March 13, 2017

Dear Second Grade Families,

Last week I tried to cut the 3rd quarter short.  We are now in the last week of the 3rd quarter and will start the 4th quarter on March 27th  (when we get back from Spring Break)!!  

Mrs. Bloomfield and myself hope everyone remembered to “Spring Ahead”!  Between the time change and spring sports in full swing, we are thankful to have Spring Break coming up next week!!  Hopefully the weather will stay spring like for vacation!!

Math

Our week in math will continue to be all about word problems.  We worked on word problems related to money and measurement.  Students have been working extremely hard on reading, understanding, and solving word problems.  Our work wth money and measurement word problems will finish on Thursday with an assessment.

Homework for Week 28

Monday	IXL P.16 Purchases -do you have enough $ up to 5dollars.
Tuesday	IXL S.4 Customary units of length:word problems
Wednesday	IXL - S.10 Metric units of length - word problems
Thursday	No Homework--It’s Time for Spring Break!

Language

Our time in language was spent with producing, expanding, and rearranging complete simple and compound sentences.  Students did a fantastic job taking a very simple sentence and making it more complex by adding adjectives, adverbs, a "where", or a "when".

My dog ate.

Last night, my little dog quickly ate all the dog food in the pen before my bigger dogs could eat.

Students also practiced combining 2 simple sentences using a conjunction (and, or, so, or but).

We like to go to the movies.R

Those 2 simple sentences can be combined to using a conjunction.

We like to go to the movies and eat popcorn.

Writing and Projects

Our work in writing has gone “hand and hand” with our project work.  Students have been finishing up their captions for their Project Tri-fold and writing their index card notes for their presentations on Thursday.

Because St. Patrick’s Day is Friday we are also sneaking in a wee bit of Leprechaun writing!!

Remember!!!

Second Graders will be presenting their Decade Projects on Thursday, March 16th from 2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. in the cafeteria!!   They have been working so hard, we hope you can come and enjoy their hard work!!

Spring Break is next week!!  Mrs. Rowlett and I hope that everyone enjoys a restful and safe break!  We look forward to seeing all our 2nd graders on Monday, March 27th!!

Reading news --
2nd graders will be completing assessments during their time with Mrs. Rowlett. If they do not have a book to read please have them choose a book to read for 20 minutes. 

Sincerely,

Miss Garcia and Mrs. Rowlett