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Week 18

Dear Parents,

     This week in math we learned more about place value as we placed numbers in order on an open number line. We talked about each place value and how the number would change if we added a hundred more, a hundred less, ten more or ten less. We then compared two numbers with the signs greater than, less than, or equal to each other. We will review these concepts when we get back from break and then take our assessment.

     In writing we continued writing our personal narratives in the style of Ezra Jack Keats. The language arts facilitator who visits our campus was impressed with the books your children are creating. We have some budding authors and illustrators in our room.

     In reading we finally got to perform our drama of the Gingerbread Man as everyone was present on Wednesday. The two groups did amazingly well and Alyshan got a lot of laughs as he created a voice to speak the fox’s lines. The elements of drama learning was evident by their performance.

      In science we began our unit 7 on bodies of water, both fresh and salt water. We began the unit with a SWAT game as the teamed up to learn the names of all these water sources. We watched two Brainpop Jr. videos to learn more about fresh and salt water sources.

      We had our class party on Thursday and it was a huge success. Thank you to all the family members who attended. A big thank you to Mrs. Clarke for purchasing all the items and running our party. Friday went quickly as we had our annual sing a long, then an early release. Your children have been working very hard and are ready for their holiday break. Thank you for all the cards with kind messages and gifts. Your kind words mean so much, they warmed my heart. Have a wonderful break with your families!

STEM Night: Thank you Analise and Nida for being student leaders!

Mystery Hangout with Mrs. Wall

Week 17

Dear Parents,

               This week we finished up our unit on multiplication as repeated addition, division as repeated subtraction as well as the concept of odd and even numbers. We ended our week beginning our unit on hundreds, tens and ones written as word form, expanded form,  standard form and shown through models. We also added missing numbers to a number line.

                 In writing we are continuing to create a book using the author Ezra Jack Keats as our mentor. We are showing our feelings and actions through detail as well as word choice. We are designing the setup of our book by choosing where the words and pictures go on each page. We are having so much fun being authors and illustrators!

                  In reading we were focusing on drama and its 7 elements. Next week we hope to perform our reader’s theater play of the Gingerbread Man. We had a few children out sick and did not want them to miss this opportunity!

                 In science we finished up our unit on Rocks by taking our closing in on science vocabulary quiz and our unit test was taken on Friday! This was a unit we truly enjoyed. Students still spend their recess time looking for rocks and describing them with their physical properties.

                We had a wonderful experience this week with Mrs. Wall, our school technologist. We embarked on a mystery hangout adventure with another second grade classroom from somewhere across the USA. We asked each other geographical based questions until we discovered in what state the other classroom was  located. We lost rock paper scissors to ask the opening question, but were the first to discover their state. It was Illinois!

                 

       

*We are collecting $3 from each student for the winter party to pay for their supplies and snacks

*Go to Belfour.com to order your yearbook.

• In the Friday folder is a flyer. We are collecting personal hygiene items to donate to a local shelter. Please send in things you feel you can donate. What a wonderful community outreach for our students to learn about helping others.

Our Newest Leader of the Week, Analise!

Week 16

Dear Parents,

        It is hard to believe that it is December. This week in math we built patterns with blocks like AB, ABC, ABCD, AABBC. We then looked at recording the numbers of certain colored blocks in that pattern. We filled in a chart recording all the “blues” and noticed patterns in the numbers. We realized that each number increased by the total number of blocks within the pattern. This higher level thinking activity went very well as all students worked together to look for the pattern. We ended our week by learning about odd and even numbers. We know that even numbers can be broken up into two even teams. With odd numbers there will always be on left over. 

         In writing this week, we have been focusing on the author Ezra Jack Keats. We have been using him as a mentor to see how he crafts his books. We have been writing narratives, and soon will choose one to take through the writing process.

          In reading we have been learning about the 7 elements of drama. We looked at a diagram of a stage and practiced a reader’s theater story about Bosley Bear going on  trip to Washington D.C.

           In social studies we have focused on the leader in me Habit, Think Win-Win! We learned how to be strong, courageous and do what’s right!

            In science we have enjoyed our unit on rocks thus far. We have been sorting and observing our rock’s weight, size, color and texture! We record our observations in our science notebooks. We also compared our rock to our partner’s rock and marked our findings on a table.

*We are collecting $3 from each student for the winter party to pay for their supplies and snacks

*Please sign and return the progress report.

*Go to Belfour.com to order your yearbook.