S'more Great News
Ms. Kenney's Second Grade Class
The First Week of School
We have been learning so much already in Room 118. This week students have been learning routines, doing initial assessments and getting to know one another. We began our first math unit (numbers and routines) and science (insects!). We also are working on the routines for Daily 5 (reading) and writer's workshop. Also, we have already celebrated two birthday's this week. Happy birthday to Catarina and Harrison on September 4th!
We LOVE Second Grade!
Fact Practice
On Friday your child came home with a parent letter about Xtramath. We will be using this great online website to master fact fluency. Fact fluency is an important part of second grade and is the foundation for the building blocks of math. In your child's agenda, you will see an XtraMath login and password in the front. If you go to the website your child will be able to login and begin. Students will be assigned to do XtraMath 3 times a week. Any additional practice would be excellent.
Thanks!
Thank you for showing your support already for your children this week. They each came prepared and ready to learn. We had a wonderful week and are excited to have many more!
Looking Ahead
As we look ahead into the upcoming weeks, you can expect your child to dive deep into daily 5 and writer's workshop. We will be working hard on building routines for these two subjects as well as becoming better readers and writers. Also, in the next few weeks I will be doing some assessments that will help me get to know your child better academically.