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Sunday, October 29, 2023

November

 




Sunday, October 15, 2023

Week of October 16th

 Announcements

• Thank you for coming to conferences last Thursday. The remainder of the conference are this Tuesday. I look forward to seeing everyone.

• MEA break is on Thursday and Friday.

• I wanted to share with you that our class will be taking a field trip to the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post in Onamia on Tuesday, November 7th.  Permission slips will be sent home Monday (10/16).  The cost will be $14.00 per student.  You can pay online in Skyward or you can send cash or check to school.  Please let me know if you need help covering the cost of the field trip.  

I am looking for 4 volunteers to join us!  We will leave around 8:30 in the morning and return to school around 1:30 in the afternoon. 
Volunteers will need to...
1. Have a recent background check on file with the school
2. Be able to supervise a group of 2nd grade students
3. Pay $14 to cover the cost of the trip
Please let me know if you are interested by Wednesday, October 25th!!  I will put your name in a drawing and let you know by Friday, October 27th if you are selected.  

Language Arts
• We will discuss the elements of fiction stories (characters, setting, problem, solution, and plot).
• We will work on narrative writing this week.

Math
• We will take a quick quiz and time test. We will also practice ordering numbers, comparing numbers, and 2-digit addition.

Science/Social Studies
• We will be reading Scholatic New magazines.


Monday, October 9, 2023

Week of October 9th

Announcements

• Monday was Indigenous People Day - Read "The Legend of Minnesota."

• School Safety Week - talking about safety drills and practicing.

• Book Fair and book checkout are on Thursday.

• Conferences on Thursday night.

Language Arts 

• Our skills are digraphs, -ng, poetry, text/graphic features, answering questions, main topic/details, and text structure.

• We are starting to work on narrative paragraphs.

Math

• We are starting the unit on place value. We continue to learn different addition strategies.

Science

• We will focus our learning on habitats.

Sunday, October 1, 2023

Week of October 2nd

Announcements

• Please sign up for conferences this week so you are able to get a date and time that works for your family.

• I will send home the 2nd grade October calendar and menus on Monday.

• Wednesday is Unity Day - wear orange.

• Thursday is book checkout.

Language Arts

• This week we will learn about personal narratives, point of view, and chronological order text structure. We will review asking questions. 

• During writing we will review the types of sentences.

Math

• We will take our 2nd addition time test and a quiz on the first part of Unit 1. We will start the second part of Unit 1, which focuses on story problems. Students continue to learn new addition strategies and practice basic facts.

Science

• We will begin to learn about the engineering process. 

Friday, September 22, 2023

Week of September 25th

 Announcements

• 2 hour early release on Wednesday. Please let me know if your child will do something different after school that afternoon.

• Thursday is picture day.

• Thursday evening is the PTAC family event "Fall into School." Starting outside MHES at 5:30pm.

Language Arts

• This week we will focus on fiction/nonfiction, asking and answering questions, and finding the main topic and evidence in text. We will continue learning about writing complete sentences. Our phonics time will review short vowels and the FLSZ rule.

Math

• We are working on place value, skip counting, odd/even numbers, and addition strategies. Students brought home their first addition time test on Friday. The expectation for the 1st trimester is that students will complete 25 or more complete addition problems in 4 minutes.

Social Studies and Character Education

• We will wrap up our unit on responsible citizenship. 

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Week of September 18th

 Announcements

• If you change the routine for your child at the end of the day, please send a note or call the office. I am not always able to check my email during the day.

• We will be working on our daily routines this week and following the PATH.

• Please drop off your child by 7:30 in the morning, so they are ready for our day at 7:40.

Language Arts

• We will be learning about comprehension strategies, reading with a partner, and writing sentences.

Math

• We will take our first addition time test and start learning about addition strategies.

Character Education and Social Studies

• Our class will learn about and practice I-statements when solving problems. 

• We will also continue our discussions about responsible citizenship.

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Week of September 11th

 Announcements

• Please complete any forms online if you have not already.

• We will be testing on the ipads Tuesday and Wednesday for reading and math.

• We will have book checkout and SEL on Thursday. Lift-off on Friday.

• Homecoming week

Monday - Pajama day

Tuesday - Wacky Day

Wednesday - Color Day - orange

Thursday - Book Character Day

Friday - Spirit Day - green and gold

Language Arts

• This week we will review the short vowels a, i, and o.

• We will take a special spelling test on Friday morning. 

• We will practice our reading routine this week.

• During writing we will practice spelling words and labeling illustrations.

Math

• Students are learning about the characteristics of mathematicians.

• We will learn about routines and addition/subtraction relationships.