Week 28

 Dear Parents,

                     This was a tough week for me because I missed my kids. I severely injured my right knee and ended up in the ER last Saturday. I was told to stay completely off of it or I could cause more damage. I was cleared by my doctor on Thursday to go back on Friday. I am back today and loving to see my class. I know they had great learning even though I could not be there a lot of the week. I hand-picked the best subs I know.

                     In Math on Monday there was a fun Lucky charms math activity for St. Patrick’s Day! We were to start our economics unit, in which we switch from earning Sparkly Stars to earning Dollars. At the End of this nine weeks we will have a Movie day. The students will buy their ticket, drink and snacks with their own money. This is always a fun day as they learn to budget and spend their hard earned cash on what they want. There was a fun Scoot around the room for them to complete the Leprechaun Base ten scoot. The rest of the week we focused on learning fractions.

                    In Writing we focused on researching changes in communication, recreation, and transportation. We also learned how homes, schools and toys changed over time. We created a flip book that summed up this information for a grade.

                    In reading we read a Scholastic News Article called “A Visit to Ireland”. We also colored a map of Ireland. We also read a story called The Growth of a Sunflower and created a flow chart that showed each stage of growth. We read another Scholastic News Article called” She Planted Millions of Trees”. They took a comprehension check. We read the book Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring. We created Plants and labeled the parts with different craft items. This continued into science.

                  In Science this week they participated in a talk, Read, Talk, Write activity with a focus on the vocabulary words: plant, roots, stem, leaves, flower, fruit, seed, structure, function, and basic needs. They were able to dissect a plant and see all the parts as they documented them in their science notebooks. They finished the unit, reviewed and took their unit check point assessment.

                   Next week begins our spring student led conferences. All conferences are in person and your child must attend as he/she will be leading the conference. We will practice on Friday so that he/she will be prepared. See my sign up genius below and choose a date and time. I will send a reminder home in your child’s blue folder the afternoon before. I am looking forward to meeting with you to allow you to see how your child thinks about his/ her learning in second grade. These are only before and after school because your child needs to attend. During my conference period your child is at specials. 

    

                 Conference sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4CAFA82AA02-55831204-spring