Hope everyone has had a wonderful Superbowl Sunday! I know I always look forward to the good food and great company. This blog post will outline our week this week, and some important events coming up soon!
Reading
Our shared reading time this week will focus on making inferences. We will talk a bout making inferences in 3 different ways: using text clues, using what you know, and using multiple clues to help infer. We will also make inferences about the characters in a book. Guided reading or reading group times are up and running again. Each group has an individual focus such as note taking, making predictions, or summarizing what they have read. If you have questions about what your child's focus of their specific group is, please feel free to ask!
Math
We have finished up subtraction and I am so proud of how hard everyone worked. We had some wonderful discussions and amazing conversations about math, subtraction specifically, that allowed us to truly grow our math brains! This week we will focus one more time on money. Now that we know how to count money, we will learn how to add, subtract, and be money problem solvers. This is a short unit, only spanning 4 total days. With how well we did with addition and subtraction, I am expecting huge success in this unit as well. We will test Monday, February 13.
If possible, allow students to see you make money decisions this week. It will be very helpful for them to witness making change or adding amounts to find a total. Thank you in advance for your help at home!
Writing
We have officially finished informational writing. This week we will begin a short unit on letter writing before beginning opinion writing. We will talk about the basics of letter writing such as how to write a greeting and how to format a piece of letter paper.
Science
We are looking at Earth's Surface in science over the next few weeks. We will talk about topics like erosion, effects of wind and water on land, and different types of land.
Upcoming Dates:
February 6: NO SCHOOL
February 7: Monday (Tuesday) Morning Meeting at 8:20
February 8: PTA Meeting at 6:30 in the Media Center
February 10: Progress Reports go home today
Puzzle Day to conclude Problem Solver week
MS. LISTER OUT in the afternoon (after lunch)
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 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.
As always, feel free to contact me if you have any questions! You can reach me at klister@cpsk12.org or on Remind!
