Week 2

 Dear Parents,

            This week in second grade we enrolled a few more students. We are now a class of 21! We have 11 girls and 10 boys. We had a fantastic second week of school.

             In math this week we continued learning our routines as we learned about money Mondays, Time Tuesdays, Write a word problem Wednesdays, Marvelous Magical Number Thursdays ( where we represent a number in as many ways as we can think of), and on Fridays we fill out a number grid. We start with 2 digit numbers and by the end of the year we will represent numbers to 1.200. We learn how to draw a model with place value blocks, write expanded form, word form and add or subtract from the number to get a new number. We also solve word problems every day. We start off doing it together and then they begin doing it independently. We always check the work together.

              In writing we are learning how to write complete thoughts, making sure we begin with a who or what and then say what they did. We each got a picture and had to write 3 complete thoughts about it. We learned what we can do when we think we’re done. We learned that we are never done. We can go back to old writings and add to the pictures and words or begin a new writing. We’ve learned to brainstorm ideas and make a draft. We are reading words that have a CVC pattern, with short a and i.

              In reading we learned that setting is time and place. We read Clark the Shark  together and looked at the various settings as we answered questions. We took our comprehension test on Wednesday. We finished the week by creating a “ Our Class is a Family “ book that will be hanging on our bulletin board.

              In science we learned about our digital citizenship and how to be responsible on our ipads! I want to thank you all for filling out your AUP forms! Now our class can begin using our ipads. We went to the library as a grade level and Mrs. Hernandez gave us more information about our digital citizenship. We learned what scientists do and what engineers do. We had a guest engineer come talk to the second grade on Friday.