WHAT'S THE BUZZ IN 2ND GRADE?
Mrs. Kesler's 2nd Grade Class Newsletter
Friday, May 1, 2015 - General News
Finally, here come the May flowers!! With the warmer weather approaching, please remember our room is naturally cooled with open windows and fans, so have your child dress comfortably.
We had a super week, capped off with a classroom celebration for the students filling their "Fuzzy Jar"!
Homework for the week of 5/4/15
Monday - Shape Riddles, spelling list 29 goes home for test on Friday; Tuesday - Polygons Segments; Wednesday - Quadrangles; Thursday - Pentagon/Hexagon sheet
Please check out the following links to see what's being used in second grade. Remember that Edline can give you a enormous amount of information, including units we are working on as well has homework sheets.
https://sites.google.com/site/2ndgradewebsites/
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_KbNilWjsiSZHB2m0vWwsg/videos?feature=guide&view=1
The week of May 4th:
Monday:
P.E.
Tuesday:
Art
Wednesday:
P.E. and Music
Thursday:
P.E.
Friday:
Music
ELA
Word Study:
This week in word study, we reviewed homophones, abbreviations, homographs, synonyms, and antonyms. The students learned about word study games that can be found in the 2nd grade websites.
Social Studies/Science
Mathematics
Reminder: If you would like your child to have extra math fact practice, please let me know and I will send Otter Creek practice sheets with a page protector cover. These sheets are for practice with a dry erase marker. Have your child practice one minute timings using the bottom portion of the sheet. The top portion is for practice. If you would like practice sheets for your child, please email me and I will be glad to send the sheets.
Array Bingo
Array Bingo
Math Thinking
Second Step
Spelling List 29
different
pick
another
picture
our
REFLECTIONS OF A SECOND GRADER...
Luke: "I learned about valleys, caves, and mines. I also learned about homophones and about not being a bully."
Tyler: "I learned about times like 1X1=1. I learned about antonyms. I learned that sheep live in Death Valley." (wish I could have included his illustration! :-)
Dayejawone: "I learned our team handshake. I also learned how to add rows, like 3 rows of 2 or 2+2+2=6, homographs, and that we will not bully others."
Joshua: " I want to know how computers got made and how the earth was made. I learned that 7-3=4."
Asia: "I learned about arrays - rows, like 4 rows of 3 or 3+3+3+3=12 which is the same as 4X3=12! I also learned about waterfalls and bullying!"
Kaydence: "I learned how write a cursive K and O, and how to may clay birds. I also learned about Victoria Waterfalls and how not to be a bully."
John: "I learned about landforms like caves."
Shirat: "I learned about Valleys, waterfalls and Paradise Waterfall."
Samantha: "I learned waterfalls and multiplication!"
Kyle: "I learned about adding rows and subtraction. I learned about moms and how to cook hotdogs. I also learned about bullying"
Adam: "I learned about mountains and waterfalls. I also learned about adding 1,000."
Justin: "I helped my friends learn about a handshake. I also learned about 4 digit numbers"
Victoria: "I learned about arrays. I also learned about a waterfall named Victoria."
Draven: "I learned times like 5X5 and arrays. I also learned about synonyms."
Ryann: "I learned about arrays and waterfalls."
Nigel: "I learned to be truthful and about sharing with people. I also learned that people being nice don't bully and to help people that are bullied."
Luis: "I learned more about arrays like 4 rows of 4. I also learned that there was a waterfall named Victoria, and I learned to help bullies be nice."
Joel: "I worked on subtraction and counting by 2s. I learned about arrays."
Julian: "I learned that Death Valley has animals and that volcanoes still erupt. I also learned times and subtracting 1,000."
Emma: "I learned about valleys, that they were formed by glaciers. I learned about caves, that they are dark. I learned about waterfalls, that there's one named Victoria. I also learned how to unmake a bully and abbreviations."
Tess: "I learned about valleys and about being generous."
Joshua: "I learned how a volcano is formed. I want to learn how the earth got made."
Taryn: "I learned about more about arrays, subtractions with regrouping, and math facts. I also learned about kindness and how kindness will earn you rewards. I also learned how to unmake a bully."
Maya: "I learned about valleys, caves, and more about waterfalls."
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Kesler
Email: elizabeth_kesler@ipsd.org
Website: http://tiny.cc/Edline
Location: Georgetown Elementary School, Long Grove Drive, Aurora, IL, United States
Phone: (630) 375-3544