Quarter 4 Week 2

Dear Parents.

Thanks for making Parent Teacher Conferences great!!  Friday was definitely a packed day, but it was very fun to meet with so many families to discuss the progress of your student.  I only have a handful of conferences for this week and I am looking forward to visiting with these families as well!

Last Tuesday, all the second and fifth graders walked over to Venturucci Park for Popscicles in the Park.  Our fifth grade friends were an incredible help with our Decade Project and this was a fun way to thank them.

 

Math

This past week students spent time exploring fractions.  So far students have worked on naming fractions of a whole, recognizing the unit fractions one half, one third, and one fourth.  Students have also worked on identifying, reading, and writing fractions.

We worked on describing fractions by saying 3/4 of the shape is green.

3/4 is 3 out of the 4 equal parts.

Our work in  fractions will continue this week with an assessment on Wednesday.  Here's this week's homework.

Monday	IXL  W.4-Which Shape Illustrates a Fraction?
Tuesday	IXL W.10-Fraction Models Equivalent to Whole Numbers.
Wednesday	IXL P.12 Subtract Money Up to $1:  Word Problems
Thursday	IXL P.19 How Much More Make a Dollar?

Language

In language 2nd graders worked on combining, expanding, and rearranging sentences.  This was a standard that we started before Spring Break and finished last week.  Students will test on Monday after correcting our Scoot Review that we completed Thursday.

Writing

With opinion writing and research work behind us, our second writers are moving back into narrative writing.  Each student is working on a “small moment” narrative related to an activity they did over Spring Break.  We worked on prewriting and our rough drafts last week.  Students will revise and edit this week, then produce a final copy.

Projects

Our new project is focused on plants.  Last week students soaked and planted bean seeds.  Each child planted 2 seeds.  The first seed will receive sun and water and the second seed will receive water and no sun.  It will be interesting to see how well the plants grow.

With April, the days have been a little warmer (except for last Thursday when every type of possible precipatation-rain, sleet, hail, and snow happened) and of course a bit lighter later.  Lacrosse, softball, and baseball are all in full swing, which makes for very busy afternoons and nights.  Please be sure to try to keep a regular schedule as Miss Garcia and myself want well rested learners.

Sincerely,

Anne Bloomfield

     and

Shannon Garcia

Quarter 4 -- Week 1

                                                                                                                                         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	IXL W.1 - Equal Parts
Tuesday	IXL W.2 - Halves, Thirds, Fourths
Wednesday	Fraction worksheet
Thursday	IXL W.3 - Identify the Fraction

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

                                                                                                                      

                                                                              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