I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. How quick it always seems to go. I spent mine enjoying the sunshine with my family.
Last week was the first week of Current Events, and what a fantastic job the students did. We learned about a Giant Crab found in Antarctica, a surfing dog, Hurricane Irene, and a dog that can do math. We look forward to hearing from the rest of the students this coming week: Tuesday - Gabby, John; Wednesday: Lucy, Connor; Thursday: Quentin, Skyler; Friday - Lucile, Ethan.
I have put a copy of the Current Events Calendar for September in your child's Take Home Folder, so he/she has plenty of time to prepare and practice for the day he/she will present.
Parent Reader has been a big hit so far. Thanks to Mrs. Ryan and Mrs. Peters for coming in to read to us the last two Friday mornings. Giving the students a chance to listen to you read helps instill a love of reading in them, as well as, model to them what a proficient reader does.
This Tuesday, September 13th, is Roald Dahl Day, and there will be events happening all around the world. On this day, second grade will begin reading James and the Giant Peach (which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year) and prepare something "peachy" for snack.
Please continue having your child practice the Seven Continents and Europe Poems at home, as well as start learning South America, which I will be sending home this week as part of homework. Be on the lookout for this in your child's Take Home Folder.
Picture day is Tuesday, September 13. All students, whether they are buying photos or not, need to have their photo taken ECC - 4th grade for the yearbook. Students must bring in their money by Tuesday if they plan to buy photos. Students who are out ill will have their picture taken on Picture Re-take Day Tuesday, October 18.
There will be a new student pizza lunch for grades 1 & 2 on Wednesday, September 14 at 11:30 in room C-9. Our two new students, Connor and Ethan will be involved in this.
The children will bring home the first Home Link in math this week and sit for their first math assessment. We will be doing lots of practice in class to help build up their confidence and proficiency in telling time, adding coins, counting on a number grid and line, as well as using tally marks.
Here are some themes/concepts covered this week in class.
Language Arts
* Phonics - long vowel e/ee, ea; Inflections -ed, -ing
* Spelling - teapot, seaweed, peanut, mealtime, please, feast, beneath, beehive, screech, sneak,
close, even, grow, some, gave
* Vocabulary - anxious, ached, crooned, scent
* Reading - Stellaluna by Janell Cannon; Dogs by Jennifer Gillis
* Reading Workshop: Fluency: Good readers vary their reading rate depending on what they are reading. They slow down when they notice new words. They read long, involved sentences, and unfamiliar ideas more carefully. They speed up when words and ideas are easy to understand. Comprehension: Review main idea and details. The main idea is the most important idea of a passage and details give more information about the main idea. Knowing the main idea helps readers understand what they are reading.
* Grammar - Parts of a sentence. A sentence has two parts - a naming part and a telling part. To find the naming part of a sentence, you can ask yourself, who or what the sentence is about. You can find the telling part by asking yourself what someone or something is or does.
* Writing Workshop - Editing and publishing reflections; Topics from the Heart; Personal Narrative
* Handwriting Without Tears - Pencil grip and slanting paper; Frog Jump Capitals (FEDPBRNM)
Mathematics - Unit 1
* Counting and looking for patterns on the calculator
* Comparing numbers using the relation symbols greater than, less than, equal to
* Introducing Home Links (Math Homework)
* Exploring Temperatures, Base 10 Structures and Dominoes
* Review Unit 1
Social Studies
* Postcards from North America
* Research facts about North America using World Book for Kids (Log-in : Shorecrest; Password: chargers). Student will put facts about North America in a web and add to this throughout the week. They are learning to read and take notes.
Science - Changes - Freezing and Melting
* Students will observe and record the properties of ice;
* Students design and implement a method for melting an ice cube
* Students set up an investigation of evaporation
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