Weekly News 5-26-23

Weekly News for 2-P 5-26-23

*Tissues are in high demand. The spring cold has hit us and we are going

through a box a day.  We would appreciate any donations! 

*We will be resuming our tradition of Beach Day for grades 1 AND 2 at Reid

State Park on June 14th. If you would like to join us please be sure to fill out

a volunteer form and return it to school right away.  If you filled it out earlier

this year you are all set! 

 

*In math we completed the Unit 9 assessment work. Next week we will peck

away at the end of year assessment in small chunks. Every day we will work

on refining key skills; problem solving, time/money, math facts and the

regrouping algorithms (partial sums and trade first). 

*During reading and writing workshop we integrated our science focus. 

After building background knowledge about birds last week, we tackled

our first research project on a seed eater; the blue jay. We read many

books and each got our own research packets about blue jays. It was fun

to watch several videos to learn more and see these birds in action. We

also listened to their calls. Students learned how to take notes on a graphic

organizer. Next we practiced how to organize a report with a topic sentence,

details and a conclusion. It was a big goal to figure out how to take notes

and turn them into complete sentences. Second graders practiced drawing

accurate blue jay pictures with how-to drawing guides.  We wrote final drafts

of our reports and each be made a pop up blue jay project! Next up is a bird

of prey - the owl.

 *We did several outdoor bird walks to look for and listen to local birds!

*Our spelling focus was digraphs. In phonics we worked on prefixes -un,

-re, -pre and -dis.

*Our poetry work this week focused on writing two-words-on-a-line poems

and writing poems in different voices (from different perspectives). We

really have the hang of creating effective line breaks as we write. 

Buddy reading! 

Place Value Uno

Comparing big numbers!

Practicing the blue jay drawing 

Students used visuals and step-by-step guides to draw realistic blue jays.

Listening for birds near Mrs. Vise's bird feeder one morning!

Reading and answering comprehension questions

Blue jay drawing practice

Art class fun!

Working on a challenging place value problem in math

Rough draft of blue jay report

Our notetaker for research

All of our work for the week!

Unit 9 Place Value Problem Solving

Hard at work

Finishing touches on the blue jay pop up

Proud

We wrote a poem with Mrs. Smith and decorated it.

Practicing throughout the week

A final product!

Hard work pays off!