I  hope you had a great weekend and were able to enjoy the beautiful weather today.  I am hoping the weather stays sunny and cool so we an enjoy our recess time this week.  As Halloween is approaching, please make sure you send healthy snacks to school for your child, even during lunch. The treats they get on Tuesday will make a great dessert after dinner :)  

Here is our week of learning at a glance:

Reading Workshop-    We will begin to work on inferencing. We will use information from the text, plus our background knowledge to infer what the author is saying in nonfiction texts.  

Writing Workshop-  We have taken one piece of writing through the writing process!  My plan is to have the students share their writing this week with the class with an Author Celebration!  

Science/ Social Studies-  This week we will begin our unit on magnets.  

Math-   We will continue our unit on measurement.  Towards the end of the week, we will begin our unit on time! If your child has  an analog watch ( with the minute hand/ hour hand) please allow your child to wear their watch to school. We will practice telling time all throughout the day!

Class Celebrations:    We want to wish Arial a very Happy Birthday! We hope your day was special! Our Star of the Week  is Hudson!  We will share his poster on Monday!  Congratulations to Ella! She lost another tooth!

Class News:  We are in need of more toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls!  Please continue sending those in with your child. On Friday, we made guitars and we used these for our guitar handles. We can always use duct tape and blue tape as well!  Thanks for all you do to help our STEAM activities!

Have a great week!

I  hope you enjoyed your weekend and were able to go out and enjoy the cooler weather.  It was really great to see so many of you at our bridge presentations. I will upload the video of your child to SeeSaw tomorrow so be on the lookout for that to come through.  

Here is our week of learning at a glance:

Reading Workshop-    We will continue to work on main idea and supporting details.  This can be a tough concept for some students so we will spend a few more days on this.  The Cogat testing will take place during our language arts block so this is a great time to review.  

Writing Workshop-  We will continue our personal narratives.  Many of us are publishing so I am excited to see the finished story!

Science/ Social Studies-  This week we will focus on forms of energy. We will focus on heat, light, and sound energy.  We will make box guitars this week as part of our STEAM! Thanks for  sending in so many boxes!  

Math-   We will begin our unit on measurement. This week we will focus on nonstandard units of measure  and then begin measuring in inches. 

Class Celebrations:    We want to wish Allie a very Happy Birthday! We hope your day was special! Our Star of the Week  is Cameron!  We can't wait to share his poster on Monday!

Class News:  I just wanted to let you know that we are going to take the Cogat this  Tuesday and Wednesday!    Your child can not "study" for this test. Just make sure your child comes to school with a good breakfast and plenty of rest. 

Have a great week!

 I cannot believe it is already October and our first nine weeks is coming to an end! If you have not signed up for a parent/ teacher conference, please do so.  I sent out an e-mail with a Sign-up Genius so there are still spots available.  If October 10 does not work for you, please let me know and we can meet on a different date. 

Here is our week of learning at a glance:

Reading Workshop-  This week will focus on questioning using nonfiction texts.  Today we looked at a sales ad and we asked questions based on the pictures.  For example,when looking at a toy, we asked, " I wonder what ages could play with this toy? " or " I wonder if this toy needs batteries?"  Then we looked to see if we could answer our questions.  ( So don't be surprised if your child wants to go to Wal-Mart tonight! ) We will discuss how good readers ask questions while reading the text .  We will also get to read with a partner this week so we can practice asking good questions.  

Writing Workshop-  We will continue our personal narratives.  We will focus on editing and revising our stories this week.  

Science/ Social Studies-  This week we will continue to  focus on changing  matter.  We started our bridge project today and on Friday for STEAM, we will " create a bridge that can hold an object." Please keep sending in supplies such as toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, tape, pipe cleaners, straws, craft sticks and any material that will help us create and build! 

Math-   We will continue to work on two digit addition.  We should be able to solve two digit addition problems using the algorithm, adding tens and ones, using a hundreds chart or a number line.  Any of  those strategies are appropriate for second grade. 

Class Celebrations:    Congratulations to Natalie!  She is our Star of the Week!  We also earned 10 compliments!   We will vote for our reward tomorrow!  

Class News:  I just wanted to let you know that we are going to take the Cogat on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 17 and 18.  Your child can not "study" for this test. Just make sure your child comes to school with a good breakfast and plenty of rest. 

Have a great week!

Mrs. King