HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!  I hope you enjoyed this beautiful day with your families and friends.   It looks like the weather for the rest of the week has more rain in the forecast… yuck!     Here are some second grade happenings and updates:

Writing:   Together our class is creating a research report on plants.  We have studied text, objects and videos to gather more information as well as learning how to take notes.  This week we will interview an expert regarding questions we have about plants as well as begin to organize our NEW LEARNINGS into categories or sections.  This has been a super fun way to learn about research writing as we create one large text together before each child ventures into writing their very own.

Reading:  Non-fiction readers use many strategies to help them understand the text including: read a little… talk a lot, jotting down new facts/learnings, sharing and talking with a friend, identifying the main idea of a section and PROVING IT in the text.   It is amazing to see how our readers have grown!   For the next few weeks, we will also be doing our end of year reading assessing.  The time spent with each student gives us an opportunity to celebrate their growth in second grade and talk about their strengths as a reader.

Math:  We will be back in our own classrooms for math for the rest of the year.   Tomorrow we will begin our last unit which covers arrays, repeated addition and fractions.  Please see the parent letter below for more details.

 

Science:   We have learned all about the water cycle and are now moving on into a study of another life cycle…. plants.   On Wednesday we will have a guest speaker come in and talk with us about seeds, plant parts and the life cycle of a plant as well as have an opportunity to plant our own seeds… YAY!

A FEW OTHER UPDATES:

* Our Just Write Celebration will be on Thursday May 15 at 10:30.  We would LOVE to have you join us.  Please plan to meet in our classroom at 10:30 before we tour our hallways filled with amazing writing pieces.  

*  Reading Counts will conclude on May 16.  Keep up the great reading everyone!

WOOHOOO……  This week is going to be full of adventures.  Please note these events:

*  FIELD TRIP TOMORROW MAY 14:  PLEASE BRING A LUNCH FROM HOME

*  SECOND GRADE JUST WRITE CELEBRATION:  Thursday May 17 12:45 – 1:30.  Parents are invited to share in this celebration with their children.  We would love to have a special guest for each one of our second graders.  Please let me know if your child will NOT have a special guest coming.

*  We will be having a student teacher from Hope/Liverpool University in England as a guest in our classroom this coming week.   This is a great opportunity for children to learn about education in other countries as well as appreciate differences in communities.

*  We will begin typing classes daily starting this week……. YEAH!!!!!

 

Writing:  This week we will be doing our end of the year writing assessments.  I am so proud of our little writers!!!!!!

 

Daily 5:  I continue to be amazed at the progress each one of the students has made in the area of reading….  little pumpkins!!!!   We are continuing to apply our comprehension strategies to various text and reviewing decoding strategies.

 

Word Study:  Ready for some sad news?  This week is our last week of new spelling words 🙂  I know, dry your tears.

Our words are:  last,  never,  us,  left,   end

 

Math:   Here is our new buzz word… MULTIPLICATION!  The kids are very excited about this new venture.  Our goal in second grade is to expose the children to multiplication in concrete ways included count bys, groups and arrays.   We will also be talking about fractions towards the end of the week.

 

Have a great week!!!!!

Mrs. Kuieck 🙂