Reminders:
It’s mud season! Please make sure your child has weather appropriate clothing daily and an extra set of clothing in their backpack.
Please remember to follow the expectations outlined by the VT DOH at all times. We want your children to be able to continue to be together, in person. This will take each and everyone of us to make this happen.
Please be aware that the state updates this website daily, guidance can change and it is important that we are all on the same page.
Supply request: Do you and your family love to eat Talenti frozen treats? If so, we would love the container! If you have a dishwasher cleaned Talenti container (or two), with the top screwed on, that you are willing to donate for our storage needs, we would greatly appreciate it!
Math: We have had a lot of fun practicing with money! Students learned how to accurately represent both dollars and cents and practiced recording amounts in two ways. Students learned that $1.15 means “one dollar and fifteen cents.” Second graders were flexible in their thinking and practiced writing amounts in two ways; for example: $1.15 and 115 ¢ .
Readers’ Workshop: We are working on the third bend of our Bigger Books unit. As second graders, students are reading longer books and need to hold onto a storyline across longer books. This week, we launched same-book partnerships. Partners will serve as a resource for helping each other keep track of what is happening in longer texts.
Word Study: We are continuing to focus on the r-controlled syllable. This week, students also learned the spelling pattern for or & ore.
Writers’ Workshop: This week, nonfiction writers continued to think about their audience. Students worked with the core ideas:
Writers hold their readers’ interest by thinking, ‘How can I help my readers picture the information?’
Nonfiction writers make sure to grab their audience’s interest, to hook their audience, right from the start.
Writers give themselves reminders to keep their audience in mind and at the same time teach interesting facts.
Nonfiction writers reread, find places the audience may have questions, and then revise to clear up the confusion.
Please continue to support your child to write in complete sentences that begin with capital letters and end with correct punctuation. Students need practice to build this habit.
SEL/Theme: Second graders are continuing to focus on problem solving using ‘STEP’. This week’s lesson concepts were:
Following steps can help you solve problems.
When you hurt someone’s feelings, it’s important to take responsibility.
Taking responsibility means admitting what you did, apologizing, and offering to make amends.
We enjoyed the sunshine!
