We had a fabulous trip to the Fire Safety Village on Friday and learned a lot about keeping ourselves safe. I think they enjoyed the puppet show the most, not to mention some great dancing moves!
Here’s what we will be learning this week! Reading: We will continue our focus on the main idea and details in a text. It is a complex skill as students need to use the metacognitive skill of asking questions to figure out the main idea. We are learning this in a gradual manner by first sorting things into categories, then figuring out what doesn't belong in a group, and finally to the main idea or what the text is mostly about. You could use any book at home to read a chapter together with your child, and asking he/she what the chapter was mostly about (main idea). Check to see if they can tell you a couple of supporting details that go with the main idea! Writing: We are moving from small moment stories to full-fledged narratives. I’ll model the different types of strong leads or introductions using various books. My hope is that they will have a published piece by the following Friday. Leads are very important to 'hook' the audience to the writing. Science: We will wrap up matter this week by doing some experiments and studying the properties of the three states. I can't wait to play a fun game with your child on Monday! Math: We are focusing on counting pennies, nickels, and dimes. If your child is ready, he/she will also be introduced to counting quarters and dollars. Reminders: * Early dismissal on Wednesday, August 30th at 12:20.
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8/21/17
Here's our learning for the week: Writing We are studying mentor texts and trying to mimic the authors' good writing techniques. We will start to work on 'small moment' stories. I will use my own story to model a small moment story across 5 pages. We are also working on capitalizing proper nouns in our writing. Give your child a list of common nouns and proper nouns and see if they can tell you the difference. I bet they can!! Reading A very important reading standard is identifying the main idea and details to help in comprehension. I will model it during large group and guided reading times. The idea here is for students to first figure out what sentences belong together and then proceed to find the main idea. Also, Bookfinder.com is a good online site to find books of your child’s reading level. You may use the same to get books from the public library. In phonics, the focus will be on short vowel words. Science We will of' course be working on some solar eclipse activities on Monday. I will start the matter unit on Tuesday with the basic characteristics of the three states and some simple experiments. Math For guided math, we will continue with place value of 3-digit numbers with a focus on comparing numbers. I hope your child is learning and enjoying our guided math centers. Important dates/info: * Field trip on August 25th:Please dress your child in comfortable clothes and tennis shoes (no dresses for girls). Also, please send in the permission slips for the field trip if you haven't already done so. There is a homework/information sheet form the Fire Safety Village that I sent home on Friday in the blue folders. Please complete it with your child as it will help us get you smoke alarms if you need any for your homes. * A huge thank you to Mr. Jones for offering to be our room parent. The PTA and I are very appreciative of you! This is our learning for the week!
Reading: We will continue to focus on the 5 Ws to understand the key details in a text. We will use picture cards with some groups and story maps with some others. I am also setting the stage for independent work during Readers Workshop so that I can start my guided reading groups by the following week. Our focus will be on picking books of the right level and learning to partner read using the EEKK (elbow to elbow, knee to knee) approach. Most students also started going to the media center. Writing: Our focus within narrative writing is to bring stories to life. The specific skills that I will model are based on the Lucy Calkins approach and include making characters ‘move’ and ‘talk’. Math: We will continue to work on place value this week. Students will need to know how to represent numbers in standard form (327), base ten blocks (pictures of hundreds, tens, and ones), word form (three hundred twenty seven), and expanded form (300+20+7). We will review all of these forms this week in guided math; Thanks to all the parents who took time off to meet me on Thursday. I enjoyed talking to you and answering your questions! Here's our learning for the week:
Reading: We are learning how to become great readers in second grade! We will discuss the three ways to read, setting reading goals for ourselves, taking care of our books and library, and how to pick ‘Just Right’ books. Writing: We are learning about how writing workshop works in our classroom. We will focus on narrative writing this quarter. This week we will learn that good personal narratives come from the heart. We write about things we know and love! Focus is on stretching our ideas to elaborate. Math: We are working on place value this week. Students will need to know how to represent numbers in standard form (27), base ten blocks (pictures of tens and ones), word form (twenty seven), and expanded form (20+7). We will review all of these forms this week. Thanks for sharing your precious ones with me. It is going to be an amazing year! |