Weekly News 9-18-26

 *Sneakers are needed on Mondays.

*Library books are due back on Fridays.

  

Open House is next Thursday, September 24th from 5:30-7. Yogurt parfaits are available in the cafeteria starting at 5:30 and then classrooms are open for visitation from 5:45-7:00 p.m. Hope to see you all!

MATH    We have completed Unit 2 of Reveal Math. We have learned to read, write and represent three digit numbers. We are building a strong foundation of place value sense. We also learned to break apart, or decompose, 3 digit numbers in 3 ways (standard form, word form, expanded form). Lastly, we are learning how to compare 3 digit numbers. We have done lots of review work and will  do some assessment activities next week before moving on to unit 3.

READING   This week we worked on identifying the main story elements in literature:  characters, setting, problem and solution. Students enjoyed listening to and reading fictional books and completed story maps that named these elements.This concept will be woven back in throughout the year, as we continue to read fiction and realistic fiction. 

SCIENCE  We dove into two Mystery Science investigations about animal classification and how we can use characteristics to sort animals into groups. We investigated how and why frogs make noises and how the biodiversity of their habitat can impact them. We also did an investigation about birds and how their adaptations and what they eat help them survive. We designed bird feeders to attract particular birds - second graders were great engineers.

WRITING    In writing workshop we learned how to write character sketches and each child took a piece all the way through the writing process. We were introduced to nouns, both common and proper and practiced using them in our sentences. Students also did a great job revising their drafts by adding details! 

SPELLING/PHONICS  Our phonics work reinforced consonant clusters, blends and all the many digraphs: sh, ch, th, ph, wh, ng, nk, ck. We are working hard to master spelling of all the high frequency words we use commonly as writers.

We designed birdfeeder prototypes before building them.

We had a great time using materials....

to build a variety of bird feeder models.

Buddy reading!

Free Choice Friday!

Listening to each other's character sketches in writing

Hunting for nouns!

Place value UNO!

Sorting numbers into standard form, expanded form or word form

Writers get feedback on their pieces

Weekly News 9-11-26

 *Sneakers needed Mondays for PE

*Library books are due back on Fridays

*Picture day info in folders tonight

    Thanks for your support with homework folders this week! 

MATH    We have started Unit 2 of Reveal Math, which will focus on place value. We are working on reading and writing 3 digit numbers and working up to 1,000. Students did a great job with expanded form this week!  We are playing lots of games to build our fact power (knowing facts quickly).

READING    I have almost finished assessing each student’s reading and will use this information to set individual reading goals and plans. I will share this information soon. This week we learned to share our favorite part of a story in writing. Next week we will work on story elements (characters, problems, setting, solution).

SCIENCE  Our first unit is on animal biodiversity. We built background knowledge about animals, their habitats and care-taking habits. We completed our first investigation exploring animal classification (mammals, birds, invertebrates and reptiles. Our second exploration involves thinking about how a habitat provides many necessities for a given animal. 

WRITING    This week we worked more on complete sentences (subject/predicate) and uppercase letter/end punctuation. We brainstormed details about things we like to DO and wrote new pieces, using a rubric to check our own work. We practiced both revising and editing our writing as we went through all the stages of the writing process. This class is demonstrating amazing writing skills and effort. 

SPELLING/PHONICS  We have completed 2 more review lessons in UFLI ( the FLSZ rule and words with -oll, -ull, -all) - the scope and sequence of the program backs up a bit to help ensure mastery of skills. During our lessons we are practicing reading and writing lots of important words and patterns. Next week each student will have an individual spelling list in their homework folders with a few words they are working on.

*We have worked hard on our school and classroom procedures. We are building our work stamina back up beautifully.  Our class community is forming quite nicely and we are a kind and supportive group! 

Beth Pols

Science Exploration on observing animal habitats

Classifying animals by their group

Free Choice Friday Fun

Group science poster

We had to classify mystery animals!

We had a blast playing Last Kid Standing in math!

Playing a game to practice sentence structure, subjects and predicates!

Art class fun

Bae 10 block work in math

Partners work on place value

Animal experts sort cards

Writers share their drafts to get feedback.

We made the coolest towns in art.

Nice group work!

Weekly News 9-4-26

 Weekly News for 2-P 9-4-26

*Sneakers are needed for PE on Mondays.         *Library books will be due back on Fridays (but 2nd graders can switch books out more often if they would like to)

*In math we have completed Unit 1 of Reveal Math. So far we’ve worked on our math stories, problem solving strategies and math tools. We are reviewing number formation as needed and using math tools such as pattern block templates and number grids. The kids are enjoying lots of games that help target foundational skills, such as skip counting, number sense and addition strategies.

*During reading workshop we have been reading books and writing about them. I have started assessing each student’s reading and will use this information to set individual reading goals and plans. Students are doing Lexia daily, at their own level, which gives them sequential instruction that responds to their needs as they work. We have kicked off the 2nd grade UFLI Phonics program and the kids are showing me their fantastic skills!

*We started our first writing unit on sentence structure, sentence elements and “about me” sentences. We learned to frame our sentences with capital letters and ending punctuation. You will get to see these at Open House on September 25th!

*Homework folders (which are plastic envelopes) will come home Tuesday for the first time with math homework and a book/passage to read. Homework folders and take-home folders should be brought to school daily. 

*We are off to a great start and today when the kids shared their favorite part of second grade, many of them said things like: seeing my friends every day, getting to do EVERYTHING, having fun at recess and specials, and reading lots of new books.  Yay, second graders!  There is a great year ahead of us!

Beth Pols

Geoboard fun during math

We got so good at sorting our combos of 10 into their matching partners!

First Free Choice Friday - the lego crew.....

The Bakugan crew....

the stuffy crew....

and a playdough masterpiece!

Writing partners share All About Me pieces!

We like taking turns leading our UFLI stories!

Tic Tac Ten was a fun math game this week.

Roll and Read games with partenrs

Groups worked together to illustrate our Woolwich Way traits.

Teamwork!

2-P on the first day of 2nd grade!

Crowd favorite - clap, boom, snatch!