Reminders:
No school Monday, January 15th, 2024 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Here is the Pease Mountain Volunteer Sign Up. Please join us if you are able to! (Remember, volunteers will need to complete the CVSD Procedure for Supervised Volunteers & Chaperones. This will include a background check and fingerprinting. Please refer to the CCS Family/Student Handbook 2023-2024 for more details on this procedure.)
Math: Second grade mathematicians are working with the core idea: I can make sense of and solve story problems with addition and subtraction. This works includes:
Identifying key information in story problems
Creating and solving two digit addition and subtraction story problems
Using place value to solve two digit addition and subtraction problems
One way to help with this at home is to share when story problems are actually happening! For example, while creating a meal, explain what you are doing in a way that highlights the math you are doing. This might look like:
“I am making muffins. I need to crack five eggs. I have cracked two. How many eggs do I have left to crack?”
“I am making cupcakes for 48 people. I have made 23 cupcakes so far. How many more cupcakes do I need to make?”
“At the grocery store we need to buy bread and butter. Bread costs $4.00 and butter costs $6.00. How much money will we spend in all?” (Working with money? At this point, please round to the nearest whole dollar for your second grader!)
“I have 32 cards and you have 16 cards. How many fewer cards do you have than I have?”
Word Study: This week in word study our second graders wrapped up unit 6 and began unit 7. Unit 6 taught students how to use the vowel-consonant-e syllable type in their own writing. They also practiced reading and writing one-syllable and multisyllabic words. They also learned to read and write words with affixes (prefixes and suffixes) as well as the meaning of several familiar affixes. Unit 7 will introduce a new spelling pattern, the open syllable. One interesting thing about this syllable type is that y has gained a new identity as a vowel. Students learned that y as a vowel can make the long i sound in one syllable words, for example why, try, cry, and shy. They also learned that in multisyllabic words that end in y, the y will make the long e sound, for example baby, shady, and bunny.
Writers’ Workshop: We have begun our opinion writing unit! This week second graders worked to understand the difference between facts and opinions, the purpose of opinion writing (to convince others of your opinion), and began learning how second grade opinion writers work to convince others. Students focused on clearly stating their opinions, giving reasons for their opinions, and how to write an ending by reminding their readers of their opinion. Students will continue to learn strategies to try and convince others as they expand their opinion writing skills!
Readers’ Workshop: Our second graders are continuing to work with and apply their decoding skills from our Power Up! Unit. This work is so important and takes a lot of practice! As we continue to grow our independence with these skills, our classes will begin a new unit focused on skills and strategies for reading nonfiction text. We have begun with a group of lessons teaching about nonfiction text features.
SEL/Theme: During our second step lesson students learned about compassion and its importance in peer relationships. During the lesson students practiced noticing and understanding what someone else was feeling. By noticing the physical, verbal, and situational clues students practiced determining what others were feeling. This allowed them to gain empathy for others. In second grade we know that when you have empathy for someone, you can show your care and concern by saying something kind or doing something to help. We learned this week that when you show care and concern it is called showing compassion.
Science: Second grade scientists began our new unit… Pebbles, Sand, and Silt. We started our work with an introductory lesson focused on rocks. We watched a Bill Nye video that shared a ton of information about the rock cycle, rock changes over time, and more!
Check out some photos from our week!
No comments:
Post a Comment