September 22, 2017

2nd Grade News and Notes

Dear 2nd Grade Families,

Today may be the first day of fall, but it still feels like summer! Please make sure your child is prepared for outside play by wearing layers! Also, water bottles are a great idea.

We have a few events this week to keep in mind.

September 27- On Wednesday we will be doing the UVM run ropes course that we had planned for last year and it was rained out. Please make sure your child has sneakers and is wearing appropriate clothes to be outside that morning. The ground has been wet in the mornings because it has been cold at night so a change of socks and shoes may also be good.

September 28- Thursday is picture day! Forms are going home with students today!

October 4- Walk to School Day

October 6- Our first Popcorn Friday! Popcorn is $0.50 a bag  and the proceeds benefit 5th grade fun day!

October 6- Early release for students. Dismissal is 12:30

We’ve been very busy in 2nd grade this week! Here is some of what we’ve been up to!

In Math we have been learning more about strategies to help with addition and subtraction.  We went over doubles and halves.  Another strategy we talked about were doubles +1. We’ve been learning a lot about even and odd numbers. We have a whole new set of workplaces that have been allowing the students to practice the skills we’ve been working on.

During Readers’ Workshop we continue to practice reading longer and stronger.  The students have been enjoying book shopping and reading books at their level during this time. I am continuing to assess at this time and have enjoyed getting to know all the kids as 2nd grade readers!

We have begun our 2nd grade handwriting book and are practicing letter formation.

We have continued learning about growth mindset and our brains this week. We read the book Only One You and have done some great activities with this story.  We also read The Fantastic, Elastic Brain. This was a great read aloud that went over the parts of the brain and what they do.  We focused a lot on how mistakes make your brain grow!

We are all settling into a routine and the students are doing a great job working and learning together! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Also a reminder about our blog if you haven’t had the chance to check it out.  I will put pictures up as soon as I can look at permission forms relating to pictures on the web!

https://mrspreskasclass.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Renae