Reminders:
No school for students Monday, February 24 - Tuesday, March 4, 2025. Students return to CCS on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
Want to volunteer? Here is the Pease Mountain sign up! Please make sure to read the top section before you sign up. We would love to offer a few winter hikes. Thank you!
Winter has arrived! Please support your child to have weather appropriate clothing.The following items are a MUST for outdoor recess in Vermont. While there may not always be snow on the ground, other factors such as temperature or ground conditions make these items a necessity. Please label them with your child’s name or your family’s last name. As always, if you need any of these items please reach out to your child’s classroom teacher or our school’s guidance counselor, Betsy Lloyd.
Snow pants
Mittens/gloves
Hats
Coat/Jacket
Boots
Math: We began a new math unit! The major focus of this unit is:
I can use measurement and conversion of measurements to solve problems.
-I can measure the length of an object using standard units.
During our first group of lessons, students work with the core idea: I can estimate and measure using inches, feet and yards. We’ve been having fun measuring our classrooms using a one foot ‘teacher feet’ (Ask your child which teacher’s foot we’re using!) and yards using ‘giant feet.’ After these adventures with giants and their feet we met a new friend, the inchworm! We created our very own inchworm rulers with an emphasis on precision. Students learned that 12 inchworms can fit onto an inchworm ruler, and that it takes 12 inches to make 1 foot.
If you would like to learn more about this unit, please click here to read the Unit 4 Family Overview Letter from the Bridges website.
Word Study: We have continued our work of spelling with open syllables. An open syllable has one vowel, at the end of the syllable and the vowel sound is long. We have also continued our understanding of y as a vowel. Y makes the long i sound in a one open syllable word (ex: cry, my) and the long e sound in the final open syllable of a word (ex: baby, happy). We also learned that in multisyllabic words that end with the long e sound, usually y is the source. In addition, y does not like to be alone when making the long e sound, so it will borrow the consonant before it in its syllable. Sometimes this makes the previous syllable open, other times it remains closed. Lastly, our second graders have continued to work with affixes (prefixes and suffixes) to learn more, check out our Word Study Family Support Letters section of the blog!
Writers’ Workshop: We have begun our opinion writing unit! In our first bend, or group of lessons, 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 have worked hard to include a strong lead/hook, a clear opinion statement, reasons for their opinion, and a strong ending that reminds their reader 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 grade readers have begun a new mini unit focused on skills and strategies for reading nonfiction text. We have begun with a group of lessons teaching about nonfiction text features. Our class has been so excited to learn more about the world around them through these rich nonfiction texts and are enjoying learning how to navigate the features of these books.
SEL/Theme: This week, our squad learned about predicting feelings. Specifically they focused on identifying others feelings, and their own. Following last week's lesson, we also learned how we can use compassion to comfort others when they are having big feelings. Lastly, second graders learned the difference between an accident and on purpose.
Science: Scientists are continuing their work exploring Pebbles, Sand & Silt. Last week, scientists explored the question, ‘Why is there sand at the beach?’ We learned about weathering, sediment, and erosion. Students had a blast turning paper boulders into sand! We are expanding our work with these concepts as we explore the question, ‘What happens to rocks when they rub together?’ We will continue to explore this question next week.
Quiet Time: Our students have ‘traveled’ far these past two weeks!
Check out some photos from the past two weeks!
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