Reading
We are going to begin an author's study for shared reading. We will explore the work of Chris Van Allsburg, who has written titles such as Jumanji, Zathura, and The Polar Express. He is one of my favorite children's authors so I'm very excited his work ties in with our lessons! His books are very easy to infer and read beyond the words on the page. His wonderful stories are also accompanied by lots of beautiful artwork.
Our book it goal for February is 180 minutes!
Our book it goal for February is 180 minutes!
Math
We will be finishing up money this week with a review/test on Monday. This was a very short unit, as it really is just a follow-up to two-digit addition and subtraction. We spent some time this past week being problem-solvers, and even tried a math talk discussion in small-group. It was amazing to watch each student begin really talking and thinking about the "why" behind math. This is my area of research for my master's program, and is something I am very excited about! We will begin place value to 1,000 this coming week.
Writing
We will work on letter writing throughout the next week. We are going to begin tying in persuasive letter writing, which will flow seamlessly into opinion writing. Monday we will be writing letters to businesses for donations to help with our service learning (see below). We will begin planning and writing letters on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday where we try to persuade our reader.
Upcoming Events
February 13: Monday Morning Meeting at 8:20
Parent Teacher Conferences from 3:30-7:30
February 14: Spring Party at 2:15-3:00 in our classroom
February 15: Sick day (wear sweat pants/t-shirt, bring stuffed animal)
Lunch with the principal day
February 16: Parent Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:30
February 17: NO SCHOOL
February 20: NO SCHOOL
February 21: Summer School Registration Opens
February Book Orders submitted
February 21: Summer School Registration Opens
February Book Orders submitted
February 24: 2nd grade music performance
Spring Party
We will hand out Valentine's during the day before the party. I am asking that students decorate boxes/bags with their name on them at home and bring them in to collect their valentines. Feel free to send the valentine boxes/bags beginning Monday, February 13th. I will have a place to store them in the classroom.
Parent Teacher Conferences
A note went home in Friday folders outlining your time for your conference. If this time does not work, please contact me or the school office to reschedule your time.
Sick Day
Our class DOJO celebration will be Wednesday February 15th. The students chose a sick day. I am asking for donations of "sick food" for our day. Students may wear sweat pants and t-shirts, and are allowed to bring in a stuffed animal or blanket/pillow to read with that day.
Service Learning
2nd grade students have chosen to help Hurricane Matthew victims in Haiti as our service learning. More information will be coming home soon, but I wanted to get something on everyone's minds. We are going to hand out information about a silent auction that will take place the day of our awards ceremony for our math competition. We will ask for donations for specific baskets soon, but I am opening the door if anyone has any basket items/ideas they would like to contribute, or sponsor a basket on their own! Please know if you are an independent distributor of a certain product, you are more than welcome to include your advertising information in the basket as well!
We are going to have an awesome (and fast, I'm sure) week! Please let me know if you have any questions. klister@cpsk12.org
I'm going to try to start adding a few pictures to my blog posts each week. This past week I only took 1 picture, busy week! Here, group 4 is working on writing meaningful predictions using what they see/know!
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