Mrs. Hess and Mrs. Rose
2nd Grade
Happy Friday!!
Here are some conversation starters to hear more about your child's week: -"What are Fancy Nancy words? How did you begin your small moment story this week?" - "What play did your group perform? How did it go?" - "What kind of problem did the Oobleck cause in the town and who warned him against it?" Highlights of our week: Math- We continued counting money and were thrilled with the progress we saw!! Thank you so much working with your child on counting money! Reading- We had so much fun performing our Readers Theaters for our classmates! Each group got to speak into the microphone and practice reading fluently in front of the class. They loved it! Writing- We talked about how to begin our stories and read several children's books to model great beginnings!! We were so impressed with the juicy words our students are now using! Next week's Curriculum: Math: Word Problems: adding and subtracting within 20 Reading: Analyzing Characters Writing: Narrative Writing Science: Solids, liquids, and gas Grammar: Plural Nouns (Irregular and Regular) Secret word of the week: Oobleck We hope you all have a fabulous weekend! :) Mrs. Hess & Mrs. Rose
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Happy Friday!! It was a short week, but a busy one!!
Here are some conversation starters to hear more about your child's week: -"What small moment are writing about? Tell me about the rock you examined during writing this week. " -"Who's face is on the front of the penny? The nickel? The dime?" -"Who were the Cherokee Indians? Tell me three things you learned about them." Highlights of our week: Math- We began to practice counting money (dimes, nickels, and pennies). Students were given a group of coins and had to count the various amounts. This was very difficult for a large portion of our class. You can help at home by giving your child different amounts of change and having him/her practice counting them. We will continue this topic next week as well and can't wait to see the progress we make! Reading- We did a close reading on the text Saving The Whooping Crane and discussed the main idea and details of this book and how the species is endangered . The students were extremely interested in this topic! Writing- We are continuing to focus on choosing a small moment and describing it with LOTS of details. This week, we each picked out a rock from the playground and used our five senses to describe it. Then we created a class list of details used to describe rocks and related this to our writing and the importance of using juicy details to engage the reader. Next week's Curriculum: Math: Counting Money continued and Word Problems with money (dimes, nickels, pennies) Reading: Readers Theater to practice fluency Writing: Narrative Writing Science: Solids, liquids, and gas Grammar: Collective Nouns Secret word of the week: coins We hope you all have a fabulous long weekend! :)Mrs. Hess & Mrs. Rose Happy Friday!! Parents, we need your help!!
- Please send in earbuds/headphones with your child if you have not already. We are now using our I-pads a lot in the classroom, and students are not able to have sound if they do not have any. *You can purchase them at the Dollar Store. Here are some conversation starters to hear more about your child's week: -"What are tiny topics? What memories did you write about? Let's try to think of a few more that you can add to your notebook." -"What is skip-counting?" -"Show me the motions for the vocabulary words you learned during Social Studies this week (nature, history, rivers, plaza, roundhouses, ceremonies). -"What did Peyton and Skylar's family share with you today?" "Show me the motions you learned to remember the definition of main idea and supporting details. Highlights of our week: Math- Skip-counting by 5s, 10s, 100s from any given number has NOT been easy!! We are very proud of the perseverance in our students with this tough skill! You can help at home by giving your child any number between 1 and 1,000 and asking him/her to skip-count by 5s, 10s, or 100s (going backwards and forwards). Reading- We were very interested in finding the main idea and supporting details in our nonfiction texts!! When you are reading with your child at home, (20 minutes each night :)) be sure to discuss the main idea and supporting details. Writing- we wrote memories/moments in our Tiny Topics notebooks and are now working to write a narrative on one of our tiny topics. We are really trying to embrace the idea that every day we experience things we can write about. Some of us are having a hard time coming up with memories/moments. You can help at home by discussing funny, scary, exciting moments that you have experienced as a family. Next week's Curriculum: Math: Counting Money (dimes, nickels, pennies) Reading: Main Idea and Supporting Details Writing: Narrative Writing Social Studies: Creek and Cherokee Indians Grammar: Verbs Secret word of the week: narrative We hope you all have a fabulous long weekend and we can't wait to see of those sweet smiling faces on Tuesday!! :) Mrs. Hess & Mrs. Rose |
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