8/20 - 8/24

Hello Parents!

We've had a wonderful week together here in 2B. Mr. Edmondson and I are seeing the kiddos settle in nicely as we explore our lessons together. Thank you to all that attended Curriculum Night, it was so much fun to see you in the classroom. Here is a look at our week ahead.

Important Dates

1.     August 21st: Student Picture Day

2.     August 30th: Volunteer Training Night

3.     September 4th: Spalding and Singapore Night

A Look in the Classroom

1.     Poem: Our Poem, Seashell by Frederico Garcia Lorca will be recited in class by scholars on Friday.

2.     Grammar: We will be identifying common and proper nouns.

3.     Writing: We will introduce the 4 sentence types, starting with imperative and declarative.

4.     Reading: Our focus on reading skills will center on recognizing the plot and in Literature we will be enjoying El Parjaro Cu to help solidify the ideas of setting, character, and story sequence.

5.     Spalding: We will continue our review of the 70 phonograms and enter our spelling words in our pink books.

6.     History: We will continue in our Geography unit by taking a closer look at North American. Lessons will included taking an imaginary road trip to visit our neighbors to the North and South: Canada and Mexico.

7.     Science: We will discuss how magnets are used in the real world. On Thursday we are reviewing our unit as a class; your scholar will come home with the study guide. The unit assessment will be on Friday.

8.     Math: Unit 2 starts Monday 

Addition and Subtraction within 20:
-Review strategies for adding and subtracting within 20 mentally using base-ten properties 

Part/Whole Word Problems: 
-Review part-whole concepts in word problems 

Review Comparison word problems:
-Relate "More than" and "Less than" to subtraction 
-Review comparison concepts in word problems 

Review Mental Math: 
-Review addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers, no renaming 

 

Tests and Quizzes

1.     Friday: weekly spelling test and Science test

Please do reach out if there is anything I can help with.

8/13 - 8/17

Greetings Parents!

Here we are at the end of our first full week together. It has been an exciting and fulfilling one; Mr. Edmonson and I are so pleased to start our year on this beautiful note.

Indoor Recess fun!

Indoor Recess fun!

Lab Snap Shot - Exploring Magnets

Lab Snap Shot- Exploring Magnetism

Announcements

 We have a new bench this year on that playground to promote friendship, called the buddy bench. The purpose of this bench is for students who are unable to find someone to play with to sit and look for others playing a game that they would like to join. We encourage students who see someone sitting on the bench to go over and ask them to play. So far we are seeing being used with truly beautiful results! 

Upcoming Dates

1.Thursday August 16th: K-2 Curriculum Night on campus 6-7:30 pm.

2. Tuesday August 21st: Student Picture Day.

A Look in the Classroom

1. Poem: Our first poem will be going out on Monday. We will be reciting Seashell by Federico Garcia Lorca. Please have your scholar practice the poem nightly. They will be reciting the poem on Friday, 8/24.

2. Spalding: We will continue to practice all 70 phonograms throughout the week. Spalding words will start in our pink journals. Teachers will lead instruction for spelling words starting with hand motions, markings, and rules.

3. Grammar: This week we will be learning about another fundamental part of speech: verbs. We will be focusing on action verbs. See how many action verbs your child can show you. 

4. Writing: Writing instruction will begin this week. The 5 parts of a sentence will be reviewed. You can practice the jingle we will learn at home with this link. Please make sure your scholar is always writing in complete sentences at home.

5. Reading: Last week we studied the first story element of character. This week we are moving on to the next story element: setting. The setting is where and when the story takes place. Discuss the setting of any stories that your scholar reads to you at home. 

6. Literature: We are going to be reading the first of our Core Knowledge short stories. We are starting with The Fisherman and His Wife. We will be closely examining the characters and setting of this story. 

7. Math: Our first math unit "Numbers to 1,000" comes to a close this Friday. Throughout this unit scholars have practiced counting, reading, and writing whole numbers to 1,000 and identifying the place value for each digit. Students have also practiced counting back by hundreds, tens, or ones from a number within 1,000. We have reviewed ordering and comparing whole numbers using the symbols < , > , and =. Scholars have also reviewed what it means to rename 1 ten as 10 ones and 1 hundred as 10 tens. Our number sense is deepening through these reviewed concepts and the students have explored these objectives using concrete manipulatives. 

*Our next unit in our math studies is unit 2 - Addition and Subtraction. This will start next Monday.*

8. Science: We will continue to explore magnets. Students will discover the poles of a magnet and learn how the law of magnetic attraction works.

Tests and Quizzes

1. Friday: Math Test; Place Value (use homework for review)

Please do reach out to me with any questions or concerns you may have.

Partnering with you,

Miss Hadley 

8/6 - 8/10

It was wonderful meeting all of you last Tuesday at "Meet the Teacher"
If you were unable to attend & did not receive a blue parent info/resource folder please email me and I will send one home with your scholar.


The Family Handbook
2018-19 School Calendar

Our Weekly Blog Post:
Please check back every Monday morning for an updated blog post regarding the upcoming week. 

Daily Take-Home Folder

Please empty the ORANGE take-home folder every day.  This folder will be used for nightly homework as well as a place for important forms (permission slips, field trip information, nurse passes from the day, etc).   We check the folders each morning to collect homework and other important forms that have been returned

Agenda
Agendas will be filled out every day and sent home with your child to remind them of their homework and special events. Please sign your child’s agenda every night and record the number of minutes read.  Student agendas enhance the students’ organizational skills. We check agendas every morning so this is a wonderful tool of communication.

A glance at our coming week...

History: 

History instruction will start strong with our Geography and Spatial Reasoning unit. We will discuss globes, different types of maps, cardinal directions and identifying all 7 continents and 5 oceans. We will use a continents song as an instructional aid that you may be hearing at home! 

7 Continents Song 

Science: 

We will begin our study of magnets. Students will test what materials are magnetic and nonmagnetic. We will discuss and explore the similarities and differences we observed. 

Math: Daily Math Homework Starts Monday 

Count, read, and write whole numbers to 1,000 and identify the place value for each digit. 
Read and write  2-digit and 3-digit numbers in numerals, words, and as addition of tens and ones.
Count on/back 1, 2, 10, or 20 from a given number
Rename hundreds, tens, and ones

Scholars will receive their math Workbooks and Textbooks on Monday. Workbooks are often used for their homework and some classwork assignments.  

The Workbook

The Textbook - You may see it come home from time to time as a helpful resource at/home support. It is to be sent back to school.

 

Language Arts:

Grammar:

This week we will review that a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. When you are out and about this week you could ask your child to point out any nouns that they see. Is it a person? A place? A thing? An idea? 

Reading: Daily Reading Homework (20 minutes) Please sign the agenda after your scholar reads aloud to you for 20 minutes.

We will begin our study of Elements of a Story by focusing on characters. Both the internal and external features of a character will be examined. When reading at home with your child, have them think deeper about the character. You could ask them questions like: What words tell about the character? How does the character feel? Does the character do good or bad things? Why does the character do these things? How would the story have changed if the main character were greedy (or brave, impolite, etc.). How did the main character’s behavior (thoughts, actions, etc.) affect the other characters in the story?

Spalding: Daily Spalding Homework (Handwriting Focus) Starts Monday

Students will begin Spalding this first full academic week. 

This first week, students will review handwriting formation - starting with clock letters, line letters, and phonograms 1-70. We will focus on handwriting, proper pencil grip, and scholarly position.  

Pencil Grip Video Help: Pencil Grip Video

Spalding Handwriting: Handwriting -How to video- Clock Letter Formation

Poem: 

Our first poem will be given out next Monday August 13th.

Writing:

Formal writing instruction will begin next week. 

Literature: 

Literature this week will revolve around books highlighting virtue. We will begin to introduce how to have a Socratic discussion, emphasizing how we respond to our classmates and how to answer open-ended questions. Our first book for our Literature Studies is The Boxcar Children.

Please send The Boxcar Children in by Sept. 9th