Mrs.G's Newsletter
January 28, 2016
Week One is Almost Over!
Math
We are finishing up our unit on money this Friday! Monday we are starting two digit subtraction. This is a big and challenging unit in second grade. We will tackle regrouping about midway through the unit.
Social Studies
Our unit of Economics started on Monday! We have been talking about how this affects the world and the economies within it. We looked into Rio De Janeiro's economy and the gap between the income levels. We have also started talking about goods and services.
Writing
We have started a new unit of writing! We are writing informational texts on topics that we are experts in. Next week students will choose a topic to begin writing. We have begun this unit by exploring nonfiction texts and noticing and naming text features. We have talked about the importance of them and why some books have different text features than others.
Reading
We have focused a lot of our shared reading time on books about kindness. How can we show kindness to our classmates and family? How can we value people? Mrs. Beckman, our guidance counselor, read a book about a class that implemented a "peace week" and we have talked about what they would look like in our class.
It has been a big week! I am ready for week 2!
**I have a link to a survey on our new Literacy Log and I would love it if you could take a few minutes to give me some feedback**
Economist Language
This goes along so well with our unit on money in math. We have been talking a lot about earning and spending and what that means!
Stay tuned for a "Goods and Services" project that we will be working on! Students will create a business plan for a good or service that they could provide. We will work on most of this in class, but will have a business card creation for an at home element.
Compliment Jar
Character Word of the Week
Next week our Character Word of the Week will be Integrity. We will discuss how integrity displays good character. We will also touch on why it is important to do the right thing even when no one is looking. I will challenge students to think of ways that they can have and show integrity at home and at school.
Be on the lookout for the Character Word of the Week half sheets that are stapled into agendas each Monday!
Contact Info
Email: vgustafs@lexrich5.org
Location: 7900 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC, United States
Phone: 8034763900