Weekly Update

A big thanks to Mrs Bowen for being on the field for the Fire Up Friday game. The kids adore Luke and they all have so much fun helping us out in class. We appreciate the time he spends in our classroom!

Writing:

The kids are working on their non-fiction pieces during writing.  We have been  focused on making sure each chapter has a topic sentence with a main idea supporting facts and details. We have talked about facts and opinions and how informational books are full of facts.

Math:

This week we practiced skip counting by 5s and 10s as we worked on place value.  We started on lots of different numbers that ended with either a zero or a five. Counting by 5s is extremely helpful when we work on telling time. Later in the year we will count by 5s and 10 starting on any number!

The second graders are also still exploring measurement. This week every student made their own measuring tape and measured all kinds of things around the classroom.

Social Studies:

We have had so much fun learning about maps and looking at maps in our community.  The second graders have been making maps too. They made a map of our classroom and then we went outside to make a map of our playground! 

Reading:

The second graders have been reading non-fiction books with their partners and exploring non-fiction text features. They have also been reading short passages and locating the topic sentence, facts, and supporting details.  This will help them when they are writing their own chapters.

Fort building was so much fun! The second graders did a great job working together to build them and even did some work inside them! We decided we definitely did not have enough time in our forts, so if we ever make them again we will build them earlier in the day! Thanks also to the parents who sent in treats!

Upcoming dates:

• Wed., Oct. 16 All skate Tarry Hall 6:15-8:15
• Monday, Oct. 21 - No School
• Nov. 19 & 21 Parent Teacher Conferences

• Thursday, December 5, 2024 -Park Holiday Music Program