November
Second Grade News!
We Are So Thankful!
Wow! We can't believe that the first marking period is coming to an end! We have already seen so much growth and we have grown into a classroom family! The pumpkin character traits projects turned out great! The students did a wonderful job presenting them and really enjoyed the creative process! This year is off to a great start!
Conference week coming soon!
With the first marking period coming to an end conferences are right around the corner! There will be a new way to sign up for conferences via the parent portal. Instructions were sent home yesterday. Log on and pick a time that works best for you! We look forward to conferencing with everyone!
Reading Benchmarks
At your conference you will receive the updated reading level from our most recent benchmark. We will also review areas of strength and areas of weakness in reading, fluency, and comprehension.
Up Next in Writing & Science
With the first marking period coming to a close we are shifting from Personal Narratives to writing Informational pieces! Students will explore areas of interest and learn the process of writing by conducting experiments and creating lab reports. Science will merge with writing and this is a very exciting time! The next chapter in Science is forces and motion! Students will be working with technology and cooperative groups to design, build, and test experiments!
It's time for Array's!
The next topic in math starts to build the foundation for multiplication in the future! We will be building arrays and using repeated addition! The importance of fact fluency must be stressed! The higher the fact fluency the more successful students will be with this topic! Students can log into ST Math from home each day for 15 to 20 mins and build their fact fluency! You can also practice math facts with interactive games that include a deck of cards and dice!
My On Reader is here!
Students will be taking a reading assessment online and given their own individual log ons to access MyOn Reader! We can't wait to use this program! The kids are going to love it!
Programs Students can be using from home!
Students have a log on for Brain Pop JR, ST Math, Google Classroom, and MyOn Reader!
Next Week- Ms. Williams is out!
I will be out next week as your kids may have mentioned for a destination wedding! Ms. Mark will still be in. As always you can email both of us at any time, but specifically for next week please email her directly if needed. We both have access to dojo so you can continue to message through Dojo if needed. Thank you!