February 29, 2016
Dear Parents,
Now this is something that doesn't happen every year...Monday is Leap Day! The students and I have been talking about the extra day in our calendar this year. A regular year is 365.25 days, every 4 years the extra .25 (quarter) add up to a whole extra day! Questions to ask your child if Leap Day happens every 4 years...
When was the last Leap Day?
When will be the next Leap Day?
It is just a week of special days as Tuesday, March 1st is the 100th Day of School and March 2nd is Dr. Seuss' Birthday!
Here's all the Room 3 happenings from last week...
Math
Second grade students are working on their time unit. In second grade are standard is to tell time to the nearest 5 minutes. We have been very busy reviewing the parts of the clock--minute hand (the longer one) and hour hand (the shorter one). Students have been practicing the ways to say the time different ways.
For example:
3:15 can be said...
...three fifteen
...fifteen minutes past three
...fifteen minutes after three
...quarter past three
...quarter after three
Writing
We are almost finished with our shared writing projects about animals. This week will practice reading reports and posting our Slide Show. We are planning on presenting to our parents on Thursday, so MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Thursday, March 3rd at 2:15! We hope to present in the cafeteria, if not it will be in our classroom.
Week 27 Homework...
Monday
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Test review pg. 128
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Tuesday
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IXL G.14 Add 3 digits up to two numbers in a word problem
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Wednesday
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IXL P.10 Word Problems - Adding up money up to $1
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Thursday
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IXL P.12 Word Problems-Subtracting $
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