Winters' Wonderings
November 5-9, 2018
The Week in Review...
- Began the Passion First Mindset with a discussion about what we are passionate about
- Continued working on asking and answering questions while we are reading
- Reinforced that the long vowel sound is made with a helper vowel and that is often a silent e
- Learned how to come up with ideas to write a personal narrative about
- Have been working on strategies to add quickly. Most of these strategies we learned in first grade, we are revisiting them so they can help us fluently add.
- Had Harvest Party rotations on Wednesday! Such fun!
Up This Week...
7 MINDSETS
- Mindset of the Month
PASSION FIRST
Weekly lesson 2: Make Life Exciting!
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Reading
Comprehension Skill-Sequence of Events
Comprehension Strategy-Ask & Answer Questions
Story of the Week-Luke Goes to Bat - Spelling/Phonics
L6: Words with common final blends: nd, ng, nk, nt, ft, xt, mp
(spelling list attached below) - Grammar
More Plural Nouns - Writing
Personal Narrative
MATH
- Topic 1: Fluently Add & Subtract within 20
Fact Fluency DAILY (please make sure students are practicing 5 minutes a day at home)
We will be taking our Topic 1 test the week of Nov. 12th.
SOCIAL STUDIES
- Unit 1: Democracy & Government
Election Day
Veteran's Day
PASSION FIRST! Make life exciting! This little girl is definitely pursuing her passion at a very young age!
Conferences This Week!
Monday 11/5 from 3:45-7:45pm &
Thursday 11/8 from 3:45-7:45pm
You should have received an email confirmation of the time slot you signed up for. If you did not receive that or are unsure of your conference time, please contact me ASAP. Discussing your child's progress in second grade is of the utmost importance to me. I look forward to seeing each of you there! :)
Veteran's Day Program
Specialists This Week...
Tuesday-->Day 3-Gym
Wednesday-->Day 4-Library
Thursday--> Day 1-Art
Friday--> NO SCHOOL-Teacher Inservice Day
Upcoming Events...
Nov. 5 Conferences - 3:45- 7:45
Nov. 8 Veterans Program/Conferences - 3:45- 7:45
Nov. 9 No School-Teacher InserviceNov. 22 No School-Thanksgiving
Nov. 23 No School-Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 12 2 Hour Late Start
Dec. 14 2nd-3rd Grade Winter Concert
Dec. 24- Jan. 1 Winter Break
Jan. 2 Classes Resume
Jan. 14 No School Teacher Inservice Day
Contact Ms. Winters
Email: cwinters@isd2397.org
Website: https://park.isd2397.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=108797&pageId=166557
Location: Rm 109, Park Elementary
Phone: (507)665-4759