2nd Grade News
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Next week is Student- Parent- Teacher conferences. Your child is invited to come to the conference to share things with you. If you are scheduled during the day while they are at lunch they are still welcome to come. We will make sure they have time to finish lunch in the classroom if needed.
The kids helped come up with a plan of things that they want to share during conferences. If they come with you they will guide the conference and share different things with you. If they are not here we will lead the conference without them. This will be a great experience to learn about your child and all of their accomplishments.
We are in need index cards for word study time. If you would like to donate some to the class that would be great.
Thanks for your support. We can't wait to chat next week!
Mrs. Hicks & Miss Larkins
Popcorn treat!
What do you wonder about?
We learned about why dogs can't eat chocolate.
Next Week
The Scholastic Book Fair will be at CRES on October 13th, 14th, and 15th. This year there are extended hours for parents that wish to shop on their own. Students will NOT be dismissed from class to shop at the book fair; they will need to shop with a family member in the evening or online. The fair will be set up in the CRES Library from 4:00-6:30 each evening for family shopping. Extended parent only hours will be from 1:00-3:00 each day.
Visit our page online at: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/hse-cres
Our online fair will be available October 12th –October 23rd if you cannot make it to the actual fair, or if you want to shop with more choices.
Monday, October 12th- Music
Tuesday, October 13th- P.E.
Wednesday, October 14th- Computer
Thursday, October 15th- Art
Friday, October 16th- Music, Career Day- What do you want to be when you grow up? Dress your best to show us!
Reading: Students are working on skills based on their needs. Below are some of the things that we are tackling.
Prefixes: Next week we will be learning about prefixes and root words. We will be learning about how the two go together to make meanings for a word.
Realistic Fiction: We will be looking at elements of plot and problem and solution.
Math: Our unit on place value continues! Next week we will be focusing on ordering numbers (least to greatest/greatest to least), finding patterns on the 100s chart and skip counting by 5, 10, 100 and 1,000. The students are working super hard during our math block!
Inquiry/ Genius Hour: Students will begin researching different things that they are interested in. We will begin a guided inquiry project.
Social Studies: This week we had a great time sharing and learning about the traditions, customs and origins of the families in our class. Next week we will wrap up our first unit by discussing how people help communities.