Friday, August 29, 2014

Week of Sept. 1st

Happy Labor Day! - No School Monday

This week we will be exploring space while working on text structure, main idea, and details.  In phonics and spelling we will be working on words with long vowels.  In Language Arts we will be learning about the writing process and working on recognizing what the subject of a sentence is.  In math we will continue to work on addition strategies.  In Social Studies we are learning about our world.

Friday, August 22, 2014

Welcome to 2nd Grade!- Week of August 25th

It has been so much fun getting to know your child.  We have a lot of interesting concepts to learn this year. The next 5 weeks in reading our stories will be about exploration.  This week we will be reading the story Iris and Walter while exploring urban and rural communities.  We will also work on short vowels and character and setting.  In Language Arts we will be learning how to write a great sentence.  In social studies we will be learning about where we live in the world.  In Math we are working on strategies to master addition facts.  Please practice xtra math and your spelling words at home.