October 24, 2016
Dear Second Grade Families,
The first quarter is complete and we are onto the second quarter. This year is flying by.
Before we write about last week, Miss Garcia and I want to mention some important events coming up in the next few weeks...
A new quarter means it’s time…
... to buy pizza coupons (pay online through the email that was sent earlier or the school website).
...pay to wear non-uniform socks (students can bring their dollar to office).
Halloween
First of all, Halloween will be celebrated on Monday, October 31st. Students will be allowed to wear their Halloween Costume and we will enjoy a Halloween Party in the afternoon (2:00 - 3:00). Our Room Mothers, Cammi Whitaker(Room 17) and Mrs. Simper/Mrs. Pinson (Room 3) will be organizing our parties and will contact parents for help.
Bookfair
The Book Fair will be coming to Oasis Academy the week of October 31st.
Miss Garcia’s class will be visiting the Book Fair on November 1st from 1:45- 2:00 PM
This is an opportunity for students to check out the Book Fair. During this time they will have the chance to browse, make a "wish list", and make a purchase if they have money.
Parent Te
Parent Teacher Conferences will start on Friday, November 4th and continue into the following week. This will be a very busy and exciting week, I am looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's academic and social progress. If you have not signed up for a conference please do so!! You should have received an email from a web site called Sign up Genius to sign up for a conference. If you have not received the link please contact Miss Garcia or myself so that we can resend the link and you can get scheduled.
Now here's what we did last week...
Math
In Math, we continued to work on adding and subtracting within 1,000 without renaming. Students have been using 3 different strategies (open number line, partial sum, partial difference, and branch addition and subtraction. Students have really gotten quite proficient using the different strategies. We will continue to work with these strategies to add and subtract 3-digit numbers through this week. Miss Garcia and myself realize that we are spending a great deal of time on this standard, but the foundation that we are working on is very important to build.
Here is our homework for next week.
Monday
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2 digit arrow method: Addition Worksheet
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Tuesday
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2 digit arrow method: Subtraction Worksheet
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Wednesday
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3 digit, partial sums without renaming Worksheet
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Thursday
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3 digit, partial differences without renaming Worksheet
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| Projects |
The scientists in second grade were busy exploring more about matter. We are busy building our scientific vocabulary. Students are using a vocabulary strategy called “break down vocabulary” to learn our “scientific vocabulary”. The week before vacation we worked on the following vocabulary- matter and solid. This week we will add the vocabulary words liquid, gas, and molecules. Our scientist will also start using the “scientific method” to explore matter!
Language
Before vacation we worked on Collective Nouns. Collective nouns name a group. Here are some examples…
….a class of students
...a deck of cards
...a flight of butterflies
All students have picked a collective noun that they will be creating a google slide that contains the collective noun, a sentence with the collective noun, and an image. This slides will be put together into a Collective Noun Slideshow.
Writing
Our "Absolutely True" stories are written. Students are working on self editing and revising. All students will conference with me to continue the editing and revising process. The “Absolutely True” stories will be completed this week. They will be put on the bulletin board outside the second grade classrooms this week and will be ready for you to enjoy when you come in for conferences next week.
Enjoy your week and I look forward to meeting with you all very soon!!
Sincerely,
Anne Bloomfield
and
Shannon Garcia
