman working in a group and then create an adventure story around it.
Monday, December 11, 2017
Last FULL Week of December at School in 2017!!
Did you see the title?? Oh my how it has flown. This leads us into one of the busiest times of the year...Holiday Mart. Each of our classes has a designated Library time throughout the week. We will also use that time, for us on Tuesday from 12:25-1:05 to check out books and shop for our families. This is totally optional but there will be items from 25 cents up to $15. An envelope was sent home last week that if you would like your child to shop to send a few dollars and on the envelop write down who they need to shop for tomorrow.
Starting in 2018 our Spelling tests will be the same but with a slight change for our Fridays. Starting January if your child has only missed one on their Pre Wednesday test, they will be given the option of redoing it for a 100%. It will be their decision whether they retry. If they missed 2 or more they will still have to retake their Friday list test.
This week we will be so busy with these target skills;
In Reading, we will start off with reviewing synonyms and antonyms. Then from there, we will read The Grinch Who Stoel Christmas and create a lapbook with cause and effect, summaries, sequencing, and comparing our traditions to the Who's. After completion of this lapbook, we will move onto a Frosty/Snowmany project that will also mix writing into it.
In Writing, we will complete our Dear Santa letters so we can send them to the North Pole by Thursday so we can possibly see if he replies. Then we will be working on a Frosty/Snowman writing adventure story.
In Social Studies we will look at saving and spending through the story Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday. We then go into discussing goods and services for a few days.
In Math, we are working on reviewing 2 digit addition through games and problem solving until we leave for Christmas.
Starting in 2018 our Spelling tests will be the same but with a slight change for our Fridays. Starting January if your child has only missed one on their Pre Wednesday test, they will be given the option of redoing it for a 100%. It will be their decision whether they retry. If they missed 2 or more they will still have to retake their Friday list test.
This week we will be so busy with these target skills;
In Reading, we will start off with reviewing synonyms and antonyms. Then from there, we will read The Grinch Who Stoel Christmas and create a lapbook with cause and effect, summaries, sequencing, and comparing our traditions to the Who's. After completion of this lapbook, we will move onto a Frosty/Snowmany project that will also mix writing into it.
In Writing, we will complete our Dear Santa letters so we can send them to the North Pole by Thursday so we can possibly see if he replies. Then we will be working on a Frosty/Snowman writing adventure story.
In Social Studies we will look at saving and spending through the story Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday. We then go into discussing goods and services for a few days.
In Math, we are working on reviewing 2 digit addition through games and problem solving until we leave for Christmas.
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