Kwasindiswa is hello from Tanzania. I hope you enjoyed your three day weekend and this beautiful fall weather. I still can't believe that it is already October and Fall Festival is just around the corner (October 28th). This time of year is one of our busiest times in second grade with getting ready for two performances: Poetry In the Park (Friday, November 11 @8:30am); and our Second Grade Program (Friday, November 18 @8:30am) which take place one week apart. Please continue helping your child practice the poems for these performances. Copies are in his/her Take Home Folder.
Box Tops and Cash for Trash: Please continue sending in items that help earn dollars for our school. A big thank you to all who have brought items in this year. Keep it up!
Picture Re-take Day: Picture Re-Take Day will take place on Tuesday, October 18. Students must return their photo package to have a re-take. Students who were absent on Picture Day need to have their picture taken.
Reading Logs: Home Reading Logs are due each Monday. Thanks for supporting good reading habits!
Spirit Day: Every Friday is Spirit Day. Students may wear any shirt with a Shorecrest logo, specifically Shorecrest Spirit Wear, camp intramural or uniform shirts. These should be worn with uniform, Spirit Wear or denim bottoms.
Book Fair: The Book Fair will take place the week of November 8 in the Janet Root Theater Lobby and the Student Center.
Current Events: Tuesday: Gabby, John; Wednesday: Lucy, Connor; Thursday: Quentin, Skyler; Friday: Lucile and Ethan
Parent Reader: Mrs. Crupi
Here is a taste of what is going on in the classroom this week. We already met with our Alpha friends for reading buddies this morning and on Friday will help Ms. Conroy's Kindergarteners make something for Halloween.
Language Arts
Phonics: Lonog vowel o/oa, ow
Spelling: yellow, soap, sailboat, carload, snowflake, window, grows, loan, bowl, nose, walk, ten, change, outside, part
Vocabulary (from Koala Lou): bravely, preparations, spectator, competes
Reading: Koala Lou by Mem Fox; James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Reading Workshop: Fluency: Good readers change their voice to match the mood of a story as they read it aloud. When they come to a sad part in a story, good readers add an unhappy tone to their voice. When they come to a thrilling part, they raise their voice to sound excited.
Comprehension: Story plot
Also, in Reading Workshop the students will continue practicing ways to talk back to their books as they read. Some ways that they might talk back to their books on Post It notes as they are reading include: I'm thinking....I am noticing....I'm wondering......I can't believe....This reminds me of....The is confusing because.....I like this part because.....Why.....I think the character is feeling_____because....I think ____will happen next because.....
Grammar: More nouns
Handwriting Without Tears: Numbers 1 to 10 and capital partners (c, o, s, v, and w)
Mathematics: Unit 2 Review and Assessment
* What's My Rule?" Routines
* Review, develop and provide practice for subtraction strategies
* Review Unit 2 and progress check
Social Studies
* Introduction to South America
* The students will use Neighborhood Map Machine in the computer lab to create a map of their own city they created - using various features of a map that we have learned about in class
Science - Changes (see last week)
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