February 12, 2018
Dear Parents,
Happy Valentine’s Week!! As has been mentioned in last week’s blog, since Valentine’s Day is on
a school day, we will be celebrating it with a small party on Wednesday. Students may bring in
Valentines to give to their classmates. We will pass out Valentines and play some Valentine related
games on Wednesday afternoon from 3:15 till 3:55 pm. We are keeping it very simple!!
a school day, we will be celebrating it with a small party on Wednesday. Students may bring in
Valentines to give to their classmates. We will pass out Valentines and play some Valentine related
games on Wednesday afternoon from 3:15 till 3:55 pm. We are keeping it very simple!!
Math
We have continued working on adding with renaming within 1,000. This is a very complicated
standard (remember, it was started at the end of the first trimester). All of the time has been very
worthwhile, as students are really picking up on the renaming, because it is all done through
decomposing and composing numbers students are really understanding how to break down
and rename the different place values.
standard (remember, it was started at the end of the first trimester). All of the time has been very
worthwhile, as students are really picking up on the renaming, because it is all done through
decomposing and composing numbers students are really understanding how to break down
and rename the different place values.
This past week we focused on addition using branch method on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday. This week we will continue to work on adding with renaming within 1,000 and will
work on subtracting with renaming in the one’s and ten’s place. Here's an example...
Thursday. This week we will continue to work on adding with renaming within 1,000 and will
work on subtracting with renaming in the one’s and ten’s place. Here's an example...
762 - 43 = 1. Decompose numbers by place value.
↙↓↘ ↙ ↘ 2. Group hundreds. Group tens. Group ones.
700 60 2 40 3 3. Subtract hundreds. Subtract tens. Subtract ones.
(700 - 0) + (60 - 40) + (2 - 3) 4. Watch out for negative differences.
700 + 20 - 1 = 5. Write and solve renamed equation.
720 - 1 = 719
Here's the homework for the week...
Monday
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Worksheet: Addition Branching with renaming 1’s and10’s
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Tuesday
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Worksheet: Subtraction Branching with renaming 1’s
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Wednesday
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No Homework Enjoy Valentine’s Day with your family
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Thursday
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IXL - I.2 Add multiples of 10 or 100 (use your mental math skills)
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Language
In Language we are finishing up our work with capitalization using MINTS. Students have
worked on a resource for our room to remind us to capitalize the names months, days, and
holidays, the pronoun I, the names of people, places, and products, titles, and the start of a
sentence. We will be assessing on this skill on Tuesday.
worked on a resource for our room to remind us to capitalize the names months, days, and
holidays, the pronoun I, the names of people, places, and products, titles, and the start of a
sentence. We will be assessing on this skill on Tuesday.
Writing
All writers in 2nd grade have completed their rough drafts of a narrative. Students will spend part
of the week doing self editing and revising and sharing their narratives with others. Students will
be conferencing and completing their final draft by the week’s end.
of the week doing self editing and revising and sharing their narratives with others. Students will
be conferencing and completing their final draft by the week’s end.
Projects
In projects students have been learning about maps. Students have completed making a map of
their rooms which included a title, compass rose, and a key.
their rooms which included a title, compass rose, and a key.
Remember that President’s Day is coming up on Monday, February 19th, there will be no school.
Wishing everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day and a Happy President’s Day!
Wishing everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day and a Happy President’s Day!
Sincerely,
Miss Garcia
