Quarter 2 week 9

Hello Second Grade Families,

Wow can you believe how the time flies we are already at the end of the 2nd quarter.  We will be sending report cards home after the break. 

A couple of reminders:

• Pizza coupons are on sale in the office $30 (we have 10 weeks in 3rd quarter)
• Our play Horton Hears a who will be Wednesday, Dec. 16th @ 2:00.  

Homework

Since we have been busy reviewing addition and subtraction strategies and solving word problems, the homework this week will be focused on word problems.  Last week students worked with a partner to add and subtract two given numbers to become an expert in one of our 3 strategies.  They then wrote an addition word problem and a subtraction word problem using the same two numbers.

Monday	Word Problem Worksheet
Tuesday	Write Your Own Addition Word Problem
Wednesday	Write Your Own Subtraction Word Problem
Thursday	No Homework--Happy Christmas Vacation

Mrs. Rowlett's class thought we needed a break from working so hard so they surprised us with a Christmas Just Dance Brain break.  Here is the video..

A Note from Mrs. Rowlett

2nd graders will have normal reading homework Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Any students that read for 20 minutes at least 10 days over break and logs their reading will receive a reward when they return from break.  Have a very Merry Christmas and restful break!

Attention Bighorn 2nd Graders!

There has been a change to the Horton Hears A Who performance...It has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Dec. 16th @ 2:00 NOT Monday...I will post this again over the weekend :)

Quarter 2-- Week 8

Hello Second Grade Families,

There will be NO IXL homework assigned.  We will be reviewing and taking an assessment on shapes Monday and Tuesday.  The rest of the week and into next week the 2nd graders will be reviewing standards that were taught within the first quarter.  Mrs. Bloomfield and I will be re-assessing/assessing students for 2nd quarter grades.

Here is the homework for Week 17...

Monday	Review pg. 165&166
Tuesday	Pg. 167&168
Wednesday	Computation worksheet
Thursday	Word problems

The student’s presented their Project: “Everything Matters” to Mrs. Rowlett’s 1st graders.  The 2nd grade group did a fabulous job gathering data, completing experiments and writing about their phases of matter.  All students did a great job following the TRIBE Agreements while researching and gathering information.  Here are a few pictures. They are posted on the Oasis Academy Facebook page!

Quarter 2- week 7

Welcome Back 2nd Grade Families,

I hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgiving Break.  The second grade students will continue to work on 2D & 3D shapes.  Your second grader will use common shapes to create new shapes, tell the difference between straight and curved lines as well as identify and continue a pattern according to 2 attributes (color, shape, size, or orientation)  

As far as projects goes, we will finish up “Everything Matters” either this week OR next week and present our ideas to our fellow 2nd grade classmates.  We have quite the group of creative, scientific thinkers in 2nd grade!

Here is homework for Week 16...

Monday	IXL T.6 Compare sides and angles
Tuesday	IXL T.5 Count edges vertices and faces
Wednesday	pg. 155 & 156
Thursday	pg. 161 & 162

A Note from Mrs. Rowlett

Welcome back second grade families, I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. Last week in Language Arts we reviewed standards learned earlier in the year and completed assessments.  This week we will be back on schedule and will have a book to read and a response log each night.  Also a Scholastic book order went home on Tuesday.  If you would like to order the deadline for online orders is December 11 and orders returned to the class is December 3.  

Have a great week!

Math News

Diamond vs. Rhombus

We are in the process of shapes both 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes…

2-D shapes consist of: circle, oval, square, hexagon, octagon, rectangle etc.

3-D shapes consist of: pyramid, cone, cylinder, triangular prism, hexagonal prism, sphere etc.

During the years of your child’s Early Childhood Development they call a rhombus a “diamond.”  However, as we get into the Nevada State Content Standards, a diamond is not a shape, it is a rhombus which puts it into the category with parallelograms.  A rhombus is a flat shape with 4 equal straight sides.  At Oasis Academy we will refer to a “diamond” as a rhombus.  

This is a diamond… These are all considered rhombus shapes...

Mondays Homework

November 23rd - T.4

Week of November 16

Happy Monday,

We have sad but exciting news...one of our 2nd grade friends moved back to Reno this weekend, so that means that we will be getting a NEW 2nd grade friend this Monday!  The kids and I are so excited to meet our new student.

I am always so proud of how your children care for and show concern for other students!

We will continue to count money this week.  I will be introducing bills and money within word problems.  It is great real world practice for your student to count amounts of change at home.  We have discussed how to exchange money for equivalent amounts.

Here is your 2nd graders homework for the week of November 16th - 19th.

Monday	IXL - P.3 count pennies, nickels and dimes
Tuesday	IXL - P.4 count money up to $1
Wednesday	Homework Page
Thursday	IXL - P.7 Equivalent coins

News from Mrs. Rowlett

2nd graders are doing a great job in reading. We are working on story elements and comprehension strategies especially now that we are all reading chapter books. Students are beginning to bring home comprehension questions to answer with their assigned book.  One of the second grade standards states that students need to be able to answer questions about what they have read.  They should be able to answer these questions quickly and I ask that they restate their questions and answer in complete sentence. Continue to have your child practice reading aloud to you.

Happy Monday Second Grade Families,

Here is your 2nd graders homework for the week of Nov. 9-12th…

Monday	Line plot homework pg
Tuesday	IXL- P.1 Names and value of coins
Wednesday	Veteran’s Day - NO homework
Thursday	IXL- P.2 Name and value of all coins

Week 12

Happy November!!! Check out these great pictures from our fun Halloween Celebration!

Create a free digital slideshow

Second Grade

Week 12 Homework November 2nd - 5th

Monday	IXL - R.4 Which bar graph is correct?
Tuesday	IXL - R.5 Create bar graphs
Wednesday	Workbook Pg. 133 &134
Thursday	IXL-R.9 Create a pictograph

Thursday, October 29th

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow your child can wear their costumes to school however, they will have to take off any masks during classtime so that they DO NOT intefere with learning.  They will be able to wear them during the parade and outside during the day.

Happy Wednesday!
Miss Ghoul'cia :)

Homework Oct. 26-29.

IXL Homework!  Have a great week!

Monday	IXL - R.2 Interpret tally charts and tables
Tuesday	IXL - R.3 Interpret Bar Graphs
Wednesday	IXL- R.8 Interpret Pictographs
Thursday	NO Homework!  Due to Nevada Day and Halloween!

Monster Hair Day!!

Monster Hair day was a lot of fun!  The students had a lot of fun sporting their monster styles!

Conferences

A HUGE SHOUT OUT to ALL of my 2nd grade families today for attending Parent-Teacher Conferences!  We had 100% participation!

Thank you for being punctual, asking great questions and being an active partner in your child's education.  This is a wonderful group of students who show great potential.  It is only the end of 1st Quarter and I cannot believe the progress they have made and active learning that they have displayed in the classroom setting!  They have inquisitive minds and WANT to find out all of the answers!

Thank you for conferencing with me,
Miss Garcia

Fun and Free Learning websites!

Hi Parents,

I've been meaning to post a few learning websites that the kids may like to work on at home.
Here a a few:

www.funbrain.com
www.pbs.com
www.starfall.com
www.storylineonline.net
www.abcya.com
www.switcheroozoo.com
www.reading.ecb.org

Try a few and see how you like them :)

Happy Monday,
Miss Garcia

Week 10 Homework

Hello Bighorn Families,

We’ve been working hard in 2nd grade!  Last week you saw multiple homework pages come home that had the students working with Branch Addition, Open Number Lines and Partial Sum Strategies.  This week we will be using the same strategies however, we will be applying it to subtraction.  These methods that we have been teaching are aligned with Nevada Academic Content Standards.  They are not strategies that we, as adults learned in school.  Please email or text message me if you have any questions on these math strategies.  I feel that our 2nd grade students are becoming very confident and successful at solving these types of problems.

Happy October!

Week 10 Homework...

Monday	IXL - K.3 Fact Families
Tuesday	IXL -E.15 Balance the equation
Wednesday	IXL- L.2 Add & subtract ways to make a number up to 20
Thursday	No homework due to assessment.

Busy Week Oct. 19-22

Hello Bighorn Parents,

This is a BUSY week: Book Fair, Monster Hair Day and conferences!  Remember that our class goes Monday at 12:30 to browse the Book Fair.  Thursday, October 22nd is "Monster Hair Day," the kids can decorate/style their hair like a Monster :)

Please remember that Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Friday, October 23rd.  All conferences are back to back so please be prompt!  If for ANY reason you need to cancel...email, text or call the office to let me know.  I have NO problem re-scheduling for another time.  We have a really wonderful class this year, I can't wait to meet with you all!  What a great group of students!

Happy Saturday!

Miss Garcia

Happy Tuesday!

On Monday, October 19th, our class goes to the Book Fair to purchase books.  Your child may also purchase books after school with you.  However, as a class, we will only be going to look/buy books from 12:30-12:45 on Monday.  Please either send in money with your 2nd grader OR come browse them after school!

Loving Learning,
Shannon Garcia

A Note From Mrs. Rowlett -- Reading

Dear 2nd Grade Families,

I wanted to let you all know that I will be finishing up first quarter assessments this week for your second grader.  They  may not receive a reading group book.  If they don't have a book from me they may choose a book of their choice to complete their 20 minutes of reading.  Your second graders are doing a great job completing their homework and making great gains in reading.  

Have a great week!
Mrs. Rowlett

Conferences

Hi Oasis Families,
Just wanted you to know that you should have checked your email to sign up for parent-teacher conferences.   An email went out yesterday afternoon from "Sign Up Genius" in order for you to schedule your conferences.  I have 10 families signed up already, hurry and choose a time slot that works for you!

Happy Friday,
Miss Garcia

Pictures!

Hello Second Grade Families,

If you did not send your child to school with a picture order form your last chance to do so is Monday, October 12th!  You must print out the order form that was emailed to you, fill it out and send it in on Monday with your child.


Thank you to all parents and family members who came into our classroom to listen to our "Absolutely True Stories."  This was the first narrative writing that was completed by your children.  They came up with an idea, had to write a beginning, middle and end as well as edit and revise their writing piece!  They did an outstanding job!

Well done 2nd Graders!!  I'm proud of your hard work and dedication to writing.

Miss Garcia

Week of Oct. 5

Hello Second Grade Families,

Picture Day Reminder
Our class picture day is on Thursday, October 8 at 10:30.  Picture packet were emailed to all parents  last week.  If you did not receive one please let me know and I will get you one.  Also remember that students have to wear the required uniform for pictures.  

You are invited to...
Listen to 2nd grade's "Absolutely True Stories"  by Miss Garcia's room on Tuesday, October 6, from 1:30 til 2:00.  Hope to see you there.  

Nacho Wednesday
Nacho's are sold every Wednesday for $3. If your child is eating nacho's please send in a snack and a few other items for their lunch.

Chilly Weather
The weather is getting chilly.  Please remember to write your child's name on all their sweatshirts and jackets.  Our lost and found is getting full.  If you child is missing something please check the lost and found table. 

Homework
This week we will have a worksheet on Monday-Wednesday and on Thursday we will have IXL lesson G.2

Happy October!

Week 7

Pajama Day was a Huge Success!!

Thank you to all the families that donated to the Childhood Cancer fund.  Oasis Academy raised over $1,000.  The students had great fun lounging in their jammies all day!  

We just finished our Social Studies project and presented our TRIBES agreements to the kindergarten students.  We are starting our next project this week. The focus is MATTER.

Homework this week will be worksheets not IXL. We are working on concepts that are not covered on IXL so Mrs. Bloomfield and I made up worksheets that follow the concepts learned in class! Help your child remember to complete the worksheets and return them each day.  

Have a great week!

Homework for week of 9-21 to 9-24

Hi Second Grade Families,

 Here is this weeks homework!

Mon - M.3

Tues - E.16

Wed - M. 6

Thurs - F.13

Kudos to all the second graders for being so responsible and completing their nightly homework.  We even had 95% of our class remember to complete their homework on Thursday that beat first grade by 50%!!! Way to go 2nd graders!!

Mrs. Rowlett wanted me to remind you that the 2nd graders have started spelling their spelling lists are in their binders.  Help them study so they Ace their test on Thursday!!

Thanks,

Miss Garcia

Wow last week was a short week but a busy one.

Last week in math our focus was to continue renaming 3-digit numbers.It has taken a lot of work with manipulatives and working with a partner but I believe we have it!!

Along with renaming we continued work with writing numbers in standard form, word form, and expanded form.  It got a little tricky when the place value was out of order, for example--What number is 6 tens 3 ones 4 hundreds? What number is 5 + 300 + 40?  But after only a couple of times students realized that they have to read the problem carefully, making sure the place value is in the correct order.

Homework This week
Monday--IXL M.4 Value of the Underlined Digit--tens and ones
Tuesday--IXL B.2 Comparing Numbers Up to 1,000.
Wednesday--IXL M.5 Value of underlined digit up to 100’s.
Thursday--Worksheet

In Language this week we have been working on Nouns, nouns, and more nouns...we are still learning about singular and plural nouns.  This week we studied nouns that are irregular in the plural form.  Our focus was on nouns that ended with y, f, and nouns that you have to change the spelling of the singular form to make the plural form.  Here are some examples...
Singular                       Plural
penny                            pennies
scarf                              scarves
child                              children 


We finished our second big writing project about ourselves.  This week we will be drawing portraits to go along with these wonderful writing projects.  We also will be finishing up our first PROJECT. We will be presenting these projects to the Kindergarten class soon.  

Hope your week is great!!

News From Mrs. Rowlett

Hi 2nd Grade Families,

Last week was a short week but it was a busy one.  In Language arts we were busy looking at long and short vowel words.  We sorted words into categories and wrote the words.  We have been writing great entries in our Journals and have been working on writing 5 star sentences.  Our Reading Strategy groups are up and running.  Students should be reading 20 minutes each night.  If they finish their nightly assigned reading early they may read any book of their choice.  On most night students will have a reading response sheet/log to complete.  They will only do one page per night not the whole book. Remember students will have reading homework Monday-Thursday.

We will be starting spelling this week.  Words will be introduced on Monday and a list will be sent home in their binder for extra practice at home.  We will be working with these words daily as our Work on Words Daily 5 choice.  We will have a spelling assessment on Fridays.  

Have a great Week!
Mrs. Rowlett

Dear Second Grade Families,

Here is a look at our week last week!!!

Math

In math we have been very busy learning about the hundreds place.  We worked on a mini math project in which 5 bags with straws in them were shown to the class. Students discussed the best possible way to count all the straws.  After some discussion it was decided that dividing them into tens would be the best way to count the straws.  Also, Students have been exploring up to 3-digit numbers with base ten blocks and place value charts.  As we work with 3-digit numbers here are some of the ways your child is seeing them:
standard form = 274
word form = two hundred seventy-four
expanded form = 200 + 70 + 4,         
place value chart = hundreds    tens    ones
                                   2           7         4
THIS WEEKS MATH HOMEWORK
Monday-No Homework-Labor Day
Tuesday- M.2 Place Value Models--Up to Hundreds
Wednesday- C.4 Writing Numbers Up to 1,000 in Words
Thursday- A.9 Even and Odd Numbers on a Number Line

Language
We are adding on to our knowledge of nouns.  Students are now learning about singular and plural nouns.  As a class we are creating Tree Maps to help us see the different ways to make singular nouns (names one person, place, or thing) into plural nouns (names more than one person, place, or thing).

Projects

We are getting close to completing our first project--Tribes in Action.  During the first 2 weeks of school we worked on learning about the Tribes Agreements--Attentive Listening, Mutual Respect, Appreciations/No Put-Downs, and Right to Pass.  This past week students were broken into groups (They selected their top 3 agreements that they wanted to work on.).  Because this is our first group project we create "Working in Groups Norms" to help us stay focused on task.  So far the groups have created a poster to announce their agreement.  We will continue this week creating puppets and writing short puppet show scripts that shows each agreement.

Mark your calendar... 
Picture Day for Room 17 will be October 8 at 10:30 AM.

 News from Mrs. Rowlett 

Last week in our Language Arts Class was an exciting week.  We finally got Daily 5 fully up and running.   Students were able to choose from all 5 Daily 5 choices during our rotations. The new rotations that were added were word work -- we completed vowel pattern puzzles and sorted the words according to their vowel sound.  We also introduced Listening to reading below you will find links to the great websites we use, if your child would like to listen/explore them at home.  The reading strategies we learned and practiced were:
Check for understanding (comprehension) -- Who did what and where (fiction) and What did I learn (non-fiction.
Back up and Re-read (comprehension) -- If you can't answer who did what go back and re-read.
Cross Check (accuracy) -- Does it look right?  Does it sound right?  Does it make sense?
Stretch the sounds (accuracy) 

Homework -- Your child will have a book to read each night -- They should be reading 20 minutes a night.  Some students will have sight words in their binders to practice reading too.

Listening to reading sites:
Raz-kids -- https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login  (username: jrowlett1)
Just read books -- http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/
Storyline online -- http://www.storylineonline.net/
National Geographic -- http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/moreissues.html

Have a great Week!!!
Mrs. Rowlett