Week 10

 

  Dear Parents,

           This week in reading/ social studies we learned about Christopher Columbus and his voyage to the Americas. We learned who sent him, the name of his ships, where he actually landed and why he made that trip. We reread the story Spoon and what the author’s purpose was for writing that story. We took a comprehension check. We learned this was a fantasy story as we know, spoons can’t talk! A few students had a retake as they did not go back to the text to answer the questions. We are learning every day how to be a responsible second grader. We read a nonfiction story about being a good citizen. We summarized the parts and then read our complete summary. On Friday we read a Scholastic News about Bats and took a comprehension check.

           In math we have been practicing our base ten knowledge. We first drew models of numbers with tens and added them together. Later we added numbers that only had tens to a number that had tens and ones. Lastly we added two numbers that had both tens and ones.

           In writing stude3nts have been prewriting, drafting a beginning, middle and end, revising and editing their narratives. Some were ready to publish on Friday. Others are still working in the process.

         In science we continued observing that sound is energy and makes vibrations. We observed those vibrations in solids and liquids. We learned that sound has a volume, loud, or quiet. We learned that there is a purpose for those different volumes. We loved watching salt dance and water splash as the vibrations touched them! We recorded our observations in our science notebooks.

 

  It’s time to sign up for Fall Conferences. Click on the link below to get to my sign up Genius. When signing up, please let me know if you would prefer an in person conference or a phone conference in the comment section. If you could, please type your name and your child’s name in the comment box as well. I have a lot of beginning of  year testing information to share with you and prefer that we meet in person in my room, however, if you cannot meet in person I will do my best to update you over the phone. If none of the times provided meet your schedule, please let me know and we will work something out.

 

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This is Coyote Ridge’s 9th year using the Leader in Me Program. To continue supporting growth and learning at home, we will send home a newsletter each month that focuses on a different habit. By the end of the year, we will have discussed all 8 Habits at both school and home.

In your child’s Friday Folder, you will find the October Habit Newsletter. Attached to the newsletter is a QR code that corresponds to October’s habit, Habit 1: Be Proactive.

• Please scan the QR code or use the link below to complete the quick survey and qualify for Lighthouse Family status.
• Lighthouse Family Sign-Up Link for Habit #1, Be Proactive!