Peek of the week for April 21-25th

Hello second grade families!

Math: We will continue Unit 9 about Equal Shares and Whole Number Operations. We will learn about creating and naming equal parts, equal shares, pattern block fractions, fractional units of length, review place value, expand and trade subtraction. We will also learn about equivalent money amounts, estimating costs, connecting doubles facts, even numbers and equal groups, multiples of 10 and 5.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will start Unit 9. This unit will focus on learning how the goods we make, buy, and sell connect us. The unit assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on the suffixes -y and -ly.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: happy, slowly, lucky, neatly, funny, likely, messy, quickly, rainy, friendly. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will continue working on our unit on Animal research. We will be working on this unit for 3-4 weeks, as we will work on this as a group.  We will research an animal and learn where they live, what kind of habitat they live in. What they eat, what species they are, and several other facts and 3 interesting facts about our animal. Ask your student what animal they picked!!

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear from the spirit website. They are only allowed to wear it during class if

Upcoming School Events:

-Friday, April 25^th- Beach day!

-Monday, May 5^th- Deadline to register for the Father/Daughter & Mother /Son Dances online.

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for April 14-18th

Hello second grade families!

Math: We will start Unit 9 about Equal Shares and Whole Number Operations. We will learn about creating and naming equal parts, equal shares, pattern block fractions, fractional units of length, review place value, expand and trade subtraction. We will also learn about equivalent money amounts, estimating costs, connecting doubles facts, even numbers and equal groups, multiples of 10 and 5.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will finish Unit 8. In this unit we learned how wind and water shape the land. We looked at how we react to changes in nature, what causes earth changes, and how communities prepare for dangerous weather.  The unit assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on the suffixes -er and -est.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: faster, fastest, slower, slowest, newer, newest, colder, coldest, taller, and tallest. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will continue working on our unit on Animal research. We will be working on this unit for 3-4 weeks, as we will work on this as a group.  We will research an animal and learn where they live, what kind of habitat they live in. What they eat, what species they are, and several other facts and 3 interesting facts about our animal. Ask your student what animal they picked!!

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear from the spirit website. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-Wednesday, April 16^th- Second Grade Field Trip to Stages Theater

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for April 7^th- 11^th

Hello second grade families!

Math: We will finish Unit 8. The unit assessment will be at the end of the week. This unit will focus on Shapes! We learned the attributes of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. We learned about regular and irregular polygons. We will make equal groups and arrays and write number stories about them.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will continue Unit 8. In this unit we will learn how wind and water shape the land. We will look at how we react to changes in nature, what causes earth changes, and how communities prepare for dangerous weather. The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on the suffixes -er and -or.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: farmer, teacher, visitor, actor, sailor, baker, writer, doctor, dancer, and inventor . Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will continue working on our unit on Animal research. We will be working on this unit for 3-4 weeks, as we will work on this as a group.  We will research an animal and learn where they live, what kind of habitat they live in. What they eat, what species they are and 3 facts about our animal. Ask you student what animal they picked!!

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear from the spirit website. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for March 31^st – April 4th

Hello second grade families! We hope everyone had a great Spring Break!

This is the last week to order yearbooks! Please go to ybpay.com and enter yearbook code: 8847425 to order your yearbook!

Math: We will continue Unit 8. This unit will focus on Shapes! We will learn the attributes of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Learn about regular and irregular polygons. We will make equal groups and arrays and write number stories about them.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will start Unit 8. In this unit we will learn how wind and water shape the land. We will look at how we react to changes in nature, what causes earth changes, and how communities prepare for dangerous weather.  The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on irregular plural nouns.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: feet, teeth, lives, men, women, shelves, children, people, fish, and sheep. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will be starting or unit on Animal research. We will be working on this unit for 3-4 weeks, as we will work on this as a group.  We will research an animal and learn where they live, what kind of habitat. What they eat, what species they are and 3 facts about our animal. Ask you student what animal they picked!!

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-March 3rd- April 4^th- Yearbook sales. Yearbooks are $17.   Visit ybpay.com and enter yearbook code: 8847425

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for March 17-21st

Hello second grade families! Our last week before Spring Break!

Math: We will start Unit 8. This unit will focus on Shapes! We will learn the attributes of 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes. Learn about regular and irregular polygons. We will make equal groups and arrays and write number stories about them.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will continue Unit 7, about Pioneers in Flight. We will learn about: How does understanding the past shape the future? Why are the accomplishments of people in the past important? How can historic achievements help everyone over time? Also, What way do advances in flight build on one another? The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on Related Root Words, example: move, movers, moving.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: add, addition, forget, forgot, forgotten, move, movers, moving, work,  and worked. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-March 3rd- April 4^th- Yearbook sales. Yearbooks are $17.   Visit ybpay.com and enter yearbook code: 8847425

-March 21^st- Spirit Day- Jersey and hat day- Free dress

-March 24-28- No school- Spring Break

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for March 10-14th

Hello second grade families!

Math: We will finish Unit 7. This unit focused on adding 4 or more numbers, measuring with yards and meters, collecting data and representing the data, shape attributes. We will assess Unit 7 mid-week!

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will continue Unit 7, about Pioneers in Flight. We will learn about: How does understanding the past shape the future? Why are the accomplishments of people in the past important? How can historic achievements help everyone over time? Also, What way do advances in flight build on one another? The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on inflectional endings with spelling changes.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: hopped, liked, making, raked, running, sitting, smiled, smiled, swimming, taking, using. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-March 3rd- April 4^th- Yearbook sales. Yearbooks are $17.   Visit ybpay.com and enter yearbook code: 8847425

-March 24-28- No school- Spring Break

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for March 3-6th

Hello second grade families! NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, MARCH 7^th!!!

This is the last week of trimester 2!!

Math: We will continue Unit 7. This unit will focus on adding 4 or more numbers, measuring with yards and meters, collecting data and representing the data, shape attributes.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will start Unit 7, about Pioneers in Flight. We will learn about: How does understanding the past shape the future? Why are the accomplishments of people in the past important? How can historic achievements help everyone over time? Also, What way do advances in flight build on one another? The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on compound words and silent letters.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: bathroom, birthday, cowboy, doorknob, moonlight, railroad, seashell, snowball, starfish, and toothbrush. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Thursday.

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

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

March 3rd- April 4^th- Yearbook sales. Yearbooks are $17.   Visit ybpay.com and enter yearbook code: 8847425

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Feb. 24-28th

Hello second grade families!

Please remember to send winter gear with your student every day for recess.

Math: We will continue Unit 7. This unit will focus on adding 4 or more numbers, measuring with yards and meters, collecting data and representing the data, shape attributes.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will finish Unit 6, we learned about Tales that Teach Us and the lessons the tale teaches. The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on vowel teams: aw, au, al, (w)a.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: ball, tall, draw, small, walk, fault, straw, talk, salt, and launch. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will finish Unit 4 in Science. We will learn how earth changes quickly and how it changes slowly. We will also learn how people can change earth. We will have the unit assessment on Friday.

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. Please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

Feb. 25^th- World Culture Night 4:30-6:00pm

Feb. 28^th- Retro Day- Free dress

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Feb. 18-21st

Hello second grade families!

NO SCHOOL Monday, February,17^th!

Please remember to send winter gear with your student every day for recess.

Math: We will start Unit 7! This unit will focus on adding 4 or more numbers, measuring with yards and meters, collecting data and representing the data, shape attributes.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will finish Unit 6, we learned about Tales that Teach Us and the lessons the tale teaches. The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on vowel teams: aw, au, al, (w)a.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: ball, tall, draw, small, walk, fault, straw, talk, salt, and launch. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will continue Unit 4 in Science. We will learn how earth changes quickly and how it changes slowly. We will also learn how people can change earth.

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. Winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-Feb. 17^th- NO SCHOOL- President’s Day

Feb. 25^th- World Culture Night 4:30-6:00pm

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Feb. 10-14th

Hello second grade families! Winter weather is here, please remember to send winter gear with your student every day for recess.

Math: We needed to take longer than we had thought to finish Unit 6. This unit focused on representing data, comparison number stories, interpreting number stories, animal number stories, two-step number stories, and recording addition strategies. We needed to review more with the students, to be ready for the assessment. So, we will take the unit assessment mid-week this week.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will continue Unit 6, we will learn about Tales that Teach Us and the lessons the tale teaches. The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on vowel teams: oo and u.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: book, look, cook, shook, foot, good, stood, wood, push, and put. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will start Unit 4 in Science. We will learn how earth changes quickly and how it changes slowly. We will also learn how people can change earth.

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. Winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-Feb. 14^th- Flower Delivery. Free Dress Day- wear red, pink, purple.

-Feb. 17^th- NO SCHOOL- President’s Day

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Feb. 3-6th

Hello second grade families! NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, February 7^TH! Winter weather is here, please remember to send winter gear with your student every day for recess.

Math: We will finish Unit 6. This unit focused on representing data, comparison number stories, interpreting number stories, animal number stories, two-step number stories, and recording addition strategies. We will take the unit assessment mid-week.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will start Unit 6, we will learn about Tales that Teach Us and the lessons the tale teaches. The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on vowel team: oo, ui, ew, ue, u, ou, oe, and u_e.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: too, fruit, new, blue, truth, soon, grew, true, July, and shoe. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Thursday.

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

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. Winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

 -Feb. 4-6^th- I love to read parent readers.

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Jan. 27-30th

Hello second grade families! NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, JANUARY 31^TH! Winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess.

Math: We will continue Unit 6. This unit will focus on representing data, comparison number stories, interpreting number stories, animal number stories, two-step number stories, and recording addition strategies.

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will finish Unit 5, we are learning about Technology and Interventions, and how inventions help solve problems or create a solution. The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on vowel teams: ou & ow.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: out, count, round, now, brown, town, mouth, owl, house, and cow. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Social Studies: We will start Unit 4 in Social Studies, People Who Supply Our Goods and Services. We will learn about how people get what they need. We will learn about needs, wants and choices, food producers, producing and consuming goods, challenges producers face.

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. Winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-January 6^th – 31^st -Flower Fundraiser Sales

-January 31^th  -NO SCHOOL

-January 30^th- Conferences 3:45-6:45pm

-January 31^st- Conferences 7:15am-12:35pm

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811 

Peek of the week for Jan. 13-17th

Hello second grade families! Students will need to be back in uniforms this week! Winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess.

Math: We will finish Unit 5 this week. We will review on Monday and  have the unit assessment on Tuesday!

Homework: Your student will have math homework each night to complete and return to school the next day. 

Language Arts: We will start Unit 5, which we will learn about Technology and Interventions.  The assessment will be at the end of the week. Our phonics skill this week will focus on VCe words (vowel, consonant, silent e) and Consonant -le Syllables.

Spelling: This week’s spelling words are: hope, shape, apple, table, purple, baseball, mistake, inside, and useful. Please help your student study these words every night. The test will be on Friday.

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

Science: We will continue Unit 3 on Earth’s Water and Land. We will learn how to describe earth’s surface, learn about water on earth, and we will map land and water.

Other Reminders:

Please remember to send a healthy snack to school with your student every day. Winter weather is here, please remember to send a winter jacket, snow pants, boots, hat, and gloves with your student every day for recess. If your student wants to wear a sweater or sweatshirt during class, it MUST be an Athlos uniform approved color and cannot have any graphics, words, or designs, unless it is purchased Athlos Spirit wear. They are only allowed to wear it during class if it is uniform approved.

Upcoming School Events:

-January 6^th – 31^st -Flower Fundraiser Sales

-January 20^th  -NO SCHOOL

-January 24^th -Spirit Day- Twin Day

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

Jennifer Hodgman  

Second Grade Teacher  

Room 232  

[email protected]  

(763) 777-8942 #8811