Reminders:
No school Monday, April 8, 2024 for the solar eclipse.
No school Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in observance of Eid Al Fitr.
April 16 is the last day to vote on the school budget. For more information about the proposed 2024-2025 budget you can check out this helpful link from CVSD & the school board.
We have a few spots left for adult volunteers to go up Pease Mountain! If you would like to join us, please use this sign up. (Remember, volunteers will need to complete the CVSD Procedure for Supervised Volunteers & Chaperones. This will include a background check and fingerprinting. Please refer to page 15 of the CCS Family/Student Handbook 2023-2024 for more details on this procedure.)
Math: Over the last two weeks our second grade mathematician’s have continued to work with numbers through 1,000. Students have been:
Developing place value understanding within the context of money
Skip counting forwards and backwards by 5s and 10s off the decade
Solving addition and subtraction story problems with money
Skip count by 10s and 100s
Understanding that the digits in a 3 digit number represent 1s, 10s, and 100s
Word Study: In word study this week second graders began reading multisyllabic words that contained the long a sound in one of the syllables. They then got to work using the spelling option procedure to decide what combination would create the long a in certain words. So far second graders know that open syllables, v-e syllables, and double vowel syllables can create the long a sound. We also learned about homophones. Words that sound the same but mean different things. Sometimes the words are even spelt differently such as main and mane. With this understanding we practiced finding words in our student dictionaries to make sure that we were using the correct spelling.
Writer’s Workshop: Our writing community is working on nonfiction, or information, writing. Second graders began by reviewing the major work they did in first grade and then began thinking about what nonfiction writing looks like in second grade. Students learned that writers study other nonfiction authors, noticing the interesting and cool things those writers do to teach, and trying those moves on right away in their own writing. We have a lot of knowledge in our squad!
Reader’s Workshop: Second graders are continuing to focus on strategies to support the reading of longer, more complex text. Students began this unit by focusing on fluency. We then introduced strategies to understand literary language. As we continue to work to apply our new strategies, we are adding strategies that focus on keeping track of longer books. Our second grade readers are working hard to read to understand!
Science: Our second grade scientists are studying eclipses to get ready for the Solar Eclipse on April 8! Last week we learned about two types of eclipses, solar and lunar, and how they are different. Our class learned that a solar eclipse happens when the moon moves in between the sun and the earth. A lunar eclipse happens when the earth moves in between the sun and the moon. We are going to be sharing this knowledge with the whole school next week during the Whole School Assembly! CVSD will also be proving Solar Eclipse viewing glasses to all students!
SEL/Theme: Second graders are continuing to learn how to solve problems using ‘S’ - say the problem without blame ‘T’ - think of solutions that are safe and respectful, ‘E’ - explore consequences, and ‘P’ - pick the best solution. Students will continue to practice their calm down strategies and problem solving strategies.This week, we worked to problem solve after we hurt someone’s feelings. Second graders worked to use the STEP method to take responsibility for their actions and make amends.
Check out some photos from our week together!
