Our Week at a Glance

 October 6-10

Hello second grade families!

Please send your child to school with a healthy snack each day.  We will have a 10 minute snack time in the morning, so please send in something that your child can eat within that time frame.  Some healthy snacks include:  fruit, vegetables, popcorn, crackers, etc.  Please NO candy, donuts, cookies, etc. for snack.  Water bottles are allowed at school with water only!

Math:  In math we will be working on our 2^nd Unit.  We will be learning many different addition strategies to help with our addition.  These strategies include; counting up, counting back, making 10, doubles facts, etc. 

Homework: Your student will have math and spelling homework each week to complete.  Homework will go home on Monday’s and needs to be completed and returned the following Monday.  Homework for this week will need to be turned in on Monday, October 13.

Language Arts: We will be spending the next few weeks in our unit Characters Learn and Grow.  We will be talking about creating mental images, as well as setting and plot.  Describing the characters in the stories is also something we will be working on this unit.  A big portion of the unit is going to be spent retelling the stories we read!

Spelling: Our spelling words this week consist of ways to make the long e sound.  Our spelling words for the week are here, thief, funny, piece, need, key, clean, happy, queen, leaf**We will have a spelling test on Friday. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science:  We will be starting science this week.  This unit we will discuss the properties of matter (solid, liquid, gas).  We will be differentiating between these properties and describing what each property is/used for.

Upcoming School Events: 

October 7-Grandparents Breakfast

October 16-17 No School

October 28- Bingo For Books

October 29/30- Parent Teacher Conferences

October 31- Super Hero/Animal Day

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.

Our Week at a Glance

 September 29-October3

Hello second grade families!

Please send your child to school with a healthy snack each day.  We will have a 10 minute snack time in the morning, so please send in something that your child can eat within that time frame.  Some healthy snacks include:  fruit, vegetables, popcorn, crackers, etc.  Please NO candy, donuts, cookies, etc. for snack.  Water bottles are allowed at school with water only!

Math:  In math we will be working on our 2^nd Unit.  We will be learning many different addition strategies to help with our addition.  These strategies include; counting up, counting back, making 10, doubles facts, etc. 

Homework: Your student will have math and spelling homework each week to complete.  Homework will go home on Monday’s and needs to be completed and returned the following Monday.  Homework for this week will need to be turned in on Monday, October 6.

Language Arts: We will be spending the next few weeks in our unit Characters Learn and Grow.  We will be talking about creating mental images, as well as setting and plot.  Describing the characters in the stories is also something we will be working on this unit.  A big portion of the unit is going to be spent retelling the stories we read!

Spelling: Our spelling words this week consist of ways to make the long o sound.  Our spelling words for the week are both, throw, bowl, broke, grow, toe, roast, float, going, globe**We will have a spelling test on Friday. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Science:  We will be starting science this week.  This unit we will discuss the properties of matter (solid, liquid, gas).  We will be differentiating between these properties and describing what each property is/used for.

Upcoming School Events: 

October 1- Picture Day

October 7-Grandparents Breakfast (Forms and $$ due September 30)

October 16-17 No School

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.

Our Week at a Glance

 September 22-26

Hello second grade families!

Please send your child to school with a healthy snack each day.  We will have a 10 minute snack time in the morning, so please send in something that your child can eat within that time frame.  Some healthy snacks include:  fruit, vegetables, popcorn, crackers, etc.  Please NO candy, donuts, cookies, etc. for snack.  Water bottles are allowed at school with water only!

Math:  In math we will be looking at numbers on a number line, adding and subtracting on a number line, skip counting by 2’s (even/odd numbers), and looking at patterns.  We are identifying coins and their values.  We will have our first unit test September 29th.

Homework: Your student will have math and spelling homework each week to complete.  Homework will go home on Monday’s and needs to be completed and returned the following Monday.  Homework for this week will need to be turned in on Monday, September 29.

Language Arts: We will be finishing our unit Habitats Around the World.  We will be reading some informative texts and start learning how to identify the Central Idea (Main topic).  We will also be looking at graphic features (title, headings, vocabulary, and pictures).

Spelling: Our spelling words this week consist of ways to make the long a sound.  Our spelling words for the week are April, play, blame, stay, cake, mail, chain, paint, break, great **We will have a spelling test on Friday. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies:  We will be finishing our unit about family and community.  What makes up a community?  What are some traditions in our families?  This week we are talking about primary and secondary sources.

Upcoming School Events: 

September 26- Dress in your Minnesota sports gear!

October 1- Picture Day

October 7-Grandparents Day

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.

Our Week at a Glance

 September 15-19

Hello second grade families! We had an awesome first week getting to know the kids! 

Please send your child to school with a healthy snack each day.  We will have a 10 minute snack time in the morning, so please send in something that your child can eat within that time frame.  Some healthy snacks include:  fruit, vegetables, popcorn, crackers, etc.  Please NO candy, donuts, cookies, etc. for snack.  Water bottles are allowed at school with water only!

Math:  In math we will be looking at numbers on a number line, adding and subtracting on a number line, skip counting by 2’s, and looking at patterns.  We will also be starting some addition strategies!

Homework: Your student will have math and spelling homework each week to complete.  Homework will go home on Monday’s and needs to be completed and returned the following Monday.  Homework for this week will need to be turned in on Monday, September 22.

Language Arts: We will continue our unit Habitats Around the World.  We will be reading some informative texts and start learning how to identify the Central Idea (Main topic).  We will also be looking at graphic features (title, headings, vocabulary, and pictures).

Spelling: Our spelling words for the week are go, we, she, no, open, den, dentist, napkin, problem, silent **We will have a spelling test on Friday. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies:  We will be working on our unit about family and community.  What makes up a community?  What are some traditions in our families? 

Upcoming School Events: 

September 26- Dress in your Minnesota sports gear!

Our Week at a Glance

 September 8-12

Hello second grade families! We had an awesome first week getting to know the kids! 

Please send your child to school with a healthy snack each day.  We will have a 10 minute snack time in the morning, so please send in something that your child can eat within that time frame.  Some healthy snacks include:  fruit, vegetables, popcorn, crackers, etc.  Please NO candy, donuts, cookies, etc. for snack.  Water bottles are allowed at school with water only!

Math: This week in math we will be looking at numbers on a number line, adding and subtracting on a number line, skip counting by 2’s, and looking at patterns.

Homework: Your student will have math and spelling homework each week to complete.  Homework will go home on Monday’s and needs to be completed and returned the following Monday.  This will begin next week!

Language Arts: We will begin our unit Habitats Around the World.  We will be reading some informative texts and start learning how to identify the Central Idea (Main topic). 

Spelling: Our spelling words for the week are graph, stand, chest, fetch, flip, this, cloth, shop, just, budge  **We will have a spelling test on Friday.  This week we are talking about words that contain the short vowels!

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies:  We will be starting our unit on Community.  What makes up a community.

Upcoming School Events: 

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.

September 2-5

Hello second grade families! Welcome back to school!  We are excited to meet our students and get to know them!  We are looking forward to having a great year with them!

Please send your child to school with a healthy snack each day.  We will have a 10 minute snack time in the morning, so please send in something that your child can eat within that time frame.  Some healthy snacks include:  fruit, vegetables, popcorn, crackers, etc.  Please NO candy, donuts, cookies, etc. for snack.  Water bottles are allowed at school with water only!

Math: We will take a beginning of the year math assessment to see what was retained from 1^st grade.  We will also do some around the room math, this or that graphing, and math about you!

Homework: Your student will have math and spelling homework each week to complete.  Homework will go home on Monday’s and needs to be completed and returned the following Monday.  This will begin in a few weeks.

Language Arts: We will be reading stories and doing activities that go along with the story.  Our Class is a Family, First Day Jitters, and Do Unto Otter’s are a few that we will be reading.  We will be assessing reading levels and sight words in the next few weeks.

Spelling: No spelling this week. 

Homework: Please have your student read for at least 20 minutes every night. 

Social Studies:  We will be talking about how we are part of a classroom community!

Upcoming School Events: 

September 2- Welcome back to school!

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Email is the best way to communicate.