Week 13

Dear Parents,

     This week we finished up two digit subtraction and began time. PLEASE help your child with this hard concept. Lots of practice is needed. I will be sending home nightly homework. Telling time to the minute is a difficult concept. Your child needs to be able to count by fives and then ones to tell time to the minute. They also need to know how to put the hands on a clock to show a given time.

      In writing we wrote a Veteran acrostic this week to honor our Veterans. We made copies and gave them to the Veterans. We had a great time performing at the assembly. We finished the week by revising and editing our imaginative stories.

      In social studies we learned about our three branches of government and made a government tree.  We also learned about story structure as we read two stories this week. We know that stories can be written in chronological order, have a problem, events and a resolution!

       In science we took our science check point on Monday, then began a unit on magnets. We explored with magnets and felt as they repelled and attracted each other. We saw a magnetic field by sprinkling iron filings around a magnet. We dug for buried treasure and found some objects were magnetic and some objects were nonmagnetic. We saw a magnet work like it does in a small motor. We learned that all materials that have iron in them are magnetic.

• Progress reports went home ( requested paper copies) today along with your Child’s November istation Report. 
• Please read the November Leader in me Newsletter and have your child fill out the activity at the bottom. The parent signature needs to be filled out as well. We are looking for 100% participation. Doing 1 Newsletter a month will have your family spotlighted as a Lighthouse Family. Each activity returns helps second grade win rewards in our school.