Newsletter
September 6 - September 9
Last week:
We continued our STEAM Stations on Wednesday. Our stations for this round include Minecraft, Tangrams, Nature Exploration, creating animal habitats, and Lego Challenge engineering. We completed the NGSS Cross-cutting concept for stability and change.
Last week, we started a Habitat unit in Reading with a focus on non-fiction and have started learning some great hands-on math games that support our lessons each day.
Friday we went to the school library for the first time. For the first week, we only checked out one book each, but will be getting 2 next time. We will be going every Friday afternoon, so please help your child remember their books.
This week:
We will be trying out our first round of literacy and math assessments using our online MAP assessments. Our schedule may be a little different this week as we need to make time for these.
Our First Fieldtrip, Tilden Park!!
We also NEED parent chaperones in order to make this happen, so please ask your child's teacher for the driver forms or you can get them in the front office. After we have confirmed your information w/ the district we will contact our parent drivers with info.
What can we do instead of "homework" ?
Please make sure that you are having your child read each night for at least 20 minutes. If they are having trouble accessing books that they want to read, please read to them each night as well.
Ask your child what they are interested in learning more about. It is possible that you can help them research and find activities that encourage them to learn more about their interests.
Go outside!! Research has shown that children who spend time playing outside have less stress and are better problem solvers. The average American child spends less than 10 minutes a day participating in unstructured play time outdoors.
Check out our class website page to find great places to explore outside!
Important Dates
- Friday, Sept. 9th - 2nd Cup of Coffee w/ Mr. Porter (8:30 Rm. 702)
- Friday, Sept. 9th - Principal's Movie Night (7-9 in MPR)
- Friday, Sept. 23rd - Pircture Day
- Friday, Sept. 23rd - Back to School Beach Party (2:30 - 5:30)
- Tuesday, Sept. 27th - School Site Council Mtg. (3:30)
Mrs. Bundenthal
Email: stephanieb@fsusd.org
Website: mundy2ndgrade.blogspot.com
Twitter: @sbundenthal
Mrs. Johann
Email: meghanc@fsusd.org
Website: mundy2ndgrade.blogspot.com
Twitter: @JohannMundy