This will be quick!
Wednesday, February 1st is our 100th day of school. If you could send a collection of 100 things with your child that day, it would be extremely helpful! We plan to sort those items and use them to reinforce the value of 100!
We are busy talking about folktales and fables in reading. Our comprehension focus is cause/effect. It is always interesting to discuss if we do something, then something happens. ;)
In math we are continuing to work on using efficient strategies for adding and subtracting. When the numbers are in story problems, kids need to be able to use the functions correctly. Do you add? Do you subtract? I find myself asking these questions a lot!
In social studies we are studying our branches of government. The students are also interested in reading biographies of people like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. We have enjoyed wonderful discussions!
Okay, this wasn't as brief as I predicted it would be!
Thansk for reading
Happy Friday to you! Happy Friday to you! Happy Friday to you---Happy Friday to you! (insert the tune to the birthday song)
It has been a busy week around here. I hope you enjoyed having your kiddo home on Monday. What cold weather we've had since then!
Miss Coney has been busy teaching the spelling and writing curriculum this week. She has begun the non-fiction writing unit. The kids have learned about Koko (a gorilla) and her kitten. Then they focused on asking and writing questions.
In spelling they worked on some common, high frequency words. Next week's spelling words focus on endings like -nd, -nk, and -ng. Miss Coney will also begin teaching the reading series. The focus next week will be on the Non-fiction story, ANT.
In math we've been working on strategy method for solving 2 and 3 digit addition problems. We have practiced proof pictures, show all totals, expanded method and the traditional method. By teaching all of these ways to solve the problems, we hope all kids can latch on to a method and work on solving the math efficiently. We shift to focusing on subtraction problems next week. We will show them several methods for solving those problems, too! I hope they all find success in solving their p
Welcome back after the New Year! I admit to not seeing the clock strike midnight on Saturday night. I was too tired from staying up Friday night watching the local football teams in their bowl games. Although both ISU and Iowa lost their games, I am always proud to support both teams as they play in the post-season!
I also am happy to introduce Traci Coney, student teacher from ISU. She is working with our second graders until the first week of March. Look forward to meeting her at conferences. Don't forget those conference times will be scheduled on February 15, 21, and 23. Once the schedule is complete, I'll send home your assigned time. LET ME KNOW if the time isn't good. I'll try to work out something better! I can't wait to see you then!
As mentioned in my previous post, students are finishing their unit on communities in reading. Post-testing for Unit 3 will occur next week. During the review and reteaching weeks, I'm going to work hard with students on their comprehension strategies. I hope to revisit summarizing, main idea/detail, and predicting. I am going to assess their progress with some quick-write activities.
In math, we have begun Unit 4 which is adding and subtracting within 1,000 by using an efficient method. Please remember to encourage your child to discontinue using fingers for adding...but rather to try using proof pictures, show all totals, expanded form, or the tradtional method. ALL of these methods will be taught and practiced repeatedly in the next several weeks!
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Thanks! ~Mrs. S.
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