The Second Grade Scoop
October 22nd, 2016
Hello Second Grade Families,
Thank you to everyone who was able to make it during the Parent Visitation days. It was great to see you and I hope you enjoyed seeing our class in action! Here are some upcoming events to keep in mind.
10/21: Interims Went Live. Please click here to login and view.
10/31: Halloween Parade and Classroom Parties. Please click here to read more.
11/7-11/11: School Closed for Students
11/15-11/17: Kenny and the Dragon Community Nights
Math: Fact Strategies
Math At School
We are now halfway through Unit 2 of Math. This unit focuses on fact strategies that can help your child become faster at solving problems. We have been focusing on using doubles facts, near-doubles facts and the turn around rule to help us solve problems quickly. We also learned that the turn around rule does not apply to subtraction problems because you cannot take a larger number away from a smaller number. We used evidence to prove our thinking.Math At Home
If you are interested in reviewing some math skills at home, a fun way we practice our fact fluency in school is by passing a ball back and forth quickly while answering facts. For example, try passing a ball to your child and asking them to answer a doubles fact like 6+6 or 12+12. When your child has mastered the doubles facts, you can try some near-doubles facts like 6+7 or 6+8.
Everyday Mathematics 4 has a great online portal for families. There are games, video tutorials, "do-anytime activities" and extra copies of the Home Link assignments. If you need your child's login info, please email me. Click here for a Quick Start Guide to EDM Online for families.
Reader's Workshop: Author's Purpose
During the Daily Four, we have been continuing our work with Read To Self, Read to Someone, Word Work and Work On Writing. During this time, I meet with small groups to practice individualized reading skills based on their reading levels.
You can access our Journeys stories at anytime by logging on to http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com with the login information provided at Back to School Night and clicking "My Library." Please email me if you have lost your child's login and I will send you the information.
Grammar
Writer's Workshop
Science
Social Studies
Need To Contact Miss Rossi?
Email: srossi@haddonfield.k12.nj.us
Website: srossi.haddonfield.site.eboard.com
Phone: 856-429-0902