Weekly News 10-16-26

 Weekly News for 2-P 10-16-26

*Sneakers Mondays for PE 

*Library books due back on Fridays

*Planetarium Visit (@ WCS, Friday, 10-23)

*Glow Run ( 10-23)

        

*This week we kicked off unit 4 in Reveal Math. We learned how to solve word problems using addition and subtraction equations. Part of this is reading a problem carefully to figure out what the unknown quantity is. We used “part-part-whole” diagrams to help us organize our information and practiced putting a ? in place of the unknown quantity.

*During reading workshop we worked more on reading realistic fiction and identifying two reasons a book could really happen. We also worked on telling the problem and solution in these stories.

*In writing workshop we took our realistic fiction stories through revision and editing and published them. We did final copies in Google Docs with some important keyboarding lessons. Students were proud to create stories with action and  dialogue! Our grammar tie in was using pronouns to replace subject nouns in sentences to make our writing flow smoothly.

*During UFLI phonics we reviewed -ed and -ing endings and worked on open and closed syllable words.

*We worked more on our geography unit, learning about continents (we loved singing the continent song) and various landforms. Students made their own map grids. We also learned lots of new vocabulary (plains, rivers, oceans, valleys, mountains) and studied the difference between physical and political maps.

*Our Go2 Science work had us following along as Beth and Curtis looked for cetaceans in San Ignacio Lagoon. We saw a whale spy-

The inspiration for our book pumpkin!

Sequencing number sentences

Uno Addition

Self portraits in art

Fact family math activity

Our creepy carrot pumpkin, painted in art class

Art free time on Friday

Cetacean research

Data from Go2 Science

hopping and got a close look at some gray whales. We also got to see some super cool bones on a beach and a curious whale calf!

 

Weekly News 10-8-26

 Weekly News for 2-P 10-8-26

No school on 10-9 for PD and 10-12 for Indigenous People’s Day

        

*We had a visit from the WCS firefighters on Thursday. As they talked to us about fire safely they reminded us to have a planned family meet up spot for home fire alarms. 

*In math we completed unit 3 and did review work. We took the assessment and portfolios will come home next week to give you detailed information about your child’s progress with these skills. We kicked off Unit 4 which will focus on problem solving! We are writing lots of equations and learning to include the unknown! We are also working on counting mixed coins (pennies, nickels and dimes). 

*During reading workshop we worked on reading realistic fiction and identified this genre as books that are made up, but COULD really happen. We read a lot of realistic fiction - we are  tackling this genre in writing workshop so this helped us get prepared.

*In writing we drafted realistic fiction stories after mapping out characters, setting, plot and the beginning, middle and end. We also wrote our full drafts and learned how to do a peer writing conference. We revised for organization and ideas.  Our grammar tie-in was learning to use pronouns to replace proper nouns in our writing! We will do more revision with this piece next week.

*During UFLI phonics we worked on -ed endings and -ing endings. 

Our social studies work this week focused on the types of communities: rural, urban and suburban. We worked to identify what you might find in each type of community. We enjoyed a virtual helicopter ride over 6 communities and we identified every single one correctly, providing evidence for whether it was rural, urban or suburban.

We made our own grid maps!

Writers give feedback on our realistic fiction stories.

We decided the firefighter's helmet is VERY heavy!

Learning all about the tools on the fire truck.

We got to see a firefighter wearing all the equipment.

Playing a math game called Up and Down!

More map practice

We are responding to realistic fiction!

Working on a realistic fiction book with partners

New heart word game!

types of communities

Weekly News 10-2-26

 Weekly News for 2-P 10-2-26

*Library books on Fridays and sneakers on Monday for PE     

10/9 - NO SCHOOL: Professional Development Day

10/12 - NO SCHOOL: Indigenous Peoples Day

10/23- WCS PTA GET GLOWING FUN RUN

*In math we worked on skip counting patterns with 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s. Students filled in number grids with 3 digit numbers. We explored odd and even numbers and practiced identifying patterns in a series of numbers. We also reviewed addition patterns with doubles facts as they relate to odd/even numbers. We learned some fun new games to help us practice our skills. Unit 3 is complete and we are reviewing for the test next week.

*During reading workshop we expanded our focus on the genre of fiction to folk tales. We read and enjoyed a wide variety of folk tales and completed book responses that identified the setting, characters, plot and moral. This helped prepare us for our writing unit this week!

*In writing workshop we turned to writing folk tales. After reading many models we started to design our own. We brainstormed ideas and used a graphic organizer to plan our folk tales. We crafted fun and engaging pieces that we were very proud to share with our friends. Our grammar tie-in was on compound subjects and conjunctions.

*In Go2 Science we got to go along with Beth and Curtis to La Paz and saw our first cetaceans - 13 bottlenose dolphins. We enjoyed seeing a variety of animals, including a chocolate chip sea star and a HUGE fish! 

* Our phonics and spelling work this week focused on reviewing silent e exception rules and -es ending rules. 

*This week in social studies we learned to use a compass rose to find directions on maps. We also learned to use a map key or legend. As part of the community focus in our reading, we each made our own homes and labeled our families. Then we created a huge mural of the important places in a town! 

We made badges to represent our community - highlighting where people live, work, play and solve problems.

Reading with our stuffies

Jammy Day!

Building our community mural - we made drawings of all the important places in a community!

Odd and even game

We each built our "house" and labeled it with family names.

Odd and Even Race!

math games

We really loved skip counting on our calculators!