10/30/2017 0 Comments Weekly Update...10/30/17Greetings families,
I hope that you enjoyed your weekend. This week in reading we are continuing to learn strategies to help us when we bump into tricky words that we can't read or don't understand within informational texts. This week we will focus on replacing tricky words wth synonyms and using context clues to determine word meaning. In science we will continue becoming moon experts. In math we will continue learning strategies that help us to add within 20 with fluency. In writing we are continuing to edit, revise, and publish our small moment narratives. On October 31st, our math will look a little different as we will participate in Pumpkin Math. Pumpkin math includes estimation, measuring, and graphing centers related to pumpkins :) If are going Trick-or-Treating tomorrow, please be safe! Enjoy your week, Mrs. Burns
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10/23/2017 0 Comments Weekly Update...10/23/17Greetings families,
This week in reading we will learn a variety of strategies to help us decode and understand tricky words that we bump into when reading an informational text. Students will learn how to use the pronunciation guide, break words into chunks, use the glossary, picture cues, and synonyms to decode and understand tricky words. In math students will show what they know about place value by completing the place value post assessment and begin learning strategies to help with adding within 20 with fluency. Some strategies include plus zero, counting up, turn around, doubles, and doubles plus one. In science we will begin our case study about the moon. Students will focus on what is happening in space that makes the moon's appearance seem to change. The Chattahoochee Nature Center will be visiting us on Wednesday to teach us even more about the stars and moon. In writing we will edit and revise our small moments before publishing. Sincerely, Mrs. Burns 10/19/2017 0 Comments Weekly Update...10/16/17Greetings families,
I hope this post finds you well and I apologize that it did not post earlier this week. This week we are doing the following in class: 1) In reading we are learning how to identify and utilize a variety of text features to locate information efficiently within informational texts. Next week will learn strategies for decoding tricky words within informational texts and asking and answering questions before, during, and after reading an informational text. 2) During science we are continuing our case study about stars (specifically constellations). 3) In math we are learning to skip count by 5s, 10s, 100s from any number within 1,000 (this is one of the most difficult standards for students to grasp. Rest assured if your child is struggling, he/she will have practice with skip counting for weeks to come during crew meeting. For now, if time permits have them to practice skip counting within 1,000 and pay attention to the patterns within the numbers for each skip). Next week we will begin learning strategies to help us become fluent with our addition math facts within 20. 4) In writing we are continuing to write our small moments. This week we have added dialogue and transitional words to our pieces. Next week we will begin editing and revising before publishing. 10/9/2017 0 Comments Weekly Update...10/9/17Hello families! Hope everyone is staying dry in this rainy weather.
Tomorrow we will be away from the school all day visiting the Tellus Museum to learn about the stars from experts. This week in reading we will begin identifying and using text-features within informational texts. In math we will compare 3-digit numbers using the greater than, less than, and equal to symbols. In science we will continue learning about star color, brightness, and size. In writing we will continue with out personal narrative unit. FYI...We will host Community Circle on October 27th. Hope to see you there :) 10/2/2017 0 Comments Weekly Update...10/2/17Happy Monday Everyone! This weekly update will be pretty short and straight forward, but I had to let each of you know how grateful I am for each of you and your continued support in and outside of our classroom. A huge thank you again to all the families who donated flexible seating options. I also want to thank the parents who will be chaperoning our field study next week at the Tellus Muesum. Lastly, thank you to WE's PTA for funding our field study! This week in reading we are beginning our non-fiction unit! We are learning what non-fiction is, how to prepare to read non-fiction texts, and how to correct misconceptions about topics after we've read about it. In science we have officially kicked off our expedition titled W.E. Goes Above and Beyond. This expedition will focus on the sun, moon, and stars. Our first case study is about the stars. This week we will learn how to define what stars are and what their brightness, size, and color tell us. In math we will learn how to write numbers in model, standard, written, and expanded form. During writing we are continuing our narrative unit. There is no homework this week due to the Read-a-Thon. Please make sure your child is reading or being read to each evening :) 🤔This weekly update was not short at all. If there are any typos please forgive me as I am posted from my phone. Have a great week, Mrs. Burns These are pictures of our mystery gallery walk during the kick-off of our fall expedition. Students rotated through all 3 second grade classrooms and jotted down what they noticed, liked, and wondered about pictures they were shown, sounds they heard, and what they touched all related to our expedition. 📸 Mr. Cordy
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