Quarter 3 week 2

Happy Monday!

Your child should be able to come home and discuss measurement with you!   The students have been having a great time measuring using both standard (inches, centimeters, feet) and non-standard units (small and large paperclips, cubes, tiles).  They should be able to tell you that 1 foot is equal to 12 inches.  

The second graders will continue to work on measuring this week and we hope to test by Thursday.  They have shown great interest in measurement.  They have had the chance to explore with many tools: rulers, measuring tapes, yardsticks, tape measures as well as a measuring wheel...ask your student what you can use a measuring wheel for.  I purchased one for the classroom and will share it between my class and Mrs. Bloomfield’s class.  I also purchased a tape measure that measures to 100 ft. because the kids have expressed an interest in measuring the cafeteria, classroom and hallways!  Their questions and interests really guide the instruction in our classroom.  

Measuring Wheel - used to measure long distances

Here is the homework for Week 20.

Monday	IXL S.1 Read a thermometer
Tuesday	IXL S.4 Word Problems (inches)
Wednesday	Workbook page 99 &100
Thursday	No Homework.  Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Monday

Next Week

We will be starting a new project on Geography.   Our introduction activity will be to use Google Maps to locate North America, Nevada, Churchill County, Fallon, and Oasis Academy.  Each student will  use their Chrome book as a tool to locate their address using Google Maps.

We will also continue working on compound words.  

Have a great week!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

To ALL of my second grade families who gave/donated to my Oasis Academy Christmas gifts.  My stocking was filled with all of my favorite kind of stuff!  Making the change and coming to Oasis has made a positive impact in my life and also to my teaching career.  Thank you for taking such GREAT care of me!  I promise to take GREAT care of your children, I'm so lucky to have them this year.

Happy New Year!
Miss Garcia

Quarter 3 week 1

Happy 2016 Bighorn Families,

We hope you had a restful, happy and fun-filled Winter Break.  I can’t believe that here we are getting lesson plans ready for week 20!

The week of before Winter Break we did a lot of review, assessing and reassessing in both first and second grade classes.

We are starting off the New Year with measuring.  Second graders will be expected to work on and meet the following standards:

• measure to determine which objects are longer than others
• estimate lengths using centimeters, inches, and feet
• measure an object twice using different units of measurements
• select appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks or measuring tapes in order to measure accurately.

Monday	Page 94
Tuesday	IXL S.15 Choose the appropriate measuring tool
Wednesday	IXL S.2 Measure using a inch ruler
Thursday	IXL S.8 Measure using a centimeter ruler

News from Mrs. Rowlett

Welcome back 2nd grade families,

I hope everyone had a restful break.  This week in Language Arts class we will be working on compound words, continue to write using our strategies and 5 star sentences.  We will also be beginning Wonder stories this week.  We will use these non-fiction text to answer questions about the text by highlighting where in the story the answer can be found.

Homework reminder -- All Bighorns should be reading 20 minutes each night.  If your child doesn't bring a book home to read please have them choose a book from home to read.  

Have a great week!