March 27, 2017
Dear Second Grade Families,
Welcome spring!! Here we are back from Spring Break, hopefully everyone had an enjoyable week!
A big thank-you for all the parents, family members, friends that were able to take a walk through the twentieth century. The second grade students learned many interesting facts about their decade, as did the second grade teachers (Who knew bubblegum was invented in the 1920’s?). It was a lengthy project to complete but Miss Garcia and myself are very pleased with the final products.
This week we begin the 4th quarter. If the first three quarters have seemed to pass in a snap; Mrs Bloomifield and myself can't image how quickly the last quarter will pass!
Math
Our week in math continued 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. We ended our week with an assessment.
As we enter the 4th quarter, students will be exploring fractions. We will be looking at wholes versus fractions, as well as halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths. Some of the key vocabulary students will be using will include numerator, denominator, whole, half, thirds, fourths, sixths, and eighths.
Homework for Week 29
Monday
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IXL W.1 - Equal Parts
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Tuesday
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IXL W.2 - Halves, Thirds, Fourths
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Wednesday
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Fraction worksheet
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Thursday
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IXL W.3 - Identify the Fraction
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Language
In language students will finish up their work on combining sentences to make compound sentences. Students will be using the conjunctions and, so, but, and, or to combine sentences.
Writing
Second grade writers will spend some time this week working on a “small moment” narrative about something they did over Spring Break. The narrative will be just a very short moment of an event. Students will focus on the actions, thoughts, and feelings experienced during their “small moment”.
Projects
A new quarter with a new project. To start the 4th quarter, students will become botanists. Over the course of this project students will observe bean seeds, learn the main parts of a plant and their purpose, and create a model of a plant with labels.
Looking forward to seeing all the second graders back ready to learn!!
Sincerely,
Anne Bloomfield
and
Shannon Garcia
