What Did You Do This Summer?

Please share a message about what you did this summer.  See you soon!

What Did You Learn from a Non-Fiction Book?

After you read a non-fiction book, write down four importanct facts you learned. Maybe your information will lead a friend to read the same non-fiction story. Be sure to include the title and author of your book.

How Many Windows Do You Have?

On the summer calendar I sent home, you are supposed to estimate the number of windows in your house today. After estimating, actually count the windows and share your response here.

THANK YOU!

Have a terrific summer and enjoy the time with friends and family.  I hope you had as much fun this school year as me and I look forward to hearing great things about all of you in 2nd grade.

Week of May 11th

Weekly Learning

 

Reading: The review point has begun in Fundations.  We will work with many skills from the first half of the year this week.  Please ask you child what we reviewed each day to see if they can explain the various rules we have learned.  Flowers Bloom is a short story that will focus our attention on new vocabulary as well as understanding what we read.  We will do a "Close Reading" of this text and look at key areas of the text to determine the meaning of new words through context clues and discussion.  We will read this story 4-5 times this week. 

 

Writing: The Egg Journal will wrap up this week and be ready for Chick Night.  We are excited to show off what we have learned about eggs and chickens.

 

Math: Topic 14 continues the learning about data and graphs.  We will explore bar graphs, pictograph or picture graphs, and tally marks to collect data.  We will analyze data for comparison too.
 

Social Studies and Science: We have witnessed the the life cycle of a butterfly and will watch a video to compare our knowledge versus the information from the video.  Social Studies time will be spent working on making maps.

Week of May 4th

Weekly Learning

 

Reading: Two syllable words with the es suffix will be introduced this week.  This suffix will be added to our knowledge of ed and ing suffixes.  Check Out My Bug Collection is a short story that will focus our attention on new vocabulary as well as understanding what we read.  We will do a "Close Reading" of this text and look at key areas of the text to determine the meaning of new words through context clues and discussion.  We will read this story 4-5 times this week. 

 

Writing: The Egg Journal is underway.  We will complete a weekly writing about the progress of the eggs and continue to monitor their development.

 

Math: Topic 16 will introduce and require us to practice fractions.  This skill is best learned with food, so we plan to use some treats to help gain understanding about fractions.
 

Social Studies and Science: Living things will be everywhere.  We are now embracing insects and eggs.  Social Studies learning will use May 5th as a way to learn about traditions, Cinqo De Mayo.

Week of April 27th

Weekly Learning

 

Reading: Two syllable words with c ending and one syllable words with ck ending will be taught this week.  We will also cover adding suffixes to the end of two syllable words.  Hippity Hoppity is a short story that will focus our attention on new vocabulary as well as understanding what we read.  We will do a "Close Reading" of this text and look at key areas of the text to determine the meaning of new words through context clues and discussion.  We will read this story 4-5 times this week. 

 

Writing: The Egg Journal is underway.  We will complete a weekly writing about the progress of the eggs and continue to monitor their development.

 

Math: Topic 15 is all about Geometry and shapes.  We will learn names of shapes, organize them, and sort them according to various attributes.  Next, using shapes to construct new shapes and building our math vocabulary will be emphasized.  Topic 16 will kick off learning regarding data.
 

Social Studies and Science: Living things will be everywhere.  We are now embracing insects and eggs.  Social Studies learning will cover Earth Day and taking care of our community.