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